The Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Edmonton Eskimos’ 1983 Season

Season Summary

Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1983 Lost 22 – 49 @ Winnipeg

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1982: 17 players
1983 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Record

	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	2	94	121	L1	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	8	8	16	450	377	L2	2-4-0
Home	8	4	4	8	222	204	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	4	4	8	228	173	L3	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	8	3	5	6	204	215	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	5	3	10	246	162	L1	3-3-0

Full 1983 League Standings

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.516	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.484	2-2-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Concordes (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Team Scoring

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	51.69	-2.50
Average Winning Score	39.38	+0.92
Average Losing Score	16.88	-7.33
Average Home Score	27.75	-4.12
Average Visitor Score	28.50	-7.62
Average Margin of Victory	17.63	-6.38
Average Margin of Loss	8.50	-0.10

1983 Edmonton Eskimos Attendance

Capacity: 60,081
Total: 400,169
High: 53,577
Avg: 50,021 (8 out of 8 games)
Diff from 1982 Avg: -7,879
Low: 39,742
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 83.26
Diff from League Avg: +19,818

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Coaches

Head Coaches

Jackie Parker (Sept. 7, 1983 – July 6, 1987)
Pete Kettela (Feb. 24, 1983 – Sept. 7, 1983)

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Stadium

1983 home stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Capacity: 60,081
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1983 – Expansion

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

377 (23.6)

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Edmonton	35	40	75	75	73	148	50	58	108	62	57	119	222 (27.8)	228 (28.5)	450 (28.1)
Opponent	42	44	86	78	34	112	50	37	87	34	58	92	173 (21.6)	204 (25.5)

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

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Warren Moon

Defensive Star

1 – Larry Highbaugh
1 – James Parker

Lineman Star

1 – Leo Blanchard
1 – Tom Tuinei

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Player Awards and Nominations

1983 Most Outstanding

Player — Warren Moon (Winner)
Defensive Player — Joe Hollimon (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Leo Blanchard (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Brian Fryer (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Paul Hickie (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[HAM]	Peter Bos (OG)	British Columbia (UBC)
1–9 (9)		Tony Lawson (DE)	McGill
2–7 (16)	[WPG]	Dale Kinney (DE)	St. Francis Xavier
2–9 (18)		Stew McAndrews (LB)	Alberta
3–9 (27)		Rick Makos (OG)	Toronto
4–9 (36)		Steve Hall (WR)	Guelph
5–9 (45)		Jerry Philip (DB)	York
6–9 (54)		Paul Hickie (K)	Saskatchewan
7–9 (63)		Gord Reinich (SB)	Alberta
8–9 (72)		Jamie Crawford (QB)	Alberta

Edmonton Eskimos 1983 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Warren Moon
IR	Tom Scott
WR	Brian Kelly
G	Leo Blanchard

5 All-Division Selections

QB	Warren Moon
IR	Tom Scott
WR	Brian Kelly
G	Leo Blanchard
DE	James “Quick” Parker

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Edmonton Eskimos 1983 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri. June 10	BC 52 @ EDM 20	L	42,196
B	Sat. June 18 9:00 PM	EDM 9 @ SSK 20	L	22,095
C	Wed. June 22 9:30 PM	WPG 17 @ EDM 34	W	38,951
D	Wed. June 29 9:30 PM	EDM 31 @ CGY 32	L	21,838
1	Sat. July 9 5:00 PM	EDM 35 @ HAM 32	W	17,211	CBC
2	Fri. July 15 7:30 PM	WPG 20 @ EDM 18	L	39,742	CTV
4	Thu. July 28 8:00 PM	EDM 44 @ OTT 4	W	18,622
5	Fri. Aug. 5 7:30 PM	SSK 21 @ EDM 36	W	51,448	CTV
6	Fri. Aug. 12 7:30 PM	BC 43 @ EDM 13	L	52,765	CTV
7	Sat. Aug. 20 5:30 PM	EDM 28 @ MTL 15	W	20,126	CBC
8	Fri. Aug. 26 7:30 PM	OTT 17 @ EDM 14	L	49,880	CTV
9	Mon. Sept. 5 2:00 PM	EDM 15 @ CGY 18	L	30,481	CBC
10	Sun. Sept. 11 2:00 PM	HAM 21 @ EDM 50	W	51,428	CTV
11	Sun. Sept. 18 1:30 PM	EDM 46 @ SSK 21	W	28,377
12	Sun. Sept. 25 3:00 PM	EDM 30 @ BC 31	L	52,430	CBC
13	Sun. Oct. 2 2:00 PM	CGY 28 @ EDM 31	W	52,255	CTV
14	Sun. Oct. 9 1:30 PM	EDM 15 @ TOR 19	L	27,746	CBC
15	Sat. Oct. 15 7:30 PM	MTL 32 @ EDM 45	W	49,074	CTV
16	Sun. Oct. 23 2:00 PM	EDM 15 @ WPG 33	L	24,206	CBC
17	Sat. Oct. 29 7:30 PM	TOR 22 @ EDM 15	L	53,577	CTV
P1	Sun. Nov. 13 4:00 PM	EDM 22 @ WPG 49	L	31,379	CTV