Edmonton Eskimos 1973 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 18, 1973 Won 25 – 23 vs Saskatchewan
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 25, 1973 Lost 18 – 22 vs Ottawa in Toronto, ON

Edmonton Eskimos 1973 Season Resources 1973 EDM Team Roster 1973 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jul 6 10:00 PM	MTL 14 @ EDM 25	W	19,662
B	Wed Jul 11 8:00 PM	EDM 16 @ OTT 25	L	14,728
C	Wed Jul 18 10:00 PM	CGY 15 @ EDM 17	W	19,176
D	Tue Jul 24 11:00 PM	EDM 13 @ BC 26	L	18,874


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 31 9:00 PM	EDM 33 @ WPG 22	W	24,526
2	Mon Aug 6 10:00 PM	WPG 3 @ EDM 10	W	19,801
3	Tue Aug 14 11:00 PM	EDM 11 @ BC 30	L	23,139
4	Wed Aug 22 10:00 PM	EDM 24 @ CGY 4	W	27,188
5	Wed Aug 29 10:00 PM	TOR 24 @ EDM 16	L	22,265
6	Mon Sep 3 4:00 PM	EDM 27 @ SSK 28	L	22,265
7	Sat Sep 8 10:00 PM	MTL 18 @ EDM 23	W	22,637
8	Sat Sep 15 10:00 PM	CGY 22 @ EDM 33	W	22,919
9	Sat Sep 22 2:00 PM	EDM 20 @ OTT 32	L	20,306	CBC
9	Mon Sep 24 8:00 PM	EDM 22 @ HAM 17	W	27,978	CTV
10	Sun Sep 30 4:00 PM	SSK 13 @ EDM 17	W	21,429
11	Mon Oct 8 4:00 PM	WPG 14 @ EDM 14	T	21,841
12	Sat Oct 13 11:00 PM	EDM 27 @ BC 13	W	21,377
13	Sat Oct 20 10:00 PM	BC 14 @ EDM 14	T	20,688
14	Sat Oct 27 10:00 PM	EDM 10 @ CGY 14	L	21,055
15	Sun Nov 4 3:00 PM	SSK 16 @ EDM 28	W	21,234


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 18 4:30 PM	SSK 23 @ EDM 25	W	20,021	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 25 1:00 PM	EDM 18 vs OTT 22	L	36,653	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	71	80	L1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	9	5	2	20	329	284	W1	3-1-2
Home	8	5	1	2	12	155	124	W1	4-0-2
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	174	160	L1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	7	3	2	16	248	193	W1	3-1-2
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	81	91	W1	2-2-0

Full 1973 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)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (4-0-1)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	5 (3-2-0)	2 (1-0-1)	9 (5-3-1)
After 2nd	4 (3-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-0-1)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (7-1-1)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-3-1)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	8 (7-1-0)	2 (0-0-2)	6 (2-4-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	5 (0-5-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.414	4-0-2 (6)	3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.563	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.375	0-0-1 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.625	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.281	1-0-1 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.500	--	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.536	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.643	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.571	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1973	1972 +/-
Average Combined Score	38.31	-8.44
Average Winning Score	24.11	-4.89
Average Losing Score	16.80	+1.80
Average Home Score	19.38	-6.38
Average Visitor Score	21.75	+0.00
Average Margin of Victory	9.89	+1.49
Average Margin of Loss	8.80	-3.20

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	155 (19.4)	174 (21.8)	329 (20.6)
Total	Opponent	160 (20.0)	124 (15.5)	284 (17.8)
1st	Edmonton	20 (2.5)	28 (3.5)	48 (3.0)
1st	Opponent	30 (3.8)	16 (2.0)	46 (2.9)
2nd	Edmonton	34 (4.3)	48 (6.0)	82 (5.1)
2nd	Opponent	25 (3.1)	35 (4.4)	60 (3.8)
3rd	Edmonton	60 (7.5)	27 (3.4)	87 (5.4)
3rd	Opponent	55 (6.9)	30 (3.8)	85 (5.3)
4th	Edmonton	41 (5.1)	71 (8.9)	112 (7.0)
4th	Opponent	50 (6.3)	43 (5.4)	93 (5.8)

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

1973 Player Awards and Nominations

1973 Most Outstanding

Player — George McGowan (Winner)
Lineman — Bob Howes (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Dave Cutler (Division Finalist)
Rookie — Sam Britts (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1973 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Roy Bell
WR	George McGowan^*
T	Charlie Turner
DB	Larry Highbaugh

8 All-Division Selections

RB	Roy Bell^*
WR	George McGowan^*
C	Bob Howes (Tie)
T	Charlie Turner
DT	John LaGrone, III
DE	Ron Estay
OLB	Sam Britts
DB	Larry Highbaugh

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1973 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–7 (7)	[OTT]	Dave McGillis (HB)	Calgary
1–9 (9)	[HAM]	Wayne Allison (QB)	Waterloo Lutheran
3–4 (22)		Bill Sherwood (G)	Ottawa
4–4 (31)		Gerry Blacker (RB)	Waterloo Lutheran
5–4 (40)		Dan Syratiuk (T)	Western Ontario
6–4 (48)		Gary Duffy (QB)	Wisconsin State-La Crosse
7–4 (56)		Brian Jones (DE)	Alberta
8–4 (64)		Doug Keene (RB)	Eastern Michigan
9–4 (71)		Dave Campbell (DB)	Queen's