Edmonton Eskimos 1979 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

12 wins, 2 losses, 2 ties
Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 18, 1979 Won 19 – 7 vs Calgary
CFL Grey Cup
- Nov. 25, 1979 Won 17 – 9 @ Montreal

Edmonton Eskimos 1979 Season Resources 1979 EDM Team Roster 1979 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Tue Jun 12 5:30 PM	BC 32 @ EDM 27	L
B	Tue Jun 19 8:00 PM	EDM 31 @ TOR 16	W
C	Sun Jun 24 4:30 PM	OTT 30 @ EDM 27	L
C	Fri Jun 29 10:00 PM	EDM 53 @ SSK 20	W
-5	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Tue Jul 10 8:00 PM	EDM 28 @ WPG 10	W	CBCW
2	Tue Jul 17 9:30 PM	SSK 20 @ EDM 52	W
3	Bye
4	Tue Jul 31 10:30 PM	CGY 9 @ EDM 44	W	CBCW
5	Tue Aug 7 11:00 PM	EDM 14 @ BC 14	T
6	Tue Aug 14 8:00 PM	EDM 24 @ OTT 24	T
7	Tue Aug 21 9:30 PM	WPG 13 @ EDM 41	W
8	Tue Aug 28 9:30 PM	TOR 13 @ EDM 28	W	CBC
9	Mon Sep 3 4:30 PM	EDM 27 @ CGY 1	W	CTV
10	Sun Sep 9 4:30 PM	SSK 0 @ EDM 40	W	CBCW
11	Sun Sep 16 4:30 PM	BC 8 @ EDM 40	W	CBCW
12	Sun Sep 23 3:00 PM	EDM 22 @ HAM 21	W	CBC
13	Sun Sep 30 4:30 PM	EDM 19 @ CGY 26	L	CTV
14	Mon Oct 8 4:30 PM	MTL 6 @ EDM 47	W	R/C, CBC
15	Sun Oct 14 4:30 PM	EDM 25 @ SSK 26	L
16	Bye
17	Sun Oct 28 4:30 PM	WPG 11 @ EDM 19	W	CBCR
18	Sat Nov 3 11:00 PM	EDM 25 @ BC 17	W	CTVW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Final	Sun Nov 18 4:00 PM	CGY 7 @ EDM 19	W	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Grey Cup	Sun Nov 25 1:30 PM	EDM 17 @ MTL 9	W	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	138	98	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	12	2	2	26	495	219	W2	4-2-0
Home	8	8	0	0	16	311	80	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	8	4	2	2	10	184	139	W1	3-2-1
Divisional opponent	12	9	2	1	19	374	155	W2	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	3	0	1	7	121	64	W3	3-0-1

Full 1979 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)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	3 (1-1-1)	2 (1-0-1)	9 (8-1-0)	4 (2-1-1)	3 (2-0-1)
After 2nd	6 (6-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-0-1)	12 (9-2-1)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (1-0-1)
After 3rd	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (2-1-1)	11 (10-1-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (2-1-1)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	2 (0-2-0)	12 (12-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	2 (0-2-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.430	6-0-0 (6)	3-2-1 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.492	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-1 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.594	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-1 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.750	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.125	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.375	--	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.719	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.563	--	0-0-1 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1979	1978 +/-
Average Combined Score	44.63	-2.44
Average Winning Score	34.42	+0.32
Average Losing Score	22.00	+6.25
Average Home Score	38.88	+14.75
Average Visitor Score	23.00	-9.38
Average Margin of Victory	23.67	+4.07
Average Margin of Loss	4.00	-7.25

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	311 (38.9)	184 (23.0)	495 (30.9)
Total	Opponent	139 (17.4)	80 (10.0)	219 (13.7)
1st	Edmonton	76 (9.5)	24 (3.0)	100 (6.3)
1st	Opponent	23 (2.9)	14 (1.8)	37 (2.3)
2nd	Edmonton	100 (12.5)	60 (7.5)	160 (10.0)
2nd	Opponent	42 (5.3)	28 (3.5)	70 (4.4)
3rd	Edmonton	58 (7.3)	35 (4.4)	93 (5.8)
3rd	Opponent	41 (5.1)	13 (1.6)	54 (3.4)
4th	Edmonton	77 (9.6)	65 (8.1)	142 (8.9)
4th	Opponent	33 (4.1)	25 (3.1)	58 (3.6)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Cal Murphy – Offensive assistant
Joe Faragalli – Offensive assistant
Dan Daniel – Defensive assistant
Don Matthews – Defensive assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1979 Player Awards and Nominations

1979 Most Outstanding

Player — Waddell Smith (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Dan Kepley (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Mike Wilson (Winner)
Canadian Player — Dave Fennell (Winner)
Rookie — Brian Kelly (Winner)

Edmonton Eskimos 1979 All-Star Selections

9 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Tom Wilkinson
WR	Waddell Smith
WR	Brian Kelly
T	Mike Wilson
DT	Dave Fennell
MLB	Dan Kepley
DHB	Gregg Butler
DHB	Ed “Too Small” Jones
P	Hank Ilesic

14 All-Division Selections

QB	Tom Wilkinson
RB	Jim Germany
WR	Brian Kelly
WR	Waddell Smith
G	Bill Stevenson
G	Eric Upton
T	Mike Wilson
DT	Dave Fennell
DE	David Boone, Jr.
MLB	Dan Kepley
OLB	Tom Towns
DHB	Gregg Butler
DHB	Ed “Too Small” Jones
P	Hank Ilesic

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1979 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–9 (9)		Dan Brown (LB)	Calgary
2–9 (18)		Chris Davies (TE)	British Columbia (UBC)
3–9 (27)		Dave Roberts (LB)	Queen's
4–9 (36)		Blair Shier (OT)	Bishop's
5–9 (45)		Gary Simpson (DB)	Carleton
6–9 (54)		Bob Colak (LB)	Windsor
7–9 (63)		Paul Shugart (TE)	Queen's