Edmonton Eskimos 1955 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the WIFU
Won WIFU Final Best of Series 2 – 0
- Nov. 11, 1955 Won 29 – 6 @ Winnipeg
- Nov. 16, 1955 Won 26 – 6 vs Winnipeg
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 26, 1955 Won 34 – 19 vs Montreal in Vancouver, BC

Edmonton Eskimos 1955 Season Resources 1955 EDM Team Roster 1955 EDM Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Aug 10	HAM 6 @ EDM 21	W	10,000
Ex	Sat Aug 13	TOR 18 @ EDM 29	W	10,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Aug 20 11:30 PM	EDM 13 @ CGY 10	W	14,000
1	Mon Aug 22	EDM 13 @ WPG 9	W	16,835
2	Sat Aug 27	BC 12 @ EDM 29	W	17,500
3	Sat Sep 3 11:30 PM	SSK 12 @ EDM 19	W	19,500
4	Sat Sep 10 11:30 PM	EDM 18 @ BC 13	W	29,503
4	Mon Sep 12	CGY 12 @ EDM 24	W	15,000
5	Sat Sep 17 9:00 PM	EDM 26 @ SSK 9	W	14,500
5	Mon Sep 19	WPG 8 @ EDM 14	W	12,500
6	Sat Sep 24 11:30 PM	EDM 15 @ CGY 0	W	10,000
6	Mon Sep 26 11:30 PM	EDM 15 @ BC 0	W	24,241
7	Sat Oct 1	EDM 0 @ WPG 12	L	18,884
7	Mon Oct 3	SSK 9 @ EDM 17	W	15,000
8	Sat Oct 8	BC 2 @ EDM 38	W	16,500
9	Sat Oct 15 8:00 PM	EDM 3 @ SSK 4	L	11,590
10	Sat Oct 22	WPG 0 @ EDM 12	W	16,000
11	Sat Oct 29	CGY 5 @ EDM 30	W	13,000

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Fri Nov 11	EDM 29 @ WPG 6	W	15,553
P2	Wed Nov 16	WPG 6 @ EDM 26	W	12,000

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 26 4:30 PM	MTL 19 vs EDM 34	W	39,471	R/C, CBCE

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	14	2	0	28	286	117	W2	4-2-0
Home	8	8	0	0	16	183	60	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	103	57	L2	4-2-0

Full 1955 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)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	10 (9-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)
After 2nd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	11 (11-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)
After 3rd	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	14 (14-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.406	8-0-0 (8)	6-2-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
BC Lions (4)	0.313	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.625	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.438	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1955	1954 +/-
Average Combined Score	25.19	-0.94
Average Winning Score	20.21	-0.24
Average Losing Score	1.50	-4.50
Average Home Score	22.88	+3.25
Average Visitor Score	12.88	+0.62
Average Margin of Victory	13.00	+1.18
Average Margin of Loss	6.50	-1.10

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Edmonton	47	28	75	52	25	77	42	23	65	42	27	69	183 (22.9)	103 (12.9)	286 (17.9)
Opponent	13	19	32	28	6	34	1	31	32	18	1	19	57 (7.1)	60 (7.5)	117 (7.3)

Head Coach

Frank “Pop” Ivy (March 10, 1954 – Jan. 9, 1958)

Assistant Coaches

Eagle Keys – Assistant
Ray Prochaska – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

Edmonton Eskimos 1955 Player Awards and Nominations

1955 Most Outstanding

Player — Jackie Parker (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Dale Meinert (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Normie Kwong (Winner)

Edmonton Eskimos 1955 All-Star Selections

12 All-Division Selections

Coach	Frank “Pop” Ivy
QB	Jackie Parker
HB	Normie Kwong
C	Kurt Burris
G	Art Walker, Jr.
T	Dale Meinert
DT	Dale Meinert
DE	Frankie Anderson
SEC	Ted Tully
SEC	Kurt Burris
DHB	Rollie Miles
S	Rupe Andrews, Jr.

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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