1978 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1978 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st 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.[1]

1978 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coachHugh Campbell
Home fieldClarke Stadium
Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record10–4–2
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

Pre-season

Schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendance
AJune 13Edmonton Eskimos19–25Calgary Stampeders22,155
AJune 17Toronto Argonauts14–16Edmonton Eskimos25,007
BJune 24Edmonton Eskimos8–18Hamilton Tiger-Cats20,056
DJuly 5BC Lions1–46Edmonton Eskimos24,931

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Regular season

Season Standings
Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16104245230122
Calgary Stampeders1694338131121
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1697037135118
BC Lions1677235930816
Saskatchewan Roughriders1641113304599

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Season schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendanceRecordPts
1July 13Calgary Stampeders17–33Edmonton Eskimos25,2771–0–02
2July 18Edmonton Eskimos29–28Winnipeg Blue Bombers25,9732–0–04
3July 26Edmonton Eskimos46–11Saskatchewan Roughriders19,5873–0–06
4Aug 1Ottawa Rough Riders24–23Edmonton Eskimos16,1853–1–06
5 Bye3–1–06
6Aug 16Edmonton Eskimos40–3Toronto Argonauts49,1684–1–08
7Aug 23Winnipeg Blue Bombers8–14Edmonton Eskimos24,9625–1–010
8Aug 30BC Lions10–18Edmonton Eskimos42,7686–1–012
8Sept 4Edmonton Eskimos28–28Calgary Stampeders26,8886–1–113
9Sept 10Hamilton Tiger-Cats16–56Edmonton Eskimos26,2827–1–115
10Sept 17Edmonton Eskimos25–20Saskatchewan Roughriders21,1498–1–117
11Sept 24Calgary Stampeders20–20Edmonton Eskimos42,7788–1–218
12Oct 1Edmonton Eskimos42–22Montreal Alouettes54,6529–1–220
13Oct 9BC Lions15–3Edmonton Eskimos42,6739–2–220
14Oct 15Edmonton Eskimos38–10Winnipeg Blue Bombers28,08010–2–222
15 Bye10–2–222
16Oct 29Saskatchewan Roughriders36–26Edmonton Eskimos42,00010–3–222
17Nov 4Edmonton Eskimos33–11BC Lions20,82210–4–222

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Total attendance: 262,925
Average attendance: 32,866 (76.8%)

Playoffs
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division FinalNov 18BC Lions13–26Edmonton Eskimos42,673
Grey CupNov 26Edmonton Eskimos20–13Montreal Alouettes54,386

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 13

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Awards and honours
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References
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  3. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1978cfledm.html
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