2010 Edmonton Eskimos season

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2010 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager Danny Maciocia - 1-4-0 (Jun-Jul)
Paul Jones - 1-4-0 (Aug-Sep)
Eric Tillman - 5-3-0 (Sep-Nov)
Head coach Richie Hall
Home field Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record7–11
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Team MOP Fred Stamps, WR
Team MOC Calvin McCarty, RB
Team MOR Daniel Porter, RB
Uniform
CFL EDM Jersey 2010.png

The 2010 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 62nd overall. After the Eskimos lost the final game of the season, they were eliminated from playoff contention, despite winning five of their last seven games.

Contents

This is also the first time since 2004 that a Grey Cup host city has failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

CFL draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
16 Brian Bulcke DL Stanford
212 Saleem Borhot DB Saint Mary's
535 Scott Ferguson OL St. Cloud State
643 Corbin Sharun QB St. Francis Xavier

Notable transactions

DateTypeIncomingOutgoingTeam
February 10, 2010Trade [1] Andre Talbot (WR)
Brad Smith (WR)		 Eric Taylor (DL)
*4th round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Renaldo Sagesse (DL)		 Toronto Argonauts
February 16, 2010Trade [2] Chris Thompson (DB) Maurice Mann (WR) Hamilton Tiger-Cats
May 2, 2010Trade2nd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Saleem Borhot (DB)3rd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Samuel Fournier (RB)
4th round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Chris Rwabukamba (DB)		Hamilton Tiger-Cats
May 2, 2010Trade1st round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Brian Bulcke (DL)2nd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Cory Watson (WR)
**3rd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Eddie Steele (DT)		 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
September 7, 2010Trade Kelly Bates (OL)Draft pick in 2014 CFL Draft Saskatchewan Roughriders
October 12, 2010Trade Étienne Légaré (DL)
Damaso Munoz (LB)		 Noel Prefontaine (K/P)Toronto Argonauts

*Later traded to the Montreal Alouettes
**Later traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Pre-season

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecord
AJune 13Calgary Stampeders23–21Edmonton Eskimos33,7080–1
BJune 20Edmonton Eskimos36–32BC Lions24,7631–1

Regular season

Standings

West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders 18135062645926 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18108049748820 Details
BC Lions 18810046646616 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18711038254514 Details

Season schedule

The September 26 game was played in Moncton, New Brunswick where the Argonauts were the designated home team.

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
1July 4 BC Lions 25–10Edmonton Eskimos32,4390–10
2July 11 Montreal Alouettes 33–23Edmonton Eskimos30,4420–20
3July 17Edmonton Eskimos20–24 Saskatchewan Roughriders 30,0480–30
4July 24Edmonton Eskimos21–47 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26,0410–40
5July 30BC Lions25–28Edmonton Eskimos32,2811–42
6Aug 6 Toronto Argonauts 29–28Edmonton Eskimos31,8881–52
7Aug 15Edmonton Eskimos15–56 Calgary Stampeders 30,2421–62
8Bye1–62
9Aug 28Saskatchewan Roughriders14–17Edmonton Eskimos47,8292–64
10Sept 6Edmonton Eskimos5–52Calgary Stampeders34,5592–74
11Sept 10Calgary Stampeders36–20Edmonton Eskimos35,3492–84
12Sept 19Edmonton Eskimos14–31Montreal Alouettes25,0122–94
13Sept 26Edmonton Eskimos24–6Toronto Argonauts20,7253–96
14Oct 3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–37Edmonton Eskimos34,4794–98
15Oct 8Edmonton Eskimos11–36Hamilton Tiger-Cats20,7914–108
16Oct 16Edmonton Eskimos31–28BC LionsOT21,4145–1010
17Oct 23Saskatchewan Roughriders24–39Edmonton Eskimos38,3256–1012
18Oct 30Winnipeg Blue Bombers13–16Edmonton EskimosOT32,1927–1014
19Nov 6Edmonton Eskimos23–31Saskatchewan Roughriders30,0487–1114

Total attendance: 315,224
Average attendance: 35,205 (58.8%)

Roster

2010 Edmonton Eskimos roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2010-08-22
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 10 Inactive, 5 PR

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Statistics

As of the end of Week 13 (Game 12):


Passing

PlayerAttComp %YardsTDINTRating
Ricky Ray 44728864.43565111682.3
Jared Zabransky 1045351.060941041.7
Jason Maas 231043.51280225.3
Noel Prefontaine 11100.0500106.3
Fred Stamps 100.00002.1

[3]

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsAvg.TDFumbles
Arkee Whitlock 1186895.840
Daniel Porter 866037.020
Calvin McCarty 622874.633
Ricky Ray 373028.239
Jared Zabransky 282097.514
Brad Lester 16966.001
Kelly Campbell 5377.400
Mathieu Bertrand 6172.822

[4]

Receiving

PlayerNo.YardsAvg.LongTD
Fred Stamps 80122315.3515
Kelly Campbell 6380112.7461
Jason Barnes 3560817.4703
Andre Talbot 2730111.1401
Calvin McCarty 362787.7222
Andrew Nowacki 2125912.3490
Jamaica Rector 1820411.3290
Derick Armstrong 1112111.0281

[5]

Awards

2010 CFL All-Stars

Chris Thompson

CFL Western All-Stars

Playoffs

After finishing last in the West division, the Eskimos failed to qualify for the 2010 CFL playoffs.

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  3. ↑ "Passing 2010 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Rushing 2010 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  5. ↑ "Receiving 2010 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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