2008 Edmonton Eskimos season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Edmonton Eskimos 2008 10–8 4th, West Danny Maciocia Danny Maciocia Commonwealth Stadium Lost East Final Ricky Ray, QB Kamau Peterson, WR Tristan Jackson, KR/DB Image:CFL EDM Jersey 2008.png Eskimos seasons The 2008 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 60th overall. The Eskimos finished fourth in the West Division, but made the playoffs because of the "crossover" rule. Edmonton became the first West team to win the East Semi-Final. The Eskimos attempted to win their 14th Grey Cup championship, but they lost the East Final to the Montreal Alouettes. Offseason CFL draft In the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible playershttps://www.cfl.ca/static/pdf/cfl/2008_draft_list.pdf Draft List for Year 2008 Canadian Football League 2008-01-28 May 6, 2008 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black. Round Pick Player Position School/club team 2 11 (via Calgary) Greg Wojt OL Central Michigan 3 19 (via Calgary) Tim St. Pierre LB Saint Mary's 3 23 (via BC Lions via Winnipeg) Justin Cooper DL Manitoba 4 25 (via Hamilton) Sammy Okpro DB Concordia 4 26 Jonathan Hood DB St.FX 5 34 Dante Luciani REC Laurier Transactions Date Type Incoming Outgoing Team February 8, 2008 Trade Fred Perry (DE)*2nd-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Fernand Kashama (DE) Steven Jyles (QB) 2nd-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Jonathan St-Pierre (OL) Saskatchewan Roughriders February 13, 2008 Trade Brock Ralph (WR) Michael Botterill (LB)Chris Thompson (LB) Hamilton Tiger-Cats February 15, 2008 Trade Jordan Younger (DB) Tyler Ebell (RB)T. J. Acree (WR) Toronto Argonauts March 20, 2008 Trade Rob Pikula (K/P) 3rd-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Justin Cooper (DL) 3rd-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Justin Shaw (DL) British Columbia Lions April 30, 2008 Trade John Comiskey (OL)Kevin Challenger (WR)2nd-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Greg Wojt (OL) 3rd-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Tim St. Pierre (OL) 1st-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Dimitri Tsoumpas (OL)2nd-round pick in 2008 CFL draft – Fernand Kashama (DE) Calgary Stampeders May 27, 2008Kicked to the curb Trade Duncan O'Mahony (P) 4th-round pick in 2009 CFL draft – Spencer Armstrong (WR) Calgary Stampeders May 31, 2008 Trade Noel Prefontaine (K/P) **1st-round pick in 2009 CFL draft – James Yurichuk (LB)2nd-round pick in 2010 CFL draft – Grant Shaw (DB/K) Toronto Argonauts *Later traded to the Calgary Stampeders **Later traded to the BC Lions Preseason Schedule # Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts A June 13 Edmonton Eskimos 14–39 Calgary Stampeders 27,580 0–1 0 B June 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7–37 Edmonton Eskimos 33,508 1–1 2 Roster 2008 Edmonton Eskimos final roster Quarterbacks 17 I Stefan LeFors 12 I Jason Maas 15 I Ricky Ray Running backs 30 N Mathieu Bertrand 22 N Chris Ciezki 34 I A. J. Harris 19 N Mike Maurer 31 N Calvin McCarty 35 N Pierre-Luc Yao Receivers 71 I Kelly Campbell 84 N Kevin Challenger 86 I Maurice Mann 88 N Andrew Nowacki  8 I Kamau Peterson  2 I Fred Stamps Offensive linemen 59 I Calvin Armstrong G/T 64 N Tim Bakker C/T 67 N Dan Comiskey G 62 N John Comiskey C 66 I Garrick Jones T 56 N Patrick Kabongo G Defensive linemen 90 N Adrian Baird DE 92 I Tyler Clutts DE 97 N Justin Cooper DE 41 I Brandon Guillory DE 95 I Montez Murphy DE 94 I Dario Romero DT 79 I Eric Taylor DT 93 N Clinton Wayne DT Special teams 52 N Taylor Inglis LS  7 I Noel Prefontaine K/P Linebackers 39 N Agustín Barrenechea 24 N Scott Coe 44 I Kenny Onatolu 41 I Fred Perry 28 I Siddeeq Shabazz 48 N Tim St. Pierre Defensive backs 25 I Jonté Buhl 23 I Shannon Garrett  4 I Jason Goss 38 I Tristan Jackson  9 I Lenny Williams 26 I Jordan Younger Reserve roster 51 N Aaron Fiacconi C 82 I Greg Prator SB 16 I Bradley Robinson DB 75 N Derek Schiavone K/PPractice roster 57 I Thaddeus Coleman T 27 I Airabin Justin DB 89 N Dante Luciani WR  5 I Ron McClendon RB 10 N Sammy Okpro DB 85 I Jamaica Rector WR  3 I Trey Young DB Injured list 32 I Damien Anderson RB 91 N Adam Braidwood DE 90 I Jim Davis DE/DT 45 I Derrick Doggett LB 43 N J. R. LaRose DB 63 N Joe McGrath T 80 