The Edmonton Eskimos 1987 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 15, 1987 Won 30 – 16 vs Calgary
West Division Final
- Nov. 22, 1987 Won 31 – 7 @ BC
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 29, 1987 Won 38 – 36 vs Toronto in Vancouver, BC

Edmonton Eskimos 1987 Season Resources 1987 EDM Team Roster 1987 EDM Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sat Jun 6 8:00 PM	CGY 33 @ EDM 39	W	34,501
B	Tue Jun 16 10:30 PM	EDM 15 @ BC 31	L	28,384

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jun 27 8:00 PM	CGY 16 @ EDM 54	W	29,930	CBC
3	Sun Jul 5 1:30 PM	EDM 36 @ HAM 33	W	15,720	CFN
3	Sun Jul 12 4:00 PM	HAM 40 @ EDM 30	L	32,265	CFN
4	Sat Jul 18 8:00 PM	EDM 18 @ BC 26	L	43,772	CBC
5	Fri Jul 24 8:00 PM	EDM 42 @ WPG 28	W	29,260	CFN
6	Sat Aug 1 8:00 PM	SSK 28 @ EDM 38	W	30,399	CBC
6	Fri Aug 7 8:00 PM	EDM 20 @ TOR 23	L	30,264	CFN
9	Sun Aug 23 4:00 PM	OTT 24 @ EDM 45	W	32,167	CFN
9	Fri Aug 28 8:00 PM	EDM 39 @ SSK 13	W	24,000	CFN
10	Mon Sep 7 4:00 PM	EDM 20 @ CGY 29	L	33,842	CFN
11	Sat Sep 12 8:00 PM	TOR 20 @ EDM 42	W	40,486	CBC
11	Sat Sep 19 8:00 PM	SSK 13 @ EDM 34	W	31,862	CBC
13	Fri Oct 2 8:00 PM	OTT 19 @ EDM 34	W	31,331	CFN
15	Mon Oct 12 3:00 PM	EDM 20 @ WPG 38	L	24,999	CBC
15	Sun Oct 18 4:00 PM	EDM 25 @ SSK 34	L	24,282	CFN
16	Sun Oct 25 2:00 PM	WPG 24 @ EDM 49	W	33,376	CBC
17	Sun Nov 1 4:00 PM	BC 33 @ EDM 32	L	40,414	CFN
18	Sat Nov 7 1:30 PM	EDM 39 @ OTT 21	W	15,107	CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 15 4:30 PM	CGY 16 @ EDM 30	W	26,809	CFN
P2	Sun Nov 22 4:30 PM	EDM 31 @ BC 7	W	44,385	CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 29 5:30 PM	TOR 36 vs EDM 38	W	59,478	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	54	64	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	11	7	0	22	617	462	W1	3-3-0
Home	9	7	2	0	14	358	217	L1	5-1-0
Visitor	9	4	5	0	8	259	245	W1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	8	4	4	0	8	260	192	L2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	7	3	0	14	357	270	W2	5-1-0

Full 1987 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	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	12 (9-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 2nd	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	14 (11-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 3rd	8 (7-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	12 (11-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.458	3-1-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.456	4-1-0 (5)	3-2-0 (5)
BC Lions (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.306	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.389	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.167	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.639	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1987	1986 +/-
Average Combined Score	59.94	+9.67
Average Winning Score	41.09	+6.94
Average Losing Score	23.57	+3.57
Average Home Score	39.78	+3.33
Average Visitor Score	28.78	+5.22
Average Margin of Victory	19.36	+2.83
Average Margin of Loss	8.29	-1.71

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Edmonton	88	56	144	92	95	187	125	56	181	53	52	105	358 (39.8)	259 (28.8)	617 (34.3)
Opponent	42	53	95	53	59	112	41	74	115	81	59	140	245 (27.2)	217 (24.1)	462 (25.7)

Head Coaches

Joe Faragalli (July 6, 1987 – Nov. 30, 1990)
Jackie Parker (Sept. 7, 1983 – July 6, 1987)

Assistant Coaches

Gary Durchik – Offensive line
Steve Goldman – Offensive backfield
Don Sutherin – Defensive secondary
Doug Sams – Defensive line
Mike Roach – Linebackers

Edmonton Eskimos 1987 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Matt Dunigan
1 – Henry Williams

Defensive Star

2 – Stanley Blair
1 – Danny Bass

Lineman Star

4 – Stewart Hill

Edmonton Eskimos 1987 Player Awards and Nominations

1987 Most Outstanding

Player — Brian Kelly (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Danny Bass (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Rod Connop (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Marco Cyncar (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Stanley Blair (Division Finalist)

Edmonton Eskimos 1987 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

WR	Brian Kelly
C	Rod Connop
ST	Henry “Gizmo” Williams^*

5 All-Division Selections

WR	Brian Kelly^*
C	Rod Connop
T	Hector Pothier
MLB	Danny Bass
ST	Henry “Gizmo” Williams^*

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1987 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)	[MTL]	Blake Marshall (FB)	Western Ontario
1–3 (3)	[SSK]	Todd Storme (OL)	Utah State
2–8 (17)		Pierre Vercheval (C)	Western Ontario
3–2 (20)	[MTL]	David Braithwaite (DL)	Toronto
3–8 (26)		Mark Norman (DB)	British Columbia (UBC)
4–8 (35)		Jeff Funtasz (RB)	Alberta
5–8 (44)		Tim Spriel (TE)	Western Ontario
6–8 (53)		Darrell Skuse (RB)	Guelph
7–8 (62)		Tony Spoletini (RB)	Calgary
8–8 (71)		Ken Hoppus (OL)	Whitworth