CFL Results Aug. 24, 1961 Edmonton Eskimos 35 @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20 on CFLdb Statistics

Edmonton Eskimos 35 @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20

Game Details

Week 4
31st Game of Regular Season (31st Overall)
Thursday, Aug 24, 1961 9:30 PM EDT ( )
Thursday, Aug 24, 1961 7:30 PM CST (Local)
at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, MB
- Surface: Natural Grass
- Attendance: 19,660 (Sellout)
- Capacity: 19,660

1960 and 1961 Winnipeg and Edmonton Matchups

1960	Week 3	Aug 25	EDM 14 @ WPG 18
	Week 4	Sep 03	WPG 15 @ EDM 14
	Week 7	Sep 26	EDM 15 @ WPG 2
	Week 10	Oct 17	WPG 21 @ EDM 17
	Division Final	Nov 12	WPG 22 @ EDM 16
	Division Final	Nov 14	EDM 10 @ WPG 5
	Division Final	Nov 19	EDM 4 @ WPG 2
1961	Week 4	Aug 24	EDM 35 @ WPG 20
	Week 8	Sep 23	WPG 33 @ EDM 10
	Week 14	Nov 04	WPG 14 @ EDM 13

Blue Bombers record vs Eskimos (Regular Season)

Last decade (1951 to 1960)

at Winnipeg 11–8–1 (0.575)
at Edmonton 9–12–0 (0.429)
Winnipeg Total 20–20–1 (0.500)

All-time (through 1961)

at Winnipeg 18–10–1 (0.638)
at Edmonton 13–17–0 (0.433)
Winnipeg Total 31–27–1 (0.534)

Streaks as of Aug. 24, 1961 (Regular Season)

Blue Bombers streak at home vs Eskimos

1L — Sept. 26, 1960
Last Winnipeg Win: Aug 25, 1960 @ Winnipeg

Blue Bombers streak overall vs Eskimos

1W — Oct. 17, 1960
Last Winnipeg Loss: Sep 26, 1960 @ Winnipeg

Boxscore

Linescore

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Eskimos	6	9	3	17	35
Blue Bombers	0	13	7	0	20

Eskimos coach: Eagle “Buddy” Keys (W)
Blue Bombers coach: Harold “Bud” Grant (L)

Eskimos (4-0-0) Next vs Lions Aug 29
Blue Bombers (4-1-0) Next vs Tiger-Cats Sep 01

Game Time Weather in Winnipeg, MB

August 24th Hourly Weather Summary for Winnipeg

Site	Local Time	Condition	Temp.	Wind	Humidity	Feels Like	Pressure
Richardson Int'l A	7:00 PM	Mainly Clear	25.6°C	NNE (320°) at 14 km/h	33%	26	98.00 kPa
Richardson Int'l A	8:00 PM	Mainly Clear	21.1°C	NNE (320°) at 10 km/h	44%		98.07 kPa
Richardson Int'l A	9:00 PM	Clear	22.2°C	N (20°) at 10 km/h	47%		98.12 kPa
Richardson Int'l A	10:00 PM	Clear	19.4°C	N (20°) at 11 km/h	58%		98.20 kPa
Richardson Int'l A	11:00 PM	Smoke	18.3°C	N (20°) at 5 km/h	67%		98.23 kPa

Conditions at Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A (4.27 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

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


Category	Current Rank	Original Rank	Value	Person	Record Held Span	OR

Sources

CFL (Game score/boxscore)

Contributors

Steve Daniel/CFL
Gridiron Uniform DB/Bill Schaefer (Game time)

Notices

No notices for this game.