Edmonton Eskimos 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Final
- Nov. 20, 1988 Lost 19 – 37 vs BC

Edmonton Eskimos 1988 Season Resources 1988 EDM Team Roster 1988 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 23 9:30 PM	CFLAS 15 @ EDM 4	L	27,573
B	Tue Jul 5 9:30 PM	EDM 44 @ CGY 25	W	16,676


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 14 9:30 PM	CGY 0 @ EDM 33	W	27,889	TSN
2	Sat Jul 23 8:00 PM	EDM 15 @ SSK 26	L	22,682	CBC
3	Wed Jul 27 7:30 PM	EDM 35 @ OTT 28	W	19,947	CFN
4	Thu Aug 4 9:30 PM	SSK 27 @ EDM 43	W	35,383	CBC
5	Fri Aug 12 8:00 PM	EDM 14 @ HAM 22	L	13,127	CFN
6	Fri Aug 19 9:00 PM	WPG 21 @ EDM 46	W	30,172	CFN
7	Thu Aug 25 10:30 PM	EDM 10 @ BC 28	L	33,825	TSN
8	Thu Sep 1 9:30 PM	BC 9 @ EDM 17	W	34,157	CFN
9	Mon Sep 5 3:00 PM	EDM 27 @ CGY 11	W	27,768	CBC
10	Sun Sep 11 4:00 PM	HAM 13 @ EDM 37	W	29,984	CFN
11	Sun Sep 18 4:00 PM	TOR 21 @ EDM 38	W	33,549	CFN
12	Sun Sep 25 1:30 PM	EDM 22 @ TOR 35	L	24,101
13	Sun Oct 2 4:00 PM	OTT 12 @ EDM 40	W	28,052	CFN
14	Mon Oct 10 3:00 PM	EDM 17 @ WPG 21	L	26,298	CBC
15	Sun Oct 16 4:00 PM	EDM 32 @ CGY 29	W	29,430
16	Sun Oct 23 3:00 PM	BC 35 @ EDM 15	L	30,030	CBC
17	Sat Oct 29 10:30 PM	EDM 16 @ BC 51	L	32,334	TSN
18	Sun Nov 6 4:00 PM	CGY 19 @ EDM 20	W	27,499	CFN


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 20 4:30 PM	BC 37 @ EDM 19	L	27,055	CFN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	48	40	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	11	7	0	22	477	408	W1	3-3-0
Home	9	8	1	0	16	289	157	W1	5-1-0
Visitor	9	3	6	0	6	188	251	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	228	235	W1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	5	3	0	10	249	173	L1	4-2-0

Full 1988 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	5 (5-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	8 (6-2-0)	6 (2-4-0)	4 (3-1-0)
After 2nd	7 (7-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)	10 (8-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (9-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.478	4-1-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.472	4-0-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
BC Lions (4)	0.556	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.333	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.111	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.778	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1988	1987 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.17	-10.78
Average Winning Score	33.45	-7.64
Average Losing Score	15.57	-8.00
Average Home Score	32.11	-7.67
Average Visitor Score	20.89	-7.89
Average Margin of Victory	16.18	-3.18
Average Margin of Loss	15.57	+7.29

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	289 (32.1)	188 (20.9)	477 (26.5)
Total	Opponent	251 (27.9)	157 (17.4)	408 (22.7)
1st	Edmonton	41 (4.6)	52 (5.8)	93 (5.2)
1st	Opponent	37 (4.1)	18 (2.0)	55 (3.1)
2nd	Edmonton	75 (8.3)	44 (4.9)	119 (6.6)
2nd	Opponent	74 (8.2)	61 (6.8)	135 (7.5)
3rd	Edmonton	70 (7.8)	31 (3.4)	101 (5.6)
3rd	Opponent	51 (5.7)	46 (5.1)	97 (5.4)
4th	Edmonton	103 (11.4)	61 (6.8)	164 (9.1)
4th	Opponent	89 (9.9)	32 (3.6)	121 (6.7)

Head Coach

Joe Faragalli (July 6, 1987 – Nov. 30, 1990)

Assistant Coaches

Gary Durchik – Offensive line
Mike Faragalli – Receivers
Don Sutherin – Defensive secondary
Mark Coflin – Linebackers
Mike Roach – Defensive line
Brian Dickinson – Special teams assistant

Edmonton Eskimos 1988 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Tracy Ham
1 – Jim Sandusky

Defensive Star

2 – Danny Bass
1 – Ron Howard
1 – Stanley Blair

Lineman Star

1 – Blake Dermott
1 – Brett Williams

1988 Player Awards and Nominations

1988 Most Outstanding

Player — Danny Bass (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Danny Bass (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Blake Dermott (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Tom Richards (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Dave Richardson (Team Nominee)

1988 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Hector Pothier (Winner)

Edmonton Eskimos 1988 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

DT	Brett Williams
MLB	Danny Bass
CB	Stanley Blair

7 All-Division Selections

T	Hector Pothier
DT	Brett Williams
MLB	Danny Bass
CB	Stanley Blair
S	Don Wilson
P	Jerry Kauric
ST	Henry “Gizmo” Williams

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1988 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)		Brian Forde (LB)	Washington State
2–8 (16)		Branko Vincic (DE)	Eastern Michigan
3–8 (24)		Greg Nyte (S)	Simon Fraser
4–8 (32)		Todd Middleton (LB)	Dickinson State
5–8 (40)		Greg Kratzer (WR)	Dickinson State
6–8 (48)		Terry Ainge (HB)	British Columbia (UBC)
7–8 (56)		Stephen Kasowski (K)	Alberta
8–8 (64)		Neil Ferguson (DB)	Alberta