Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st (in tiebreaker) in the Western Conference
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 20, 1977 Won 38 – 1 vs BC
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 27, 1977 Lost 6 – 41 @ Montreal

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Season Resources 1977 EDM Team Roster 1977 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
B	Sat Jun 18 9:30 PM	OTT 24 @ EDM 27	W	24,680
C	Sun Jun 26 2:00 PM	EDM 18 @ MTL 16	W	22,147
D	Fri Jul 1 9:30 PM	BC 19 @ EDM 8	L	25,118
D	Tue Jul 5 10:00 PM	EDM 39 @ SSK 20	W	17,073


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
2	Mon Jul 18 10:00 PM	WPG 29 @ EDM 26	L	25,842	CTVW
3	Wed Jul 27 9:00 PM	EDM 43 @ WPG 13	W	25,210	CTVW
4	Tue Aug 2 9:30 PM	SSK 9 @ EDM 34	W	25,618	CBCW
5	Tue Aug 9 11:00 PM	EDM 24 @ BC 18	W	26,131
6	Tue Aug 16 10:00 PM	CGY 19 @ EDM 32	W	25,761	CBCW
7	Wed Aug 24 8:00 PM	EDM 22 @ HAM 27	L	23,725	CTV
8	Tue Aug 30 9:30 PM	MTL 25 @ EDM 20	L	25,875	R/C
9	Mon Sep 5 4:30 PM	EDM 22 @ CGY 8	W	26,657
11	Sat Sep 17 9:30 PM	BC 20 @ EDM 18	L	25,858
12	Sat Sep 24 11:00 PM	EDM 13 @ BC 30	L	32,419
13	Sat Oct 1 2:00 PM	EDM 17 @ OTT 34	L	21,312	CTV
14	Mon Oct 10 4:30 PM	WPG 24 @ EDM 31	W	23,123	CBC
15	Sun Oct 16 4:30 PM	EDM 33 @ SSK 31	W	22,452	CTV
16	Sun Oct 23 5:00 PM	TOR 12 @ EDM 16	W	25,388	CTV
17	Sun Oct 30 4:30 PM	EDM 23 @ CGY 21	W	24,890	CBC
18	Sun Nov 6 4:30 PM	SSK 0 @ EDM 38	W	25,131	CBCW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 20 4:00 PM	BC 1 @ EDM 38	W	25,327	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 27 1:00 PM	EDM 6 @ MTL 41	L	68,205	R/C, CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	92	79	W1	3-1-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	412	320	W5	5-1-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	215	138	W3	4-2-0
Visitor	8	5	3	0	10	197	182	W2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	9	3	0	18	337	222	W4	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	1	3	0	2	75	98	W1	1-3-0

Full 1977 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	4 (3-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	8 (6-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	7 (7-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.500	4-2-0 (6)	5-1-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.469	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.250	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.313	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.500	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1977	1976 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.75	+3.38
Average Winning Score	29.60	+9.49
Average Losing Score	19.33	+2.17
Average Home Score	26.88	+10.12
Average Visitor Score	24.63	+2.50
Average Margin of Victory	14.10	+10.21
Average Margin of Loss	8.17	-7.00

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	215 (26.9)	197 (24.6)	412 (25.8)
Total	Opponent	182 (22.8)	138 (17.3)	320 (20.0)
1st	Edmonton	63 (7.9)	40 (5.0)	103 (6.4)
1st	Opponent	36 (4.5)	36 (4.5)	72 (4.5)
2nd	Edmonton	54 (6.8)	55 (6.9)	109 (6.8)
2nd	Opponent	64 (8.0)	58 (7.3)	122 (7.6)
3rd	Edmonton	61 (7.6)	53 (6.6)	114 (7.1)
3rd	Opponent	14 (1.8)	23 (2.9)	37 (2.3)
4th	Edmonton	37 (4.6)	49 (6.1)	86 (5.4)
4th	Opponent	68 (8.5)	21 (2.6)	89 (5.6)

Head Coach

Hugh Campbell (Feb. 3, 1977 – Dec. 1, 1982)

Assistant Coaches

Joe Faragalli – Offensive assistant
Don Matthews – Defensive assistant
Leo McKillip – Defensive assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1977 Player Awards and Nominations

1977 Most Outstanding

Player — Larry Highbaugh (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Dan Kepley (Winner)
Offensive Lineman — Charlie Turner (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Dave Fennell (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Jim Germany (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

DT	Dave Fennell
DE	Ron Estay
MLB	Dan Kepley
DHB	Pete Lavorato
CB	Larry Highbaugh
K	Dave Cutler

8 All-Division Selections

T	Charlie Turner
DT	Dave Fennell
DE	David Boone, Jr.
DE	Ron Estay
MLB	Dan Kepley
DHB	Pete Lavorato
CB	Larry Highbaugh
K	Dave Cutler^*

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1977 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Bob Cameron (QB)	Acadia
1–7 (7)	[HAM]	Tom Chad (DB)	Saskatchewan
2–6 (15)		J.P. Brescacin (TE)	North Dakota State
3–6 (24)		Dave Beaton (DT)	Simon Fraser
4–6 (33)		Ray Clark (DB)	Simon Fraser
5–6 (42)		Larry Sandre (WR)	Windsor
6–6 (51)		Jim Duncan (RB)	Queen's
7–6 (60)		Mike Warbick (WR)	Wilfrid Laurier
8–6 (69)		Dale Gullekson (RB)	Alberta
9–6 (78)		Lubomir Alexov (DE)	Toronto
10–6		Pass