Season Summary

  • 6 wins, 9 losses, 1 tie
  • Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the Western Conference
  •  
  • Western Conference Semi-final
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
Ex
Sat Jul 9 11:00 PM
EDM 7 @ CGY 13 L  
Ex
Fri Jul 15 11:00 PM
WPG 28 @ EDM 27 L  
Ex
Sat Jul 23 11:00 PM
TOR 7 @ EDM 9 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Fri Jul 29 11:00 PM
SSK 40 @ EDM 13 L  
1
Tue Aug 2 9:00 PM
EDM 7 @ WPG 26 L  
2
Mon Aug 8 11:00 PM
EDM 27 @ BC 7 W  
3
Fri Aug 12 11:00 PM
WPG 10 @ EDM 9 L  
4
Mon Aug 22 10:00 PM
EDM 18 @ SSK 17 W  
5
Sat Aug 27 11:00 PM
CGY 5 @ EDM 26 W CBC
6
Fri Sep 2 11:00 PM
BC 6 @ EDM 13 W  
7
Fri Sep 9 8:00 PM
EDM 8 @ MTL 3 W CTV
7
Sun Sep 11 2:00 PM
EDM 14 @ TOR 34 L CTV
8
Mon Sep 19 11:00 PM
OTT 49 @ EDM 21 L  
9
Sat Sep 24 11:00 PM
EDM 18 @ CGY 18 T  
10
Sat Oct 1 11:00 PM
HAM 28 @ EDM 7 L  
11Bye
12
Mon Oct 10 11:00 PM
BC 19 @ EDM 7 L CTV
12
Sun Oct 16 3:30 PM
EDM 14 @ WPG 16 L CTV
13
Sat Oct 22 10:00 PM
EDM 33 @ SSK 21 W  
14
Sat Oct 29 11:00 PM
CGY 29 @ EDM 16 L CBC
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 6 4:00 PM
EDM 8 @ WPG 16 L  
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 16 6 9 1 13 251 328 L1 1-4-1
    Home 8 2 6 0 4 112 186 L4 2-4-0
    Visitor 8 4 3 1 9 139 142 W1 3-2-1
   Divisional opponent 12 5 6 1 11 201 214 L1 2-3-1
   Non-divisional opponent 4 1 3 0 2 50 114 L3 1-3-0

Full 1966 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 (0-3-0) 2 (1-1-0) 3 (1-2-0) 2 (2-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 5 (2-2-1) 5 (2-3-0) 3 (1-2-0) 8 (3-4-1)
After 2nd 2 (1-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (1-5-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-3-1) 5 (4-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 11 (2-8-1)
After 3rd 3 (2-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 6 (4-1-1) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 9 (6-2-1) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0)
After 4th 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (0-6-0) 4 (4-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 3 (0-3-0) 6 (6-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 9 (0-9-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.461 2-4-0 (6) 3-2-1 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.571 0-2-0 (2) 1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3) 0.313
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.406
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.594
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.531
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.643
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.500
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.786
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.357
19661965 +/-
Average Combined Score 36.19 -4.88
Average Winning Score 20.83 +0.83
Average Losing Score 12.00 -2.27
Average Home Score 14.00 -1.62
Average Visitor Score 17.38 +0.88
Average Margin of Victory 11.00 +7.60
Average Margin of Loss 15.89 +1.34
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Edmonton 112 (14.0) 139 (17.4) 251 (15.7)
Opponent 142 (17.8) 186 (23.3) 328 (20.5)
1st Edmonton 4 (0.5) 30 (3.8) 34 (2.1)
Opponent 36 (4.5) 40 (5.0) 76 (4.8)
2nd Edmonton 35 (4.4) 58 (7.3) 93 (5.8)
Opponent 48 (6.0) 51 (6.4) 99 (6.2)
3rd Edmonton 50 (6.3) 28 (3.5) 78 (4.9)
Opponent 18 (2.3) 43 (5.4) 61 (3.8)
4th Edmonton 23 (2.9) 23 (2.9) 46 (2.9)
Opponent 40 (5.0) 52 (6.5) 92 (5.8)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Joe Spencer – Line
  • Ray Jauch – Backfield
1966 Player Awards and Nominations
1966 Most Outstanding
Edmonton Eskimos 1966 All-Star Selections
3 All-Canadian Selections
HB Jim “Long Gone” Thomas
E Tommy Joe Coffey
DE E.A. “Zeke” Sims, Jr.
3 All-Division Selections
HB Jim “Long Gone” Thomas*
DE E.A. “Zeke” Sims, Jr.
DHB Bill Redell

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1966 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–1 (1)   Ed Turek (HB) Waterloo Lutheran
2–1 (10)   Bob Bennett (T) Alberta
3–1 (19)   Art Froese (HB) Western Ontario
4–1 (28)   Gary Seymour (DE) Saskatchewan
5–1   Pass
6–1   Pass
7–1   Pass
8–1   Pass
9–1   Pass
10–1   Pass

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