1970 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Ray Jauch |
| Al Benecick | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Zaleski | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/6/1970 | A | British Columbia Lions | 37-19 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24702 | |
| Wed | 7/8/1970 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-21 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 16451 | |
| Tue | 7/14/1970 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 7-47 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| Wed | 7/22/1970 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25-21 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | ||
| Fri | 7/31/1970 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11-23 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13960 | |
| Wed | 8/5/1970 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-2 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21267 | |
| Thu | 8/13/1970 | H | British Columbia Lions | 7-35 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18992 | |
| Tue | 8/18/1970 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 10-14 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 27046 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1970 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-16 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Tue | 8/25/1970 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19221 | |
| Tue | 9/1/1970 | H | British Columbia Lions | 20-9 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18140 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1970 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 13-28 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23310 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-6 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19334 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16500 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1970 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23061 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1970 | A | British Columbia Lions | 32-20 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 35109 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1970 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 16-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23846 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1970 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15717 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1970 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-11 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20157 | |
| Wed | 10/28/1970 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-34 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10969 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 9-16 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23105 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jeff Atcheson | 14 | FL | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Nebraska | 1 | |
| Sam Campbell | 70 | T | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | Iowa State | 5 | |
| Keith Christensen | 64 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 23 | Kansas | 8 | |
| Howard Clark | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 215 | Houston | 16 | ||
| Dave Cutler | 26 | K-P | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Dersch | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Calgary | 16 | |
| Fred Dunn | 12 | DB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Drake | 16 | |
| Dick Dupuis | 17 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Mike Eben | 22 | FL | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Toronto | 15 | |
| Dave Fahrner | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Ken Ferguson | 42 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Utah State | 10 | |
| Ron Forwick | 63 | DE | 6-3 | 245 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| R.C. Gamble | 21 | FB | 6-3 | 220 | 27 | South Carolina State | 3 | |
| Dave Gasser | 65 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Bakersfield CC; West Texas A&M | 16 | |
| Darwin Gonnerman | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | South Dakota State | 2 | ||
| Fritz Greenlee | 51 | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Air Force; Arizona | 11 | |
| Jerry Griffin | 30 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| John Harper | 62 | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Adams State | 6 | |
| Jim Hensall | 20 | DB | 6-2 | 194 | 23 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Joe Hernandez | 16 | DB | 6-2 | 180 | 30 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Bakersfield CC; Arizona | 16 | |
| Henry Hubert | 54 | OT | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Allen Ische | 56 | LOG | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | Northern Michigan | 16 | |
| Larry Kerychuk | 11 | FL | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Idaho State | 14 | |
| Henry King | 25 | TE | 6-4 | 205 | 25 | San Francisco CC; Utah State | 16 | |
| John LaGrone | 66 | DT | 5-10 | 235 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| Mike Law | 27 | DB | 5-11 | 177 | 28 | Queen's; Waterloo | 16 | |
| Jim Mankins | 27 | FB | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Oklahoma; Hartnell JC; Florida State | 1 | |
| Ed Molstad | 74 | DE | 6-6 | 250 | 23 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Tom Nettles | 19 | SE | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | San Diego CC; San Diego State | 7 | |
| Bayne Norrie | 23 | SE | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Bob Pickens | 67 | ROT | 6-4 | 258 | 27 | Wisconsin; Nebraska | 16 | |
| Greg Pipes | 61 | DT | 5-10 | 235 | 24 | Baylor | 16 | |
| Alan Pitcaithley | 24 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Oregon | 8 | |
| Howie Schumm | 18 | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | none | 8 | |
| Roy Shatzko | 55 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 30 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Leroy Sledge | 24 | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Bakersfield CC | 1 | |
| Terry Swarn | 77 | LOH | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Colorado State | 16 | |
| Jim Thomas | 14 | ROH | 6-2 | 190 | 32 | Mississippi Industrial | 9 | |
| Pete Travis | 41 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | St. Francis Xavier; North Central; Louisville | 16 | |
| Don Trull | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 189 | 29 | Baylor | 16 | |
| John Wydareny | 15 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Willie Young | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | Alcorn State | 2 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Evald Timusk | T | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 2 | 12 | Jim Hensall | DB | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 21 | Paul Hendershot | DB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 4 | 30 | Carl Lindros | E | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 39 | Don McIntyre | E | Queen's |
