Edmonton Eskimos 1961 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

10 wins, 5 losses, 1 tie
Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Lost Western Conference Semi-final Total Point Series 27 – 26
- Nov. 11, 1961 Lost 8 – 10 @ Calgary
- Nov. 13, 1961 Won 18 – 17 vs Calgary

Edmonton Eskimos 1961 Season Resources 1961 EDM Team Roster 1961 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
Ex	Fri Jul 14 11:30 PM	CGY 16 @ EDM 24	W
Ex	Fri Jul 21 11:30 PM	HAM 9 @ EDM 17	W
Ex	Sat Jul 29 11:30 PM	OTT 3 @ EDM 17	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Mon Aug 7 11:30 PM	EDM 29 @ BC 19	W
2	Mon Aug 14 11:30 PM	SSK 8 @ EDM 38	W
3	Sat Aug 19 11:30 PM	MTL 0 @ EDM 33	W
4	Thu Aug 24 9:30 PM	EDM 35 @ WPG 20	W
5	Mon Aug 28 11:30 PM	BC 20 @ EDM 21	W
6	Mon Sep 4 5:00 PM	EDM 10 @ CGY 9	W
6	Sat Sep 9 2:00 PM	EDM 35 @ OTT 26	W
7	Mon Sep 11 8:00 PM	EDM 15 @ HAM 32	L
7	Sat Sep 16 11:30 PM	TOR 8 @ EDM 8	T
8	Sat Sep 23 11:30 PM	WPG 33 @ EDM 10	L
9	Mon Sep 25 10:30 PM	EDM 16 @ SSK 1	W
9	Sun Oct 1 12:30 AM	EDM 9 @ BC 21	L
10	Sat Oct 7 11:30 PM	CGY 28 @ EDM 21	L
11	Sat Oct 14 11:30 PM	SSK 10 @ EDM 21	W
13	Bye
14	Mon Oct 30 10:30 PM	EDM 20 @ CGY 8	W
14	Sat Nov 4 10:30 PM	WPG 14 @ EDM 13	L


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sat Nov 11 4:00 PM	EDM 8 @ CGY 10	L
P1	Mon Nov 13 10:30 PM	CGY 17 @ EDM 18	W

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	10	5	1	21	334	257	L1	3-3-0
Home	8	4	3	1	9	165	121	L1	2-3-1
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	169	136	W1	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	12	8	4	0	16	243	191	L1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	1	1	5	91	66	T1	2-1-1

Full 1961 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	3 (2-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (0-2-1)	4 (3-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (5-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	5 (1-3-1)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-3-1)	5 (4-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	8 (7-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	6 (1-4-1)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-1-1)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (3-1-0)	8 (5-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (4-2-1)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	10 (10-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.430	3-3-0 (6)	5-1-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.536	1-0-1 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.438	0-1-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.344	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.813	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.714	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.321	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.571	--	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.536	0-0-1 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1961	1960 +/-
Average Combined Score	36.94	+3.00
Average Winning Score	25.80	+2.60
Average Losing Score	13.60	-0.73
Average Home Score	20.63	+0.38
Average Visitor Score	21.13	+1.62
Average Margin of Victory	13.70	-1.10
Average Margin of Loss	12.00	+2.83

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	165 (20.6)	169 (21.1)	334 (20.9)
Total	Opponent	136 (17.0)	121 (15.1)	257 (16.1)
1st	Edmonton	20 (2.5)	36 (4.5)	56 (3.5)
1st	Opponent	17 (2.1)	30 (3.8)	47 (2.9)
2nd	Edmonton	43 (5.4)	36 (4.5)	79 (4.9)
2nd	Opponent	41 (5.1)	30 (3.8)	71 (4.4)
3rd	Edmonton	45 (5.6)	37 (4.6)	82 (5.1)
3rd	Opponent	55 (6.9)	31 (3.9)	86 (5.4)
4th	Edmonton	57 (7.1)	60 (7.5)	117 (7.3)
4th	Opponent	23 (2.9)	30 (3.8)	53 (3.3)

Head Coach

Eagle “Buddy” Keys (May 29, 1959 – Feb. 5, 1964)

Assistant Coaches

Dan Edwards – Line
Bob Kellogg – Backfield

Player Awards
All Stars

1961 Player Awards and Nominations

1961 Most Outstanding

Player — Jackie Parker (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Don Stephenson (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Mike Lashuk (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1961 All-Star Selections

4 All-Division Selections

QB	Jackie Parker
HB	Johnny Bright
G	Mike Kmech
DHB	Oscar Kruger

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1961 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
No draft picks for 1961 in database.