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1987 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerHugh Campbell
Head coachJackie Parker, Joe Faragalli
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record11–7
Division place2nd, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 record and defeated the Toronto Argonauts to win the 75th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

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Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
A June 6 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 39–33 1–0 34,501
C June 16 at BC Lions L 15–31 1–1 28,384

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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
BC Lions 18 12 6 0 24 502 370 6–3 W4 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 11 7 0 22 617 462 5–4 W1 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 10 8 0 20 453 517 5–3 L2 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 12 1 11 364 529 2–7 L3 Details

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Season schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 1 June 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 54–16 1–0 29,930
2 2 July 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–33 2–0 15,720
3 3 July 12 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 30–40 2–1 32,265
4 4 July 18 at BC Lions L 18–26 2–2 43,772
5 5 July 24 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 42–28 3–2 29,260
6 6 Aug 1 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 38–28 4–2 30,399
7 7 Aug 7 at Toronto Argonauts L 20–23 4–3 30,264
8 Bye
9 8 Aug 23 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 45–24 5–3 32,167
10 9 Aug 28 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 39–13 6–3 24,000
11 10 Sept 7 at Calgary Stampeders L 20–29 6–4 33,842
12 11 Sept 12 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 42–20 7–4 40,486
13 12 Sept 19 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 34–13 8–4 31,862
14 Bye
15 13 Oct 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 34–19 9–4 31,331
16 14 Oct 12 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 20–38 9–5 24,999
17 15 Oct 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 25–34 9–6 24,282
18 16 Oct 25 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 39–24 10–6 33,376
19 17 Nov 1 vs. BC Lions L 32–33 10–7 40,414
20 18 Nov 7 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 39–21 11–7 15,107

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Total attendance: 302,230
Average attendance: 33,581 (55.9%)

Playoffs

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Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
Division Semi-Final Nov 15 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 30–16 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 26,809
Division Final Nov 22 at BC Lions W 31–7 2–0 BC Place 44,385
Grey Cup Nov 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 38–36 3–0 BC Place 59,478

Grey Cup

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Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Toronto Argonauts 3 21 3 9 36
Edmonton Eskimos 10 7 4 17 38

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Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b "1987 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". www.cfl.ca. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "1987 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  4. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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