Edmonton Eskimos 1997 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the West Division
West Division Final
- Nov. 9, 1997 Lost 30 – 31 vs Saskatchewan

Edmonton Eskimos 1997 Season Resources 1997 EDM Team Roster 1997 EDM Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 8 11:00 PM	EDM 15 @ BC 32	L	10,284
B	Thu Jun 19 9:30 PM	SSK 17 @ EDM 18	W	32,291


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jun 25 9:30 PM	EDM 23 @ CGY 22	W	24,868	TSN
2	Fri Jul 4 9:30 PM	EDM 24 @ SSK 18	W	25,751	TSN, RDS
3	Thu Jul 10 10:00 PM	BC 41 @ EDM 31	L	26,010	TSN
4	Thu Jul 17 9:30 PM	MTL 0 @ EDM 32	W	27,811
5	Thu Jul 24 7:30 PM	EDM 34 @ MTL 24	W	10,025	TSN, RDS, ESPN2
6	Thu Jul 31 9:30 PM	SSK 34 @ EDM 37	W	30,917
7	Thu Aug 7 9:30 PM	WPG 11 @ EDM 45	W	29,293
8	Thu Aug 14 7:00 PM	EDM 14 @ TOR 38	L	18,031	RDS, TSN
9	Thu Aug 21 9:30 PM	HAM 24 @ EDM 28	W	26,960
10	Mon Sep 1 4:00 PM	EDM 14 @ CGY 27	L	37,611	CBC
11	Fri Sep 5 9:30 PM	CGY 20 @ EDM 24	W	43,913	TSN
12	Sat Sep 13 10:30 PM	EDM 1 @ BC 27	L	25,088
13	Sat Sep 20 10:00 PM	TOR 25 @ EDM 24	L	38,619	TSN
14	Sun Sep 28 4:00 PM	EDM 15 @ SSK 29	L	29,361
15	Sun Oct 5 3:00 PM	CGY 32 @ EDM 42 OT	W	31,572	CBC
16	Sun Oct 12 2:00 PM	EDM 20 @ WPG 2	W	18,524	CBC
17	Sun Oct 19 3:00 PM	BC 7 @ EDM 41	W	31,958
18	Sat Oct 25 2:00 PM	EDM 30 @ HAM 19	W	16,110	RDS, CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 9 3:45 PM	SSK 31 @ EDM 30	L	38,258	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	33	49	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	12	6	0	24	479	400	W4	4-2-0
Home	9	7	2	0	14	304	194	W2	5-1-0
Visitor	9	5	4	0	10	175	206	W2	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	252	257	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	6	2	0	12	227	143	W2	4-2-0

Full 1997 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)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	8 (6-2-0)	2 (0-2-0)	8 (6-2-0)
After 2nd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	10 (9-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (3-5-0)
After 3rd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (3-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	9 (8-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (4-5-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	11 (11-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After OT1	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.489	4-1-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.472	3-1-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
BC Lions (3)	0.444	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.556	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.111	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.722	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.833	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1997	1996 +/-
Average Combined Score	48.83	+3.67
Average Winning Score	31.67	+1.12
Average Losing Score	16.50	-1.07
Average Home Score	33.78	+8.00
Average Visitor Score	19.44	-5.78
Average Margin of Victory	13.92	-1.27
Average Margin of Loss	14.67	+5.81

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	304 (33.8)	175 (19.4)	479 (26.6)
Total	Opponent	206 (22.9)	194 (21.6)	400 (22.2)
1st	Edmonton	46 (5.1)	43 (4.8)	89 (4.9)
1st	Opponent	41 (4.6)	49 (5.4)	90 (5.0)
2nd	Edmonton	82 (9.1)	44 (4.9)	126 (7.0)
2nd	Opponent	76 (8.4)	63 (7.0)	139 (7.7)
3rd	Edmonton	62 (6.9)	33 (3.7)	95 (5.3)
3rd	Opponent	41 (4.6)	51 (5.7)	92 (5.1)
4th	Edmonton	104 (11.6)	55 (6.1)	159 (8.8)
4th	Opponent	48 (5.3)	31 (3.4)	79 (4.4)
OT1	Edmonton	10 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	10 (10.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

Head Coaches

Kay Stephenson (Dec. 15, 1997 – Dec. 1, 1998)
Ron Lancaster (Feb. 4, 1991 – Nov. 26, 1997)

Assistant Coaches

Gary Durchik – Offensive line
R.D. Lancaster – Offensive
Jim Hillies – Defensive front
Brad Miller – Defensive
Scott Fawcett – Special teams

Edmonton Eskimos 1997 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Danny McManus
1 – Eric Blount

Defensive Star

2 – Glenn Rogers
2 – Willie Pless
1 – Kavis Reed

Lineman Star

1 – Derek MacCready
1 – Leo Groenewegen

1997 Player Awards and Nominations

1997 Most Outstanding

Player — Danny McManus (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Willie Pless (Winner)
Offensive Lineman — Leo Groenewegen (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Derek MacCready (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mark Verbeek (née Mark Farraway) (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1997 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

SB	Darren Flutie
LB	Willie Pless
DHB	Glenn Rogers, Jr.
CB	Kavis Reed

10 All-Division Selections

SB	Darren Flutie
G	Leo Groenewegen
T	Tom Rayam
DT	Bennie Goods
DE	Malvin Hunter
LB	Willie Pless
DHB	Glenn Rogers, Jr.
CB	Kavis Reed
S	Trent Brown
ST	Henry “Gizmo” Williams

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1997 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)	[BC]	Ian Franklin (CB)	Weber State
1–8 (8)		Mark Verbeek (née Mark Farraway) (DL)	St. Francis Xavier
2–7 (16)		Patrice Denis (LB)	Western Ontario
4–8 (32)		David Heasman (OL)	Northern Arizona
5–7 (40)		O.J. Santiago (TE)	Kent State
6–7 (47)		Chris Hardy (QB)	Manitoba