1979 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 12-2-2 .813 |
| Head Coach: Hugh Campbell |
| Dan Daniel | Defensive Backfield |
| Joe Faragalli | Offensive Backfield |
| Don Matthews | Defensive Line |
| Cal Murphy | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Tue | 6/12/1979 | H | British Columbia Lions | 27 | 32 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 41326 | |
| Tue | 6/19/1979 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31 | 16 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35742 | |
| Sun | 6/24/1979 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27 | 30 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 41379 | |
| Fri | 6/29/1979 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 53 | 20 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17460 | |
| Tue | 7/10/1979 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28 | 10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24024 | |
| Tue | 7/17/1979 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 52 | 20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43321 | |
| Tue | 7/31/1979 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 44 | 9 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42887 | |
| Tue | 8/7/1979 | A | British Columbia Lions | 14 | 14 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30137 | |
| Tue | 8/14/1979 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24 | 24 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27050 | |
| Tue | 8/21/1979 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 41 | 13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42778 | |
| Tue | 8/28/1979 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 28 | 13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42778 | |
| Mon | 9/3/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 27 | 1 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 34825 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1979 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 40 | 0 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 40231 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1979 | H | British Columbia Lions | 40 | 8 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42776 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1979 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22 | 21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18186 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 19 | 26 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 33245 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1979 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 47 | 6 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42778 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1979 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25 | 26 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20042 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1979 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19 | 11 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42778 | |
| Sat | 11/3/1979 | A | British Columbia Lions | 25 | 17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26575 | |
| Western Final | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/18/1979 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 19 | 7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43033 | |
| Grey Cup | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/25/1979 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 17 | 9 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 65113 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Leo Blanchard | 59 | OG | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Alberta | 2 | |
| Dave Boone | 64 | DE | 6-3 | 248 | 28 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | |
| Gregg Butler | 28 | DH | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Howard | 16 | |
| Mark Coflin | 41 | OG | 6-0 | 242 | 23 | Alberta | 6 | |
| Carl Crennel | 39 | ILB | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | West Virginia | 2 | |
| Dave Cutler | 26 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 34 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Ronnie Estay | 55 | NT | 6-1 | 240 | 31 | Louisiana State | 16 | |
| Dave Fennell | 65 | DT | 6-3 | 249 | 26 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Emilio Fraietta | 37 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Brian Fryer | 77 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Alberta | 2 | |
| Jim Germany | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | New Mexico State | 16 | |
| York Hentschel | 69 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | 16 | ||
| Larry Highbaugh | 13 | CB | 5-9 | 179 | 29 | Indiana | 16 | |
| Joe Hollimon | 29 | CB | 6-0 | 198 | 27 | Arkansas State | 16 | |
| Bob Howes | 53 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 36 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Hank Ilesic | 8 | P-K | 6-1 | 210 | 20 | none | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Jones | 24 | DH | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Rutgers | 16 | |
| Brian Kelly | 70 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Danny Kepley | 42 | ILB | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | East Carolina | 16 | |
| John Konihowski | 72 | WR | 6-3 | 190 | 29 | Saskatchewan | 16 | |
| Stu Lang | 15 | SB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Pete Lavorato | 7 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Ted Milian | 56 | ROG | 6-1 | 250 | 25 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Warren Moon | 1 | QB | 6-3 | 217 | 23 | West Los Angeles JC; Washington | 16 | |
| Hector Pothier | 63 | OG | 6-3 | 254 | 25 | McGill; St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 11 | |
| Dale Potter | 30 | OLB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Angelo Santucci | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | |
| Tom Scott | 22 | SB | 5-10 | 170 | 28 | San Mateo JC; Washington | 16 | |
| Waddell Smith | 71 | WR | 6-2 | 180 | 24 | Los Angeles Southwest JC; Kansas | 16 | |
| Bill Stevenson | 62 | ROT | 6-4 | 270 | 29 | Drake | 16 | |
| Tom Towns | 20 | OLB | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Eric Upton | 57 | LOG | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Jimmy Walker | 61 | DT | 6-2 | 270 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | |
| Don Warrington | 21 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | Simon Fraser | 14 | |
| Tom Wilkinson | 12 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 36 | Wyoming | 16 | |
| Mike Wilson | 67 | LOT | 6-1 | 243 | 32 | Dayton | 15 | |
| Dave Zacharko | 45 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Alberta | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Marco Cyncar | DB | Alberta |
