1978 Edmonton Eskimos season

1978 Edmonton Eskimos season
1978 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Norm Kimball
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home stadium	Clarke Stadium; Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	10–4–2
Division place	1st, West
Playoffs	Won Grey Cup
Uniform
	← 1977; Eskimos seasons; 1979 →;

The 1978 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 10–4–2 record and won the 66th Grey Cup. It was Warren Moon's rookie season, and he replaced the injured Bruce Lemmerman as the backup quarterback and completed 89 of 173 passes for 1,112 yards and five touchdowns. He was Edmonton's nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award.^[1]

Record10–4–2

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Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
A	June 13	at Calgary Stampeders	L 19–25	0–1		22,155
A	June 17	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 16–14	1–1		25,007
B	June 24	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 8–18	1–2		20,056
D	July 5	BC Lions	W 46–1	2–2		24,931

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	July 13	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 33–17	1–0		25,277
2	2	July 18	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 29–28	2–0		25,973
3	3	July 26	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 46–11	3–0		19,587
4	4	Aug 1	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 23–24	3–1		16,185
5	Bye
6	5	Aug 16	at Toronto Argonauts	W 40–3	4–1		49,168
7	6	Aug 23	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 14–8	5–1		24,962
8	7	Aug 30	vs. BC Lions	W 18–10	6–1		42,768
8	8	Sept 4	at Calgary Stampeders	T 28–28	6–1–1		26,888
9	9	Sept 10	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 56–16	7–1–1		26,282
10	10	Sept 17	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 25–20	8–1–1		21,149
11	11	Sept 24	vs. Calgary Stampeders	T 20–20	8–1–2		42,778
12	12	Oct 1	at Montreal Alouettes	W 42–22	9–1–2		54,652
13	13	Oct 9	vs. BC Lions	L 3–15	9–2–2		42,673
14	14	Oct 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 38–10	10–2–2		28,080
15	Bye
16	15	Oct 29	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 26–36	10–3–2		42,000
17	16	Nov 4	at BC Lions	L 11–33	10–4–2		20,822

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 18	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 26–13	1–0		42,673*
Grey Cup	Nov 26	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 20–13	2–0		54,386

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	10	4	3	3	20
Montreal Alouettes	3	0	7	3	13

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