BC Lions 10 @ Edmonton Eskimos 18

Game Details

  • Week 8
  • 31st Game of Regular Season (49th Overall)
  • Wednesday, Aug 30, 1978 9:30 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB
    • Surface: Natural Grass
    • Attendance: 42,768 (Sellout)
    • Capacity: 42,500
1977 and 1978 Edmonton and BC Matchups
1977Week DBC 19 @ EDM 8
Week 5EDM 24 @ BC 18
Week 11BC 20 @ EDM 18
Week 12EDM 13 @ BC 30
Division FinalBC 1 @ EDM 38
1978Week DBC 1 @ EDM 46
Week 8BC 10 @ EDM 18
Week 14BC 15 @ EDM 3
Week 18EDM 11 @ BC 33

Eskimos record vs Lions (Regular Season)

Last decade (1968 to 1977)
  • at Edmonton 9–5–1 (0.633)
  • at BC 8–6–1 (0.567)
  • Edmonton Total 17–11–2 (0.600)
All-time (through 1978)
  • at Edmonton 28–12–1 (0.695)
  • at BC 24–15–2 (0.610)
  • Edmonton Total 52–27–3 (0.652)

Streaks as of Aug. 30, 1978 (Regular Season)

Eskimos streak at home vs Lions
Eskimos streak overall vs Lions

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Lions 0 7 3 0 10
Eskimos 1 14 0 3 18

Lions coach: Vic Rapp (L)
Eskimos coach: Hugh Campbell (W)

Lions (3-3-2) Next vs Roughriders Sep 10
Eskimos (6-1-0) Next @ Stampeders Sep 04

Game Time Weather in Edmonton, AB

August 30th Hourly Weather Summary for Edmonton
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
City Centre A 7:00 PM Mainly Clear 20.9°C NNE (130°) at 9 km/h 46% 93.17 kPa
City Centre A 8:00 PM Mainly Clear 18.6°C NNE (120°) at 4 km/h 53% 93.17 kPa
City Centre A 9:00 PM Mainly Clear 16.9°C NNE (120°) at 11 km/h 57% 93.17 kPa
City Centre A 10:00 PM Mainly Clear 16.7°C Calm 56% 93.11 kPa
City Centre A 11:00 PM Mainly Clear 15.7°C Calm 61% 93.08 kPa

Conditions at Edmonton City Centre A (4.09 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

League Records Set and Approached in BC @ EDM
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)