Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

8 wins, 8 losses, 0 ties
Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1983 Lost 22 – 49 @ Winnipeg

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Season Resources 1983 EDM Team Roster 1983 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Fri Jun 10 9:30 PM	BC 52 @ EDM 20	L
B	Sat Jun 18 9:00 PM	EDM 9 @ SSK 20	L
C	Wed Jun 22 9:30 PM	WPG 17 @ EDM 34	W
D	Wed Jun 29 9:30 PM	EDM 31 @ CGY 32	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Sat Jul 9 7:00 PM	EDM 35 @ HAM 32	W	CBC
2	Fri Jul 15 9:30 PM	WPG 20 @ EDM 18	L	CTV
3	Bye
4	Thu Jul 28 8:00 PM	EDM 44 @ OTT 4	W
5	Fri Aug 5 9:30 PM	SSK 21 @ EDM 36	W	CTV
6	Fri Aug 12 9:30 PM	BC 43 @ EDM 13	L	CTV
7	Sat Aug 20 7:30 PM	EDM 28 @ MTL 15	W	CBC
8	Fri Aug 26 9:30 PM	OTT 17 @ EDM 14	L	CTV
9	Mon Sep 5 4:00 PM	EDM 15 @ CGY 18	L	CBC
10	Sun Sep 11 4:00 PM	HAM 21 @ EDM 50	W	CTV
11	Sun Sep 18 3:30 PM	EDM 46 @ SSK 21	W
12	Sun Sep 25 4:00 PM	EDM 30 @ BC 31	L	CBC
13	Sun Oct 2 4:00 PM	CGY 28 @ EDM 31	W	CTV
14	Sun Oct 9 1:30 PM	EDM 15 @ TOR 19	L	CBC
15	Sat Oct 15 9:00 PM	MTL 32 @ EDM 45	W	CTV
16	Sun Oct 23 4:00 PM	EDM 15 @ WPG 33	L	CBC
17	Sat Oct 29 9:30 PM	TOR 22 @ EDM 15	L	CTV
18	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sun Nov 13 4:00 PM	EDM 22 @ WPG 49	L	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	94	121	L1	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	8	8	0	16	450	377	L2	2-4-0
Home	8	4	4	0	8	222	204	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	228	173	L3	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	204	215	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	5	3	0	10	246	162	L1	3-3-0

Full 1983 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	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 2nd	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	10 (7-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.516	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.484	2-2-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	51.69	-2.50
Average Winning Score	39.38	+0.92
Average Losing Score	16.88	-7.33
Average Home Score	27.75	-4.12
Average Visitor Score	28.50	-7.62
Average Margin of Victory	17.63	-6.38
Average Margin of Loss	8.50	-0.10

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	222 (27.8)	228 (28.5)	450 (28.1)
Total	Opponent	173 (21.6)	204 (25.5)	377 (23.6)
1st	Edmonton	35 (4.4)	40 (5.0)	75 (4.7)
1st	Opponent	44 (5.5)	42 (5.3)	86 (5.4)
2nd	Edmonton	75 (9.4)	73 (9.1)	148 (9.3)
2nd	Opponent	34 (4.3)	78 (9.8)	112 (7.0)
3rd	Edmonton	50 (6.3)	58 (7.3)	108 (6.8)
3rd	Opponent	37 (4.6)	50 (6.3)	87 (5.4)
4th	Edmonton	62 (7.8)	57 (7.1)	119 (7.4)
4th	Opponent	58 (7.3)	34 (4.3)	92 (5.8)

Head Coaches

Jackie Parker (Sept. 7, 1983 – July 6, 1987)
Pete Kettela (Feb. 24, 1983 – Sept. 7, 1983)

Assistant Coaches

Ken Bowman – Offensive backfield
Paul Boudreau – Offensive line
Herb Paterra – Defensive Coordinator
Mike Nelson – Defensive line
Paul Rudzinski – Linebackers

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Warren Moon

Defensive Star

1 – James Parker
1 – Larry Highbaugh

Lineman Star

1 – Leo Blanchard
1 – Tom Tuinei

1983 Player Awards and Nominations

1983 Most Outstanding

Player — Warren Moon (Winner)
Defensive Player — Joe Hollimon (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Leo Blanchard (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Brian Fryer (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Paul Hickie (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Warren Moon
IR	Tom Scott
WR	Brian Kelly
G	Leo Blanchard

5 All-Division Selections

QB	Warren Moon
IR	Tom Scott
WR	Brian Kelly
G	Leo Blanchard
DE	James “Quick” Parker

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1983 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[HAM]	Pieter VandenBos (OG)	British Columbia (UBC)
1–9 (9)		Tony Lawson (DE)	McGill
2–7 (16)	[WPG]	Dale Kinney (DE)	St. Francis Xavier
2–9 (18)		Stew McAndrews (LB)	Alberta
3–9 (27)		Rick Makos (OG)	Toronto (UofT)
4–9 (36)		Steve Hall (WR)	Guelph
5–9 (45)		Jerry Philip (DB)	York
6–9 (54)		Paul Hickie (K)	Saskatchewan
7–9 (63)		Gord Reinich (SB)	Alberta
8–9 (72)		Jamie Crawford (QB)	Alberta