| 1965 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) | 
| 5th place • Western Conference • 5-11-0 .313 | 
| Head Coach: Neill Armstrong | 
| Harry Buffington | Assistant Coach | 
| Len Younce | Assistant Coach | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 7/9/1965 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 18-3 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Thu | 7/15/1965 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 17-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 21500 | |
| Fri | 7/23/1965 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-18 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Fri | 7/30/1965 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-21 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16123 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | A | British Columbia Lions | 13-38 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32055 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1965 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 15-34 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14297 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1965 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-16 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 16000 | |
| Mon | 8/23/1965 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 4-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17739 | |
| Tue | 8/31/1965 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-21 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16745 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1965 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-22 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17501 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30-25 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21955 | |
| Mon | 9/20/1965 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 13-24 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 1-40 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15360 | |
| Tue | 9/28/1965 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9-3 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 18575 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | A | British Columbia Lions | 27-41 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31402 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | H | British Columbia Lions | 14-12 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18411 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 19-28 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 21476 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-40 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16104 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1965 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-15 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Jon Anabo | 19 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Fresno State | 5 | |
| Ray Ash | 52 | OG | 5-11 | 225 | 29 | none | 14 | |
| Jim Battle | 54 | ROG | 6-0 | 240 | 27 | Southern Illinois | 12 | |
| Ed Bettridge | 41 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Bowling Green State | 2 | |
| Jesse Branch | HB | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | Arkansas | 1 | ||
| Charlie Brown | 65 | LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Houston | 16 | |
| Ron Capham | 61 | OT | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Ken Chancelor | LB | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Baylor; Houston | 1 | ||
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 77 | SE | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | West Texas A&M | 16 | |
| Marcel deLeeuw | 27 | FL | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | none | 3 | |
| Al Ecuyer | 53 | LB | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Jim Fauver | 21 | LOH | 5-10 | 198 | 22 | Texas Christian | 6 | |
| Larry Ferguson | 10 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Iowa | 1 | |
| Ron Forwick | 63 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Don Getty | 27 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 32 | Western Ontario | 3 | |
| John Greiner | 71 | E | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Purdue | 3 | |
| Jim Higgins | 55 | LOG | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Xavier (Ohio) | 16 | |
| Dalton Hoffman | FB | 6-0 | 206 | 24 | Baylor | 2 | ||
| Henry Huth | 15 | DB-LB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | none | 2 | |
| Clarence Kachman | FL | 5-7 | 155 | 22 | Alberta | 3 | ||
| Gene Keliikuli | OG | 6-1 | 260 | 22 | Idaho State | 1 | ||
| Gorden Kelley | 41 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Georgia | 8 | |
| Randy Kerbow | 18 | FL | 6-1 | 188 | 25 | Rice | 16 | |
| Oscar Kruger | 14 | S | 5-9 | 190 | 33 | none | 15 | |
| Tom Machan | 67 | LDT | 6-1 | 260 | 22 | none | 10 | |
| Billy Martin | 16 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 27 | Minnesota | 8 | |
| Grant McKee | 73 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Michigan | 12 | |
| Bill Mitchell | 40 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 30 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Barry Mitchelson | 75 | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 23 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Roger Nelson | 66 | ROT | 6-1 | 225 | 33 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Butch Pressley | 23 | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 16 | |
| Bill Redell | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Southern California; Occidental | 14 | |
| Morley Rolhiser | 51 | G | 6-3 | 226 | 23 | Yakima Valley CC; Washington | 6 | |
| Herb Schumm | 64 | T | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | none | 11 | |
| Howie Schumm | 26 | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| E.A. Sims | 74 | RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | New Mexico State | 16 | |
| John Sklopan | 10 | S | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | |
| Jim Stinnette | 42 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Oregon State | 11 | |
| Martin Tansil | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Southern University | 2 | ||
| Barney Therrien | 50 | RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Washington | 16 | |
| Jim Thomas | 20 | ROH | 6-2 | 190 | 27 | Mississippi Industrial | 16 | |
| Norm Thomas | 76 | OE | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | British Columbia | 13 | |
| Tom Thomson | 70 | RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | British Columbia | 15 | |
| Bill Tobin | 25 | HB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | Missouri | 5 | |
| Dave Watson | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 8 | |
| Terry Wilson | 22 | LCB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Stanford | 16 | |
| Duane Wood | 15 | LDH | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 11 | |
| Lou Zivkovich | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Miami (Florida); New Mexico State | 5 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 2 | 12 | Gerry Sternberg | HB | Toronto | 
| 3 | 20 | Paul St. George | FB | Loyola (Quebec) | 
| 4 | 29 | Jim Greenwood | T | Queen's | 
| 5 | 38 | Bill Heinbacker | LB | Wilfrid Laurier | 
| 6 | 46 | Charles McLaughlin | LM | British Columbia | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 93 | 40 | 46 | 257 | 
| Opponents Totals | 113 | 81 | 74 | 132 | 400 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 267 | 134 | 119 | 14 | 83 | 659 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 324 | 176 | 132 | 16 | 94 | 792 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 2 | 17 | 23 | 73.9 | - | - | - | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 
