2001 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2001 Edmonton Eskimos finished 1st in the West Division with a 9–9–0–1 record, but lost the West Final to the Calgary Stampeders. This season's Eskimos became the first West Division team in CFL history to finish first in the division with only a .500 record.

2001 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coachTom Higgins
General managerTom Higgins
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record9–9–0–1
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishLost West Final
Team MOPJohn Avery, RB
Team MOCSean Fleming, P/K
Team MORKelvin Powell, LB
Uniform

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
15Randy ChevrierDTMcGill
213Fabian BurkeCBToledo
321Glenn CarsonOLSaskatchewan
537Guillaume PetitDLAlberta
645William WrightDBBishop's

Preseason

Schedule

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
AJune 20Edmonton Eskimos34–10Calgary Stampeders29,090
BJune 27Saskatchewan Roughriders24–9Edmonton Eskimos28,579

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
TeamGPWLTOTLPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos18990143946319Details
Calgary Stampeders188100147847617Details
BC Lions188100041744516Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders186120030841612Details

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Season schedule

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
1July 7Edmonton Eskimos28–35BC LionsOT18,1250–1–0–11
2July 13Saskatchewan Roughriders11–13Edmonton Eskimos32,7221–1–0–13
3July 20Calgary Stampeders23–33Edmonton Eskimos33,5242–1–0–15
4July 26Edmonton Eskimos6–34Montreal Alouettes19,5412–2–0–15
5Aug 2Edmonton Eskimos24–14Hamilton Tiger-Cats17,1073–2–0–17
6Aug 11Edmonton Eskimos39–42BC Lions18,1713–3–0–17
7Aug 17BC Lions35–17Edmonton Eskimos35,3943–4–0–17
8Aug 24Hamilton Tiger-Cats20–12Edmonton Eskimos37,6663–5–0–17
9Sept 3Edmonton Eskimos33–32Calgary Stampeders35,9674–5–0–19
10Sept 7Calgary Stampeders34–33Edmonton Eskimos48,2794–6–0–19
11Sept 17Edmonton Eskimos22–23Winnipeg Blue Bombers26,1444–7–0–19
12Sept 21Toronto Argonauts22–23Edmonton Eskimos28,6875–7–0–111
13Sept 29Edmonton Eskimos35–19Saskatchewan Roughriders18,0866–7–0–113
14Oct 5Winnipeg Blue Bombers37–33Edmonton Eskimos29,6596–8–0–113
15Oct 12BC Lions22–28Edmonton Eskimos30,5187–8–0–115
16Oct 19Edmonton Eskimos25–22Toronto ArgonautsOT15,4388–8–0–117
17Oct 27Edmonton Eskimos3–12Saskatchewan Roughriders20,9178–9–0–117
18Nov 4Montreal Alouettes26–32Edmonton Eskimos43,1239–9–0–119

Total attendance: 319,572
Average attendance: 35,510 (59.1%)

Playoffs

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division FinalNov 18Calgary Stampeders34–16Edmonton Eskimos42,156

References

  1. "Regime change key to success". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2017-04-22.


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