1978 Edmonton Eskimos season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Edmonton Eskimos 1978 10–4–2 1st, West Norm Kimball Hugh Campbell Clarke StadiumCommonwealth Stadium Won Grey Cup Image:CFL EDM Jersey 1970.png Eskimos seasons The 1978 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 10–4–2 record and won the 66th Grey Cup. It was Warren Moon's rookie season, and he replaced the injured Bruce Lemmerman as the backup quarterback and completed 89 of 173 passes for 1,112 yards and five touchdowns. He was Edmonton's nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award.https://www.cfl.ca/page/hall-of-fame-warren-moon WARREN MOON | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2016-02-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151017040100/http://www.cfl.ca/page/hall-of-fame-warren-moon 2015-10-17 Pre-season Schedule Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 13 at Calgary Stampeders L 19–25 0–1 22,155 A June 17 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 16–14 1–1 25,007 B June 24 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 8–18 1–2 20,056 D July 5 BC Lions W 46–1 2–2 24,931 https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0 1978 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2013-11-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121317/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0 2012-09-22 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1978cfledm.html 1978 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives Regular season Season standings + Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsEdmonton Eskimos 16 10 4 2 452 301 22Calgary Stampeders 16 9 4 3 381 311 21Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 9 7 0 371 351 18BC Lions 16 7 7 2 359 308 16Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 4 11 1 330 459 9 http://cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2011-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616114031/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg 2012-06-16 dead Season schedule The Eskimos played their first two regular season games at Clarke Stadium and their remaining six at Commonwealth Stadium. Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 13 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–17 1–0 25,277 2 2 July 18 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 29–28 2–0 25,973 3 3 July 26 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 46–11 3–0 19,587 4 4 Aug 1 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 23–24 3–1 16,185 5 Bye 6 5 Aug 16 at Toronto Argonauts W 40–3 4–1 49,168 7 6 Aug 23 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 14–8 5–1 24,962 8 7 Aug 30 vs. BC Lions W 18–10 6–1 42,768 8 8 Sept 4 at Calgary Stampeders T 28–28 6–1–1 26,888 9 9 Sept 10 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 56–16 7–1–1 26,282 10 10 Sept 17 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 25–20 8–1–1 21,149 11 11 Sept 24 vs. Calgary Stampeders T 20–20 8–1–2 42,778 12 12 Oct 1 at Montreal Alouettes W 42–22 9–1–2 54,652 13 13 Oct 9 vs. BC Lions L 3–15 9–2–2 42,673 14 14 Oct 15 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 38–10 10–2–2 28,080 15 Bye 16 15 Oct 29 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 26–36 10–3–2 42,000 17 16 Nov 4 at BC Lions L 11–33 10–4–2 20,822 Total attendance: 262,925 Average attendance: 32,866 (76.8%) Playoffs Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record Division Final Nov 18 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 26–13 1–0 42,673* Grey Cup Nov 26 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 20–13 2–0 54,386 *Top playoff attendance of season Roster 1978 Edmonton Eskimos final roster Quarterbacks 10 I Bruce Lemmerman  1 I Warren Moon 12 I Tom Wilkinson Running backs 25 I Jim Germany 31 I Pat McNeil 23 N Angelo Santucci 21 N Don Warrington 32 I Larry Washington Wide receivers 77 N Brian Fryer 72 N John Konihowski 15 N Stu Lang 76 I George McGowan 22 I Tom Scott Tight ends 71 I Waddell Smith Offensive linemen 53 N Bob Howes C 50 I Willie Martin T 56 N Ted Milian C 63 N Hector Pothier T/G 62 N Bill Stevenson G 60 I Charlie Turner T 57 N Eric Upton G Defensive linemen 64 I David Boone DE 55 I Ron Estay DE 65 N Dave Fennell DT 69 N York Hentschel DT 68 I Joey Jackson DE Special teams 26 N Dave Cutler K  8 N Hank Ilesic P Linebackers 34 N Ian Bryans 42 I Danny Kepley 30 N Dale Potter 20 N Tom Towns Defensive backs 28 I Gregg Butler 18 N John Farlinger 13 I Larry Highbaugh 29 I Joe Hollimon 24 I Ed Jones  7 N Pete Lavorato Injured list 70 I Brian Kelly WR Italics indicate American player. Grey Cup Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final Edmonton Eskimos 10 4 3 3 20 Montreal Alouettes 3 0 7 3 13https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1978 CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111013095922/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1978 2011-10-13 dead Awards and honours CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT) Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Tom Wilkinson Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell, Defensive Tackle, CFL All-Star Danny Kepley, Linebacker, CFL All-Star References Category:Edmonton Elks seasons Category:Grey Cup championship seasons Category:N. J. Taylor Trophy championship seasons Category:1978 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1978 in sports in Alberta