The Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Edmonton Eskimos’ 2008 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the West Division and won a playoff position in the crossover
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 2008 Won 29 – 21 @ Winnipeg
East Division Final
- Nov. 15, 2008 Lost 26 – 36 @ Montreal

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 2007: 36 players
2008 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)
2008 CFL team stats (CFL.ca)

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Record
	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	2	51	46	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	10	8	20	512	526	W1	3-3-0
Home	9	7	2	14	315	243	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	9	3	6	6	197	283	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	5	5	10	277	311	L2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	5	3	10	235	215	W2	4-2-0

Full 2008 League Standings

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ EDM	EDM @
Divisional	0.661	3-2-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.361	4-0-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
BC Lions (4)	0.611	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.722	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coaches

Richie Hall, Jr. (Dec. 17, 2008 – Nov. 12, 2010)
Danny Maciocia (Dec. 6, 2004 – Nov. 27, 2008)

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Assistant Coaches

Rick Campbell – Defensive Coordinator
Noel Thorpe – Defensive backs
A.J. Gass – Defensive assistant
Don Wnek – Defensive line
Dan Kepley – Linebackers
Terry Eisler – Running backs
Mike Kelly – Receivers
Ronnie Vinklarek – Offensive line
Rick Worman – Quarterbacks

2008 Edmonton Eskimos Attendance

Capacity: 59,537
Total: 336,449
High: 48,808
Avg: 37,383 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 2007 Avg: +539
Low: 29,911
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 62.79
Diff from League Avg: +8,609

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Team Scoring

	2008	2007 +/-
Average Combined Score	57.67	7.17
Average Winning Score	33.70	9.30
Average Losing Score	21.88	1.96
Average Home Score	35.00	9.11
Average Visitor Score	21.89	3.33
Average Margin of Victory	12.60	6.20
Average Margin of Loss	17.50	5.75

Stadium

2008 home stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Capacity: 59,537
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 2008 – Reconfiguration

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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	54	51	105	119	65	184	58	38	96	84	43	127	315 (35.0)	197 (21.9)	512 (28.4)
Opponent	90	47	137	33	104	137	47	53	100	73	79	152	283 (31.4)	243 (27.0)	526 (29.2)

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	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (6-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	12 (6-6-0)
After 2nd	7 (6-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	11 (9-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 3rd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (8-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

3 – Ricky Ray
1 – A.J. Harris

Defensive Star

1 – Montez Murphy
1 – Jason Goss
1 – Dario Romero
1 – Siddeeq Shabazz

Canadian Star

2 – Kamau Peterson
2 – Calvin McCarty

Special Teams Star

3 – Tristan Jackson

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Player Awards and Nominations

2008 Most Outstanding

Player — Ricky Ray (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Jason Goss (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — John Comiskey (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Kamau Peterson (Winner)
Rookie — Tristan Jackson (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–3 (11)	[CGY]	Greg Wojt (OL)	Central Michigan
3–3 (19)	[CGY]	Tim St. Pierre (LB)	Saint Mary's
3–7 (23)	[BC]	Justin Cooper (DL)	Manitoba
4–1 (25)	[HAM]	Sammy Okpro (DB)	Concordia
4–2 (26)		Jonathan Hood (DB)	St. Francis Xavier
5–2 (34)		Dante Luciani (WR)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–2 (42)		Mark Dewit (OL)	Calgary

Edmonton Eskimos 2008 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DHB	Jason Goss

4 All-Division Selections

R	Kamau Peterson
G	Patrick Kabongo
DT	Dario Romero
DHB	Jason Goss

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Edmonton Eskimos 2008 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	4	Fri. June 13 7:00 PM	EDM 14 @ CGY 39	L	27,580
B	7	Thu. June 19 9:00 PM	SSK 7 @ EDM 37	W	33,508
1	12	Sat. June 28 7:30 PM	EDM 13 @ SSK 34	L	28,800	TSN
2	14	Thu. July 3 10:00 PM	CGY 31 @ EDM 34	W	32,706	TSN
3	18	Thu. July 10 10:00 PM	TOR 28 @ EDM 47	W	31,707	TSN
4	24	Sun. July 20 4:00 PM	EDM 31 @ TOR 35	L	28,522	TSN
5	26	Fri. July 25 7:00 PM	EDM 19 @ HAM 13	W	21,402	TSN
6	30	Thu. July 31 10:00 PM	BC 24 @ EDM 35	W	35,008	TSN
7	36	Fri. Aug. 8 10:30 PM	EDM 34 @ BC 40	L	30,863	TSN
9	39	Thu. Aug. 21 9:00 PM	SSK 10 @ EDM 27	W	48,808	TSN
10	43	Mon. Sept. 1 4:00 PM	EDM 37 @ CGY 16	W	35,650	TSN
11	45	Fri. Sept. 5 9:00 PM	CGY 38 @ EDM 33	L	46,014	TSN
12	51	Sat. Sept. 13 7:00 PM	HAM 33 @ EDM 38	W	37,500	TSN
13	56	Sun. Sept. 21 1:00 PM	EDM 4 @ MTL 40	L	20,202	RDS, TSN
14	57	Fri. Sept. 26 8:00 PM	EDM 23 @ WPG 30	L	29,794	TSN
15	64	Sat. Oct. 4 7:00 PM	WPG 22 @ EDM 36	W	40,453	TSN
16	66	Fri. Oct. 10 10:30 PM	EDM 27 @ BC 20	W	34,778	TSN
17	69	Fri. Oct. 17 9:00 PM	BC 43 @ EDM 28	L	34,342	TSN
18	74	Sat. Oct. 25 6:30 PM	EDM 9 @ SSK 55	L	30,945	TSN
19	78	Fri. Oct. 31 9:00 PM	MTL 14 @ EDM 37	W	29,911	TSN, RDS
P1	81	Sat. Nov. 8 1:00 PM	EDM 29 @ WPG 21	W	27,493	TSN
P2	83	Sat. Nov. 15 1:00 PM	EDM 26 @ MTL 36	L	38,132	TSN, RDS