CFL Results Aug. 2, 1966 Edmonton Eskimos 7 @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26 on CFLdb Statistics

Edmonton Eskimos 7 @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26

Game Details

Week 1
18th Game of Regular Season (18th Overall)
Tuesday, Aug 2, 1966 9:00 PM EDT ( )
Tuesday, Aug 2, 1966 8:00 PM CDT (Local)
at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, MB
- Surface: Natural Grass
- Attendance: 15,112
- Capacity: 21,652

1965 and 1966 Winnipeg and Edmonton Matchups

1965	Week 1	Jul 30	WPG 21 @ EDM 14
	Week 7	Sep 11	WPG 25 @ EDM 30
	Week 13	Oct 23	EDM 24 @ WPG 40
1966	Week Ex	Jul 15	WPG 28 @ EDM 27
	Week 1	Aug 02	EDM 7 @ WPG 26
	Week 3	Aug 12	WPG 10 @ EDM 9
	Week 12	Oct 16	EDM 14 @ WPG 16
	Division Semi-Final	Nov 06	EDM 8 @ WPG 16

Blue Bombers record vs Eskimos (Regular Season)

Last decade (1956 to 1965)

at Winnipeg 10–7–0 (0.588)
at Edmonton 12–5–0 (0.706)
Winnipeg Total 22–12–0 (0.647)

All-time (through 1966)

at Winnipeg 23–13–1 (0.635)
at Edmonton 18–19–0 (0.486)
Winnipeg Total 41–32–1 (0.561)

Streaks as of Aug. 2, 1966 (Regular Season)

Blue Bombers streak at home vs Eskimos

1W — Oct. 23, 1965
Last Winnipeg Loss: Oct 19, 1964 @ Winnipeg

Blue Bombers streak overall vs Eskimos

1W — Oct. 23, 1965
Last Winnipeg Loss: Sep 11, 1965 @ Edmonton

Boxscore

Linescore

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Eskimos	0	0	0	7	7
Blue Bombers	2	21	1	2	26

Eskimos coach: Neill Armstrong (L)
Blue Bombers coach: Harold “Bud” Grant (W)

Eskimos (0-2-0) Next @ Lions Aug 09
Blue Bombers (1-0-0) Next @ Roughriders Aug 07

Game Time Weather in Winnipeg, MB

August 2nd Hourly Weather Summary for Winnipeg

Site	Local Time	Condition	Temp.	Wind	Humidity	Feels Like	Pressure
Richardson Int'l A	8:00 PM	Mainly Clear	22.8°C	NNE (180°) at 8 km/h	55%	26	98.58 kPa
Richardson Int'l A	9:00 PM	Mainly Clear	22.8°C	NNE (180°) at 16 km/h	55%	26	98.56 kPa
Richardson Int'l A	10:00 PM	Mainly Clear	22.8°C	NNE (180°) at 19 km/h	52%	25	98.52 kPa
Richardson Int'l A	11:00 PM	Mainly Clear	21.7°C	NNE (180°) at 23 km/h	58%	25	98.51 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

Regular Season
Category	Current Rank	Original Rank	Value	Person	Record Held Span	OR
Longest Rush – Play	6th	6th	100 yards	Jim Thomas (TD)

Sources

CFL (Game score/boxscore)

Contributors

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

Notices

No notices for this game.