1994 Edmonton Eskimos season

1994 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerHugh Campbell
Head coachRon Lancaster
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record13–5
Division place2nd, West
Playoff finishLost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1994 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 37th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 46th overall. The Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with a 13–5 record. However, they were upset in the 1994 West Semi-Final against the eventual Grey Cup Champion BC Lions.[1]

Offseason

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CFL draft

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Rd Pick Player Position School
1 13 Rob Wessling T Guelph
2 21 Pat McNerney TE/OL Weber State
3 29 Darryl Fridd DL Alberta
4 36 Brad Zacharias TB Acadia
5 43 Stephen Day LB Alberta

Preseason

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Schedule

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Wed, June 22 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders W 38–22 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 35,901
B Wed, June 29 at Las Vegas Posse L 11–22 1–1 Sam Boyd Stadium 6,280

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Regular season

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Season standings

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West Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Calgary Stampeders 18 15 3 0 30 698 355 8–2 W3 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 13 5 0 26 518 401 7–3 W2 Details
BC Lions 18 11 6 1 23 604 456 5–4–1 L1 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 11 7 0 22 512 454 4–6 W4 Details
Sacramento Gold Miners 18 9 8 1 19 436 436 3–6–1 W1 Details
Las Vegas Posse 18 5 13 0 10 447 622 2–8 L6 Details

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Season schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 Sat, July 9 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 26–11 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 25,687
2 2 Thu, July 13 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 35–50 1–1 Winnipeg Stadium 21,686
3 3 Wed, July 20 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 23–21 2–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,188
4 4 Sat, July 30 at Shreveport Pirates W 24–10 3–1 Independence Stadium 17,434
5 5 Thu, Aug 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 42–23 4–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,633
6 6 Fri, Aug 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 7–20 4–2 Taylor Field 24,548
7 7 Thu, Aug 18 at Sacramento Gold Miners W 44–15 5–2 Hornet Stadium 13,959
8 8 Thu, Aug 25 vs. Las Vegas Posse W 44–17 6–2 Commonwealth Stadium 28,559
9 9 Mon, Sept 5 at Calgary Stampeders L 15–48 6–3 McMahon Stadium 37,317
10 10 Fri, Sept 9 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 38–12 7–3 Commonwealth Stadium 51,180
11 11 Sat, Sept 17 at BC Lions W 25–16 8–3 BC Place 34,929
12 12 Sun, Sept 25 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 28–25 9–3 Commonwealth Stadium 24,132
13 13 Fri, Sept 30 vs. BC Lions L 24–26 9–4 Commonwealth Stadium 23,187
14 14 Sun, Oct 9 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 33–32 10–4 Ivor Wynne Stadium 14,402
15 15 Sun, Oct 16 vs. Baltimore CFLers W 31–24 11–4 Commonwealth Stadium 31,918
16 16 Sun, Oct 23 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–23 11–5 SkyDome 22,210
17 17 Sat, Oct 29 vs. Sacramento Gold Miners W 22–16 12–5 Commonwealth Stadium 29,322
18 18 Sat, Nov 5 vs. Las Vegas Posse W 51–10 13–5 Commonwealth Stadium 14,228

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Total attendance: 268806

Average attendance: 29867

Awards and records

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1994 CFL All-Stars

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Defence

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Special teams

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Western All-Star selections

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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Playoffs

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West Semi-final

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Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
BC Lions 7 13 0 4 24
Edmonton Eskimos 5 7 3 8 23

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References

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  1. ^ "The Edmonton Eskimos 1994 Season on CFLdb Statistics". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  2. ^ a b c "1994 CFL Schedule". Canadian Football League. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "1994 CFL Standings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "2021 CFL Guide" (PDF). Canadian Football League. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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