The Edmonton Eskimos 1968 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Edmonton Eskimos 1968 Season

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1968 Lost 13 – 29 @ Calgary

Team Roster and Stats

1968 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Edmonton Eskimos 1968 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	60	59	W3	3-1-0
Regular Season	16	8	7	1	17	228	288	L1	4-2-0
Home	8	4	3	1	9	112	125	W3	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	116	163	L1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	6	5	1	13	165	195	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	63	93	L1	2-2-0

Full 1968 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	3 (3-0-0)	3 (1-1-1)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	6 (5-1-0)	3 (1-1-1)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)	6 (5-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (3-7-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	7 (7-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	8 (1-7-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	7 (0-7-0)

Edmonton Eskimos 1968 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jul 7	EDM 3 @ CGY 28	L	12,700
B	Fri Jul 12	SSK 12 @ EDM 16	W	8,500
B	Mon Jul 15	EDM 24 @ WPG 13	W	5,000
C	Sun Jul 21	MTL 6 @ EDM 17	W	12,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 31	EDM 27 @ MTL 10	W	14,500
1	Fri Aug 2	EDM 4 @ TOR 32	L	25,991
2	Wed Aug 7	SSK 10 @ EDM 10	T	16,960
3	Thu Aug 15	EDM 18 @ BC 17	W	25,722
4	Tue Aug 20	BC 12 @ EDM 4	L	17,305
5	Wed Aug 28	CGY 12 @ EDM 7	L	21,691
5	Mon Sep 2	EDM 2 @ SSK 29	L	19,763
6	Sun Sep 8	EDM 10 @ CGY 8	W	17,761
7	Wed Sep 11	OTT 20 @ EDM 25	W	18,600
8	Sun Sep 22	EDM 13 @ WPG 25	L	13,000
9	Sat Sep 28	HAM 31 @ EDM 7	L	21,500
10	Sat Oct 5	BC 5 @ EDM 13	W	16,551
11	Sun Oct 13	EDM 22 @ WPG 8	W	12,000
12	Sun Oct 20	CGY 13 @ EDM 14	W	19,231
13	Sun Oct 27	WPG 22 @ EDM 32	W	15,011
14	Wed Oct 30	EDM 20 @ SSK 34	L	17,048

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 10	EDM 13 @ CGY 29	L	23,380

Edmonton Eskimos 1968 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.469	3-2-1 (6)	3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.527	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.281	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.781	0-0-1 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.464	0-1-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.286	--	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.714	1-0-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.643	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1968	1967 +/-
Average Combined Score	32.25	+0.25
Average Winning Score	20.13	-2.76
Average Losing Score	8.14	+0.48
Average Home Score	14.00	-3.50
Average Visitor Score	14.50	-1.25
Average Margin of Victory	7.25	-4.08
Average Margin of Loss	16.86	+3.19

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	19	34	53	37	19	56	21	35	56	35	28	63	112 (14.0)	116 (14.5)	228 (14.3)
Opponent	15	34	49	31	57	88	34	30	64	45	42	87	163 (20.4)	125 (15.6)	288 (18.0)

Coaches

Head Coach

Neill Armstrong (March 7, 1964 – Nov. 16, 1969)

Player Awards
All Stars

Edmonton Eskimos 1968 Player Awards and Nominations

1968 Most Outstanding

Player — Jim “Long Gone” Thomas (Team Nominee)
Lineman — John LaGrone, III (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Roy Shatzko (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1968 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DT	John LaGrone, III

1 All-Division Selections

DT	John LaGrone, III

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Edmonton Eskimos 1968 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)	[MTL]	Larry Plancke (FL)	Queen's
2–4 (13)		Doug Dersch (FL)	Calgary
3–4 (22)		Jim Reinson (OG)	Calgary
4–4 (31)		Gene Lobay	Alberta
5–4		Pass
6–4		Pass
7–4		Pass
8–4		Pass
9–4		Pass
10–4		Pass
11–4		Pass