The Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Edmonton Eskimos’ 2003 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the West Division
West Division Final
- Nov. 9, 2003 Won 30 – 23 vs Saskatchewan
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 16, 2003 Won 34 – 22 vs Montreal in Regina, SK

Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 2002: 17 players
2003 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	0	4	55	19	W2	2-0-0
Regular Season	18	13	5	0	26	569	414	L1	5-1-0
Home	9	8	1	0	16	351	196	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	9	5	4	0	10	218	218	L1	4-2-0
Intra-division	10	6	4	0	12	301	232	L1	4-2-0
Inter-division	8	7	1	0	14	268	182	W7	6-0-0

Full 2003 League Standings

Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Opponent Appearances

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

Coaches

Head Coach

Tom Higgins, Jr. (June 18, 2001 – Nov. 10, 2004)

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Assistant Coaches

Dan Kepley – Defensive assistant
Greg Marshall – Defensive Coordinator
Danny Maciocia – Offensive Coordinator
Bill Macdermott – Offensive line
Dan McKinnon – Receivers
Rick Campbell – Special teams

2003 Edmonton Eskimos Attendance

Capacity: 60,081
High: 62,444
Avg: 41,228 (9 out of 9 games)
Variance over 2002 Avg: +3,068
Low: 30,109
Sellouts: 1
% of Capacity: 68.62
Variance from League Avg: +15,987

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Team Scoring

	2003	2002 +/-
Average Combined Score	54.61	0.94
Average Winning Score	36.54	3.08
Average Losing Score	18.80	2.60
Average Home Score	39.00	4.67
Average Visitor Score	24.22	1.22
Average Margin of Victory	15.62	3.46
Average Margin of Loss	9.60	8.80

Stadium

2003 home stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Capacity: 60,081
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1983 – 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	76	48	124	136	55	191	51	49	100	88	66	154	351 (39.0)	218 (24.2)	569 (31.6)
Opponent	41	43	84	33	69	102	43	29	72	79	77	156	218 (24.2)	196 (21.8)	414 (23.0)

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	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	11 (10-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 2nd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	11 (10-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (3-4-0)
After 3rd	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	13 (12-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	13 (13-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

3 – Ricky Ray
1 – Mike Pringle
1 – Jason Tucker

Defensive Star

2 – Donny Brady
1 – Singor Mobley

Lineman Star

3 – Dorian Boose
1 – Rahim Abdullah
1 – Bruce Beaton

Special Teams Star

1 – Mike Bradley

Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Player Awards and Nominations

2003 Most Outstanding

Player — Ricky Ray (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Singor Mobley (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Bruce Beaton (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Steve Charbonneau (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Robert Grant (Team Nominee)
Special Teams Player — Winston October (Division Finalist)

Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[CGY, TOR]	Emmanuel Casseus (LB)	Michigan
1–8 (8)		Randy Spencer (DT)	Weber State
2–1 (10)	[OTT]	Kojo Aidoo (FB)	McMaster
3–2 (20)	[CGY]	Dounia Whitehouse (CB)	Charleston Southern
3–8 (26)		Joseph Bonaventura (LB)	Saint Mary's
4–8 (34)		Larry Ram (OL)	Florida A&M
6–8 (52)		Didier Ormejuste (DL)	Toledo

Edmonton Eskimos 2003 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (MDT Date Time (MDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
B	5	Thu. June 5 7:00 PM	SSK 10 @ EDM 17	W	31,450
C	8	Tue. June 10 8:30 PM	EDM 38 @ BC 9	W	12,319
1	14	Sat. June 21 5:00 PM	MTL 34 @ EDM 16	L	30,109	RDS, CBC
2	15	Thu. June 26 7:00 PM	CGY 24 @ EDM 34	W	30,568	TSN
3	19	Tue. July 1 3:00 PM	EDM 12 @ WPG 14	L	28,495	TSN
	23	Sat. July 5 5:00 PM	EDM 37 @ HAM 20	W	12,492	CBC
5	29	Wed. July 16 7:00 PM	HAM 15 @ EDM 52	W	33,785	TSN
6	35	Fri. July 25 7:00 PM	EDM 14 @ SSK 32	L	26,767	TSN
7	38	Thu. July 31 5:30 PM	EDM 31 @ OTT 26	W	21,200	TSN
8	45	Sat. Aug. 9 8:00 PM	TOR 20 @ EDM 49	W	44,205	CBC
9	47	Sun. Aug. 17 5:00 PM	EDM 18 @ TOR 15	W	11,021	TSN
10	54	Sat. Aug. 23 5:00 PM	SSK 31 @ EDM 49	W	45,083	CBC
11	58	Mon. Sept. 1 2:00 PM	EDM 22 @ CGY 28	L	36,251	CBC
12	59	Fri. Sept. 5 7:30 PM	CGY 0 @ EDM 38	W	62,444	TSN
13	64	Sat. Sept. 13 8:30 PM	EDM 34 @ BC 30	W	27,070	TSN
14	68	Fri. Sept. 19 7:00 PM	OTT 33 @ EDM 45	W	35,264	TSN
15	72	Fri. Sept. 26 8:00 PM	BC 7 @ EDM 27	W	44,432	TSN
16	78	Sun. Oct. 5 11:00 AM	EDM 20 @ MTL 19	W	20,202	TSN, RDS
18	84	Fri. Oct. 17 8:00 PM	WPG 32 @ EDM 41	W	45,164	TSN
19	88	Sat. Oct. 25 1:00 PM	EDM 30 @ WPG 34	L	26,601	CBC
P2	94	Sun. Nov. 9 5:00 PM	SSK 23 @ EDM 30	W	40,081	CBC, RDS
GC	95	Sun. Nov. 16 5:30 PM	MTL 22 vs EDM 34	W	50,909	CBC, RDS