N Brock Ralph WR 20 I Wale Dada DB 83 I Jason Tucker SB Suspended -- I Tremayne Kirkland WR Italics indicate American player. Roster updated 2026-04-14 Regular season Season standings Season schedule Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts 1 June 28 Edmonton Eskimos 13–34 Saskatchewan Roughriders 28,800 0–1–0 0 2 July 3 Calgary Stampeders 31–34 Edmonton Eskimos 32,706 1–1–0 2 3 July 10 Toronto Argonauts 28–47 Edmonton Eskimos 31,707 2–1–0 4 4 July 20 Edmonton Eskimos 31–35 Toronto Argonauts 28,522 2–2–0 4 5 July 25 Edmonton Eskimos 19–13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21,402 3–2–0 6 6 July 31 BC Lions 24–35 Edmonton Eskimos 35,008 4–2–0 8 7 August 8 Edmonton Eskimos 34–40 BC Lions 30,863 4–3–0 8 8 Bye 4–3–0 8 9 August 21 Saskatchewan Roughriders 10–27 Edmonton Eskimos 48,808 5–3–0 10 10 September 1 Edmonton Eskimos 37–16 Calgary Stampeders 35,650 6–3–0 12 11 September 5 Calgary Stampeders 38–33 Edmonton Eskimos 46,014 6–4–0 12 12 September 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–38 Edmonton Eskimos 37,500 7–4–0 14 13 September 21 Edmonton Eskimos 4–40 Montreal Alouettes 20,202 7–5–0 14 14 September 26 Edmonton Eskimos 23–30 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29,794 7–6–0 14 15 October 4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–36 Edmonton Eskimos 40,453 8–6–0 16 16 October 10 Edmonton Eskimos 27–20 BC Lions 34,778 9–6–0 18 17 October 17 BC Lions 43–28 Edmonton Eskimos 34,342 9–7–0 18 18 October 25 Edmonton Eskimos 9–55 Saskatchewan Roughriders 30,945 9–8–0 18 19 October 31 Montreal Alouettes 14–37 Edmonton Eskimos 29,911 10–8–0 20 Total attendance: 336,449 Average attendance: 37,383 (62.8%) Ron Lancaster On Thursday, September 18, Ron Lancaster, 69, died from an apparent heart attack, less than two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl-fans-remember-ron-lancaster-1.698618 CBC News CFL fans remember Ron Lancaster September 19, 2008 September 23, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080923054521/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2008/09/18/ron-lancaster-fans.html September 23, 2008 live Despite working in television, Lancaster returned to football as the Eskimos' head coach in 1991.http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id%3D9fdad57f-d163-4dae-9bbe-c4498026f466 CFL legend Ron Lancaster dies at 69 2008-11-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080919082636/http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=9fdad57f-d163-4dae-9bbe-c4498026f466 2008-09-19 During his seven-season tenure as Edmonton's head coach, the Eskimos won the 1993 Grey Cup. Lancaster resigned as the Eskimos' head coach after the 1997 season to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' head coach and director of football operations. Player stats = Indicates team leader Passing Player GP Att Comp % Yds LG TDs INT Rating Ricky Ray (QB) 18 605 422 69.8 5,661 66 26 17 101.8 Jason Maas (QB) 3 44 26 59.1 340 80 0 1 74.1 Noel Prefontaine (K/P) 1 1 1 100.0 19 19 0 0 158.3 Stefan LeFors (QB) 17 4 1 25.0 9 9 0 1 71.9https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2008/ CFL.ca 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090318154908/http://cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2008 2009-03-18 dead Rushing Player GP Att Yds LG Avg. TD Fumbles A. J. Harris (RB) 11 99 557 36 5.6 6 1 Calvin McCarty (RB) 18 88 490 34 5.6 4 4 Ricky Ray (QB) 18 75 258 15 3.4 5 13 Ronald McClendon (RB) 2 13 64 19 4.9 1 0 Damien Anderson (RB) 2 17 57 16 3.4 0 1 Jason Maas (QB) 3 3 30 16 10.0 0 1 Mathieu Bertrand (FB) 17 13 28 4 2.2 4 0 Tristan Jackson (CB) 17 2 18 13 9.0 0 3 Kamau Peterson (SB) 18 1 13 13 13.0 0 0 Noel Prefontaine (K/P) 17 1 10 10 10.0 0 0 Kelly Campbell (WR) 15 1 6 6 6.0 0 0 Stefan LeFors (QB) 1 1 2 2 2.0 0 0 Kamau Peterson (SB) 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 3 Tyler Clutts (DE) 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 Jason Goss (HB) 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 3 Noel Prefontaine (K/P) 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 3 Kelly Campbell (WR) 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 3 Andrew Nowacki (WR) 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 1https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2008/ Rushing 2008 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20151022080207/http://cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2008 2015-10-22 dead Receiving Player GP No. Yds Avg. LG TD Kamau Peterson (SB) 18 101 1,315 13.0 66 4 Kelly Campbell (WR) 15 54 1,223 22.6 53 7 Fred Stamps (SB) 14 50 751 15.0 46 6 Calvin McCarty (RB) 18 70 583 8.3 27 1 A. J. Harris (RB) 11 37 422 11.4 39 0 Maurice Mann (SB) 7 31 420 13.5 44 4 Andrew Nowacki (WR) 13 28 369 13.2 31 2 Jason Tucker (WR) 5 14 235 16.8 36 2 Kevin Challenger (WR) 5 8 166 20.8 80 0 Brock Ralph (WR) 6 13 164 12.6 46 0 Mathieu Bertrand (FB) 17 22 161 7.3 29 0 Greg Prator (WR) 3 7 96 13.7 27 0 Ronald McClendon (RB) 2 8 67 8.4 14 0 Damien Anderson (RB) 2 7 57 8.1 15 0https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2008/ Receiving 2008 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20151020000011/http://cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2008 2015-10-20 dead Defence Player GP TKL STT KD Sacks Ints Int Yds Int LG Int TD Fumb R. Fumb Yds Fumb LG Fumb TD Fumb F. Agustin Barrenechea (LB) 18 68 2 1 3 2 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 Siddeeq Shabazz (LB) 18 63 6 0 3 1 4 4 0 1 3 3 0 2 Kenny Onatolu (LB) 14 60 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 1 Jason Goss (HB) 17 52 0 6 1 5 182 94 2 3 55 34 0 0 Jordan Younger (CB) 15 52 0 8 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jonté Buhl (CB/HB) 16 49 4 4 1 4 46 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shannon Garrett (DB) 18 45 1 4 1 1 30 30 0 1 25 25 1 0 Keith Williams (DB) 6 36 1 1 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 Lenny Williams (HB) 9 35 2 1 0 2 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 Dario Romero (DT) 16 30 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Jim Davis (DE) 14 26 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Montez Murphy (DE) 12 24 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Guillory (DE) 13 21 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Clutts (DE) 18 21 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 Fred Perry (DE) 7 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Eric Taylor (DT) 6 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bradley Robinson (DB) 7 14 1 2 0 3 52 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tristan Jackson (CB) 17 11 1 4 0 2 123 89 1 0 0 0 0 1 Joe Anoa'i (DT) 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Scott Coe (LB) 12 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Darrell Robertson (LB) 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trey Young (LB) 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kamau Peterson (SB) 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wale Dada (CB) 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calvin Armstrong (OG) 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A. J. Harris (RB) 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calvin McCarty (RB) 18 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patrick Kabongo (OG) 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ricky Ray (QB) 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Comiskey (OG) 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patrick Kabongo (OG) 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Campbell (WR) 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brock Ralph (WR) 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Cooper (DE) 18 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierre-Luc Yao (RB) 18 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mathieu Bertrand (FB) 17 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andrew Nowacki (WR) 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Stamps (SB) 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Comiskey (C) 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maurice Mann (SB) 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Tucker (WR) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Maas (QB) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Ciezki (FB) 18 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 0 1 Adrian Baird (DE) 18 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Derrick Doggett (LB) 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Noel Prefontaine (K/P) 