Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
Ex
Wed Jul 15 11:30 PM
EDM 15 @ CGY 10 W  
Ex
Tue Jul 21 8:00 PM
CGY 7 @ EDM 33 W  
Ex
Mon Aug 3 11:30 PM
OTT 7 @ EDM 20 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
2
Mon Aug 17 11:30 PM
BC 12 @ EDM 0 L  
3
Mon Aug 24 11:30 PM
SSK 0 @ EDM 55 W  
3
Thu Aug 27 9:30 PM
EDM 16 @ WPG 1 W  
4
Mon Aug 31 11:30 PM
EDM 7 @ BC 8 L  
5
Sat Sep 5 11:30 PM
WPG 16 @ EDM 8 L  
5
Mon Sep 7 5:30 PM
EDM 16 @ CGY 10 W  
6
Sat Sep 12 11:30 PM
CGY 20 @ EDM 27 W  
7
Sat Sep 19 4:00 PM
EDM 32 @ SSK 0 W  
7
Mon Sep 21 11:30 PM
BC 7 @ EDM 29 W  
8
Mon Sep 28 9:30 PM
EDM 10 @ WPG 13 L  
9
Sat Oct 3 11:30 PM
SSK 15 @ EDM 44 W  
10
Sun Oct 11 12:30 AM
EDM 38 @ BC 14 W  
10
Mon Oct 12 5:00 PM
CGY 41 @ EDM 23 L CTVW
11
Sat Oct 17 11:30 PM
EDM 24 @ CGY 25 L  
11
Mon Oct 19 11:30 PM
WPG 20 @ EDM 21 W  
12
Sat Oct 24 4:00 PM
EDM 20 @ SSK 19 W  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sat Oct 31 10:30 PM
EDM 20 @ BC 8 W  
P1
Wed Nov 4 10:00 PM
BC 7 @ EDM 41 W CBC
Final
Wed Nov 11 2:00 PM
WPG 19 @ EDM 11 L  
P2
Sat Nov 14 3:00 PM
EDM 8 @ WPG 16 L CBC
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 16 10 6 0 20 370 221 W2 4-2-0
    Home 8 5 3 0 10 207 131 W1 4-2-0
    Visitor 8 5 3 0 10 163 90 W1 4-2-0

Full 1959 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 2 (2-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 4 (2-2-0) 5 (3-2-0) 1 (1-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 7 (5-2-0) 3 (2-1-0) 6 (3-3-0)
After 2nd 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (1-3-0) 7 (5-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 11 (9-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0)
After 3rd 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (2-2-0) 6 (4-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 10 (7-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (3-3-0)
After 4th 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 10 (10-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (0-6-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.469 5-3-0 (8) 5-3-0 (8)
Non-Divisional 0.000 0-0-0 (0) 0-0-0 (0)
BC Lions (4) 0.563
Calgary Stampeders (4) 0.500
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4) 0.063
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4) 0.750
19591958 +/-
Average Combined Score 36.94 -0.81
Average Winning Score 29.80 +5.02
Average Losing Score 12.00 -1.00
Average Home Score 25.88 +5.75
Average Visitor Score 20.38 +1.50
Average Margin of Victory 19.20 +6.64
Average Margin of Loss 7.17 -8.33
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Edmonton 207 (25.9) 163 (20.4) 370 (23.1)
Opponent 90 (11.3) 131 (16.4) 221 (13.8)
1st Edmonton 26 (3.3) 35 (4.4) 61 (3.8)
Opponent 10 (1.3) 34 (4.3) 44 (2.8)
2nd Edmonton 75 (9.4) 69 (8.6) 144 (9.0)
Opponent 26 (3.3) 30 (3.8) 56 (3.5)
3rd Edmonton 28 (3.5) 31 (3.9) 59 (3.7)
Opponent 18 (2.3) 32 (4.0) 50 (3.1)
4th Edmonton 78 (9.8) 28 (3.5) 106 (6.6)
Opponent 36 (4.5) 35 (4.4) 71 (4.4)
Head Coaches
Assistant Coaches
  • Dan Edwards – Line
  • Paul Davis – Backfield
1959 Player Awards and Nominations
1959 Most Outstanding
Edmonton Eskimos 1959 All-Star Selections
7 All-Division Selections
HB Johnny Bright
HB Jackie Parker
T Roger Nelson
DT Art Walker, Jr.
DE Ed Gray
ILB Al Ecuyer
CLB Rollie Miles

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1959 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–7 (7)   Julian Porter (T) Toronto (UofT)
2–7 (16)   Ron Delisle (C) Queen's
3–7 (21)   Brian Aston (QB) Toronto (UofT)
4–7   Pass

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