1981 Edmonton Eskimos season | |
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General manager | Norm Kimball |
Head coach | Hugh Campbell |
Home field | Commonwealth Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 14–1–1 |
Division place | 1st, West |
Playoff finish | Won Grey Cup |
Uniform | |
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.
Week | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Attendance |
A | June 5 | Edmonton Eskimos | 12–11 | Calgary Stampeders | 29,292 |
B | June 10 | Edmonton Eskimos | 25–16 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18,405 |
C | June 16 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1–17 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43,426 |
D | June 26 | BC Lions | 2–26 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43,346 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 576 | 277 | 29 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 517 | 299 | 22 |
BC Lions | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 438 | 377 | 20 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 431 | 371 | 18 |
Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 306 | 367 | 12 |
Week | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Attendance | Record | Pts |
1 | July 3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 47–21 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 22,023 | 1–0–0 | 2 |
2 | July 11 | Calgary Stampeders | 10–30 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43,346 | 2–0–0 | 4 |
3 | July 19 | Edmonton Eskimos | 28–38 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25,745 | 2–1–0 | 4 |
4 | July 26 | Edmonton Eskimos | 33–17 | Montreal Alouettes | 45,385 | 3–1–0 | 6 |
5 | Aug 1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5–41 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43,346 | 4–1–0 | 8 |
6 | Bye | 4–1–0 | 8 | ||||
7 | Aug 13 | Edmonton Eskimos | 22–12 | Toronto Argonauts | 38,268 | 5–1–0 | 10 |
8 | Aug 22 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10–28 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43,346 | 6–1–0 | 12 |
9 | Aug 30 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 34–44 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43,346 | 7–1–0 | 14 |
10 | Sept 7 | Edmonton Eskimos | 34–34 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30,121 | 7–1–1 | 15 |
11 | Sept 13 | BC Lions | 21–38 | Edmonton Eskimos | 43,346 | 8–1–1 | 17 |
12 | Sept 19 | Edmonton Eskimos | 21–10 | Calgary Stampeders | 34,657 | 9–1–1 | 19 |
13 | Sept 26 | Montreal Alouettes | 11–62 | Edmonton Eskimos | 48,422 | 10–1–1 | 21 |
14 | Oct 3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 22–12 | BC Lions | 30,296 | 11–1–1 | 23 |
15 | Oct 12 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 6–24 | Edmonton Eskimos | 45,805 | 12–1–1 | 25 |
16 | Oct 18 | Edmonton Eskimos | 41–29 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30,312 | 13–1–1 | 27 |
17 | Oct 24 | Toronto Argonauts | 7–61 | Edmonton Eskimos | 46,146 | 14–1–1 | 29 |
18 | Bye | 14–1–1 | 29 | ||||
Total attendance: 357,103
Average attendance: 44,638 (103.0%)
Week | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance |
Division Final | Nov 15 | BC Lions | 16-22 | Edmonton Eskimos | 52,861 | |
Grey Cup | Nov 22 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-26 | Edmonton Eskimos | 53,307 |
Teams | 1 Q | 2 Q | 3 Q | 4 Q | Final |
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Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 26 |
Ottawa Rough Riders | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
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