2004 Edmonton Eskimos season
The 2004 Edmonton Eskimos finished 2nd in the West Division with a 9–9 record winning the tie-breaker with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who also finished 9–9–0, and denying them a home playoff date. The Roughriders defeated the Eskimos in the West Semi-Final, ending their season and a chance to defend their Grey Cup title.
2004 Edmonton Eskimos season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Tom Higgins |
General manager | Tom Higgins |
Home field | Commonwealth Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 9–9 |
Division place | 2nd, West |
Playoff finish | Lost West Semi-Final |
Team MOP | Jason Maas, QB |
Team MOC | Sean Fleming, P/K |
Team MOR | Mathieu Bertrand, FB |
Uniform | |
Offseason
CFL Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | Amarpreet Sanghera | OL | British Columbia |
2 | 10 | Gilles Lezi | FB | Northwestern |
2 | 17 | Rhett McLane | OL | Saskatchewan |
3 | 26 | Andrew Nowacki | WR | Murray State |
4 | 35 | Chad Rempel | WR | Saskatchewan |
5 | 44 | Martin Gagnon | DB | Laval |
6 | 53 | David Thorne | OL | Mount Allison |
Preseason
Schedule
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance | Record | Pts |
A | May 30 | Edmonton Eskimos | 17–27 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22,645 | 0–1 | 0 | |
B | Bye | |||||||
C | June 11 | Calgary Stampeders | 19–22 | Edmonton Eskimos | 30,082 | 1–1 | 2 | |
Regular season
Season standings
West Division | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
BC Lions | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 584 | 436 | 26 | Details |
Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 532 | 472 | 18 | Details |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 476 | 444 | 18 | Details |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 448 | 507 | 14 | Details |
Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 396 | 522 | 8 | Details |
Season schedule
Week | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance | Record | Pts |
1 | June 19 | Edmonton Eskimos | 9–33 | Montreal Alouettes | 20,202 | 0–1–0 | 0 | |
2 | June 26 | BC Lions | 41–34 | Edmonton Eskimos | 35,367 | 0–2–0 | 0 | |
3 | July 2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 15–44 | Ottawa Renegades | 22,843 | 0–3–0 | 0 | |
4 | July 9 | Edmonton Eskimos | 25–9 | BC Lions | 22,227 | 1–3–0 | 2 | |
5 | July 17 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30–51 | Edmonton Eskimos | 35,728 | 2–3–0 | 4 | |
6 | Bye | 2–3–0 | 4 | |||||
7 | July 30 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24–41 | Edmonton Eskimos | 38,363 | 3–3–0 | 6 | |
8 | Aug 8 | Edmonton Eskimos | 39–14 | Toronto Argonauts | 23,897 | 3–4–0 | 6 | |
9 | Aug 12 | Edmonton Eskimos | 14–25 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23,998 | 3–5–0 | 6 | |
10 | Aug 20 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7–31 | Edmonton Eskimos | 42,399 | 4–5–0 | 8 | |
11 | Aug 29 | Ottawa Renegades | 16–57 | Edmonton Eskimos | 37,109 | 5–5–0 | 10 | |
12 | Sept 6 | Edmonton Eskimos | 25–7 | Calgary Stampeders | 35,651 | 6–5–0 | 12 | |
13 | Sept 10 | Calgary Stampeders | 44–12 | Edmonton Eskimos | 50,366 | 7–5–0 | 14 | |
14 | Sept 18 | Edmonton Eskimos | 30–33 | BC Lions | OT | 29,704 | 7–6–0 | 14 |
15 | Sept 25 | Toronto Argonauts | 26–17 | Edmonton Eskimos | 41,113 | 7–7–0 | 14 | |
16 | Oct 1 | Edmonton Eskimos | 27–30 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27,884 | 7–8–0 | 14 | |
17 | Oct 11 | Montreal Alouettes | 19–39 | Edmonton Eskimos | 37,708 | 8–8–0 | 16 | |
18 | Oct 17 | Edmonton Eskimos | 16–40 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30,087 | 8–9–0 | 16 | |
19 | Oct 24 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 34–40 | Edmonton Eskimos | 33,131 | 9–9–0 | 18 | |
20 | Bye | 9–9–0 | 18 |
Total attendance: 351,284
Average attendance: 39,031 (65.0%)
Playoffs
Week | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance |
Division Semi-Final | Nov 7 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14–6 | Edmonton Eskimos | 37,359 |
West Semi-Final
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Awards and records
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.