BC Lions 15 @ Edmonton Eskimos 3

Game Details

  • Week 14
  • 55th Game of Regular Season (73rd Overall)
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Monday, Oct 9, 1978 4:30 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB
    • Surface: Natural Grass
    • Attendance: 42,673 (Sellout)
    • Capacity: 42,500
  • Broadcaster:
    • CTV
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 Oct. 9, 1978 (Regular Season)

Eskimos streak at home vs Lions
Eskimos streak overall vs Lions

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Lions 1 7 0 7 15
Eskimos 0 0 3 0 3

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

Lions (4-7-2) Next vs Rough Riders Oct 22
Eskimos (9-2-2) Next @ Blue Bombers Oct 15

Game Time Weather in Edmonton, AB

October 9th Hourly Weather Summary for Edmonton
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
City Centre A 2:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 19.6°C NNE (200°) at 7 km/h 38% 92.63 kPa
City Centre A 3:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 18.4°C NNE (270°) at 6 km/h 42% 92.63 kPa
City Centre A 4:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 16.2°C Calm 51% 92.60 kPa
City Centre A 5:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 15.6°C Calm 58% 92.57 kPa
City Centre A 6:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 14.7°C Calm 60% 92.54 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)