| Kerry O'Connor | RB | Alberta |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Dan Brown | TE | Calgary |
| 2 | 18 | Chris Davies | TE | British Columbia |
| 3 | 27 | Dave Roberts | LB | Queen's |
| 4 | 36 | Blair Shier | OT | Bishop's |
| 5 | 45 | Gary Simpson | DB | Carleton |
| 6 | 54 | Bob Colak | LB | Windsor |
| 7 | 63 | Paul Shugart | TE | Queen's |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 100 | 160 | 93 | 142 | 495 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 70 | 54 | 58 | 219 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 313 | 100 | 186 | 27 | 110 | 917 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 236 | 66 | 149 | 21 | 160 | 1397 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 0 | 53 | 54 | 98.1 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 46 | 54.3 | 12 | 0 | 140 |
| Brian Kelly | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | ||
| Jim Germany | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Tom Scott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| John Konihowski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Stu Lang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Warren Moon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Angelo Santucci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Hank Ilesic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Gregg Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Highbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Danny Kepley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Towns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Waddell Smith | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Carl Crennel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 57 | 54 | 56 | 96.4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 46 | 54.3 | 20 | 1 | 495 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 12 | 1 | 219 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Germany | 238 | 1324 | 5.6 | 40 | 9 |
| Angelo Santucci | 64 | 254 | 4.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Warren Moon | 56 | 150 | 2.7 | 17 | 2 |
| Don Warrington | 22 | 124 | 5.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Danny Kepley | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Tom Wilkinson | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Waddell Smith | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Dave Cutler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 394 | 1961 | 5.0 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 313 | 1244 | 4.0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Moon | 274 | 149 | 54.4 | 113 | 2382 | 8.7 | 16.0 | 77 | 20 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.4 | 89.7 | |||
| Tom Wilkinson | 205 | 120 | 58.5 | 74 | 2132 | 10.4 | 17.8 | 80 | 17 | 8.3 | 11 | 5.4 | 99.5 | |||
| Waddell Smith | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 36 | 18.0 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Hank Ilesic | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104.2 | |||
| Team Totals | 482 | 271 | 56.2 | 188 | 4559 | 9.5 | 16.8 | 38 | 7.9 | 23 | 4.8 | 94.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 505 | 251 | 49.7 | 223 | 3493 | 6.9 | 13.9 | 31 | 6.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Kelly | 61 | 1098 | 18.0 | 80 | 11 |
| Tom Scott | 42 | 832 | 19.8 | 54 | 5 |
| John Konihowski | 30 | 490 | 16.3 | 52 | 4 |
| Stu Lang | 29 | 479 | 16.5 | 37 | 2 |
| Jim Germany | 18 | 261 | 14.5 | 47 | 2 |
| Angelo Santucci | 14 | 168 | 12.0 | 48 | 1 |
| Don Warrington | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Waddell Smith | 74 | 1214 | 16.4 | 77 | 13 |
| Team Totals | 271 | 4559 | 16.8 | 38 | |
| Opponents Totals | 251 | 3493 | 13.9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Highbaugh | 10 | 134 | 13.4 | 55 | 1 |
| Gregg Butler | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 33 | 1 |
| Ed Jones | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Danny Kepley | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Lavorato | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Hollimon | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Tom Towns | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 313 | 10.1 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 189 | 8.2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Ilesic | 119 | 5610 | 47.1 | 76 | 8 | |
| Tom Wilkinson | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 120 | 5650 | 47.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 7838 | 45.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Butler | 71 | 623 | 8.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Emilio Fraietta | 34 | 361 | 10.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 16 | 105 | 6.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Hollimon | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Hank Ilesic | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Warrington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Lavorato | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 140 | 1183 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 100 | 1020 | 10.2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 73 | 4316 | 59.1 | 90 | 0 |
| Hank Ilesic | 2 | 129 | 64.5 | 67 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 75 | 4445 | 59.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hollimon | 23 | 609 | 26.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Emilio Fraietta | 11 | 226 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Gregg Butler | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Konihowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stu Lang | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 990 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 1720 | 23.9 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Butler | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Cutler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Fennell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Fraietta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 0 |
| Joe Hollimon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Kepley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 |
| Ted Milian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Moon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Santucci | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waddell Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Warrington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilkinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 128 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 17 | 17 |
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