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1979 Edmonton Eskimos season Head coach Hugh Campbell Home field Commonwealth Stadium Record 12–2–2 Division place 1st, West Playoff finish Won Grey Cup
The 1979 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 12–2–2 record and repeated as Grey Cup champions after winning the 67th Grey Cup .
Pre-season [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
Attendance
A
June 12
BC Lions
32–27
Edmonton Eskimos
41,326
B
June 19
Edmonton Eskimos
31–16
Toronto Argonauts
35,742
B
June 24
Ottawa Rough Riders
30–27
Edmonton Eskimos
41,379
C
June 29
Edmonton Eskimos
53–20
Saskatchewan Roughriders
17,460
[1] [2]
Regular season [ ]
Season Standings [ ]
[3]
Season schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
Attendance
Record
Pts
1
July 10
Edmonton Eskimos
28–10
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
24,024
1–0–0
2
2
July 17
Saskatchewan Roughriders
20–52
Edmonton Eskimos
43,321
2–0–0
4
3
Bye
2–0–0
4
4
July 31
Calgary Stampeders
9–44
Edmonton Eskimos
42,887
3–0–0
6
5
Aug 7
Edmonton Eskimos
14–14
BC Lions
30,137
3–0–1
7
6
Aug 14
Edmonton Eskimos
24–24
Ottawa Rough Riders
27,050
3–0–2
8
7
Aug 21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
13–41
Edmonton Eskimos
42,778
4–0–2
10
8
Aug 28
Toronto Argonauts
13–28
Edmonton Eskimos
42,778
5–0–2
12
8
Sept 3
Edmonton Eskimos
27–1
Calgary Stampeders
34,825
6–0–2
14
9
Sept 9
Saskatchewan Roughriders
0–40
Edmonton Eskimos
40,231
7–0–2
16
10
Sept 16
BC Lions
8–40
Edmonton Eskimos
42,776
8–0–2
18
11
Sept 23
Edmonton Eskimos
22–21
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
18,186
9–0–2
20
12
Sept 30
Edmonton Eskimos
19–26
Calgary Stampeders
33,245
9–1–2
20
13
Oct 8
Montreal Alouettes
6–47
Edmonton Eskimos
42,778
10–1–2
22
14
Oct 14
Edmonton Eskimos
25–26
Saskatchewan Roughriders
20,042
10–2–2
22
15
Bye
10–2–2
22
16
Oct 28
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
11–19
Edmonton Eskimos
42,778
11–2–2
24
17
Nov 3
Edmonton Eskimos
25–17
BC Lions
26,575
12–2–2
26
[1] [2]
Total attendance: 340,327
Average attendance: 42,541 (99.4%)
Playoffs [ ]
Week
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Attendance
Division Final
Nov 18
Calgary Stampeders
7–19
Edmonton Eskimos
43,033
Grey Cup
Nov 25
Edmonton Eskimos
17–9
Montreal Alouettes
65,113
Grey Cup [ ]
Teams
1 Q
2 Q
3 Q
4 Q
Final
Edmonton Eskimos
7
0
10
0
17
Montreal Alouettes
0
6
3
0
9
[4]
Awards and honours [ ]
References [ ]
Franchise Stadiums Lore Important figures Key personnel Grey Cup championships (14) West Division championships (23) Current league affiliations
Categories :
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