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Inglis (LS) 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tim St. Pierre (LB) 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Maurer (FB) 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. R. LaRose (DB) 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Challenger (WR) 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0CFL Statistics – Sportsnet.ca http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/defence https://archive.today/20130115125619/http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/defence 2013-01-15 dead 2009-06-17 Kickoffs Player GP KO Att. Yds KO Avg. LG Singles Noel Prefontaine (K/P) 17 77 4,636 60.2 73 0 Derek Schiavone (K/P) 1 5 258 51.6 53 0 Kicking Player GP FG FG Att. FG% LG SG XP XP Att. XP% PTS Noel Prefontaine (K/P) 17 35 46 76.1 54 7 48 48 100.0 160 Derek Schiavone (K/P) 1 3 3 100.0 28 0 4 4 100.0 13 Calvin McCarty (RB) 18 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/kicking CFL Statistics - Sportsnet.ca 2009-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090708112422/http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/kicking 2009-07-08 dead Punting Player GP Punts Yds Avg. SG LG Noel Prefontaine (K/P) 17 103 4,831 46.9 11 75 Derek Schiavone (K/P) 1 3 109 36.3 0 41http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/punting CFL Statistics - Sportsnet.ca 2009-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090708112432/http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/punting 2009-07-08 dead Returning Player GP K. Ret. KR Yds KR Avg. KR TD KR LG P. Ret. PR Yds PR Avg. PR TD PR LG MFG Ret. MFG Yds MFG Avg. MFG LG MFG TD Tristan Jackson (CB) 17 35 839 24.0 1 94 79 809 10.2 2 67 5 142 28.4 64 0 Fred Stamps (SB) 14 14 297 21.2 0 49 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Kelly Campbell (WR) 15 13 291 22.4 0 51 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Tyler Clutts (DE) 18 6 37 6.2 0 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Lenny Williams (HB) 9 4 99 24.8 0 39 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Bradley Robinson (DB) 7 4 59 14.8 0 24 6 33 5.5 0 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 Damien Anderson (RB) 2 3 56 18.7 0 20 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Mathieu Bertrand (FB) 17 3 34 11.3 0 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Jason Goss (HB) 17 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0CFL Statistics – Sportsnet.ca http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/returning https://archive.today/20130115184228/http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stats/returning 2013-01-15 dead 2009-06-17 Awards and records Kamau Peterson (WR), Edmonton Eskimos – CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award Ricky Ray, Led CFL, Passing Yards (5,861) Ricky Ray, Led West Division, Passing Attempts (605) Ricky Ray, Led West Division, Passing Completions (422) Ricky Ray, Led CFL, Passing Completion (69.8%) All-Star selections Patrick Kabongo, CFL Western All-Star, Offence Kamau Peterson, CFL Western All-Star, Offence Dario Romero, CFL Western All-Star, Defence https://www.cfl.ca/article/2008-east-west-division-all-stars CFL.ca - 2008 East & West Division All-Stars 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206180127/http://www.cfl.ca/article/2008-east-west-division-all-stars 2008-12-06 dead Milestones Playoffs The Eskimos advanced to the East Division playoffs as a "crossover" being that they had a better record than Toronto. By defeating Winnipeg, Edmonton became the first crossover team from the West to win an Eastern semi-final. Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Division Semi-Final Nov 8 Edmonton Eskimos 29–21 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27,493 Division Final Nov 15 Edmonton Eskimos 26–36 Montreal Alouettes 38,132 East semi-final Date and time: Saturday, November 8, 12:00 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 3 18 8 0 29Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8 7 0 6 21 East final Date and time: Saturday, November 15, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 7 6 0 13 26Montreal Alouettes 3 16 10 7 36 References 30em Edmonton Eskimos Category:Edmonton Elks seasons Category:2008 in sports in Alberta