2015 Edmonton Eskimos season

2015 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Chris Jones
General manager	Ed Hervey
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium SMS Stadium (Preseason)
Results
Record	14–4
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Team MOP	Mike Reilly, QB
Team MOC	Sean Whyte, P/K
Team MOR	Derel Walker, WR
Uniform

The 2015 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 58th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 67th overall. The Eskimos finished with a 14-4 record and in first place in the West Division for the first time since 2003.^[1] The team won the franchise's 14th Grey Cup championship 26–20 over the Ottawa Redblacks in their first Grey Cup appearance since 2005.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The 2015 CFL Draft took place on May 12, 2015.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	7	Danny Groulx	OL	Laval
2	16	David Beard	OL	Alberta
3	25	Adam Konar	LB	Calgary
4	34	Andrew Johnson	WR	Fort Lewis College
7	60	Blair Smith	LB	Angelo State

Notable transactions

Date	Type	Incoming	Outgoing	Team
May 11, 2015	Trade	Cory Watson (SB) *2nd round pick in 2016 CFL Draft - Trent Corney (DL)	Jorgen Hus (LS) 3rd round pick in 2016 CFL Draft - Quinn van Glyswyk (K)	Saskatchewan Roughriders
September 2, 2015	Trade	**Conditional 7th round pick in 2017 CFL Draft	Matt Nichols (QB)	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
September 3, 2015	Trade	Brian Simmons (OL)	Conditional 7th round pick in 2017 CFL Draft	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
September 9, 2015	Trade	Christopher Greaves (OL)	Selvish Capers (OL) 2nd round pick in 2016 CFL Draft - Trent Corney (DL)	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
September 21, 2015	Trade	Conditional draft pick in 2017 CFL Draft	Skye Dawson (SB/KR) Conditional draft pick in 2017 CFL Draft	Calgary Stampeders

*Later traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
**Later traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Preseason

On June 14, 2013, it was announced that the Edmonton Eskimos would host their 2015 preseason game at the new Shell Place in Fort McMurray against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on June 13, 2015.^[2] As part of the deal, the game was broadcast nationally on TSN. The game was played here due to scheduling conflicts with the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup at Commonwealth Stadium and to broaden the Eskimos' fanbase.^[3] The Eskimos' second pre-season game, against the BC Lions, will also be displaced from the team's usual home stadium due to the Women's World Cup.^[4] That game will instead be played at Thunderbird Stadium on the main campus of the University of British Columbia.^[5]

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
A	Bye
B	Sat, June 13	8:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 31–24	1–0	TSN	Shell Place (in Fort McMurray)	11,825	Recap
C	Fri, June 19	8:00 p.m. MDT	at BC Lions	W 18–13	2–0	None	Thunderbird Stadium	6,117	Recap

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Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Y–Edmonton Eskimos	18	14	4	466	341	28	Details
X–Calgary Stampeders	18	14	4	478	346	28	Details
X–BC Lions	18	7	11	437	486	14	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	5	13	353	502	10	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	3	15	430	563	6	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results			TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	Stk	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
1	Sat, June 27	3:00 p.m. MDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 11–26	0–1	L2	TSN	SMS Stadium (in Fort McMurray)	4,900	Recap
2	Bye
3	Thurs, July 9	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 46–17	1–1	W1	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	29,904	Recap
4	Fri, July 17	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 23–12	2–1	W2	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	21,078	Recap
5	Sat, July 25	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 32–3	3–1	W3	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	27,895	Recap
6	Fri, July 31	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 30–5	4–1	W4	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	37,842	Recap
7	Thurs, Aug 6	8:00 p.m. MDT	at BC Lions	L 23–26	4–2	L1	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	BC Place	20,316	Recap
8	Thurs, Aug 13	5:30 p.m. MDT	at Montreal Alouettes	W 15–12	5–2	W1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	21,170	Recap
9	Fri, Aug 21	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 20–49	5–3	L!	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	28,858	Recap
10	Fri, Aug 28	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 38–15	6–3	W1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	31,573	Recap
11	Mon, Sept 7	2:30 p.m. MDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 7–16	6–4	L1	TSN	McMahon Stadium	35,400	Recap
12	Sat, Sept 12	7:30 p.m. MDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 27–16	7–4	W1	TSN/RDS2	Commonwealth Stadium	38,906	Recap
13	Sat, Sept 19	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 25–18	8–4	W2	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	24,300	Recap
14	Sat, Sept 26	2:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	W 29–23	9–4	W3	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	29,148	Recap
15	Sat, Oct 3	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 24–23	10–4	W4	TSN	Investors Group Field	24,179	Recap
16	Sat, Oct 10	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Calgary Stampeders	W 15–11	11–4	W5	TSN	McMahon Stadium	32,211	Recap
17	Sat, Oct 17	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	W 26–23 (2OT)	12–4	W6	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	28,517	Recap
18	Sat, Oct 24	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 35–24	13–4	W7	TSN/RDS2	Mosaic Stadium	30,488	Recap
19	Sun, Nov 1	2:00 p.m. MST	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 40–22	14–4	W8	TSN/RDS	Commonwealth Stadium	31,014	Recap
20	Bye

