1996 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
| 2nd place • West Division • 11-7-0 .611 |
| Head Coach: Ron Lancaster |
| R.D. Lancaster | Offensive Coordinator |
| Bill Macdermott | Offensive Line |
| Brad Miller | Defensive Assistant |
| Greg Newhouse | Defensive Coordinator |
| Jim Sandusky | Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 6/14/1996 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-23 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 25632 | |
| Fri | 6/21/1996 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31-34 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 34091 | |
| Thu | 6/27/1996 | A | British Columbia Lions | 28-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 29425 | |
| Fri | 7/5/1996 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 16-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 26211 | |
| Wed | 7/10/1996 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-27 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21014 | |
| Wed | 7/17/1996 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-27 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 28751 | |
| Thu | 7/25/1996 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 34-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13323 | |
| Sat | 8/3/1996 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 30-2 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 25733 | |
| Thu | 8/8/1996 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21-24 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 20030 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1996 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25-8 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 36011 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1996 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 35-8 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 27202 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1996 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 13-31 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 35314 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1996 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 20-19 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 70727 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1996 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-20 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17301 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1996 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 41-12 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 28744 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1996 | H | British Columbia Lions | 32-12 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 28784 | |
| Fri | 10/4/1996 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 18-32 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 17886 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1996 | A | British Columbia Lions | 34-31 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 18031 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1996 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-24 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 27567 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1996 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 41-32 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 27332 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/10/1996 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 68-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 13472 | |
| Western Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/17/1996 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-12 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 17963 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/24/1996 | N | Toronto Argonauts | 37-43 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 38595 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Shalon Baker | 5 | WR | 5-6 | 170 | 23 | Montana | 13 | |
| Derrick Beatty | 17 | DH | 5-8 | 175 | 23 | Weber State | 14 | |
| Don Blair | 20 | SB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Calgary | 8 | |
| Eric Blount | 35 | RB | 5-9 | 192 | 26 | North Carolina | 18 | |
| Leroy Blugh | 89 | DE | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Bishop's | 14 | |
| Eddie Brown | 4 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | Dodge City CC; Iowa State | 18 | |
| Trent Brown | 28 | S | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Alberta | 18 | |
| Tony Burse | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 31 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | |
| Grady Cavness | 23 | DB | 5-10 | 187 | 25 | Texas | 5 | |
| Gerry Collins | 30 | RB | 5-7 | 190 | 27 | Colorado State; Penn State | 8 | |
| Rod Connop | 67 | C | 6-6 | 245 | 37 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Charles Davis | 75 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Washington State | 1 | |
| Akaba Delaney | 92 | NT | 6-1 | 290 | 24 | Chabot JC; Portland State | 4 | |
| Bruce Dickson | 36 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 18 | |
| Sean Fleming | 11 | K-P | 6-3 | 190 | 26 | Wyoming | 13 | 0 |
| Darren Flutie | 82 | SB | 5-10 | 184 | 30 | Boston College | 17 | |
| Malcolm Frank | 10 | CB | 5-8 | 182 | 28 | Baylor | 18 | |
| Bennie Goods | 40 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Alcorn State | 18 | |
| Chris Green | 53 | LOG | 6-6 | 305 | 28 | Ottawa | 10 | |
| Leo Groenewegen | 59 | ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 31 | British Columbia | 18 | |
| Darian Hagan | 3 | DH | 5-9 | 191 | 26 | Colorado | 11 | |
| Jay Hamilton | 29 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Alberta | 18 | |
| Glenn Harper | 18 | P-K | 5-11 | 173 | 34 | Washington State | 18 | 0 |
| Malvin Hunter | 46 | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Wisconsin | 18 | |
| Frank Jagas | 8 | K | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Western Ontario | 5 | 0 |
| Warren Jones | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | Hawaii | 1 | |
| Ed Kucy | 56 | OT | 6-5 | 295 | 25 | Arizona | 18 | |
| Cody Ledbetter | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | New Mexico State | 18 | |
| Derek MacCready | 79 | NT | 6-5 | 265 | 29 | Waldorf JC; Ohio State | 17 | |
| Errol Martin | 38 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Utah | 17 | |
| Nick Mazzoli | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Simon Fraser | 8 | |
| Danny McManus | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Florida State | 17 | |
| Pat McNerney | 58 | FB | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | Weber State | 2 | |
| Maurice Miller | 45 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Wake Forest | 9 | |
| Singor Mobley | 27 | NB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Chris Morris | 60 | ROT | 6-5 | 285 | 28 | Toronto | 17 | |
| Reggie Pleasant | 6 | CB | 5-10 | 175 | 34 | Clemson | 8 | |
| Willie Pless | 39 | LB | 5-10 | 215 | 32 | Kansas | 18 | |
| Tom Rayam | 55 | LOT | 6-7 | 290 | 28 | Alabama | 18 | |
| Kavis Reed | 24 | CB | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Furman | 17 | |
| Jed Roberts | 43 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Northern Colorado | 18 | |
| Glenn Rogers | 26 | DH | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Memphis | 17 | |
| Jim Sandusky | 7 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 35 | Walla Walla CC; Nevada-Las Vegas; San Diego State | 6 | |
| Glen Scrivener | 72 | DT | 6-4 | 275 | 29 | William Jewell | 1 | |
| Mike Sellers | 94 | DE | 6-3 | 270 | 21 | Walla Walla CC | 17 | |
| Derek Sholdice | 62 | OL | 6-4 | 290 | 24 | Northern Illinois | 9 | |
| Marc Tobert | 31 | SB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Alberta | 15 | |
| Rob Weir | 81 | SB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Queen's | 7 | |
| Henry Williams | 2 | WR | 5-6 | 181 | 34 | Northwest Mississippi CC; East Carolina | 7 | |
| Larry Wruck | 47 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 34 | none | 18 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Don Blair | SB | Calgary |
| 1 | 7 | Duane Arrindell | OL | Northern Illinois |
| 2 | 16 | Jay Hamilton | RB | Alberta |
| 3 | 25 | Sheldon Napastuk | DT | Iowa State |
