| 1952 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU) | 
| 2nd place • 9-6-1 .594 | 
| Head Coach: Frank Filchock | 
| Joe Aguirre | Line | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1952 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 29-11 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 13500 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1952 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5-25 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| Mon | 8/25/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-14 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1952 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 7-14 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1952 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 17-10 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 13172 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1952 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-21 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 14000 | |
| Mon | 9/8/1952 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-15 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 13500 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11-9 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9600 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 35-18 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 14922 | |
| Mon | 9/22/1952 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-9 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/27/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-40 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9600 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1952 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25-13 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1952 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-6 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 13000 | |
| Mon | 10/6/1952 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-12 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1952 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 30-33 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 13000 | |
| Mon | 10/13/1952 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 16-10 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1952 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 10000 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
| Wed | 10/22/1952 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 12-31 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 10/25/1952 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 30-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 16000 | |
| WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/1/1952 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12-28 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 16000 | |
| WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/8/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-12 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9600 | |
| WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
| Tue | 11/11/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-11 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9600 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/29/1952 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 11-21 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 27391 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Joe Aguirre | 60 | E | 6-3 | 225 | 34 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | |
| Frankie Anderson | 70 | E | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Oklahoma | 12 | |
| Claude Arnold | 97 | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 28 | Oklahoma | 15 | |
| Don Barry | 83 | C | 5-11 | 215 | 21 | none | 15 | |
| Steve Bendiak | 71 | E | 6-4 | 210 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Joe Blanchard | 60 | T | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Kansas State | 13 | |
| Bill Briggs | 72 | E | 6-4 | 208 | 27 | 16 | ||
| Al Bryant | 94 | HB | 6-0 | 170 | none | 5 | ||
| Keith Carpenter | T | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Bakersfield CC; San Jose State | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Chambers | 90 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 14 | ||
| Mario DeMarco | 55 | T | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | |
| Bob Downs | 51 | G | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Southern California | 4 | |
| Bill Elliott | 89 | G | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Texas Christian | 1 | |
| Ray Enright | 91 | HB-FW | 6-0 | 177 | 23 | 16 | ||
| George Festeryga | 86 | FB | 5-10 | 184 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Frank Filchock | 87 | QB | 5-10 | 193 | 36 | Indiana | 12 | |
| Bobby Flippin | 92 | HB | 6-0 | 167 | 24 | Midwestern State | 3 | |
| Pete Gosich | 50 | G | 6-0 | 225 | 13 | |||
| John Gough | 74 | E | 6-5 | 210 | Oklahoma | 1 | ||
| Hal Hatfield | 73 | E | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Southern California | 5 | |
| Romeo Jacobucci | 54 | G | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Eagle Keys | 40 | C | 6-3 | 217 | 29 | Western Kentucky | 13 | |
| Mike King | 82 | HB-FB-FW | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | 16 | ||
| Gene Kiniski | 61 | T | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Arizona | 2 | |
| Normie Kwong | 95 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | none | 15 | |
| Don Lord | 81 | FB | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Vic Mayson | 96 | HB | 5-10 | 172 | none | 9 | ||
| Glen McWhinney | 93 | QB | 5-10 | 170 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Steve Mendryk | 88 | HB-FW | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Rollie Miles | 98 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | St. Augustine's | 11 | |
| Frankie Morris | 52 | G | 5-11 | 230 | 29 | 16 | ||
| Gayle Pace | 49 | C | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | UCLA | 3 | |
| Bob Paffrath | 85 | FW-FB | 5-8 | 190 | 34 | Minnesota | 9 | |
| Rod Pantages | 80 | HB--FW-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Steve Paproski | 65 | T | 6-0 | 245 | 24 | North Dakota; Arizona | 15 | |
| Rollin Prather | 74 | E | 6-5 | 232 | 27 | Kansas State | 16 | |
| Jim Quondamatteo | 53 | G | 5-9 | 220 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Don Simon | 94 | HB | 5-11 | 172 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Wilbur Snyder | 63 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Utah | 7 | |
| Dick Steere | 64 | T | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | Drake | 2 | |
| Ted Tully | 84 | FW-FB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Bill Zock | 62 | T | 6-1 | 245 | 34 | 16 | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 59 | 85 | 115 | 291 | 
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 81 | 75 | 58 | 280 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 231 | 115 | 104 | 12 | 71 | 723 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 238 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Aguirre | 5 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 
| Normie Kwong | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | ||
| Rod Pantages | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Jimmy Chambers | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ray Enright | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Mike King | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Rollin Prather | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Frankie Anderson | 1 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 
