Season Summary

  • 9 wins, 7 losses, 0 ties
  • Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
  •  
  • Western Conference Semi-final
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Mon Jul 6 11:00 PM
EDM 37 @ BC 19 W  
A
Wed Jul 8 11:30 PM
EDM 10 @ CGY 21 L  
B
Tue Jul 14 11:00 PM
TOR 47 @ EDM 7 L  
D
Wed Jul 22 11:00 PM
SSK 21 @ EDM 25 W  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Fri Jul 31 10:00 PM
EDM 11 @ SSK 23 L CTVW
2
Wed Aug 5 11:00 PM
CGY 2 @ EDM 14 W CTVW
3
Thu Aug 13 11:00 PM
BC 35 @ EDM 7 L CTVW
4
Tue Aug 18 8:00 PM
EDM 10 @ MTL 14 L CTV
4
Thu Aug 20 8:00 PM
EDM 14 @ TOR 16 L CTV
5
Tue Aug 25 11:00 PM
OTT 31 @ EDM 23 L  
6
Tue Sep 1 11:00 PM
BC 9 @ EDM 20 W  
7
Mon Sep 7 5:30 PM
EDM 13 @ CGY 28 L CTV
8
Sat Sep 12 11:00 PM
SSK 6 @ EDM 10 W CBCW
9
Sun Sep 20 3:30 PM
EDM 33 @ WPG 15 W CTVW
10
Sat Sep 26 11:00 PM
HAM 13 @ EDM 34 W CBC
11
Sat Oct 3 11:00 PM
EDM 32 @ BC 20 W  
12
Mon Oct 12 5:00 PM
CGY 13 @ EDM 16 W CTV
13
Sat Oct 17 9:00 PM
EDM 20 @ WPG 17 W  
14
Sat Oct 24 11:00 PM
WPG 11 @ EDM 15 W CBCW
15
Wed Oct 28 10:00 PM
EDM 10 @ SSK 34 L  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 8 4:00 PM
CGY 16 @ EDM 9 L CTV
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 2 2 0 4 79 108 W1 2-2-0
Regular Season 16 9 7 0 18 282 287 L1 5-1-0
    Home 8 6 2 0 12 139 120 W5 5-1-0
    Visitor 8 3 5 0 6 143 167 L1 3-3-0
   Divisional opponent 12 8 4 0 16 201 213 L1 5-1-0
   Non-divisional opponent 4 1 3 0 2 81 74 W1 1-3-0

Full 1970 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 (1-1-0) 3 (3-0-0) 3 (2-1-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 5 (4-1-0) 3 (3-0-0) 8 (2-6-0)
After 2nd 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (1-2-0) 3 (3-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (0-4-0) 8 (8-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 7 (1-6-0)
After 3rd 4 (4-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 3 (1-2-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 7 (7-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 8 (1-7-0)
After 4th 6 (6-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 9 (9-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.484 5-1-0 (6) 3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.500 1-1-0 (2) 0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3) 0.375
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.563
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.875
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.125
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.607
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.536
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.286
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.571
19701969 +/-
Average Combined Score 35.56 +5.12
Average Winning Score 21.56 +0.16
Average Losing Score 12.57 +0.39
Average Home Score 17.38 +0.50
Average Visitor Score 17.88 +4.62
Average Margin of Victory 9.78 -4.42
Average Margin of Loss 13.29 +6.38
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Edmonton 139 (17.4) 143 (17.9) 282 (17.6)
Opponent 167 (20.9) 120 (15.0) 287 (17.9)
1st Edmonton 23 (2.9) 34 (4.3) 57 (3.6)
Opponent 38 (4.8) 19 (2.4) 57 (3.6)
2nd Edmonton 62 (7.8) 33 (4.1) 95 (5.9)
Opponent 68 (8.5) 46 (5.8) 114 (7.1)
3rd Edmonton 23 (2.9) 34 (4.3) 57 (3.6)
Opponent 9 (1.1) 39 (4.9) 48 (3.0)
4th Edmonton 31 (3.9) 42 (5.3) 73 (4.6)
Opponent 52 (6.5) 16 (2.0) 68 (4.3)
Head Coach
  • Ray Jauch (Dec. 15, 1969 – Dec. 31, 1976)
Assistant Coaches
  • Al Benecick – Line
  • Joe Zaleski – Backfield
1970 Player Awards and Nominations
1970 Most Outstanding
Edmonton Eskimos 1970 All-Star Selections
2 All-Canadian Selections
DT Greg Pipes
DB John Wydareny
6 All-Division Selections
FL Mike Eben
DT Greg Pipes
DE Ron Forwick
OLB Dave Gasser
DB Joe Hernandez
DB John Wydareny

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1970 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–3 (3)   Evald Timusk (T) Waterloo Lutheran
2–3 (12)   Jim Hensall (DB) Western Ontario
3–3 (21)   Paul Hendershot (DB) Waterloo Lutheran
4–3 (30)   Carl Lindros (E) Western Ontario
5–3 (39)   Don McIntyre (E) Queen's
6–3 (47)   Fred Promoli (E) Guelph
7–3 (55)   Chris Hawkes (QB) Simon Fraser
8–3 (64)   Bob McGregor (FB) Waterloo Lutheran
9–3   Pass
10–3   Pass

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