The Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

finished 2nd in the West division with a 9–9–0 record winning the tie-breaker with the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Saskatchewan Roughriders

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...

, who also finished 9–9–0, and denying them a home playoff date. Ironically, it was the Roughriders who defeated the Eskimos in the West Semi-final, ending their season and a chance to defend their Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

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CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	9	Amarpreet Sanghera	OL	British Columbia
2	10	Gilles Lezi	FB	Northwestern
2	17	Rhett McLane	OL	Saskatchewan
3	26	Andrew Nowacki Andrew Nowacki Andrew Nowacki is a professional Canadian football wide receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Eskimos in the third round of the 2004 CFL Draft...	WR	Murray State
4	35	Chad Rempel Chad Rempel Chad Rempel is a professional Canadian football slotback and long snapper with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League....	WR	Saskatchewan
5	44	Martin Gagnon	DB	Laval
6	53	David Thorne	OL	Mount Allison

Schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
A	May 30	Edmonton Eskimos	17–27	Saskatchewan Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...		22,645	0–1	0
B	Bye
C	June 11	Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...	19–22	Edmonton Eskimos		30,082	1–1	2

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 19	Edmonton Eskimos	9–33	Montreal Alouettes 2004 Montreal Alouettes season The 2004 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a franchise record 14–4–0 record. They appeared in the East final, but with Anthony Calvillo out with injury, they lost to the Toronto Argonauts.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:...		20,202	0–1–0	0
2	June 26	BC Lions 2004 BC Lions season The 2004 BC Lions finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 13–5 record. They won the West Final and appeared in the 92nd Grey Cup.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season schedule:- Passing:-Rushing:-Receiving:-Awards and records:...	41–34	Edmonton Eskimos		35,367	0–2–0	0
3	July 2	Edmonton Eskimos	15–44	Ottawa Renegades 2004 Ottawa Renegades season The 2004 Ottawa Renegades season was the 3rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and 3rd overall. The Renegades finished the season with a 5–13 record and failed to make the playoffs.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season schedule:-References:...		22,843	0–3–0	0
4	July 9	Edmonton Eskimos	25–9	BC Lions		22,227	1–3–0	2
5	July 17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2004 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional football team in the Canadian Football League. The 2004 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 3rd place in the East Division with a 9–8–1 record, which surprised many as they had gone 1–17 the year before...	30–51	Edmonton Eskimos		35,728	2–3–0	4
6	Bye						2–3–0	4
7	July 30	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2004 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 2004 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 4th place in the West division with a 7–11 record and failed to make the playoffs.-CFL Draft:-Season schedule:-Awards and records:*CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award – Keith Stokes...	24–41	Edmonton Eskimos		38,363	3–3–0	6
8	Aug 8	Edmonton Eskimos	39–14	Toronto Argonauts 2004 Toronto Argonauts season The 2004 Toronto Argonauts finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a 10–7–1 record. They won the East Championship and the Grey Cup.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Regular season:-Postseason:-Grey Cup:...		23,897	3–4–0	6
9	Aug 12	Edmonton Eskimos	14–25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		23,998	3–5–0	6
10	Aug 20	Saskatchewan Roughriders 2004 Saskatchewan Roughriders season The 2004 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in 3rd place in the West division with a 9–9–0 record. They defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the West Semi-Final, but lost the West Final to the BC Lions in overtime.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season schedule:...	7–31	Edmonton Eskimos		42,399	4–5–0	8
11	Aug 29	Ottawa Renegades	16–57	Edmonton Eskimos		37,109	5–5–0	10
12	Sept 6	Edmonton Eskimos	25–7	Calgary Stampeders 2004 Calgary Stampeders season The 2004 Calgary Stampeders finished in 5th place in the West Division with a 4–14–0 record and failed to make the playoffs.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season schedule:-References:...		35,651	6–5–0	12
13	Sept 10	Calgary Stampeders	44–12	Edmonton Eskimos		50,366	7–5–0	14
14	Sept 18	Edmonton Eskimos	30–33	BC Lions	OT	29,704	7–6–0	14
15	Sept 25	Toronto Argonauts	26–17	Edmonton Eskimos		41,113	7–7–0	14
16	Oct 1	Edmonton Eskimos	27–30	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		27,884	7–8–0	14
17	Oct 11	Montreal Alouettes	19–39	Edmonton Eskimos		37,708	8–8–0	16
18	Oct 17	Edmonton Eskimos	16–40	Saskatchewan Roughriders		30,087	8–9–0	16
19	Oct 24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34–40	Edmonton Eskimos		33,131	9–9–0	18
20	Bye						9–9–0	18

Total attendance: 351,284

Average attendance: 39,031 (65.0%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Semi-Final	Nov 7	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14–6	Edmonton Eskimos		37,359

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...	0	7	0	7	14
Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...	0	3	2	1	6