The Edmonton Eskimos 1953 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Edmonton Eskimos 1953 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the WIFU
Lost WIFU Final Best of Series 2 – 1
- Nov. 7, 1953 Won 25 – 7 vs Winnipeg
- Nov. 11, 1953 Lost 17 – 21 @ Winnipeg
- Nov. 14, 1953 Lost 24 – 30 vs Winnipeg

Team Roster and Stats

1953 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Edmonton Eskimos 1953 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	12	4	0	24	276	157	L2	4-2-0
Home	8	6	2	0	12	137	71	L2	4-2-0
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	139	86	W2	5-1-0

Full 1953 League Standings

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

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

Edmonton Eskimos 1953 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Fri Aug 14 11:45 PM	TOR 16 @ EDM 28	W	14,000
Ex	Mon Aug 17 11:45 PM	OTT 9 @ EDM 12	W	12,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Aug 29	EDM 6 @ WPG 7	L	16,108
1	Mon Aug 31 7:15 PM	EDM 19 @ SSK 17	W	11,030
2	Sat Sep 5 11:30 PM	EDM 18 @ CGY 6	W	15,000
2	Mon Sep 7 11:30 PM	CGY 5 @ EDM 19	W	15,500
3	Sat Sep 12 11:30 PM	SSK 1 @ EDM 13	W	15,300
3	Mon Sep 14 11:30 PM	WPG 7 @ EDM 9	W	16,000
4	Sat Sep 19 6:30 PM	EDM 12 @ SSK 6	W	13,024
5	Sat Sep 26 11:30 PM	CGY 6 @ EDM 15	W	15,000
5	Mon Sep 28 10:30 PM	EDM 21 @ CGY 12	W	12,000
6	Sat Oct 3 4:30 PM	EDM 13 @ SSK 19	L	12,646
6	Mon Oct 5	EDM 16 @ WPG 6	W	17,014
7	Sat Oct 10 10:30 PM	EDM 34 @ CGY 13	W
7	Mon Oct 12 10:30 PM	CGY 6 @ EDM 22	W	15,500
8	Sat Oct 17	WPG 9 @ EDM 32	W
8	Mon Oct 19	SSK 20 @ EDM 19	L	15,000
9	Sat Oct 24	WPG 17 @ EDM 8	L	15,000

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sat Nov 7 10:30 PM	WPG 7 @ EDM 25	W	15,500
P2	Wed Nov 11	EDM 17 @ WPG 21	L	17,434
P2	Sat Nov 14 10:30 PM	WPG 30 @ EDM 24	L	16,000

Edmonton Eskimos 1953 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.404	6-2-0 (8)	6-2-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Calgary Stampeders (6)	0.219	3-0-0 (3)	3-0-0 (3)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (5)	0.531	1-1-0 (2)	2-1-0 (3)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5)	0.500	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1953	1952 +/-
Average Combined Score	27.06	-8.62
Average Winning Score	19.17	+0.17
Average Losing Score	11.50	-6.17
Average Home Score	17.13	-6.00
Average Visitor Score	17.38	+4.12
Average Margin of Victory	11.33	+3.67
Average Margin of Loss	4.25	-5.42

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Edmonton	34	29	63	31	15	46	31	47	78	41	48	89	137 (17.1)	139 (17.4)	276 (17.3)
Opponent	1	31	32	25	2	27	20	18	38	25	35	60	86 (10.8)	71 (8.9)	157 (9.8)

Coaches

Head Coach

Darrell Royal (March 21, 1953 – Feb. 2, 1954)

Player Awards
All Stars

Edmonton Eskimos 1953 Player Awards and Nominations

1953 Most Outstanding

Player — Billy Vessels (Winner)

Edmonton Eskimos 1953 All-Star Selections

10 All-Division Selections

Coach	Darrell Royal
QB	Claude Arnold
HB	Rollie Miles
HB	Billy Vessels^*
FB	Normie Kwong
C	Eagle “Buddy” Keys
G	Jim Quondamatteo
T	Leon Manley
DE	Frankie Anderson
DHB	Ray Willsey

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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