1981 Edmonton Eskimos season

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1981 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager Norm Kimball
Head coach Hugh Campbell
Home field Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record14–1–1
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform
CFL EDM Jersey 1979.png

The 1981 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the West Division with a 14–1–1 record and won their record fourth consecutive Grey Cup championship after winning the 69th Grey Cup.

Contents

Pre-season

Schedule

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendance
AJune 5Edmonton Eskimos12–11Calgary Stampeders29,292
BJune 10Edmonton Eskimos25–16Winnipeg Blue Bombers18,405
CJune 16Saskatchewan Roughriders1–17Edmonton Eskimos43,426
DJune 26BC Lions2–26Edmonton Eskimos43,346

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Regular season

Season Standings

West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos 16141157627729
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16115051729922
BC Lions 16106043837720
Saskatchewan Roughriders 1697043137118
Calgary Stampeders 16610030636712

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Season schedule

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendanceRecordPts
1July 3Edmonton Eskimos47–21Ottawa Rough Riders22,0231–0–02
2July 11Calgary Stampeders10–30Edmonton Eskimos43,3462–0–04
3July 19Edmonton Eskimos28–38Winnipeg Blue Bombers25,7452–1–04
4July 26Edmonton Eskimos33–17Montreal Alouettes45,3853–1–06
5Aug 1Hamilton Tiger-Cats5–41Edmonton Eskimos43,3464–1–08
6Bye4–1–08
7Aug 13Edmonton Eskimos22–12Toronto Argonauts38,2685–1–010
8Aug 22Winnipeg Blue Bombers10–28Edmonton Eskimos43,3466–1–012
9Aug 30Saskatchewan Roughriders34–44Edmonton Eskimos43,3467–1–014
10Sept 7Edmonton Eskimos34–34Hamilton Tiger-Cats30,1217–1–115
11Sept 13BC Lions21–38Edmonton Eskimos43,3468–1–117
12Sept 19Edmonton Eskimos21–10Calgary Stampeders34,6579–1–119
13Sept 26Montreal Alouettes11–62Edmonton Eskimos48,42210–1–121
14Oct 3Edmonton Eskimos22–12BC Lions30,29611–1–123
15Oct 12Ottawa Rough Riders6–24Edmonton Eskimos45,80512–1–125
16Oct 18Edmonton Eskimos41–29Saskatchewan Roughriders30,31213–1–127
17Oct 24Toronto Argonauts7–61Edmonton Eskimos46,14614–1–129
18Bye14–1–129

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Total attendance: 357,103
Average attendance: 44,638 (103.0%)

CFL Single Season Records Set

CFL Single Game Records Set

Playoffs

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division FinalNov 15BC Lions16-22Edmonton Eskimos52,861
Grey CupNov 22Ottawa Rough Riders23-26Edmonton Eskimos53,307

Grey Cup

Teams1 Q2 Q3 Q4 QFinal
Edmonton Eskimos01141126
Ottawa Rough Riders1370323

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Awards and honours

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