1996 Edmonton Eskimos season

none March 2026 March 2026 Edmonton Eskimos 1996 11–7 2nd, West Hugh Campbell Ron Lancaster Commonwealth Stadium Lost Grey Cup Eskimos seasons The 1996 Edmonton Eskimos were coached by Ron Lancaster and finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. They upset the Calgary Stampeders in the West Final, but lost the Grey Cup to the Toronto Argonauts. Offseason CFL draft RdPickPlayerPositionSchool11Donnavan BlairSBCalgary18Duane ArrindellOLNorthern Illinois216Jayson HamiltonRBAlberta325Sheldon NapastukDTIowa State434Murray CunninghamDLAlberta543John SaulDESaskatchewan651Darcy ParkFBAlberta760Troy ShwetzDBJamestown College Preseason WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance B June 14 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 18–23 0–1 25,632 B June 21 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 31–34 0–2 34,091 Regular season Season standings Season schedule WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance 1 June 27 at BC Lions W 28–14 1–0 29,435 2 July 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 16–13 2–0 26,211 3 July 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 24–27 2–1 21,014 4 July 17 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 16–27 2–2 28,751 5 July 25 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 34–18 3–2 13,323 6 Aug 3 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 20–2 4–2 25,773 7 Aug 8 at Toronto Argonauts L 21–24 4–3 20,030 8 Aug 17 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 25–8 5–3 36,011 9 Aug 23 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 35–8 6–3 27,202 10 Sept 2 at Calgary Stampeders L 14–35 6–4 35,314 11 Sept 6 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 20–19 7–4 40,727* 12 Sept 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–20 7–5 17,301 13 Sept 20 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 41–12 8–5 28,744 14 Sept 29 vs. BC Lions W 32–12 9–5 28,784 15 Oct 4 at Montreal Alouettes L 18–32 9–6 17,886 16 Oct 12 at BC Lions W 34–31 10–6 18,031 17 Oct 20 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 17–24 10–7 27,567 18 Oct 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 41–32 11–7 27,332 19Bye *CFL Season Schedule https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/1996/ CFL.ca 31 March 2026 en Top attendance in CFL Awards and records CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Leroy Blugh (DE) CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Willie Pless (LB) CFL's Coach of the Year – Ron Lancaster 1996 CFL All-Stars Offence SB – Darren Flutie WR – Eddie Brown OG – Leo Groenewegen Defence DT – Bennie Goods DE – Malvin Hunter LB – Willie Pless DB – Glenn Rogers Jr. DS – Trent Brown 1996 Western All-Stars Offence SB – Darren Flutie WR – Eddie Brown C – Rod Connop OG – Leo Groenewegen Defence DT – Bennie Goods DE – Malvin Hunter DE – Leroy Blugh LB – Willie Pless DB – Glenn Rogers Jr. DS – Trent Brown Playoffs West Semi-Final TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4TotalWinnipeg Blue Bombers10067Edmonton Eskimos1021152268 West Final TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4TotalEdmonton Eskimos660315Calgary Stampeders333312 Grey Cup TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4TotalToronto Argonauts02731343Edmonton Eskimos91401437 Roster 1996 Edmonton Eskimos final roster Quarterbacks  9 I Cody Ledbetter 14 I Danny McManus Running backs 35 I Eric Blount 34 I Tony Burse 29 N Jay Hamilton Receivers 20 N Don Blair  4 I Eddie Brown 82 I Darren Flutie 80 N Nick Mazzoli  7 I Jim Sandusky 31 N Marc Tobert  2 I Gizmo Williams Offensive linemen 67 N Rod Connop C 50 N Blake Dermott G/T 53 N Chris Green G 59 N Leo Groenewegen G 60 N Chris Morris T 55 I Tom Rayam T Defensive linemen 89 I Leroy Blugh DE 40 I Bennie Goods DT 46 I Malvin Hunter DE 79 N Derek MacCready DT 43 N Jed Roberts DE/DT Linebackers 36 N Bruce Dickson 38 N Errol Martin 45 I Maurice Miller 39 I Willie Pless Defensive backs 28 N Trent Brown 10 I Malcolm Frank  4 I Darian Hagan 27 I Singor Mobley  6 I Reggie Pleasant 24 I Kavis Reed 26 I Glenn RogersSpecial teams  3 N Sean Fleming K 18 N Glenn Harper P Injured list  5 I Shalon Baker WR 17 I Derrick Beatty DB  8 I Warren Jones QB 56 N Ed Kucy T 72 N Glen Scrivener DT 62 N Derek Sholdice G 94 I Mike Sellers DE 47 N Larry Wruck LB Italics indicate International player References 1996 Canadian Football League season by team Category:Edmonton Elks seasons Category:1996 in sports in Alberta