1979 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1979 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 12–2–2 record and repeated as Grey Cup champions after winning the 67th Grey Cup.

1979 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	12–2–2
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 12	BC Lions	32–27	Edmonton Eskimos	41,326
B	June 19	Edmonton Eskimos	31–16	Toronto Argonauts	35,742
B	June 24	Ottawa Rough Riders	30–27	Edmonton Eskimos	41,379
C	June 29	Edmonton Eskimos	53–20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17,460

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Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	12	2	2	495	219	26
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	382	278	24
BC Lions	16	9	6	1	328	333	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	4	12	0	283	340	8
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	14	0	194	437	4

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 10	Edmonton Eskimos	28–10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24,024	1–0–0	2
2	July 17	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–52	Edmonton Eskimos	43,321	2–0–0	4
3	Bye					2–0–0	4
4	July 31	Calgary Stampeders	9–44	Edmonton Eskimos	42,887	3–0–0	6
5	Aug 7	Edmonton Eskimos	14–14	BC Lions	30,137	3–0–1	7
6	Aug 14	Edmonton Eskimos	24–24	Ottawa Rough Riders	27,050	3–0–2	8
7	Aug 21	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13–41	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	4–0–2	10
8	Aug 28	Toronto Argonauts	13–28	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	5–0–2	12
8	Sept 3	Edmonton Eskimos	27–1	Calgary Stampeders	34,825	6–0–2	14
9	Sept 9	Saskatchewan Roughriders	0–40	Edmonton Eskimos	40,231	7–0–2	16
10	Sept 16	BC Lions	8–40	Edmonton Eskimos	42,776	8–0–2	18
11	Sept 23	Edmonton Eskimos	22–21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18,186	9–0–2	20
12	Sept 30	Edmonton Eskimos	19–26	Calgary Stampeders	33,245	9–1–2	20
13	Oct 8	Montreal Alouettes	6–47	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	10–1–2	22
14	Oct 14	Edmonton Eskimos	25–26	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20,042	10–2–2	22
15	Bye					10–2–2	22
16	Oct 28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11–19	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	11–2–2	24
17	Nov 3	Edmonton Eskimos	25–17	BC Lions	26,575	12–2–2	26

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Total attendance: 340,327
Average attendance: 42,541 (99.4%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 18	Calgary Stampeders	7–19	Edmonton Eskimos		43,033
Grey Cup	Nov 25	Edmonton Eskimos	17–9	Montreal Alouettes		65,113

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	7	0	10	0	17
Montreal Alouettes	0	6	3	0	9

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Awards and honours

• Annis Stukus Trophy – Hugh Campbell
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Mike Wilson (OT)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Brian Kelly (WR)
• Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy – Dave Fennell

References

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