Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13 @ Edmonton Eskimos 41

Game Details

  • Week 7
  • 26th Game of Regular Season (44th Overall)
  • Tuesday, Aug 21, 1979 9:30 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB
    • Surface: Natural Grass
    • Attendance: 42,778 (Sellout)
    • Capacity: 42,500
1978 and 1979 Edmonton and Winnipeg Matchups
1978Week 2EDM 29 @ WPG 28
Week 7WPG 8 @ EDM 14
Week 15EDM 38 @ WPG 10
1979Week 1EDM 28 @ WPG 10
Week 7WPG 13 @ EDM 41
Week 17WPG 11 @ EDM 19

Eskimos record vs Blue Bombers (Regular Season)

Last decade (1969 to 1978)
  • at Edmonton 11–3–1 (0.767)
  • at Winnipeg 9–6–0 (0.600)
  • Edmonton Total 20–9–1 (0.683)
All-time (through 1979)
  • at Edmonton 32–21–1 (0.602)
  • at Winnipeg 25–27–1 (0.481)
  • Edmonton Total 57–48–2 (0.542)

Streaks as of Aug. 21, 1979 (Regular Season)

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

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blue Bombers 3 10 0 0 13
Eskimos 3 10 11 17 41

Blue Bombers coach: Ray Jauch (L)
Eskimos coach: Hugh Campbell (W)

Blue Bombers (1-5-0) Next vs Roughriders Aug 29
Eskimos (4-0-2) Next vs Argonauts Aug 29

Game Time Weather in Edmonton, AB

August 21st Hourly Weather Summary for Edmonton
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
City Centre A 7:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 19.2°C N (110°) at 7 km/h 56% 94.00 kPa
City Centre A 8:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 17.7°C NNE (120°) at 7 km/h 62% 94.03 kPa
City Centre A 9:00 PM Mainly Clear 16.1°C NNE (140°) at 6 km/h 65% 94.06 kPa
City Centre A 10:00 PM Mainly Clear 16.6°C NNE (150°) at 4 km/h 65% 94.09 kPa
City Centre A 11:00 PM Mainly Clear 14.9°C NNE (120°) at 4 km/h 71% 94.09 kPa

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

League Records Set and Approached in WPG @ 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)