1997 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
1st place • West Division • 12-6-0 .667 |
Head Coach: Ron Lancaster |
Gary Durchik | Offensive Line |
Scott Fawcett | Special Teams |
Jim Hilles | Defensive Front |
R.D. Lancaster | Offensive Coordinator |
Brad Miller | Defensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sun | 6/8/1997 | A | British Columbia Lions | 15-32 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 10284 | |
Thu | 6/19/1997 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-17 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 32291 | |
Wed | 6/25/1997 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 23-22 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 24868 | |
Fri | 7/4/1997 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-18 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 25751 | |
Thu | 7/10/1997 | H | British Columbia Lions | 31-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 26010 | |
Thu | 7/17/1997 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 32-0 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 27811 | |
Thu | 7/24/1997 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 34-24 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10025 | |
Thu | 7/31/1997 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 37-34 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 30917 | |
Thu | 8/7/1997 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 45-11 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 29293 | |
Thu | 8/14/1997 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-38 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 18301 | |
Thu | 8/21/1997 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 28-24 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 27960 | |
Mon | 9/1/1997 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 14-27 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 37611 | |
Fri | 9/5/1997 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 24-20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43913 | |
Sat | 9/13/1997 | A | British Columbia Lions | 1-27 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 25088 | |
Sat | 9/20/1997 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 24-25 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 38619 | |
Sun | 9/28/1997 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 15-29 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 29361 | |
Sun | 10/5/1997 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 42-32 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 31572 | |
Sun | 10/12/1997 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-2 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18524 | |
Sun | 10/19/1997 | H | British Columbia Lions | 41-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 31958 | |
Sat | 10/25/1997 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30-19 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16110 | |
Western Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/9/1997 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 38258 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Derrick Beatty | 17 | DB | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | Weber State | 16 | |
Don Blair | 20 | SB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Calgary | 17 | |
Eric Blount | 35 | RB | 5-9 | 192 | 27 | North Carolina | 17 | |
Leroy Blugh | 89 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Bishop's | 18 | |
Andre Bolduc | 12 | SB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Concordia (Quebec) | 9 | |
Eddie Brown | 4 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 31 | Dodge City CC; Iowa State | 13 | |
Trent Brown | 28 | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 31 | Alberta | 17 | |
Tony Burse | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 32 | Middle Tennessee State | 13 | |
Rod Connop | 67 | C | 6-6 | 245 | 38 | Wilfrid Laurier | 18 | |
Marcus Crandell | 9 | QB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | East Carolina | 4 | |
Patrice Denis | 37 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Western Ontario | 18 | |
Bruce Dickson | 36 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Simon Fraser | 18 | |
Sean Fleming | 11 | K-P | 6-3 | 190 | 27 | Wyoming | 18 | 0 |
Darren Flutie | 82 | SB | 5-10 | 184 | 31 | Boston College | 17 | |
Malcolm Frank | 10 | CB | 5-8 | 182 | 29 | Baylor | 16 | |
Ian Franklin | 7 | CB | 6-4 | 200 | 27 | Weber State | 10 | |
Bennie Goods | 40 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Alcorn State | 14 | |
Bob Gordon | 84 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | Nebraska-Omaha | 18 | |
Leo Groenewegen | 59 | OG | 6-5 | 265 | 32 | British Columbia | 18 | |
Jay Hamilton | 29 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Alberta | 11 | |
Chris Hardy | 8 | S | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Manitoba | 8 | |
Tommy Henry | 13 | DB | 6-1 | 175 | 28 | Florida State | 18 | |
Malvin Hunter | 46 | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Wisconsin | 18 | |
Jimmy Kemp | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Wake Forest | 18 | |
Derek MacCready | 79 | DT | 6-5 | 265 | 30 | Waldorf JC; Ohio State | 18 | |
Errol Martin | 38 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Utah | 18 | |
Danny McManus | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Florida State | 15 | |
Maurice Miller | 45 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Wake Forest | 11 | |
Chris Morris | 60 | OT | 6-5 | 285 | 29 | Toronto | 18 | |
Shannon Myers | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 171 | 24 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 5 | |
Reggie Pleasant | 6 | CB | 5-10 | 175 | 35 | Clemson | 7 | |
Willie Pless | 39 | LB | 5-10 | 215 | 33 | Kansas | 18 | |
Tom Rayam | 55 | OL | 6-7 | 290 | 29 | Alabama | 17 | |
Kavis Reed | 24 | CB | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Furman | 18 | |
Jed Roberts | 43 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Northern Colorado | 18 | |
Glenn Rogers | 26 | DH | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Memphis | 18 | |
Mike Sellers | 33 | LB-FB | 6-3 | 270 | 22 | Walla Walla CC | 16 | |
Derek Sholdice | 62 | OL | 6-4 | 290 | 25 | Northern Illinois | 15 | |
Marc Tobert | 31 | SB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Alberta | 17 | |
Mark Verbeek | 51 | OL | 6-5 | 258 | 25 | St. Francis Xavier | 18 | |
Henry Williams | 2 | WR | 5-6 | 181 | 35 | Northwest Mississippi CC; East Carolina | 18 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 3 | Ian Franklin | CB | Weber State |
1 | 8 | Mark Verbeek | OL | St. Francis Xavier |
2 | 16 | Patrice Denis | LB | Western Ontario |
4 | 32 | David Heasman | OL | Northern Arizona |
5 | 40 | O.J. Santiago | TE | Kent State |
6 | 47 | Chris Hardy | QB | Manitoba |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 98 | 126 | 95 | 159 | 10 | 479 |
Opponents Totals | 90 | 139 | 92 | 79 | 400 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 365 | 88 | 241 | 36 | 142 | 1170 | |||
Opponents Totals | 368 | 134 | 209 | 25 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sean Fleming | 0 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 56 | 73.2 | 23 | 0 | 187 | |
Tony Burse | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||
Darren Flutie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |||
Eddie Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Don Blair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
