The Edmonton Eskimos’ 2018 Season

Season Summary

  • Finished 5th in the West Division

Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Record
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 2 1 1 0 2 48 45 L1 1-1-0
Regular Season 18 9 9 0 18 482 471 W1 2-4-0
    Home 9 7 2 0 14 262 230 W2 5-1-0
    Visitor 9 2 7 0 4 220 241 L6 0-6-0
   Divisional opponent 10 5 5 0 10 271 282 W1 2-4-0
   Non-divisional opponent 8 4 4 0 8 211 189 W1 4-2-0

Full 2018 League Standings

Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Opponent Appearances

Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.594 4-1-0 (5) 1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.389 3-1-0 (4) 1-3-0 (4)
BC Lions (3) 0.500
Calgary Stampeders (2) 0.722
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2) 0.667
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.556
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2) 0.444
Montreal Alouettes (2) 0.278
Toronto Argonauts (2) 0.222
Ottawa RedBlacks (2) 0.611

Coaches

Head Coach

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Assistant Coaches
  • Jason Maas – Offensive Coordinator
  • Jordan Maksymic – Passing Coordinator, Quarterbacks
  • Mike Gibson – Running Game Coordinator, Offensive line
  • Tim Prinsen – Running backs
  • D.J. McCarthy – Wide Receivers (until 2018-11-08)
  • Kelly Bates – Offensive quality control (until 2018-11-08)
  • Mike Benevides – Defensive Coordinator (until 2018-12-07), Linebackers (until 2018-12-07), Assistant Head Coach (until 2018-12-07)
  • Barron Miles – Defensive backs
  • Demetrious Maxie – Defensive line
  • Rob Payne – Defensive quality control (until 2018-11-08)
  • Travis Brown – Linebackers assistant
  • Dave Jackson – Special Teams Coordinator (until 2018-11-08), Special teams assistant
  • Cory McDiarmid – Special Teams Coordinator (until 2018-09-30)

2018 Edmonton Eskimos Attendance

  • Capacity: 55,614
  • Total: 279,966
  • High: 38,611
  • Avg: 31,107 (9 out of 9 games)
  • Diff from 2017 Avg: -720
  • Low: 27,163
  • Sellouts: 0
  • % of Capacity: 55.93
  • Diff from League Avg: +7,251

More 2018 Attendance Numbers

Team Scoring

20182017 +/-
Average Combined Score 52.94 2.89 -
Average Winning Score 35.00 4.33 +
Average Losing Score 18.56 5.11 -
Average Home Score 29.11 1.67 +
Average Visitor Score 24.44 4.78 -
Average Margin of Victory 11.11 3.94 +
Average Margin of Loss 9.89 1.94 -

Stadium

  • 2018 home stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
  • Capacity: 56,302
  • Playing surface: Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)
  • Previous stadium change: 2015 – Artificial turf replacement

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
HVT HVT HVT HVT H (PPG)V (PPG)T (PPG)
Edmonton 6146107 80106186 642892 574097 262 (29.1)220 (24.4)482 (26.8)
Opponent 7269141 544498 4357100 6171132 241 (26.8)230 (25.6)471 (26.2)

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

Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Top Performers of the Week

Top Performer of the Week

  • 6 – Mike Reilly
  • 2 – C.J. Gable
  • 2 – D'haquille Williams
  • 1 – Derel Walker
  • 1 – Bryant Mitchell

Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Player Awards and Nominations

2018 Most Outstanding
  • Player — Mike Reilly (Team Nominee)
  • Defensive Player — J.C. Sherritt (Team Nominee)
  • Offensive Lineman — Matt O'Donnell (Team Nominee)
  • Canadian Player — Kwaku Boateng (Team Nominee)
  • Rookie — Monshadrik Hunter (Team Nominee)
  • Special Teams Player — Sean Whyte (Team Nominee)
2018 Other Awards
  • Tom Pate Memorial Award — Ryan King (Winner)
  • Jake Gaudaur Veteran's Award — Ryan King (Team Nominee)

Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Draft Picks

Round–Pick
(Overall)		[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
2–1 (10) [MTL] Godfrey Onyeka (DB) Wilfrid Laurier
3–6 (24) Jordan Beaulieu (DB) Western Ontario
4–6 (32) Tanner Green (RB) Concordia
5–6 (40) Curtis Krahn (OL) Calgary
6–6 (48) Alex Taylor (RB) Western Ontario
7–2 (53) [HAM] Harry McMaster (WR) Western Ontario
7–6 (57) Gabriel Bagnell (DL) Acadia
8–5 (65) [SSK] Blair Zerr (RB) Humboldt State

Edmonton Eskimos 2018 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections
R D'haquille Williams
2 All-Division Selections
R Derel Walker
R D'haquille Williams

* – indicates unanimous selection

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Week Date/Time (EDT Result Attendance TV
A
Sun. May 27 5:00 PM
 SSK 12 @ EDM 35 W 28,374 TSN
B
Fri. June 1 8:30 PM
 EDM 13 @ WPG 33 L 23,034  
1
Thu. June 14 8:30 PM
 EDM 33 @ WPG 30 W 25,458 TSN, RDS2, ESPN2
2
Fri. June 22 10:00 PM
 HAM 38 @ EDM 21 L 31,334 TSN
3
Fri. June 29 10:00 PM
 BC 22 @ EDM 41 W 29,940 TSN, ESPN2
4
Sat. July 7 5:30 PM
 EDM 17 @ TOR 20 L 12,196 TSN
5
Fri. July 13 9:00 PM
 TOR 15 @ EDM 16 W 31,056 TSN, ESPN2
7
Thu. July 26 7:30 PM
 EDM 44 @ MTL 23 W 16,654 TSN, RDS
8
Thu. Aug. 2 10:00 PM
 SSK 19 @ EDM 26 W 35,623 TSN
9
Thu. Aug. 9 10:00 PM
 EDM 23 @ BC 31 L 17,745 TSN, ESPN2
10
Sat. Aug. 18 9:00 PM
 MTL 24 @ EDM 40 W 29,702 TSN, RDS, ESPN2
11
Thu. Aug. 23 7:30 PM
 EDM 24 @ HAM 25 L 23,281 TSN, RDS2
12
Mon. Sept. 3 3:00 PM
 EDM 20 @ CGY 23 L 32,013 TSN, RDS2
13
Sat. Sept. 8 7:00 PM
 CGY 42 @ EDM 48 W 38,611 TSN
15
Sat. Sept. 22 4:00 PM
 EDM 15 @ OTT 28 L 24,800 TSN, RDS2
16
Sat. Sept. 29 7:00 PM
 WPG 30 @ EDM 3 L 28,788 TSN, RDS2
17
Mon. Oct. 8 4:00 PM
 EDM 12 @ SSK 19 L 31,335 TSN
18
Sat. Oct. 13 5:00 PM
 OTT 16 @ EDM 34 W 27,163 TSN, RDS2
19
Fri. Oct. 19 10:00 PM
 EDM 32 @ BC 42 L 20,463 TSN
21
Sat. Nov. 3 4:00 PM
 WPG 24 @ EDM 33 W 27,749 TSN