The Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1972 Lost 6 – 8 vs Saskatchewan

Team Roster and Stats

1972 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	76	45	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	380	368	W1	3-3-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	206	138	W3	5-1-0
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	174	230	L3	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	12	8	4	0	16	297	272	W1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	83	96	L1	2-2-0

Full 1972 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	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	10 (8-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 2nd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	9 (7-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	11 (8-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 5	EDM 18 @ CGY 14	W	19,143
B	Tue Jul 11	MTL 15 @ EDM 13	L	16,444
C	Tue Jul 18	SSK 16 @ EDM 11	L	16,741
D	Tue Jul 25	EDM 34 @ BC 0	W	23,411

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Aug 1	BC 22 @ EDM 34	W	19,844
2	Fri Aug 11	HAM 27 @ EDM 30	W	21,363
3	Wed Aug 16	EDM 31 @ SSK 29	W	17,516
4	Fri Aug 25	BC 7 @ EDM 29	W	22,641
5	Wed Aug 30	EDM 16 @ WPG 49	L	25,210
6	Mon Sep 4	EDM 31 @ CGY 19	W	23,616
7	Sun Sep 10	CGY 20 @ EDM 27	W	22,921
8	Sun Sep 17	EDM 12 @ SSK 14	L	21,230
9	Sat Sep 23	OTT 10 @ EDM 9	L	21,632
10	Sat Sep 30	EDM 31 @ TOR 30	W	33,135
11	Tue Oct 3	EDM 13 @ MTL 29	L	11,718
12	Mon Oct 9	WPG 15 @ EDM 24	W	20,564
13	Sat Oct 14	EDM 16 @ BC 22	L	22,124
14	Sun Oct 22	SSK 23 @ EDM 25	W	21,426
15	Sun Oct 29	EDM 24 @ WPG 38	L	25,210
16	Sun Nov 5	CGY 14 @ EDM 28	W	16,107

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 12	SSK 8 @ EDM 6	L	15,773

Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.453	6-0-0 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.518	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.313	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.786	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.286	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.786	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.214	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	46.75	+12.88
Average Winning Score	29.00	+8.17
Average Losing Score	15.00	+3.80
Average Home Score	25.75	+9.25
Average Visitor Score	21.75	+8.62
Average Margin of Victory	8.40	-0.43
Average Margin of Loss	12.00	-0.10

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	55	26	81	64	60	124	41	35	76	46	53	99	206 (25.8)	174 (21.8)	380 (23.8)
Opponent	14	76	90	38	77	115	24	21	45	62	56	118	230 (28.8)	138 (17.3)	368 (23.0)

Coaches

Head Coach

Ray Jauch (Dec. 15, 1969 – Dec. 31, 1976)

Assistant Coach

Vic Rapp – Offensive Coordinator

Player Awards
All Stars

Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Player Awards and Nominations

1972 Most Outstanding

Player — George McGowan (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Charlie Turner (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bayne Norrie (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Tyrone Walls (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1972 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

OLB	Dave Gasser

6 All-Division Selections

TE	Tyrone Walls
G	Larry Watkins (Tie)
T	Charlie Turner
DT	John LaGrone, III (Tie)
OLB	Dave Gasser
DB	Dick Dupuis

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Edmonton Eskimos 1972 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Mike Lambros (LB)	Queen's
3–2 (20)		Glen Colwell (RB)	Simon Fraser
4–2 (29)		Roy Beechey (WR)	Alberta
5–2 (38)		Barry St. George (WR)	Ottawa
6–2 (46)		Dave Syme (QB)	Simon Fraser
7–2 (55)		Bud Coupland (WR)	Calgary
8–2 (63)		Jerry Simpson (DB)	Dalhousie
9–2		Pass