1982 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1982 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the West Division with an 11–5 record and won their fifth consecutive Grey Cup championship after winning the 70th Grey Cup.

1982 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerNorm Kimball
Head coachHugh Campbell
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
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Pre-season

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Schedule

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Week Date Visitor Score Home Attendance
A June 10 Edmonton Eskimos 22–19 BC Lions 19,392
B June 18 Edmonton Eskimos 27–34 Saskatchewan Roughriders 24,722
C June 25 Calgary Stampeders 23–18 Edmonton Eskimos 49,723
D July 2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8–16 Edmonton Eskimos 25,000

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Regular season

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Season Standings

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Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Edmonton Eskimos 16 11 5 0 22 544 323 5–3 W1 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 22 444 352 5–3 L2 Details
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 6 1 19 403 440 4–4 W1 Details
BC Lions 16 9 7 0 18 449 390 3–5 W1 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 6 9 1 13 427 436 3–5 L2 Details

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Season schedule

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Week Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Record Pts
1 July 11 Edmonton Eskimos 55–7 Ottawa Rough Riders 21,435 1–0 2
2 July 17 Toronto Argonauts 12–31 Edmonton Eskimos 55,974 2–0 4
3 July 25 Edmonton Eskimos 28–38 BC Lions 28,329 2–1 4
4 Aug 1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32–26 Edmonton Eskimos 57,596 2–2 4
5 Aug 7 Edmonton Eskimos 22–30 Toronto Argonauts 37,985 2–3 4
6 Aug 15 Montreal Concordes 8–46 Edmonton Eskimos 56,374 3–3 6
7 Bye 3–3 6
8 Aug 29 Saskatchewan Roughriders 32–25 Edmonton Eskimos 59,723 3–4 6
9 Sept 6 Edmonton Eskimos 20–32 Calgary Stampeders 33,577 3–5 6
10 Sept 12 Ottawa Rough Riders 11–47 Edmonton Eskimos 54,622 4–5 8
11 Sept 19 Edmonton Eskimos 32–14 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21,625 5–5 10
12 Sept 26 Calgary Stampeders 17–36 Edmonton Eskimos 59,836 6–5 12
13 Bye 6–5 12
14 Oct 10 BC Lions 1–30 Edmonton Eskimos 59,979 7–5 14
15 Oct 16 Edmonton Eskimos 53–39 Montreal Concordes 16,375 8–5 16
16 Oct 23 Edmonton Eskimos 33–17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18,748 9–5 18
17 Oct 30 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 11–14 Edmonton Eskimos 59,104 10–5 20
18 Nov 7 Edmonton Eskimos 46–22 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27,830 11–5 22

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Total attendance: 450,560
Average attendance: 56,320 (93.7%)

Playoffs

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Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
Division Final Nov 21 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21–24 Edmonton Eskimos 51,111
Grey Cup Nov 28 Edmonton Eskimos 32–16 Toronto Argonauts 54,741

Grey Cup

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Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Edmonton Eskimos 3 17 6 6 32
Toronto Argonauts 7 7 0 2 16

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Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Edmonton Eskimos on CFLDB Statistics".
  2. ^ a b "1982 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.
  3. ^ a b "1982 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  4. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  5. ^ "HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1982 | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2017-08-23.