1983 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 8-8-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Pete Kettela (4-4-0); Jackie Parker (4-4-0) |
| Paul Boudreau | Offensive Line |
| Ken Bowman | Offensive Backfield |
| Mike Nelson | Defensive Line |
| Herb Paterra | Defensive Coordinator |
| Paul Rudzinski | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 6/10/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 20-52 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42196 | |
| Sat | 6/18/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-20 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | ||
| Wed | 6/22/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 34-16 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 38951 | |
| Wed | 6/29/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 31-32 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 21838 | |
| Sat | 7/9/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 35-32 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17211 | |
| Fri | 7/15/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 39472 | |
| Thu | 7/28/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 44-4 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18622 | |
| Fri | 8/5/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 36-21 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 51448 | |
| Fri | 8/12/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 13-43 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 52765 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 28-15 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20126 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14-17 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 49880 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-18 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 30481 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 50-21 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 51428 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 46-21 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28237 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 30-31 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 52430 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 31-28 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 52255 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 15-19 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 37746 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 45-32 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 49074 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-33 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24206 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 15-22 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 53577 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-49 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 31379 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Leo Blanchard | 59 | ROG | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Dave Boone | 64 | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 32 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | |
| Dan Butcher | 53 | OG | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | none | 2 | |
| Rod Connop | 67 | LOG | 6-6 | 245 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Larry Cowan | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Jackson State | 2 | ||
| Dave Cutler | 26 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 38 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Marco Cyncar | 27 | SB | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | Alberta | 15 | |
| Blake Dermott | 50 | OL | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Alberta | 15 | |
| Harry Doering | 68 | OG | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Guelph | 3 | |
| Matt Dunigan | 16 | QB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | |
| Mike Durden | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | UCLA | 1 | ||
| Peter Eshenko | 15 | SB | 6-0 | 179 | 23 | Alberta | 4 | |
| Dave Fennell | 65 | NT | 6-3 | 249 | 30 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Emilio Fraietta | 37 | LDH-RDH-S | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Brian Fryer | 77 | SB | 6-1 | 185 | 30 | Alberta | 14 | |
| Jim Germany | 25 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 30 | New Mexico State | 5 | |
| Jeff Goff | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Arkansas | 1 | ||
| Pete Harvey | WR | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | North Texas | 3 | ||
| Gary Hayes | 28 | RDH | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Fresno State | 16 | |
| Paul Hickie | 14 | P | 6-2 | 220 | 21 | Saskatchewan | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 13 | RCB | 5-9 | 179 | 33 | Indiana | 15 | |
| Joe Hollimon | 29 | LCB | 6-0 | 198 | 31 | Arkansas State | 16 | |
| James Hunter | 66 | DT | 6-5 | 251 | 26 | Southern California | 4 | |
| Ed Jones | 24 | LDH | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Rutgers | 14 | |
| Milson Jones | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | North Dakota | 6 | |
| Dan Kearns | 58 | LDE-RDE-NT-ROLB | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
| Brian Kelly | 70 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 27 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Danny Kepley | 42 | LILB | 6-1 | 218 | 30 | East Carolina | 15 | |
| Tom Krebs | 58 | C | 6-3 | 248 | 26 | Utah | 13 | |
| Neil Lumsden | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 31 | Ottawa | 12 | |
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 61 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Alberta | 14 | |
| Greg Marshall | RB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Western Ontario | 1 | ||
| Stew McAndews | 46 | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Mike McLeod | 18 | S | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Montana State | 16 | |
| Ted Milian | 56 | C | 6-1 | 250 | 29 | Manitoba | 3 | |
| Warren Moon | 1 | QB | 6-3 | 217 | 27 | West Los Angeles JC; Washington | 16 | 16 |
| James Parker | 40 | ROLB | 5-10 | 215 | 25 | Wake Forest | 16 | |
| Jerry Philip | DB | 5-8 | 165 | 23 | York | 7 | ||
| Hector Pothier | 63 | LOT | 6-3 | 254 | 29 | McGill; St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | |
| Dale Potter | 30 | RILB | 6-2 | 225 | 34 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Angelo Santucci | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 31 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 8 | |
| Tom Scott | 22 | SB | 5-10 | 170 | 32 | San Mateo JC; Washington | 16 | |
| Waddell Smith | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 180 | 28 | Los Angeles Southwest JC; Kansas | 13 | |
| Scott Stauch | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 204 | 24 | UCLA | 10 | |
| Bill Stevenson | 62 | ROT | 6-4 | 270 | 33 | Drake | 16 | |
| Tom Towns | 20 | LOLB | 6-0 | 220 | 30 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Tom Tuinei | 60 | RDE | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Hawaii | 12 | |
| Ken Walter | 54 | C | 6-4 | 249 | 25 | Texas Tech | 1 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Blake Dermott | DE | Alberta |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Pieter Vanden Bos | OG | British Columbia |
| 1 | 9 | Tony Lawson | DE | McGill |
| 2 | 16 | Dale Kinney | DE | St. Francis Xavier |
| 2 | 18 | Stew McAndews | LB | Alberta |
