Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the West Division and won a playoff position in the crossover
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 2008 Won 29 – 21 @ Winnipeg
East Division Final
- Nov. 15, 2008 Lost 26 – 36 @ Montreal

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Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Season Resources 2008 EDM Team Roster 2008 EDM Attendance 2008 CFL Team Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Passing Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Rushing Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Receiving Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Defensive Stats (CFL.ca)


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jun 13 7:00 PM	EDM 14 @ CGY 39	L	27,580
B	Thu Jun 19 9:00 PM	SSK 7 @ EDM 37	W	33,508


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jun 28 7:30 PM	EDM 13 @ SSK 34	L	28,800	TSN
2	Thu Jul 3 10:00 PM	CGY 31 @ EDM 34	W	32,706	TSN
3	Thu Jul 10 10:00 PM	TOR 28 @ EDM 47	W	31,707	TSN
4	Sun Jul 20 4:00 PM	EDM 31 @ TOR 35	L	28,522	TSN
5	Fri Jul 25 7:00 PM	EDM 19 @ HAM 13	W	21,402	TSN
6	Thu Jul 31 10:00 PM	BC 24 @ EDM 35	W	35,008	TSN
7	Fri Aug 8 10:30 PM	EDM 34 @ BC 40	L	30,863	TSN
8	Bye
9	Thu Aug 21 9:00 PM	SSK 10 @ EDM 27	W	48,808	TSN
10	Mon Sep 1 4:00 PM	EDM 37 @ CGY 16	W	35,650	TSN
11	Fri Sep 5 9:00 PM	CGY 38 @ EDM 33	L	46,014	TSN
12	Sat Sep 13 7:00 PM	HAM 33 @ EDM 38	W	37,500	TSN
13	Sun Sep 21 1:00 PM	EDM 4 @ MTL 40	L	20,202	RDS, TSN
14	Fri Sep 26 8:00 PM	EDM 23 @ WPG 30	L	29,794	TSN
15	Sat Oct 4 7:00 PM	WPG 22 @ EDM 36	W	40,453	TSN
16	Fri Oct 10 10:30 PM	EDM 27 @ BC 20	W	34,778	TSN
17	Fri Oct 17 9:00 PM	BC 43 @ EDM 28	L	34,342	TSN
18	Sat Oct 25 6:30 PM	EDM 9 @ SSK 55	L	30,945	TSN
19	Fri Oct 31 9:00 PM	MTL 14 @ EDM 37	W	29,911	TSN, RDS


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 8 1:00 PM	EDM 29 @ WPG 21	W	27,493	TSN
P2	Sat Nov 15 1:00 PM	EDM 26 @ MTL 36	L	38,132	TSN, RDS

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	51	46	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	10	8	0	20	512	526	W1	3-3-0
Home	9	7	2	0	14	315	243	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	9	3	6	0	6	197	283	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	5	5	0	10	277	311	L2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	5	3	0	10	235	215	W2	4-2-0

Full 2008 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	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (6-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	12 (6-6-0)
After 2nd	7 (6-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	11 (9-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 3rd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (8-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.661	3-2-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.361	4-0-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
BC Lions (4)	0.611	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.722	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	2008	2007 +/-
Average Combined Score	57.67	+7.17
Average Winning Score	33.70	+9.30
Average Losing Score	21.88	+1.96
Average Home Score	35.00	+9.11
Average Visitor Score	21.89	+3.33
Average Margin of Victory	12.60	+6.20
Average Margin of Loss	17.50	+5.75

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Edmonton	315 (35.0)	197 (21.9)	512 (28.4)
Total	Opponent	283 (31.4)	243 (27.0)	526 (29.2)
1st	Edmonton	54 (6.0)	51 (5.7)	105 (5.8)
1st	Opponent	47 (5.2)	90 (10.0)	137 (7.6)
2nd	Edmonton	119 (13.2)	65 (7.2)	184 (10.2)
2nd	Opponent	104 (11.6)	33 (3.7)	137 (7.6)
3rd	Edmonton	58 (6.4)	38 (4.2)	96 (5.3)
3rd	Opponent	53 (5.9)	47 (5.2)	100 (5.6)
4th	Edmonton	84 (9.3)	43 (4.8)	127 (7.1)
4th	Opponent	79 (8.8)	73 (8.1)	152 (8.4)

Head Coaches

Richie Hall, Jr. (Dec. 17, 2008 – Nov. 12, 2010)
Danny Maciocia (Dec. 6, 2004 – Nov. 27, 2008)

Assistant Coaches

Rick Worman – Quarterbacks
Ronnie Vinklarek – Offensive line
Mike Kelly – Receivers
Terry Eisler – Running backs
Rick Campbell – Defensive Coordinator
Noel Thorpe – Defensive backs
Dan Kepley – Linebackers
Don Wnek – Defensive line
A.J. Gass – Defensive assistant

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

3 – Ricky Ray
1 – A.J. Harris

Defensive Star

1 – Dario Romero
1 – Jason Goss
1 – Montez Murphy
1 – Siddeeq Shabazz

Canadian Star

2 – Calvin McCarty
2 – Kamau Peterson

Special Teams Star

3 – Tristan Jackson

2008 Player Awards and Nominations

2008 Most Outstanding

Player — Ricky Ray (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Jason Goss (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — John Comiskey (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Kamau Peterson (Winner)
Rookie — Tristan Jackson (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DHB	Jason Goss

4 All-Division Selections

R	Kamau Peterson
G	Patrick Kabongo
DT	Dario Romero
DHB	Jason Goss

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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2008 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–3 (11)	[CGY]	Greg Wojt (OL)	Central Michigan
3–3 (19)	[CGY]	Tim St. Pierre (LB)	Saint Mary's
3–7 (23)	[BC]	Justin Cooper (DL)	Manitoba
4–1 (25)	[HAM]	Sammy Okpro (DB)	Concordia
4–2 (26)		Jonathan Hood (DB)	St. Francis Xavier
5–2 (34)		Dante Luciani (WR)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–2 (42)		Mark Dewit (OL)	Calgary