The West Division leading Edmonton Eskimos traveled to B.C. Place Stadium this week for a match against the second place B.C. Lions. The game started as a tight defensive battle with neither team scoring in the first quarter. The defensive battle continued until 2:26 of the second quarter when B.C. QB Damon Allen found wide-out Larry Thompson in the end zone for a 15-yard TD. K Lui Passaglia’s convert was good giving the Lions a 7- point advantage. The Lions’ lead was doubled later in the quarter when Allen scrambled into the end zone from 6 yards out at 10:53. Passaglia’s convert was good putting sending the Lions into the locker room with a 14-0 half-time lead. Edmonton finally got on the board in the third quarter when K Sean Fleming’s 44‐yard FG attempt sailed wide right scoring the single point. An interception by CB Leonard Humphries set up a Passaglia 10-yard FG at 8:51. Passaglia increased the Lions’ lead to 19 points in the final stanza of play when his 41-yard FG was successful at 3:31 of the fourth quarter. The Lions continued to dominate and were rewarded with another major when RB Cory Philpot busted in from the 1-yard line at 9:20. Passaglia’s third convert of the game was good closing out the games scoring giving the Lions a 27-1 victory. The win draws the Lions to within one game of the Eskimos in the very tough Western Division.
1996 | Week 1 | EDM 28 @ BC 14 | |
Week 14 | BC 12 @ EDM 32 | ||
Week 16 | EDM 34 @ BC 31 | ||
1997 | Week A | EDM 15 @ BC 32 | |
Week 3 | BC 41 @ EDM 31 | ||
Week 12 | EDM 1 @ BC 27 | ||
Week 17 | BC 7 @ EDM 41 |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
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Eskimos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lions | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
Eskimos coach: Ron Lancaster (L)
Lions coach: Adam Rita (W)
Eskimos (8-4-0) Next vs Argonauts Sep 21
Lions (7-5-0) Next @ Blue Bombers Sep 20
Site | Local Time | Condition | Temp. | Wind | Humidity | Pressure |
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West Vancouver AUT | 7:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 13.5°C | N (40°) at 4 km/h | 88% | 100.96 kPa |
West Vancouver AUT | 8:00 PM | Overcast | 13.2°C | NE (360°) at 2 km/h | 93% | 100.90 kPa |
West Vancouver AUT | 9:00 PM | Overcast | 12.1°C | N (10°) at 7 km/h | 100% | 100.81 kPa |
West Vancouver AUT | 10:00 PM | Overcast | 12.5°C | N (70°) at 7 km/h | 100% | 100.73 kPa |
West Vancouver AUT | 11:00 PM | Breezy and Overcast | 13.0°C | N (70°) at 7 km/h | 97% | 100.65 kPa |
Conditions at West Vancouver AUT (10.42 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.
Data from Dark Sky. Contains supplemental data (Conditions, Pressure, Cloud cover) from Dark Sky estimated conditions.