1987 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the West Division with an 11–7 record and defeated the Toronto Argonauts to win the 75th Grey Cup.

1987 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Jackie Parker, Joe Faragalli
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 6	Calgary Stampeders	33–39	Edmonton Eskimos	34,501
C	June 16	Edmonton Eskimos	31–15	BC Lions	28,384

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Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	18	12	6	0	502	370	24
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	617	462	22
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	0	453	517	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	12	1	364	529	11

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 27	Calgary Stampeders	16–54	Edmonton Eskimos		29,930	1–0–0	2
2	July 5	Edmonton Eskimos	36–33	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		15,720	2–0–0	2
3	July 12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	40–30	Edmonton Eskimos		32,265	2–1–0	4
4	July 18	Edmonton Eskimos	18–26	BC Lions		43,772	2–2–0	6
5	July 24	Edmonton Eskimos	42–28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		29,260	3–2–0	6
6	Aug 1	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–38	Edmonton Eskimos		30,399	4–2–0	8
7	Aug 7	Edmonton Eskimos	20–23	Toronto Argonauts		30,264	4–3–0	8
8	Bye						4–3–0	8
9	Aug 23	Ottawa Rough Riders	45–24	Edmonton Eskimos		32,167	5–3–0	10
10	Aug 28	Edmonton Eskimos	39–13	Saskatchewan Roughriders		24,000	6–3–0	12
11	Sept 7	Edmonton Eskimos	20–29	Calgary Stampeders		33,842	6–4–0	14
12	Sept 12	Toronto Argonauts	20–42	Edmonton Eskimos		40,486	7–4–0	16
13	Sept 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13–34	Edmonton Eskimos		31,862	8–4–0	16
14	Bye						8–4–0	16
15	Oct 2	Ottawa Rough Riders	19–34	Edmonton Eskimos		31,331	9–4–0	18
16	Oct 12	Edmonton Eskimos	20–38	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		24,999	9–5–0	18
17	Oct 18	Edmonton Eskimos	25–34	Saskatchewan Roughriders		24,282	9–6–0	18
18	Oct 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–39	Edmonton Eskimos		33,376	10–6–0	20
19	Nov 1	BC Lions	33–32	Edmonton Eskimos		40,414	10–7–0	20
20	Nov 7	Edmonton Eskimos	39–21	Ottawa Rough Riders		15,107	11–7–0	22

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Total attendance: 302,230
Average attendance: 33,581 (55.9%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Semi-Final	Nov 15	Calgary Stampeders	16–30	Edmonton Eskimos		26,809
Division Final	Nov 22	Edmonton Eskimos	31–7	BC Lions		44,385
Grey Cup	Nov 29	Toronto Argonauts	36–38	Edmonton Eskimos		59,478

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Toronto Argonauts	3	21	3	9	36
Edmonton Eskimos	10	7	4	17	38

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Awards and honours

• Dick Suderman Trophy – Milson Jones
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Damon Allen
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Stewart Hill
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Brian Kelly

References

1. https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1987/time_zone/0%5B%5D
2. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1987cfledm.html
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2017-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)