In a rematch of last week’s contest the Edmonton Eskimos hosted the BC Lions at Commonwealth Stadium. The Lions went into the game still smarting from last weeks 20-12 loss while Eskimo veterans still remember BC spoiling last year’s home opener with a victory over the Green and Gold. The match was a low scoring affair with the first points coming off the foot of K Lui Passaglia who paced the Leo’s to a 3-point lead at 9:12 of the second quarter with a 24-yard FG. Edmonton K Sean Fleming quickly replied with a 44-yard FG at 12:15 sending the teams to the dressing room tied at 3. In the third quarter, the Edmonton defence upped their lead to 6-3 when they tackled BC QB Damon Allen in the end zone for a safety. The Eskimo offence then got on track when QB David Archer found Canadian SB Don Blair for a 51-yard pass receiving TD at 10:07. Fleming’s convert rounded out the third quarter scoring with Edmonton on top. At 7:27 of the fourth quarter Fleming padded the lead with a 28-yard FG but BC made it interesting when return specialist Jimmy “The Jet ” Cunningham returned a punt 89 yards for the major at 11:35. Passaglia’s convert cut the lead to 5 points but that was as close as BC would get as they dropped their second straight match to Edmonton by a 15-10 score.
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 | ||
1998 | Week 1 | EDM 20 @ BC 12 | |
Week 2 | BC 10 @ EDM 15 | ||
Week 12 | EDM 27 @ BC 21 | ||
Week 16 | BC 31 @ EDM 7 | ||
Division Semi-Final | BC 33 @ EDM 40 |
No scoring
1.
BC: Field Goal
PASSAGLIA
(24 yards)
9:02
2.
EDM: Field Goal
FLEMING
(44 yards)
12:15
3.
EDM: Safety touch
BROWN
3:26
4.
EDM: Touchdown BLAIR
(51 yard pass from WILLIAMS)
10:15
EDM: Convert Kick FLEMING
5.
EDM: Field Goal
FLEMING
(28 yards)
7:27
6.
BC: Touchdown CUNNINGHAM
(89 yard Punt return)
11:48
BC: Convert Kick PASSAGLIA
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Eskimos | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
BC | EDM | |
---|---|---|
First Downs | 14 | 20 |
Rushing | 67 | 126 |
Passing | 203 | 294 |
Total Offence | 270 | 420 |
Team Losses | 59 | 35 |
Net Offence | 211 | 385 |
Pass Comp-Att | 20-34 | 19-34 |
Interceptions by-yards | 1-0 | 1-18 |
Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
Punts-Net Avg. | 13-42.8 | 9-37.8 |
Penalties-Yards | 11-73 | 7-35 |
Time of Possession | 26:05 | 33:55 |
BC – ALLEN: 20/34, 203 YDS, 0 TD, 1 INT; EDM – ARCHER: 18/33, 243 YDS, 0 TD, 1 INT; WILLIAMS: 1/1, 51 YDS, 1 TD, 0 INT;
BC – ALLEN: 4/35 YDS, 0 TD; DRUMMOND: 12/32 YDS, 0 TD; EDM – WILLIAMS: 16/80 YDS, 0 TD; ARCHER: 3/23 YDS, 0 TD; MILLS: 6/23 YDS, 0 TD;
BC – SHIPMAN: 7/65 YDS, 0 TD; CUNNINGHAM: 4/60 YDS, 0 TD; SANDUSKY: 5/51 YDS, 0 TD; DRUMMOND: 3/22 YDS, 0 TD; ENGLISH: 1/5 YDS, 0 TD; EDM – BLAIR: 4/122 YDS, 1 TD; ROGERS: 4/64 YDS, 0 TD; MILLS: 3/36 YDS, 0 TD; RICHARDSON: 3/26 YDS, 0 TD; TOBERT: 2/24 YDS, 0 TD; WILLIAMS: 3/22 YDS, 0 TD;
Lions coach: Adam Rita (L)
Eskimos coach: Kay Stephenson (W)
Lions (0-2-0) Next vs Argonauts Jul 17
Eskimos (2-0-0) Next @ Roughriders Jul 17
BC | EDM | ||
---|---|---|---|
Largest Lead / Deficit | +3 / -12 | +12 / -3 | |
Final | -5 | +5 | |
BC | Tied | EDM | |
Time in Lead | -3:47 | 44:47 | 18:26 |
Site | Local Time | Condition | Temp. | Wind | Humidity | Feels Like | Pressure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City Centre A | 7:00 PM | Mainly Clear | 25.5°C | NNE (150°) at 11 km/h | 61% | 31 | 93.11 kPa |
City Centre A | 8:00 PM | Mainly Clear | 25.0°C | NNE (120°) at 9 km/h | 67% | 31 | 93.08 kPa |
City Centre A | 9:00 PM | Mainly Clear | 24.2°C | NNE (140°) at 7 km/h | 71% | 31 | 93.14 kPa |
City Centre A | 10:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 23.6°C | NNE (140°) at 7 km/h | 72% | 30 | 93.17 kPa |
Conditions at Edmonton City Centre A (4.09 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.