| 4 | 34 | Murray Cunningham | DL | Alberta |
| 5 | 43 | Joe Saul | DE | Saskatchewan |
| 6 | 51 | Darcy Park | FB | Alberta |
| 7 | 60 | Troy Schwetz | DB | Jamestown |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | 184 | 84 | 97 | 459 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 71 | 97 | 99 | 354 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 342 | 87 | 220 | 35 | 180 | 1502 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Jagas | 0 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 0 | 0 | - | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 4 | 0 | 50 |
| Tony Burse | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Eddie Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Darren Flutie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Shalon Baker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Eric Blount | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Willie Pless | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Danny McManus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Kavis Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Glenn Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Nick Mazzoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Sandusky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marc Tobert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Henry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sean Fleming | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 32 | 39 | 82.1 | 3 | 0 | 132 |
| Don Blair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 44 | 43 | 44 | 97.7 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 56 | 78.6 | 14 | 3 | 459 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 354 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Blount | 246 | 1091 | 4.4 | 55 | 4 |
| Tony Burse | 50 | 213 | 4.3 | 59 | 6 |
| Cody Ledbetter | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Danny McManus | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 11 | 3 |
| Eddie Brown | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerry Collins | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Wruck | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Pless | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 1 | 4 |
| Darren Flutie | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Warren Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Hamilton | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Henry Williams | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 347 | 1467 | 4.2 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 319 | 1586 | 5.0 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny McManus | 582 | 310 | 53.3 | 245 | 4425 | 7.6 | 14.3 | 60 | 19 | 3.3 | 27 | 4.6 | 17 | 69.7 | ||
| Cody Ledbetter | 67 | 25 | 37.3 | 41 | 364 | 5.4 | 14.6 | 42 | 3 | 4.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 64.5 | |||
| Warren Jones | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 6 | 58 | 4.5 | 11.6 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 13.1 | |||
| Darren Flutie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Glenn Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 664 | 340 | 51.2 | 294 | 4847 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 22 | 3.3 | 30 | 4.5 | 26 | 67.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 626 | 332 | 53.0 | 271 | 4065 | 6.5 | 12.2 | 19 | 3.0 | 23 | 3.7 | 70 | 68.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Flutie | 86 | 1362 | 15.8 | 42 | 6 |
| Eddie Brown | 70 | 1325 | 18.9 | 46 | 7 |
| Eric Blount | 43 | 275 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Shalon Baker | 31 | 428 | 13.8 | 56 | 4 |
| Marc Tobert | 25 | 454 | 18.2 | 60 | 1 |
| Nick Mazzoli | 23 | 351 | 15.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Tony Burse | 18 | 168 | 9.3 | 18 | 2 |
| Jim Sandusky | 14 | 216 | 15.4 | 37 | 1 |
| Gerry Collins | 17 | 129 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Blair | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Tom Rayam | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 340 | 4849 | 14.3 | 22 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavis Reed | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 106 | 2 |
| Glenn Rogers | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 43 | 0 |
| Derrick Beatty | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Darian Hagan | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 73 | 0 |
| Malvin Hunter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Reggie Pleasant | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Pless | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 464 | 20.2 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Harper | 156 | 6544 | 41.9 | 72 | 7 | |
| Sean Fleming | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 157 | 6594 | 42.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shalon Baker | 56 | 580 | 10.4 | 86 | 1 |
| Henry Williams | 32 | 361 | 11.3 | 79 | 1 |
| Don Blair | 12 | 181 | 15.1 | 85 | 1 |
| Eddie Brown | 22 | 178 | 8.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Darian Hagan | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Eric Blount | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 144 | 1449 | 10.1 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Fleming | 51 | 3134 | 61.5 | 80 | 0 |
| Frank Jagas | 16 | 828 | 51.8 | 64 | 0 |
| Glenn Harper | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 3997 | 58.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Williams | 28 | 663 | 23.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Eric Blount | 16 | 277 | 17.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Gerry Collins | 11 | 214 | 19.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Darian Hagan | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Nick Mazzoli | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 1329 | 20.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Malvin Hunter | 14.0 | 124.0 |
| Bennie Goods | 12.0 | 83.0 |
| Leroy Blugh | 11.0 | 82.0 |
| Willie Pless | 8.0 | 49.0 |
| Singor Mobley | 5.0 | 53.0 |
| Derek MacCready | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| Errol Martin | 4.0 | 21.0 |
| Mike Sellers | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| Glenn Rogers | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Larry Wruck | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Maurice Miller | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| Akaba Delaney | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Darian Hagan | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Bruce Dickson | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Team Totals | 70.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shalon Baker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Blount | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Burse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Connop | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Dickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Darren Flutie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Frank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bennie Goods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Darian Hagan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Harper | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malvin Hunter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Warren Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Kucy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Ledbetter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Errol Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny McManus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Singor Mobley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Pless | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Rayam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kavis Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Glenn Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Sanduksy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Weir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Wruck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 86 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 10 | 10 |
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