Edmonton Eskimos 14 @ BC Lions 14

Game Details

  • Week 5
  • 17th Game of Regular Season (35th Overall)
  • Tuesday, Aug 7, 1979 11:00 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, BC
    • Surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
    • Attendance: 30,137 (Announced sellout)
    • Capacity: 30,229
1978 and 1979 BC and Edmonton Matchups
1978Week DBC 1 @ EDM 46
Week 8BC 10 @ EDM 18
Week 14BC 15 @ EDM 3
Week 18EDM 11 @ BC 33
1979Week ABC 32 @ EDM 27
Week 5EDM 14 @ BC 14
Week 11BC 8 @ EDM 40
Week 18EDM 25 @ BC 17

Lions record vs Eskimos (Regular Season)

Last decade (1969 to 1978)
  • at BC 5–8–2 (0.400)
  • at Edmonton 4–10–1 (0.300)
  • BC Total 9–18–3 (0.350)
All-time (through 1979)
  • at BC 15–25–3 (0.384)
  • at Edmonton 12–29–1 (0.298)
  • BC Total 27–54–4 (0.341)

Streaks as of Aug. 7, 1979 (Regular Season)

Lions streak at home vs Eskimos
Lions streak overall vs Eskimos

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Eskimos 7 7 0 0 14
Lions 7 3 4 0 14

Eskimos coach: Hugh Campbell (T)
Lions coach: Vic Rapp (T)

Eskimos (3-0-1) Next @ Rough Riders Aug 15
Lions (4-0-1) Next @ Stampeders Aug 16

Game Time Weather in Vancouver, BC

August 7th Hourly Weather Summary for Vancouver
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
Vancouver Int'l A 8:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 18.0°C Calm 74% 101.60 kPa
Vancouver Int'l A 9:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 17.6°C Calm 76% 101.63 kPa
Vancouver Int'l A 10:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 16.4°C NNE (120°) at 6 km/h 82% 101.66 kPa
Vancouver Int'l A 11:00 PM Mainly Clear 15.7°C N (80°) at 9 km/h 84% 101.70 kPa

Conditions at Vancouver Int'l A (15.90 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

League Records Set and Approached in EDM @ BC
Including known plays over 55 yards

CategoryCurrent
Rank		Original
Rank		ValuePersonRecord Held Span OR

Sources

  • CFL (Game score/boxscore)

Contributors

  • Steve Daniel/CFL

Notices

  • Data is verified (Data Complete)