2005 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2005 Edmonton Eskimos finished 3rd in the West Division with an 11–7 record and won the Grey Cup. This was the last season in their 34-year streak of making the playoffs.

2005 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coachDanny Maciocia
General managerPaul Jones
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record11–7
Division place3rd, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Team MOPRicky Ray, QB
Team MOCKelly Wiltshire, DB
Team MORTony Tompkins, WR/KR
Uniform

Offseason

CFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
322Timothy O'NeillOLCalgary
431Anthony PosteraroK/PGraceland
540Robert LeblancSBMcGill

Notable transactions
Date Type Incoming Outgoing Team
April 19, 2005 Trade Joe Montford (DL) Dan Comiskey (OL) Hamilton Tiger-Cats
April 22, 2005 Trade Sandy Annunziata (OL) Future considerations Toronto Argonauts
April 28, 2005 Trade William Loftus (DB) Terry Vaughn (SB)
6th round pick in 2005 CFL Draft – Adam Eckert (WR)		 Montreal Alouettes
July 31, 2005 Trade Kwame Cavil (SB) Clinton Wayne (DL) Montreal Alouettes

Preseason

Schedule
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
AJune 10Winnipeg Blue Bombers20–20Edmonton Eskimos37,2460–0–11
BJune 16Edmonton Eskimos10–3Winnipeg Blue Bombers28,0131–0–13

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Regular season

Season standings
West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions18126055044424Details
Calgary Stampeders18117052944322Details
Edmonton Eskimos18117045342122Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders1899044143318Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers18513047455810Details

Season schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
1June 24Ottawa Renegades16–41Edmonton Eskimos36,9121–0–02
2June 30Edmonton Eskimos27–8Winnipeg Blue Bombers22,0872–0–04
3July 8Edmonton Eskimos29–32Montreal Alouettes20,2022–1–04
4July 15Winnipeg Blue Bombers12–14Edmonton Eskimos37,4553–1–06
5July 21Edmonton Eskimos29–21Ottawa Renegades17,6074–1–08
6July 30Hamilton Tiger-Cats30–36Edmonton Eskimos38,0185–1–010
7Aug 5Edmonton Eskimos19–25BC Lions35,5685–2–010
8 Bye5–2–010
9Aug 20Toronto Argonauts22–18Edmonton Eskimos38,9275–3–010
10Aug 26Montreal Alouettes26–36Edmonton Eskimos44,6246–3–012
11Sept 5Edmonton Eskimos25–23Calgary Stampeders35,6527–3–014
12Sept 9Calgary Stampeders16–11Edmonton Eskimos42,6547–4–014
13Sept 18Edmonton Eskimos36–37Saskatchewan Roughriders25,2267–5–014
14Sept 24BC Lions20–37Edmonton Eskimos48,0488–5–016
15Sept 30Edmonton Eskimos14–40Hamilton Tiger-Cats27,5828–6–016
16Oct 10Edmonton Eskimos17–13Toronto Argonauts34,1169–6–018
17Oct 15Saskatchewan Roughriders18–19Edmonton Eskimos53,21610–6–020
18 Bye10–6–020
19Oct 28BC Lions19–22Edmonton Eskimos37,55411–6–022
20Nov 6Edmonton Eskimos23–43Calgary Stampeders31,01711–7–022

Total attendance: 377,408
Average attendance: 41,934 (69.8%)

Playoffs
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division Semi-FinalNov 13Edmonton Eskimos33–26Calgary Stampeders26,799
Division FinalNov 20Edmonton Eskimos28–23BC Lions37,337
Grey CupNov 27Montreal Alouettes35–38Edmonton EskimosOT59,157

West Semi-Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Edmonton Eskimos01241733
Calgary Stampeders9140326

West Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Edmonton Eskimos1470728
BC Lions3711223

Grey Cup
Main article: 93rd Grey Cup
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTTotal
Montreal Alouettes101710735
Edmonton Eskimos371081038

Awards and records

All-Star selections
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References
  1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-13.


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