Shannon Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Willie Pless | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Kavis Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Henry Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Danny McManus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Mike Sellers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Bob Gordon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||
Team Totals | 46 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 56 | 73.2 | 23 | 4 | 479 | |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 400 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Blount | 177 | 672 | 3.8 | 24 | 0 |
Tony Burse | 80 | 254 | 3.2 | 26 | 13 |
Jimmy Kemp | 20 | 147 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Sellers | 40 | 133 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 |
Darren Flutie | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Danny McManus | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 12 | 1 |
Sean Fleming | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Marcus Crandell | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 25 | 0 |
Andre Bolduc | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
Henry Williams | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bob Gordon | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
Willie Pless | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
Team Totals | 352 | 1341 | 3.8 | 16 | |
Opponents Totals | 413 | 2178 | 5.3 | 12 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny McManus | 488 | 293 | 60.0 | 176 | 4099 | 8.4 | 14.0 | 71 | 22 | 4.5 | 19 | 3.9 | 13 | 85.9 | ||
Jimmy Kemp | 150 | 80 | 53.3 | 61 | 1175 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 69 | 3 | 2.0 | 9 | 6.0 | 60.8 | |||
Marcus Crandell | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 7 | 71 | 5.5 | 14.2 | 33 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 50.5 | ||
Sean Fleming | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 59 | 19.7 | 29.5 | 32 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 149.3 | |||
Eric Blount | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
Team Totals | 655 | 381 | 58.2 | 245 | 5414 | 8.3 | 14.2 | 27 | 4.1 | 29 | 4.4 | 34 | 80.3 | |||
Opponents Totals | 590 | 345 | 58.5 | 218 | 4494 | 7.6 | 13.0 | 25 | 4.2 | 27 | 4.6 | 47 | 77.6 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Flutie | 90 | 1313 | 14.6 | 51 | 9 |
Eddie Brown | 54 | 822 | 15.2 | 71 | 4 |
Eric Blount | 44 | 365 | 8.3 | 31 | 0 |
Don Blair | 36 | 623 | 17.3 | 47 | 3 |
Tony Burse | 29 | 309 | 10.7 | 27 | 0 |
Marc Tobert | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | 38 | 0 |
Shannon Myers | 15 | 298 | 19.9 | 69 | 2 |
Henry Williams | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 38 | 1 |
Mike Sellers | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 21 | 0 |
Kavis Reed | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Sean Fleming | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Willie Pless | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
Bob Gordon | 71 | 1073 | 15.1 | 39 | 7 |
Andre Bolduc | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 41 | 0 |
Chris Hardy | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
Team Totals | 381 | 5383 | 14.1 | 27 | |
Opponents Totals | 345 | 4494 | 13.0 | 25 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kavis Reed | 7 | 183 | 26.1 | 59 | 2 |
Glenn Rogers | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 34 | 0 |
Tommy Henry | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 45 | 0 |
Willie Pless | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
Trent Brown | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Malcolm Frank | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Sellers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Derrick Beatty | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Ian Franklin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Malvin Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 27 | 496 | 18.4 | 2 | |
Opponents Totals | 29 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sean Fleming | 115 | 4667 | 40.6 | 91 | 0 | 9 |
Team Totals | 115 | 4667 | 40.6 | |||
Opponents Totals |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Williams | 84 | 821 | 9.8 | 72 | 1 |
Don Blair | 18 | 221 | 12.3 | 56 | 0 |
Bob Gordon | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
Eric Blount | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 105 | 1064 | 10.1 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sean Fleming | 78 | 4751 | 60.9 | 87 | 3 |
Team Totals | 78 | 4751 | 60.9 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Williams | 52 | 1105 | 21.3 | 42 | 0 |
Eric Blount | 13 | 200 | 15.4 | 36 | 0 |
Jed Roberts | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
Bob Gordon | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Bennie Goods | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Mike Sellers | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Malvin Hunter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 72 | 1374 | 19.1 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Malvin Hunter | 9.0 | 49.0 |
Leroy Blugh | 7.0 | 64.0 |
Willie Pless | 7.0 | 20.0 |
Derek MacCready | 5.0 | 32.0 |
Bennie Goods | 4.0 | 38.0 |
Errol Martin | 4.0 | 35.0 |
Jed Roberts | 3.0 | 9.0 |
Bruce Dickson | 3.0 | 7.0 |
Maurice Miller | 2.0 | 19.0 |
Tommy Henry | 2.0 | 4.0 |
Derrick Beatty | 1.0 | 3.0 |
Mike Sellers | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Team Totals | 47.0 | |
Opponents Totals | 34.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derrick Beatty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Don Blair | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Blount | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Leroy Blugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andre Bolduc | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trent Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Tony Burse | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Marcus Crandell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Dickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sean Fleming | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darren Flutie | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malcolm Frank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bennie Goods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Gordon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malvin Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Kemp | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Derek MacCready | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Errol Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danny McManus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Maurice Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Morris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Shannon Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Pless | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Mike Sellers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 0 |
Mark Verbeek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Henry Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 32 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 77 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 20 | 20 |
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