Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
Ex
Sun Jul 7 5:00 PM
EDM 3 @ CGY 28 L  
Ex
Fri Jul 12 11:00 PM
SSK 12 @ EDM 16 W  
Ex
Mon Jul 15 9:00 PM
EDM 24 @ WPG 13 W  
Ex
Sun Jul 21 5:00 PM
MTL 6 @ EDM 17 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Wed Jul 31 8:00 PM
EDM 27 @ MTL 10 W  
1
Fri Aug 2 8:00 PM
EDM 4 @ TOR 32 L  
2
Wed Aug 7 11:00 PM
SSK 10 @ EDM 10 T  
3
Thu Aug 15 11:00 PM
EDM 18 @ BC 17 W  
4
Tue Aug 20 11:00 PM
BC 12 @ EDM 4 L  
5
Wed Aug 28 11:00 PM
CGY 12 @ EDM 7 L  
5
Mon Sep 2 4:00 PM
EDM 2 @ SSK 29 L  
6
Sun Sep 8 5:00 PM
EDM 10 @ CGY 8 W  
7
Wed Sep 11 11:00 PM
OTT 20 @ EDM 25 W  
8
Sun Sep 22 3:30 PM
EDM 13 @ WPG 25 L  
9
Sat Sep 28 11:00 PM
HAM 31 @ EDM 7 L CBC
10
Sat Oct 5 11:00 PM
BC 5 @ EDM 13 W  
11
Sun Oct 13 3:30 PM
EDM 22 @ WPG 8 W  
12
Sun Oct 20 5:00 PM
CGY 13 @ EDM 14 W  
13
Sun Oct 27 4:00 PM
WPG 22 @ EDM 32 W  
14
Wed Oct 30 9:00 PM
EDM 20 @ SSK 34 L  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 10 4:00 PM
EDM 13 @ CGY 29 L  
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 16 8 7 1 17 228 288 L1 4-2-0
    Home 8 4 3 1 9 112 125 W3 4-2-0
    Visitor 8 4 4 0 8 116 163 L1 3-3-0
   Divisional opponent 12 6 5 1 13 165 195 L1 4-2-0
   Non-divisional opponent 4 2 2 0 4 63 93 L1 2-2-0

Full 1968 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 (3-0-0) 3 (1-1-1) 2 (0-2-0) 3 (2-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (2-3-0) 6 (5-1-0) 3 (1-1-1) 7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd 4 (3-0-1) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (1-3-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (2-4-0) 6 (5-0-1) 0 (0-0-0) 10 (3-7-0)
After 3rd 4 (4-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 3 (0-3-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 7 (7-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 8 (1-7-0)
After 4th 4 (4-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 3 (0-3-0) 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 8 (8-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 7 (0-7-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.469 3-2-1 (6) 3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.527 1-1-0 (2) 1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3) 0.281
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.625
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.781
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.188
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.464
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.286
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.714
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.643
19681967 +/-
Average Combined Score 32.25 +0.25
Average Winning Score 20.13 -2.76
Average Losing Score 8.14 +0.48
Average Home Score 14.00 -3.50
Average Visitor Score 14.50 -1.25
Average Margin of Victory 7.25 -4.08
Average Margin of Loss 16.86 +3.19
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Edmonton 112 (14.0) 116 (14.5) 228 (14.3)
Opponent 163 (20.4) 125 (15.6) 288 (18.0)
1st Edmonton 19 (2.4) 34 (4.3) 53 (3.3)
Opponent 34 (4.3) 15 (1.9) 49 (3.1)
2nd Edmonton 37 (4.6) 19 (2.4) 56 (3.5)
Opponent 57 (7.1) 31 (3.9) 88 (5.5)
3rd Edmonton 21 (2.6) 35 (4.4) 56 (3.5)
Opponent 30 (3.8) 34 (4.3) 64 (4.0)
4th Edmonton 35 (4.4) 28 (3.5) 63 (3.9)
Opponent 42 (5.3) 45 (5.6) 87 (5.4)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • John Payne – Line
  • Ray Jauch – Backfield
1968 Player Awards and Nominations
1968 Most Outstanding
Edmonton Eskimos 1968 All-Star Selections
1 All-Canadian Selections
DT John LaGrone, III
1 All-Division Selections
DT John LaGrone, III

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1968 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–2 (2) [MTL] Larry Plancke (FL) Queen's
2–4 (13)   Doug Dersch (FL) Calgary
3–4 (22)   Jim Reinson (OG) Calgary
4–4 (31)   Gene Lobay Alberta
5–4   Pass
6–4   Pass
7–4   Pass
8–4   Pass
9–4   Pass
10–4   Pass
11–4   Pass

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