Edmonton Eskimos 1974 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 17, 1974 Won 31 – 27 vs Saskatchewan
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 24, 1974 Lost 7 – 20 vs Montreal in Vancouver, BC

Edmonton Eskimos 1974 Season Resources 1974 EDM Team Roster 1974 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jul 2 11:00 PM	EDM 18 @ BC 42	L	16,268
B	Fri Jul 5 10:00 PM	OTT 26 @ EDM 25	L
C	Fri Jul 12 10:00 PM	HAM 13 @ EDM 16	W	20,226
D	Thu Jul 18 10:00 PM	EDM 15 @ CGY 14	W	18,230


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jul 26 10:00 PM	SSK 7 @ EDM 31	W	21,456
3	Mon Aug 5 10:00 PM	CGY 6 @ EDM 20	W	21,696
3	Fri Aug 9 10:00 PM	EDM 23 @ SSK 24	L	19,461
5	Mon Aug 19 10:00 PM	OTT 6 @ EDM 23	W	21,966
6	Tue Aug 27 10:00 PM	BC 21 @ EDM 15	L	22,446
7	Mon Sep 2 6:30 PM	EDM 20 @ CGY 16	W	25,000
8	Sun Sep 8 4:00 PM	WPG 2 @ EDM 24	W	21,346	CTVW
9	Fri Sep 13 10:00 PM	EDM 24 @ SSK 18	W	21,826
10	Wed Sep 18 9:00 PM	EDM 13 @ WPG 19	L	24,921
11	Wed Sep 25 10:00 PM	HAM 29 @ EDM 31	W	23,297
12	Sat Oct 5 2:00 PM	EDM 20 @ TOR 22	L	32,614
12	Tue Oct 8 8:00 PM	EDM 28 @ MTL 28	T	17,505	CTV
13	Mon Oct 14 4:00 PM	CGY 24 @ EDM 10	L	24,214
14	Sun Oct 20 3:30 PM	EDM 17 @ WPG 10	W	24,528
15	Sat Oct 26 10:00 PM	BC 8 @ EDM 31	W	25,009
16	Sat Nov 2 11:00 PM	EDM 15 @ BC 7	W	22,730


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 17 4:00 PM	SSK 27 @ EDM 31	W	25,026	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 24 4:00 PM	MTL 20 vs EDM 7	L	34,450	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	74	85	W2	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	10	5	1	21	345	247	W3	3-2-1
Home	8	6	2	0	12	185	103	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	3	1	9	160	144	W2	3-2-1
Divisional opponent	12	8	4	0	16	243	162	W3	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	1	1	5	102	85	T1	2-1-1

Full 1974 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	6 (6-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-0-1)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (8-0-1)	4 (1-3-0)	3 (1-2-0)
After 2nd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (3-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	12 (8-3-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	6 (3-2-1)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	11 (8-2-1)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (10-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.484	4-2-0 (6)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.477	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-1 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.500	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.438	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.625	--	0-0-1 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.438	1-0-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.406	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1974	1973 +/-
Average Combined Score	37.00	-1.31
Average Winning Score	23.60	-0.51
Average Losing Score	16.20	-0.60
Average Home Score	23.13	+3.75
Average Visitor Score	20.00	-1.75
Average Margin of Victory	12.70	+2.81
Average Margin of Loss	5.80	-3.00

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	185 (23.1)	160 (20.0)	345 (21.6)
Total	Opponent	144 (18.0)	103 (12.9)	247 (15.4)
1st	Edmonton	55 (6.9)	35 (4.4)	90 (5.6)
1st	Opponent	24 (3.0)	11 (1.4)	35 (2.2)
2nd	Edmonton	50 (6.3)	54 (6.8)	104 (6.5)
2nd	Opponent	27 (3.4)	41 (5.1)	68 (4.3)
3rd	Edmonton	29 (3.6)	40 (5.0)	69 (4.3)
3rd	Opponent	27 (3.4)	24 (3.0)	51 (3.2)
4th	Edmonton	51 (6.4)	31 (3.9)	82 (5.1)
4th	Opponent	66 (8.3)	27 (3.4)	93 (5.8)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Vic Rapp – Offensive assistant
Leo McKillip – Defensive assistant
I.J. Caccia – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1974 Player Awards and Nominations

1974 Most Outstanding

Player — Tom Wilkinson (Winner)
Defensive Player — John LaGrone, III (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Larry Watkins (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Garry LeFebvre (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Stu Lang (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1974 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Tom Wilkinson
RB	Roy Bell
T	Larry Watkins
T	Charlie Turner
DB	Larry Highbaugh

6 All-Division Selections

QB	Tom Wilkinson
RB	Roy Bell
TE	Tyrone Walls
T	Charlie Turner
T	Larry Watkins
DB	Larry Highbaugh

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1974 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–5 (14)	[TOR]	Al Shemanchuk (DT)	Alberta
3–8 (26)		Brian Heiland (TE)	Simon Fraser
4–8 (35)		Peter Quigley (RB)	Ottawa
5–8 (44)		Rich Ellert (WR)	Minot State
6–8 (53)		Stu Lang (WR)	Queen's
7–8 (62)		Neil Kalkeid (T)	Alberta
8–8 (71)		Tony Pugliese (LB)	Alberta
9–8 (79)		Blake Walker (G)	Saskatchewan