Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20 @ Edmonton Eskimos 21

Game Details

  • Week 3
  • 14th Game of Regular Season (14th Overall)
  • Labour Day
  • Monday, Sept. 3, 1956 11:30 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton, AB
    • Surface: Natural Grass
    • Attendance: 15,000
    • Capacity: 20,667

Edmonton and Winnipeg Matchups

1955 and 1956 Matchups
1955Week 1EDM 13 @ WPG 9
Week 5WPG 8 @ EDM 14
Week 7EDM 0 @ WPG 12
Week 10WPG 0 @ EDM 12
P2EDM 29 @ WPG 6
P2WPG 6 @ EDM 26
1956Week 3WPG 20 @ EDM 21
Week 8EDM 7 @ WPG 10
Week 9WPG 11 @ EDM 21
Week 11EDM 0 @ WPG 33

Eskimos record vs Blue Bombers
(Regular Season)

Last decade 1947 to 1956
  • at Edmonton 13–4–0
  • at Winnipeg 6–10–1
  • Edmonton Total 19–14–1
All-time (through 1956)
  • at Edmonton 14–6–0
  • at Winnipeg 6–13–1
  • Edmonton Total 20–19–1

Streaks as of Sept. 3, 1956
(Regular Season)

Eskimos streak at home vs Blue Bombers
Elks streak overall vs Blue Bombers

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blue Bombers 0 7 6 7 20
Elks 7 7 0 7 21

Blue Bombers coach: Allie Sherman (L)
Eskimos coach: Frank “Pop” Ivy (W)

Blue Bombers (2-2-0) Next vs Roughriders Sep 10
Elks (4-0-0) Next @ Roughriders Sep 09

Game Time Weather in Edmonton, AB

September 3rd Hourly Weather Summary for Edmonton
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
City Centre A 8:00 PM Drizzle 3.9°C N (110°) at 10 km/h 73% 94.71 kPa
City Centre A 9:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 3.3°C NNE (160°) at 6 km/h 76% 94.67 kPa
City Centre A 10:00 PM Drizzle 2.8°C NNE (160°) at 10 km/h 82% 94.64 kPa
City Centre A 11:00 PM Drizzle 2.2°C NNE (160°) at 10 km/h 92% 94.64 kPa

Conditions at Edmonton City Centre A (4.05 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

Sources

  • CFL (Game score/boxscore)

Contributors

  • Steve Daniel/CFL

Notices

  • No notices for this game.