| Jim Thomas | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Randy Kerbow | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Jim Fauver | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Butch Pressley | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Redell | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Tobin | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Mitchell | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 
| John Greiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Ecuyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Mitchelson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 20 | 31 | 64.5 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 11 | 2 | 257 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 37 | 48 | 77.1 | 19 | 32 | 59.4 | 12 | 3 | 400 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 115 | 981 | 8.5 | 104 | 7 | 
| Butch Pressley | 112 | 563 | 5.0 | 52 | 4 | 
| Bill Redell | 70 | 169 | 2.4 | 27 | 3 | 
| Bill Tobin | 31 | 168 | 5.4 | 45 | 2 | 
| Billy Martin | 46 | 155 | 3.4 | 38 | 0 | 
| Jim Fauver | 26 | 108 | 4.2 | 10 | 2 | 
| Randy Kerbow | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 17 | 2 | 
| Larry Ferguson | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 | 
| Dalton Hoffman | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Jesse Branch | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 
| Bill Mitchell | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | 
| Jon Anabo | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 442 | 2241 | 5.1 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 528 | 2946 | 5.6 | 24 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Redell | 175 | 114 | 65.1 | 49 | 1633 | 9.3 | 14.3 | 75 | 8 | 4.6 | 12 | 6.9 | 74 | 1559 | 81.9 | |
| Randy Kerbow | 119 | 66 | 55.5 | 43 | 963 | 8.1 | 14.6 | 62 | 1 | .8.0 | 10 | 8.4 | 89 | 874 | 49.8 | |
| Jon Anabo | 47 | 17 | 36.2 | 29 | 182 | 3.9 | 10.7 | 39 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 182 | 46.6 | |
| Don Getty | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 3 | 37 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 37 | 16.7 | |
| Team Totals | 350 | 201 | 57.4 | 124 | 2815 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 10 | 2.9 | 25 | 7.1 | 171 | 2644 | 63.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 356 | 189 | 53.1 | 154 | 3003 | 8.4 | 15.9 | 22 | 6.2 | 13 | 3.7 | 154 | 2849 | 86.9 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 81 | 1286 | 15.9 | 65 | 2 | 
| Randy Kerbow | 32 | 427 | 13.3 | 41 | 3 | 
| Barry Mitchelson | 20 | 235 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 | 
| Jim Thomas | 19 | 277 | 14.6 | 70 | 2 | 
| Butch Pressley | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 17 | 0 | 
| E.A. Sims | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 31 | 0 | 
| John Greiner | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 31 | 1 | 
| Jim Fauver | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 7 | 2 | 
| Larry Ferguson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Bill Tobin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Billy Martin | 19 | 240 | 12.6 | 37 | 0 | 
| Norm Thomas | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 35 | 0 | 
| Jesse Branch | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 | 
| Dalton Hoffman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Clarence Kachman | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 201 | 2815 | 14.0 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 3003 | 15.9 | 22 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant McKee | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 18 | 0 | 
| John Sklopan | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 | 
| Duane Wood | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 
| Jim Stinnette | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Gorden Kelley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Al Ecuyer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Butch Pressley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 407 | 16.3 | 1 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Kerbow | 114 | 4835 | 42.4 | 79 | 5 | |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 56 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 117 | 4977 | 42.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 109 | 4420 | 40.6 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Schumm | 50 | 199 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Norm Thomas | 28 | 122 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 | 
| Clarence Kachman | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 | 
| Billy Martin | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 | 
| Bill Redell | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Terry Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Marcel deLeeuw | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 105 | 407 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 636 | 5.7 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Mitchell | 40 | 2485 | 62.1 | 80 | 0 | 
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 30 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 46 | 2628 | 57.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 16 | 446 | 27.9 | 47 | 0 | 
| Billy Martin | 10 | 243 | 24.3 | 31 | 0 | 
| Jim Fauver | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 36 | 0 | 
| Bill Redell | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 | 
| Clarence Kachman | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 | 
| Howie Schumm | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 | 
| Dalton Hoffman | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 | 
| Butch Pressley | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 | 
| Jesse Branch | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 | 
| John Sklopan | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | 
| Larry Ferguson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 | 
| Norm Thomas | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Bill Tobin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| John Greiner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 65 | 1300 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1296 | 28.8 | 1 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Anabo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Battle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jesse Branch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Ecuyer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 
| Jim Fauver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Larry Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Higgins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dalton Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Kachman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Kerbow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant McKee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Butch Pressley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Redell | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Schumm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 
| E.A. Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| John Sklopan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jim Stinnette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jim Thomas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Tobin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dave Watson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Terry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 45 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 
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