| Bobby Flippin | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Vic Mayson | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Rollie Miles | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Frankie Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Joe Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Al Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Wilbur Snyder | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Don Lord | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Briggs | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dick Steere | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 46 | 36 | 46 | 78.3 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | 16 | 3 | 291 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 36 | 42 | 85.7 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 19 | 0 | 280 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike King | 100 | 562 | 5.6 | 36 | 4 | 
| Normie Kwong | 84 | 480 | 5.7 | 38 | 8 | 
| Jimmy Chambers | 61 | 400 | 6.6 | 75 | 2 | 
| Rod Pantages | 52 | 277 | 5.3 | 50 | 3 | 
| Rollie Miles | 46 | 220 | 4.8 | 40 | 0 | 
| Ray Enright | 28 | 112 | 4.0 | 10 | 2 | 
| Don Simon | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 | 
| Don Lord | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 | 
| Ted Tully | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Bobby Flippin | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 9 | 1 | 
| Al Bryant | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Rollin Prather | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Vic Mayson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 | 
| Steve Mendryk | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 
| George Festeryga | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Frank Filchock | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 4 | 0 | 
| Glen McWhinney | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 | 
| Claude Arnold | 31 | -157 | -5.1 | 25 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 448 | 2042 | 4.6 | 21 | |
| Opponents Totals | 382 | 1787 | 4.7 | 10 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Arnold | 254 | 137 | 53.9 | 104 | 2107 | 8.3 | 15.4 | 83 | 12 | 4.7 | 13 | 5.1 | 76.0 | |||
| Frank Filchock | 74 | 41 | 55.4 | 30 | 560 | 7.6 | 13.7 | 69 | 7 | 9.5 | 3 | 4.1 | 94.4 | |||
| Rollie Miles | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 8 | 183 | 13.1 | 30.5 | 79 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 129.5 | |||
| Glen McWhinney | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 2 | 80 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 36 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 95.8 | |||
| Joe Aguirre | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Bobby Flippin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 352 | 189 | 53.7 | 146 | 2930 | 8.3 | 15.5 | 22 | 6.3 | 17 | 4.8 | 82.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 403 | 193 | 47.9 | 189 | 3455 | 8.6 | 17.9 | 29 | 7.2 | 21 | 5.2 | 80.0 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Aguirre | 38 | 549 | 14.4 | 53 | 5 | 
| Rollin Prather | 37 | 596 | 16.1 | 72 | 4 | 
| Rollie Miles | 22 | 342 | 15.5 | 83 | 1 | 
| Jimmy Chambers | 17 | 290 | 17.1 | 69 | 2 | 
| Frankie Anderson | 16 | 269 | 16.8 | 79 | 1 | 
| Normie Kwong | 14 | 227 | 16.2 | 42 | 3 | 
| Ray Enright | 13 | 164 | 12.6 | 40 | 2 | 
| Bobby Flippin | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 59 | 1 | 
| Bill Briggs | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Rod Pantages | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 34 | 0 | 
| Hal Hatfield | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 28 | 0 | 
| Mike King | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 34 | 0 | 
| Al Bryant | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 1 | 
| Don Simon | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 | 
| Wilbur Snyder | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | 
| Joe Blanchard | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 | 
| Vic Mayson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 | 
| Don Lord | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 189 | 2930 | 15.5 | 22 | |
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 3455 | 17.9 | 29 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Lord | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 30 | 0 | 
| Rollie Miles | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 | 
| Steve Mendryk | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 30 | 0 | 
| Eagle Keys | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 | 
| Gayle Pace | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 
| Frank Filchock | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| George Festeryga | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Ted Tully | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Bill Briggs | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 21 | 242 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 179 | 10.5 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Pantages | 109 | 4718 | 43.3 | 65 | 3 | 8 | 
| Don Lord | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 
| Joe Aguirre | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 117 | 5027 | 43.0 | 3 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Miles | 41 | 384 | 9.4 | 32 | 0 | 
| Steve Mendryk | 33 | 243 | 7.4 | 30 | 0 | 
| Glen McWhinney | 23 | 145 | 6.3 | 22 | 0 | 
| Bobby Flippin | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 | 
| Ray Enright | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Joe Blanchard | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Don Lord | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 | 
| Don Simon | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Ted Tully | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Frank Filchock | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 114 | 913 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 108 | 927 | 8.6 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Aguirre | 31 | 1789 | 57.7 | 70 | 2 | 
| Don Lord | 6 | 298 | 49.7 | 60 | 0 | 
| Ted Tully | 14 | 693 | 49.5 | 62 | 0 | 
| Dick Steere | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 50 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 53 | 2873 | 54.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Miles | 16 | 474 | 29.6 | 101 | 1 | 
| Steve Mendryk | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 35 | 0 | 
| Ray Enright | 6 | 164 | 27.3 | 60 | 0 | 
| Don Simon | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 41 | 0 | 
| Jimmy Chambers | 1 | 103 | 103.0 | 70 | 0 | 
| Glen McWhinney | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 20 | 0 | 
| Bobby Flippin | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 24 | 0 | 
| Mike King | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 23 | 0 | 
| Rod Pantages | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Rollin Prather | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Don Lord | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Normie Kwong | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 56 | 1334 | 23.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1154 | 21.0 | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Anderson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Blanchard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Briggs | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Al Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Chambers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Enright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Flippin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hal Hatfield | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Eagle Keys | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Don Lord | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Steve Mendryk | 3 | 3 | 45 | 0 | |||
| Rollie Miles | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | |||
| Frankie Morris | 3 | 3 | 52 | 2 | |||
| Rollin Prather | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Quondamatteo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Zock | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 47 | 28 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 176 | 2 | 
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 
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