^[6]

Total attendance: 283,656
Average attendance: 31,517 (56.0%)

Post season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
West Semi-Final	Bye
West Final	Sun, Nov 22	2:30 p.m. MST	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 45–31	1–0	TSN/RDS	Commonwealth Stadium	34,414	Recap
103rd Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 29	4:00 p.m. MST	Ottawa Redblacks	W 26–20	2–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Investors Group Field	36,634

Team

Roster

Edmonton Eskimos roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

73 Anthony Barrett WR/KR
4 Adarius Bowman SB
85 Nate Coehoorn WR
86 Kenzel Doe WR
15 Vidal Hazelton WR
80 Bryant Mitchell WR
18 Cory Watson SB
83 Brandon Zylstra WR

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

99 Michael Buchanan DE
76 Jabari Hunt DE
55 Elie Ngoyi DE
90 Almondo Sewell DT
97 Eddie Steele DT
41 Odell Willis DE

Linebackers

35 Donnie Baggs
39 Casey Chin
10 Alex Hoffman-Ellis
38 Adam Konar
12 Alex Ogbongbemiga
16 Doug Parrish
47 J. C. Sherritt
48 Blair Smith

Defensive backs

27 Mike Dubuisson S
43 Neil King DB
37 Kenny Ladler DB
34 Garry Peters CB
42 Tyler Thornton DB
7 Josh Woodman DB
20 Demetrius Wright DB

Special teams

53 Ryan King LS

Pending Free Agents

3 Natey Adjei WR
81 Devon Bailey WR
67 D'Anthony Batiste OL
33 Shakir Bell RB
14 Thomas DeMarco QB
89 Chris Getzlaf SB
91 Marcus Howard DE
54 Phillip Hunt DE
40 Deon Lacey LB
28 Aaron Milton FB
8 Cauchy Muamba S
26 John Ojo DB
93 Don Oramasionwu DT
29 Cord Parks DB
11 Grant Shaw P
17 Troy Stoudermire WR
24 Brandyn Thompson DB
92 Jason Vega DE
87 Derel Walker WR
58 Tony Washington OL
9 Patrick Watkins CB
6 Sean Whyte K
23 Marcell Young DB

Italics indicate international player
Roster updated 2016-06-09
Depth chart • Transactions
46 active, 5 injured, 7 six-game injured,
8 practice roster

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Coaching staff

Edmonton Eskimos Staff

Front Office

President and CEO – Len Rhodes
Vice-President Football Operations & General manager – Ed Hervey
Executive director of player personnel – Paul Jones
Director of Canadian Scouting – Rob Ralph
Football Operations Coordinator - Kris Hagerman
Football Operations Coordinator - Nick Pelletier

Head coach

Head coach – Jason Maas
Assistant head coach – Mike Benevides

Offensive coaches

Offensive coordinator – Jason Maas
Offensive line and run game coordinator – Mike Gibson
Quarterback – Jordan Maksymic
Running backs – Tim Prinsen
Receivers – Carson Walch

Defensive coaches

Defensive coordinator – Mike Benevides
Linebackers – Demetrious Maxie
Defensive backs and player development – Barron Miles
Defensive line – Casey Creehan

Special teams coaches

Special teams coordinator – Cory McDiarmid

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References

Edmonton Eskimos

Founded in 1949 Based in Edmonton, Alberta

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Alberta Crude 70th Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos Cheerleaders

Important figures	Danny Bass Leroy Blugh Johnny Bright Hugh Campbell Tommy Joe Coffey Rod Connop Dave Cutler Eck Duggan Ron "Swampdog" Estay Dave "Doctor Death" Fennell Brian Fryer Larry Highbaugh Brian Kelly Danny Kepley Norm Kimball Normie "The China Clipper" Kwong Moe Lieberman Neil Lumsden George McGowan Rollie Miles Ken Montgomery Warren Moon Frank Morris Roger Nelson Jackie "Ole Spaghetti Legs" Parker Willie "The Terminator" Pless Tom Scott Terry Vaughn Tom Wilkinson Henry "Gizmo" Williams

Key personnel	Owners: Community owned General Manager: Ed Hervey Head Coach: Jason Maas

Grey Cup championships (14)	1954 1955 1956 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1987 1993 2003 2005 2015

Western Division championships (23)	1952 1954 1955 1956 1960 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1986 1987 1990 1993 1996 2002 2003 2005 2015

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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Bold indicates Grey Cup victory Edmonton portal

2015 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	2015 CFL Draft 103rd Grey Cup

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