| 6 | 47 | Fred Promoli | E | Guelph |
| 7 | 55 | Chris Hawkes | QB | Simon Fraser |
| 8 | 64 | Bob McGregor | FB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 95 | 57 | 73 | 282 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 114 | 48 | 68 | 287 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 230 | 66 | 151 | 13 | 62 | 474 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 257 | 117 | 130 | 10 | 74 | 530 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 0 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | - | - | - | 22 | 42 | 52.4 | 12 | 0 | 106 |
| Terry Swarn | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jim Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Hernandez | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sam Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Howard Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Henry King | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John LaGrone | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Law | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Nettles | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Trull | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Eben | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| R.C. Gamble | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alan Pitcaithley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 22 | 42 | 52.4 | 12 | 1 | 282 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 25 | 21 | 42 | 50.0 | 15 | 2 | 287 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 78 | 374 | 4.8 | 64 | 1 |
| Alan Pitcaithley | 74 | 278 | 3.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Terry Swarn | 40 | 244 | 6.1 | 45 | 2 |
| R.C. Gamble | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Dave Fahrner | 22 | 57 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Howard Clark | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Darwin Gonnerman | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 32 | 19 | 0.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Henry King | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Eben | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Jim Mankins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Leroy Sledge | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Cutler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 318 | 1165 | 3.7 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 460 | 2173 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Trull | 364 | 185 | 50.8 | 159 | 2455 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 68 | 12 | 3.3 | 20 | 5.5 | 60.6 | |||
| Howard Clark | 125 | 61 | 48.8 | 46 | 850 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 81 | 3 | 2.4 | 18 | 14.4 | 39.5 | |||
| Mike Eben | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 45.1 | |||
| Alan Pitcaithley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 493 | 247 | 50.1 | 206 | 3316 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 16 | 3.2 | 40 | 8.1 | 48.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 399 | 183 | 45.9 | 186 | 2554 | 6.4 | 14.0 | 30 | 7.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Swarn | 61 | 739 | 12.1 | 50 | 5 |
| Henry King | 51 | 638 | 12.5 | 46 | 1 |
| Tom Nettles | 24 | 354 | 14.8 | 68 | 1 |
| Jim Thomas | 24 | 320 | 13.3 | 58 | 3 |
| Bayne Norrie | 12 | 194 | 16.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Sam Campbell | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 37 | 1 |
| Leroy Sledge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Eben | 48 | 733 | 15.3 | 81 | 5 |
| Dave Fahrner | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Darwin Gonnerman | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Jeff Atcheson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Pitcaithley | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 247 | 3316 | 13.4 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 183 | 2554 | 14.0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wydareny | 11 | 151 | 13.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 65 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 65 | 2 |
| Jerry Griffin | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Hensall | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Forwick | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 455 | 15.2 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 521 | 13.0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Dunn | 128 | 5326 | 41.6 | 60 | 0 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 128 | 5326 | 41.6 | 0 | - | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 156 | 6480 | 41.5 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Dupuis | 48 | 412 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 76 | 402 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Eben | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 135 | 834 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 132 | 955 | 7.2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 45 | 2718 | 60.4 | 90 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 2718 | 60.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hernandez | 23 | 636 | 27.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 10 | 290 | 29.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 4 | 210 | 52.5 | 99 | 1 |
| Dave Gasser | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Fahrner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jeff Atcheson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fritz Greenlee | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Pickens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Forwick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1181 | 26.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 1015 | 24.2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Clark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Eben | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Fahrner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Forwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Gasser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Fritz Greenlee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry King | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John LaGrone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Ed Molstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pickens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Pipes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Alan Pitcaithley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Travis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 37 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 17 | 17 |
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