The Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Edmonton Eskimos’ 1977 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st (in tiebreaker) in the Western Conference
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 20, 1977 Won 38 – 1 vs BC
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 27, 1977 Lost 6 – 41 @ Montreal

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1976: 18 players
1977 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	92	79	W1	3-1-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	412	320	W5	5-1-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	215	138	W3	4-2-0
Visitor	8	5	3	0	10	197	182	W2	3-3-0
Intra-division	12	9	3	0	18	337	222	W4	4-2-0
Inter-division	4	1	3	0	2	75	98	W1	1-3-0

Full 1977 League Standings

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	@ EDM	EDM @
BC Lions (3)	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0-1-0 (1)	--
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coach

Hugh Campbell (Feb. 3, 1977 – Dec. 1, 1982)

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1977 Edmonton Eskimos Attendance

Capacity: 24,000
High: 25,875
Avg: 25,324 (8 out of 8 games)
Variance over 1976 Avg: -373
Low: 23,123
Sellouts: 7
% of Capacity: 105.52
Variance from League Avg: -5,978

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Team Scoring

	1977	1976 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.75	3.38
Average Winning Score	29.60	9.49
Average Losing Score	19.33	2.17
Average Home Score	26.88	10.13
Average Visitor Score	24.63	2.50
Average Margin of Victory	14.10	10.21
Average Margin of Loss	8.17	7.00

Stadium

1977 home stadium: Clarke Stadium
Capacity: 24,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1975 – Expansion

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	63	40	103	54	55	109	61	53	114	37	49	86	215 (26.9)	197 (24.6)	412 (25.8)
Opponent	36	36	72	58	64	122	23	14	37	21	68	89	182 (22.8)	138 (17.3)	320 (20.0)

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

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Player Awards and Nominations

1977 Most Outstanding

Player — Larry Highbaugh (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Dan Kepley (Winner)
Offensive Lineman — Charlie Turner (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Dave Fennell (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Jim Germany (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Bob Cameron (QB)	Acadia
1–7 (7)	[HAM]	Tom Chad (DB)	Saskatchewan
2–6 (15)		J.P. Brescacin (TE)	North Dakota State
3–6 (24)		Dave Beaton (DT)	Simon Fraser
4–6 (33)		Ray Clark (DB)	Simon Fraser
5–6 (42)		Larry Sandre (WR)	Windsor
6–6 (51)		Jim Duncan (RB)	Queen's
7–6 (60)		Mike Warbick (WR)	Wilfrid Laurier
8–6 (69)		Dale Gullekson (RB)	Alberta
9–6 (78)		Lubomir Alexov (DE)	Toronto
10–6		Pass

Edmonton Eskimos 1977 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
B	6	Sat. June 18	OTT 24 @ EDM 27	W	24,680
C	10	Sun. June 26	EDM 18 @ MTL 16	W	22,147
D	15	Fri. July 1	BC 19 @ EDM 8	L	25,118
	18	Tue. July 5	EDM 39 @ SSK 20	W	17,073
2	24	Mon. July 18 10:00 PM	WPG 29 @ EDM 26	L	25,842	CTVW
3	31	Wed. July 27 9:00 PM	EDM 43 @ WPG 13	W	25,210	CTVW
4	32	Tue. Aug. 2 9:30 PM	SSK 9 @ EDM 34	W	25,618	CBCW
5	36	Tue. Aug. 9	EDM 24 @ BC 18	W	26,131
6	40	Tue. Aug. 16 10:00 PM	CGY 19 @ EDM 32	W	25,761	CBCW
7	47	Wed. Aug. 24 8:00 PM	EDM 22 @ HAM 27	L	23,725	CTV
8	49	Tue. Aug. 30 9:30 PM	MTL 25 @ EDM 20	L	25,875	R/C
9	52	Mon. Sept. 5 4:30 PM	EDM 22 @ CGY 8	W	26,657
11	61	Sat. Sept. 17 9:30 PM	BC 20 @ EDM 18	L	25,858
12	64	Sat. Sept. 24	EDM 13 @ BC 30	L	32,419
13	68	Sat. Oct. 1 2:00 PM	EDM 17 @ OTT 34	L	21,312	CTV
14	74	Mon. Oct. 10 4:30 PM	WPG 24 @ EDM 31	W	23,123	CBC
15	78	Sun. Oct. 16 4:30 PM	EDM 33 @ SSK 31	W	22,452	CTV
16	81	Sun. Oct. 23 5:00 PM	TOR 12 @ EDM 16	W	25,388	CTV
17	85	Sun. Oct. 30 4:30 PM	EDM 23 @ CGY 21	W	24,890	CBC
18	90	Sun. Nov. 6 4:30 PM	SSK 0 @ EDM 38	W	25,131	CBCW
P2	95	Sun. Nov. 20 4:00 PM	BC 1 @ EDM 38	W	25,327	CBC
GC	96	Sun. Nov. 27 1:00 PM	EDM 6 @ MTL 41	L	68,205	R/C, CTV, CBC