| 3 | 27 | Rick Makos | OG | Toronto |
| 4 | 36 | Steve Hall | WR | Guelph |
| 5 | 45 | Jerry Philip | DB | York |
| 6 | 54 | Paul Hickie | K | Saskatchewan |
| 7 | 63 | Gord Reinich | SB | Alberta |
| 8 | 72 | Jaimie Crawford | QB | Alberta |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 75 | 148 | 108 | 119 | 450 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 112 | 87 | 92 | 377 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 407 | 101 | 292 | 14 | 116 | 995 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 285 | 82 | 185 | 18 | 102 | 760 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 0 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 0 | - | 27 | 45 | 60.0 | 18 | 0 | 143 | |
| Brian Kelly | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |||
| Tom Scott | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Waddell Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Neil Lumsden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Jim Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Warren Moon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Scott Stauch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Marco Cyncar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Brian Fryer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Angelo Santucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tom Towns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Milson Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Paul Hickie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Team Totals | 48 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 45 | 60.0 | 31 | 2 | 450 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 32 | 1 | 34 | 49 | 69.4 | 31 | 0 | 377 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Moon | 85 | 527 | 6.2 | 25 | 3 |
| Scott Stauch | 55 | 330 | 6.0 | 34 | 2 |
| Neil Lumsden | 64 | 254 | 4.0 | 26 | 5 |
| Jim Germany | 33 | 157 | 4.8 | 18 | 3 |
| Larry Cowan | 17 | 120 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Angelo Santucci | 18 | 98 | 5.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Milson Jones | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Matt Dunigan | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul Hickie | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Marco Cyncar | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 296 | 1588 | 5.4 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 267 | 1480 | 5.5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Moon | 664 | 380 | 57.2 | 265 | 5648 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 48 | 31 | 4.7 | 19 | 2.9 | 88.9 | |||
| Matt Dunigan | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 10 | 239 | 9.2 | 17.1 | 51 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 66.0 | |||
| Waddell Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 691 | 394 | 57.0 | 276 | 5887 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 32 | 4.6 | 21 | 3.0 | 87.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 537 | 280 | 52.1 | 238 | 4472 | 8.3 | 16.0 | 19 | 3.5 | 53 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Kelly | 104 | 1812 | 17.4 | 48 | 11 |
| Tom Scott | 80 | 1234 | 15.4 | 48 | 9 |
| Waddell Smith | 55 | 887 | 16.1 | 51 | 7 |
| Brian Fryer | 46 | 639 | 13.9 | 39 | 1 |
| Neil Lumsden | 23 | 249 | 10.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Scott Stauch | 21 | 178 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Marco Cyncar | 16 | 298 | 18.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Angelo Santucci | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Germany | 9 | 102 | 11.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Warren Moon | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Milson Jones | 18 | 237 | 13.2 | 27 | 2 |
| Pete Harvey | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Cowan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 394 | 5887 | 14.9 | 32 | |
| Opponents Totals | 280 | 4472 | 16.0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Highbaugh | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike McLeod | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Ed Jones | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Hollimon | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Kepley | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Hayes | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Jerry Philip | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 181 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 410 | 19.5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hickie | 123 | 5512 | 44.8 | 79 | 13 | |
| Neil Lumsden | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 124 | 5567 | 44.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 146 | 6777 | 46.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Hayes | 61 | 380 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Hollimon | 42 | 366 | 8.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Emilio Fraietta | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Paul Hickie | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 4 | -30 | -7.5 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 822 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 108 | 945 | 8.8 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 63 | 3935 | 62.5 | 90 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 3935 | 62.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hollimon | 31 | 765 | 24.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Gary Hayes | 13 | 269 | 20.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Emilio Fraietta | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Marco Cyncar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Fryer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1144 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1369 | 24.9 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| James Parker | 15.0 | |
| Danny Kepley | 7.5 | |
| Tom Tuinei | 6.0 | |
| Dave Boone | 6.0 | |
| Gary Hayes | 4.0 | |
| Dave Fennell | 3.5 | |
| James Hunter | 3.0 | |
| Dan Kearns | 2.0 | |
| Tom Towns | 1.5 | |
| Dale Potter | 1.5 | |
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 1.0 | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 | |
| Emilio Fraietta | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 53.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Blanchard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Boone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Cowan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Cyncar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Dermott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Dunigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Hayes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Hickie | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hollimon | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milson Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Kepley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Warren Moon | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hector Pothier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Santucci | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Waddell Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Stauch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Towns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Tuinei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 13 | 13 |
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