Edmonton Eskimos 1955 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the WIFU
Won WIFU Final Best of Series 2 – 0
- Nov. 11, 1955 Won 29 – 6 @ Winnipeg
- Nov. 16, 1955 Won 26 – 6 vs Winnipeg
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 26, 1955 Won 34 – 19 vs Montreal in Vancouver, BC

Edmonton Eskimos 1955 Season Resources 1955 EDM Team Roster 1955 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Aug 10 11:30 PM	HAM 6 @ EDM 21	W	10,000
Ex	Sat Aug 13 11:30 PM	TOR 18 @ EDM 29	W	10,000


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Aug 20 11:30 PM	EDM 13 @ CGY 10	W	14,000
1	Mon Aug 22 9:30 PM	EDM 13 @ WPG 9	W	16,835
2	Sat Aug 27 11:30 PM	BC 12 @ EDM 29	W	17,500
3	Sat Sep 3 11:30 PM	SSK 12 @ EDM 19	W	19,500
4	Sat Sep 10 11:30 PM	EDM 18 @ BC 13	W	29,503
4	Mon Sep 12 11:30 PM	CGY 12 @ EDM 24	W	15,000
5	Sat Sep 17 9:00 PM	EDM 26 @ SSK 9	W	14,500
5	Mon Sep 19 11:30 PM	WPG 8 @ EDM 14	W	12,500
6	Sat Sep 24 11:30 PM	EDM 15 @ CGY 0	W	10,000
6	Mon Sep 26 11:30 PM	EDM 15 @ BC 0	W	24,241
7	Sat Oct 1 9:00 PM	EDM 0 @ WPG 12	L	18,884
7	Mon Oct 3 10:30 PM	SSK 9 @ EDM 17	W	15,000
8	Sat Oct 8 11:30 PM	BC 2 @ EDM 38	W	16,500
9	Sat Oct 15 8:00 PM	EDM 3 @ SSK 4	L	11,590
10	Sat Oct 22 10:30 PM	WPG 0 @ EDM 12	W	16,000
11	Sat Oct 29 10:30 PM	CGY 5 @ EDM 30	W	13,000


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Fri Nov 11 3:00 PM	EDM 29 @ WPG 6	W	15,553
P2	Wed Nov 16 10:30 PM	WPG 6 @ EDM 26	W	12,000
33	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 26 4:30 PM	MTL 19 vs EDM 34	W	39,471	R/C, CBCE

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	14	2	0	28	286	117	W2	4-2-0
Home	8	8	0	0	16	183	60	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	103	57	L2	4-2-0

Full 1955 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	5 (5-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	10 (9-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)
After 2nd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	11 (11-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)
After 3rd	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	14 (14-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.406	8-0-0 (8)	6-2-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
BC Lions (4)	0.313	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.625	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.438	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1955	1954 +/-
Average Combined Score	25.19	-0.94
Average Winning Score	20.21	-0.24
Average Losing Score	1.50	-4.50
Average Home Score	22.88	+3.25
Average Visitor Score	12.88	+0.62
Average Margin of Victory	13.00	+1.18
Average Margin of Loss	6.50	-1.10

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	183 (22.9)	103 (12.9)	286 (17.9)
Total	Opponent	57 (7.1)	60 (7.5)	117 (7.3)
1st	Edmonton	47 (5.9)	28 (3.5)	75 (4.7)
1st	Opponent	19 (2.4)	13 (1.6)	32 (2.0)
2nd	Edmonton	52 (6.5)	25 (3.1)	77 (4.8)
2nd	Opponent	6 (0.8)	28 (3.5)	34 (2.1)
3rd	Edmonton	42 (5.3)	23 (2.9)	65 (4.1)
3rd	Opponent	31 (3.9)	1 (0.1)	32 (2.0)
4th	Edmonton	42 (5.3)	27 (3.4)	69 (4.3)
4th	Opponent	1 (0.1)	18 (2.3)	19 (1.2)

Head Coach

Frank “Pop” Ivy (March 10, 1954 – Jan. 9, 1958)

Assistant Coaches

Eagle Keys – Assistant
Ray Prochaska – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1955 Player Awards and Nominations

1955 Most Outstanding

Player — Jackie Parker (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Dale Meinert (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Normie Kwong (Winner)

Edmonton Eskimos 1955 All-Star Selections

12 All-Division Selections

Coach	Frank “Pop” Ivy
QB	Jackie Parker
HB	Normie Kwong
C	Kurt Burris
G	Art Walker, Jr.
T	Dale Meinert
DT	Dale Meinert
DE	Frankie Anderson
SEC	Kurt Burris
SEC	Ted Tully
DHB	Rollie Miles
S	Rupe Andrews, Jr.

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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