Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1972 Lost 6 – 8 vs Saskatchewan

Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Season Resources 1972 EDM Team Roster 1972 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 5 10:00 PM	EDM 18 @ CGY 14	W	19,143
B	Tue Jul 11 10:00 PM	MTL 15 @ EDM 13	L	16,444
C	Tue Jul 18 10:00 PM	SSK 16 @ EDM 11	L	16,741
D	Tue Jul 25 11:00 PM	EDM 34 @ BC 0	W	23,411


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Aug 1 10:00 PM	BC 22 @ EDM 34	W	19,844
2	Fri Aug 11 10:00 PM	HAM 27 @ EDM 30	W	21,363	CTV
3	Wed Aug 16 10:00 PM	EDM 31 @ SSK 29	W	17,516	CTVW
4	Fri Aug 25 10:00 PM	BC 7 @ EDM 29	W	22,641	CTVW
5	Wed Aug 30 9:00 PM	EDM 16 @ WPG 49	L	25,210	CTVW
6	Mon Sep 4 4:30 PM	EDM 31 @ CGY 19	W	23,616
7	Sun Sep 10 4:00 PM	CGY 20 @ EDM 27	W	22,921	CTVW
8	Sun Sep 17 4:00 PM	EDM 12 @ SSK 14	L	21,230
9	Sat Sep 23 10:00 PM	OTT 10 @ EDM 9	L	21,632	CBC
10	Sat Sep 30 8:00 PM	EDM 31 @ TOR 30	W	33,135	CBC
11	Tue Oct 3 8:00 PM	EDM 13 @ MTL 29	L	11,718
12	Mon Oct 9 4:00 PM	WPG 15 @ EDM 24	W	20,564
13	Sat Oct 14 11:00 PM	EDM 16 @ BC 22	L	22,124	CTVW
14	Sun Oct 22 4:00 PM	SSK 23 @ EDM 25	W	21,426	CTVW
15	Sun Oct 29 3:30 PM	EDM 24 @ WPG 38	L	25,210
16	Sun Nov 5 3:00 PM	CGY 14 @ EDM 28	W	16,107	CTVW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 12 4:00 PM	SSK 8 @ EDM 6	L	15,773	CTV
32	Bye

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	76	45	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	380	368	W1	3-3-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	206	138	W3	5-1-0
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	174	230	L3	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	12	8	4	0	16	297	272	W1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	83	96	L1	2-2-0

Full 1972 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	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	10 (8-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 2nd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	9 (7-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	11 (8-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.453	6-0-0 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.518	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.313	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.786	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.286	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.786	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.214	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	46.75	+12.88
Average Winning Score	29.00	+8.17
Average Losing Score	15.00	+3.80
Average Home Score	25.75	+9.25
Average Visitor Score	21.75	+8.62
Average Margin of Victory	8.40	-0.43
Average Margin of Loss	12.00	-0.10

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	206 (25.8)	174 (21.8)	380 (23.8)
Total	Opponent	230 (28.8)	138 (17.3)	368 (23.0)
1st	Edmonton	55 (6.9)	26 (3.3)	81 (5.1)
1st	Opponent	76 (9.5)	14 (1.8)	90 (5.6)
2nd	Edmonton	64 (8.0)	60 (7.5)	124 (7.8)
2nd	Opponent	77 (9.6)	38 (4.8)	115 (7.2)
3rd	Edmonton	41 (5.1)	35 (4.4)	76 (4.8)
3rd	Opponent	21 (2.6)	24 (3.0)	45 (2.8)
4th	Edmonton	46 (5.8)	53 (6.6)	99 (6.2)
4th	Opponent	56 (7.0)	62 (7.8)	118 (7.4)

Head Coach

Ray Jauch (Dec. 15, 1969 – Dec. 31, 1976)

Assistant Coaches

Vic Rapp – Offensive assistant
Urban Bowman – Defensive line
I.J. Caccia – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1972 Player Awards and Nominations

1972 Most Outstanding

Player — George McGowan (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Charlie Turner (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bayne Norrie (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Tyrone Walls (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1972 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

OLB	Dave Gasser

6 All-Division Selections

TE	Tyrone Walls
G	Larry Watkins (Tie)
T	Charlie Turner
DT	John LaGrone, III (Tie)
OLB	Dave Gasser
DB	Dick Dupuis

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1972 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Mike Lambros (LB)	Queen's
3–2 (20)		Glen Colwell (RB)	Simon Fraser
4–2 (29)		Roy Beechey (WR)	Alberta
5–2 (38)		Barry St. George (WR)	Ottawa
6–2 (46)		Dave Syme (QB)	Simon Fraser
7–2 (55)		Bud Coupland (WR)	Calgary
8–2 (63)		Jerry Simpson (DB)	Dalhousie
9–2		Pass