1987 Edmonton Eskimos season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Edmonton Eskimos 1987 11–7 2nd, West Hugh Campbell Jackie Parker, Joe Faragalli Commonwealth Stadium Won Grey Cup Image:CFL EDM Jersey 1987.png Eskimos seasons The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 record and defeated the Toronto Argonauts to win the 75th Grey Cup. Pre-season Schedule WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance A June 6 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 39–33 1–0 34,501 C June 16 at BC Lions L 15–31 1–1 28,384 http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1987/time_zone/0 1987 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League www.cfl.ca 22 May 2022 https://archive.today/20130115114911/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1987/time_zone/0 15 January 2013 deadhttp://www.profootballarchives.com/1987cfledm.html 1987 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives Regular season Season standings EDM Season schedule WeekGameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance 1 1 June 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 54–16 1–0 29,930 2 2 July 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–33 2–0 15,720 3 3 July 12 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 30–40 2–1 32,265 4 4 July 18 at BC Lions L 18–26 2–2 43,772 5 5 July 24 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 42–28 3–2 29,260 6 6 Aug 1 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 38–28 4–2 30,399 7 7 Aug 7 at Toronto Argonauts L 20–23 4–3 30,264 8 Bye 9 8 Aug 23 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 45–24 5–3 32,167 10 9 Aug 28 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 39–13 6–3 24,000 11 10 Sept 7 at Calgary Stampeders L 20–29 6–4 33,842 12 11 Sept 12 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 42–20 7–4 40,486 13 12 Sept 19 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 34–13 8–4 31,862 14 Bye 15 13 Oct 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 34–19 9–4 31,331 16 14 Oct 12 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 20–38 9–5 24,999 17 15 Oct 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 25–34 9–6 24,282 18 16 Oct 25 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 39–24 10–6 33,376 19 17 Nov 1 vs. BC Lions L 32–33 10–7 40,414 20 18 Nov 7 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 39–21 11–7 15,107 Total attendance: 302,230 Average attendance: 33,581 (55.9%) Playoffs RoundDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance Division Semi-Final Nov 15 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 30–16 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 26,809 Division Final Nov 22 at BC Lions W 31–7 2–0 BC Place 44,385 Grey Cup Nov 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 38–36 3–0 BC Place 59,478 Grey Cup Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final Toronto Argonauts 3 21 3 9 36 Edmonton Eskimos 10 7 4 17 38https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1987 CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20110425013114/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1987 2011-04-25 dead Awards and honours Dick Suderman Trophy – Milson Jones Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Damon Allen Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Stewart Hill Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Brian Kelly Roster 1987 Edmonton Eskimos final roster Quarterbacks  9 I Damon Allen 16 I Matt Dunigan  8 I Tracy Ham Running backs 83 N Chris Johnstone 34 N Milson Jones 22 N Blake Marshall 35 N Chris Skinner Receivers 27 N Marco Cyncar 31 N Rick House 78 I Stephen Jones 70 I Brian Kelly 25 N Tom Richards  2 I Gizmo Williams Offensive linemen 59 N Leo Blanchard G 66 N Trevor Bowles T 67 N Rod Connop C 50 N Blake Dermott C/G 68 N Rudy Phillips G/T 63 N Hector Pothier G 62 N Bill Stevenson T Defensive linemen 36 I Stewart Hill DE 95 N Dan Kearns DE 75 I John Mandarich DT 98 I Gary Palumbis DT 92 I James Zachery DE/DT Special teams  4 N Jerry Kauric K/P Linebackers 49 N Frank Balkovec 30 I Danny Bass 45 N Mike McLean 43 I Craig Shaffer 44 I Brian Warren 47 N Larry Wruck Defensive backs 24 I Steve Benjamin  5 I Stanley Blair 28 I Ron Howard 84 N Mark Norman 11 N Junior Robinson 29 I Mike Thurman  6 I Cliff Toney 20 I Don Wilson Injured list 15 N Laurent DesLauriers WR Italics indicate American player References Category:Edmonton Elks seasons Category:Grey Cup championship seasons Category:N. J. Taylor Trophy championship seasons Category:1987 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1987 in sports in Alberta