Season Summary

  • 5 wins, 11 losses, 0 ties
  • Finished 5th in the Western Conference
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
Ex
Fri Jul 9 11:00 PM
CGY 3 @ EDM 18 W  
Ex
Thu Jul 15 8:15 PM
EDM 17 @ TOR 7 W  
Ex
Fri Jul 23 11:00 PM
OTT 18 @ EDM 23 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Fri Jul 30 11:00 PM
WPG 21 @ EDM 14 L  
2
Sat Aug 7 11:00 PM
EDM 13 @ BC 38 L  
3
Fri Aug 13 11:00 PM
SSK 34 @ EDM 15 L  
4
Wed Aug 18 11:00 PM
EDM 15 @ CGY 16 L  
5
Mon Aug 23 11:00 PM
CGY 20 @ EDM 4 L  
6
Tue Aug 31 11:00 PM
TOR 21 @ EDM 23 W  
7
Mon Sep 6 4:00 PM
EDM 24 @ SSK 22 W  
7
Sat Sep 11 11:00 PM
WPG 25 @ EDM 30 W  
8Bye
9
Mon Sep 20 11:00 PM
MTL 24 @ EDM 13 L  
9
Sat Sep 25 2:00 PM
EDM 1 @ OTT 40 L CTV
10
Tue Sep 28 8:00 PM
EDM 9 @ HAM 3 W  
10
Sat Oct 2 11:00 PM
EDM 27 @ BC 41 L  
11
Sat Oct 9 11:00 PM
BC 12 @ EDM 14 W CTVW
12
Sat Oct 16 11:00 PM
EDM 19 @ CGY 28 L CTVW
13
Sat Oct 23 3:30 PM
EDM 24 @ WPG 40 L CTVW
14
Sat Oct 30 11:00 PM
SSK 15 @ EDM 12 L CTVW
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 16 5 11 0 10 257 400 L3 2-4-0
    Home 8 3 5 0 6 125 172 L1 3-3-0
    Visitor 8 2 6 0 4 132 228 L3 2-4-0
   Divisional opponent 12 3 9 0 6 211 312 L3 2-4-0
   Non-divisional opponent 4 2 2 0 4 46 88 W1 2-2-0

Full 1965 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 (1-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (2-3-0) 4 (2-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 7 (3-4-0) 0 (0-0-0) 9 (2-7-0)
After 2nd 4 (2-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (1-3-0) 3 (2-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (0-4-0) 7 (4-3-0) 1 (0-1-0) 8 (1-7-0)
After 3rd 2 (1-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (2-4-0) 3 (2-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 5 (3-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 11 (2-9-0)
After 4th 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (0-6-0) 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 11 (0-11-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.594 2-4-0 (6) 1-5-0 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.446 1-1-0 (2) 1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3) 0.406
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.750
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.531
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.688
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.714
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.357
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.500
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.214
19651964 +/-
Average Combined Score 41.06 -1.44
Average Winning Score 20.00 +0.75
Average Losing Score 14.27 +2.19
Average Home Score 15.63 +0.88
Average Visitor Score 16.50 +3.50
Average Margin of Victory 3.40 -7.35
Average Margin of Loss 14.55 -8.70
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Edmonton 125 (15.6) 132 (16.5) 257 (16.1)
Opponent 228 (28.5) 172 (21.5) 400 (25.0)
1st Edmonton 35 (4.4) 43 (5.4) 78 (4.9)
Opponent 45 (5.6) 68 (8.5) 113 (7.1)
2nd Edmonton 46 (5.8) 47 (5.9) 93 (5.8)
Opponent 55 (6.9) 26 (3.3) 81 (5.1)
3rd Edmonton 17 (2.1) 23 (2.9) 40 (2.5)
Opponent 48 (6.0) 26 (3.3) 74 (4.6)
4th Edmonton 27 (3.4) 19 (2.4) 46 (2.9)
Opponent 80 (10.0) 52 (6.5) 132 (8.3)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Len Younce – Offensive line
  • Harry Buffington – Defensive
1965 Player Awards and Nominations
1965 Most Outstanding
Edmonton Eskimos 1965 All-Star Selections
1 All-Canadian Selections
E Tommy Joe Coffey
3 All-Division Selections
HB Jim “Long Gone” Thomas (Tie)
E Tommy Joe Coffey*
DE E.A. “Zeke” Sims, Jr.

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1965 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
2–3 (12)   Gerry Sternberg (HB) Toronto (UofT)
3–3 (21)   Paul St. George (FB) Loyola
4–3 (30)   Jim Greenwood (T) Queen's
5–3 (39)   Bill Heinbacker (LB) Waterloo Lutheran
6–3 (47)   Charles McLaughlin (OL) British Columbia (UBC)
7–3   Pass
8–3   Pass

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