1982 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1982 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the West Division with an 11–5 record and won their fifth consecutive Grey Cup championship after winning the 70th Grey Cup.

1982 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	11–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 10	Edmonton Eskimos	22–19	BC Lions	19,392
B	June 18	Edmonton Eskimos	27–34	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24,722
C	June 25	Calgary Stampeders	23–18	Edmonton Eskimos	49,723
D	July 2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8–16	Edmonton Eskimos	25,000

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Regular season

Season Standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	11	5	0	544	323	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	444	352	22
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	6	1	403	440	19
BC Lions	16	9	7	0	449	390	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	6	9	1	427	436	13

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 11	Edmonton Eskimos	55–7	Ottawa Rough Riders	21,435	1–0	2
2	July 17	Toronto Argonauts	12–31	Edmonton Eskimos	55,974	2–0	4
3	July 25	Edmonton Eskimos	28–38	BC Lions	28,329	2–1	4
4	Aug 1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32–26	Edmonton Eskimos	57,596	2–2	4
5	Aug 7	Edmonton Eskimos	22–30	Toronto Argonauts	37,985	2–3	4
6	Aug 15	Montreal Concordes	8–46	Edmonton Eskimos	56,374	3–3	6
7	Bye					3–3	6
8	Aug 29	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32–25	Edmonton Eskimos	59,723	3–4	6
9	Sept 6	Edmonton Eskimos	20–32	Calgary Stampeders	33,577	3–5	6
10	Sept 12	Ottawa Rough Riders	11–47	Edmonton Eskimos	54,622	4–5	8
11	Sept 19	Edmonton Eskimos	32–14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21,625	5–5	10
12	Sept 26	Calgary Stampeders	17–36	Edmonton Eskimos	59,836	6–5	12
13	Bye					6–5	12
14	Oct 10	BC Lions	1–30	Edmonton Eskimos	59,979	7–5	14
15	Oct 16	Edmonton Eskimos	53–39	Montreal Concordes	16,375	8–5	16
16	Oct 23	Edmonton Eskimos	33–17	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18,748	9–5	18
17	Oct 30	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	11–14	Edmonton Eskimos	59,104	10–5	20
18	Nov 7	Edmonton Eskimos	46–22	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27,830	11–5	22

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Total attendance: 450,560
Average attendance: 56,320 (93.7%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 21	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21–24	Edmonton Eskimos		51,111
Grey Cup	Nov 28	Edmonton Eskimos	32–16	Toronto Argonauts		54,741

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	10	7	7	8	32
Toronto Argonauts	14	0	2	0	16

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Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – James "Quick" Parker
• Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy – Dave Cutler
• Dick Suderman Trophy – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Warren Moon
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Tom Scott
• Norm Fieldgate Trophy – James "Quick" Parker
• Tom Pate Memorial Award – David Boone

References

1. https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/edmonton-eskimos/1982/
2. https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1982/time_zone/0%5B%5D
3. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1982cfledm.html
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2011-10-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2017-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)