1981 Edmonton Eskimos season explained

Team:	Edmonton Eskimos
Year:	1981
Record:	14–1–1
Division Place:	1st, West
General Manager:	Norm Kimball
Coach:	Hugh Campbell
Stadium:	Commonwealth Stadium
Playoffs:	Won Grey Cup
Uniform:	Image:CFL EDM Jersey 1979.png
Shortnavlink:	Eskimos seasons

The 1981 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the West Division with a 14–1–1 record and won their record fourth consecutive Grey Cup championship after winning the 69th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 5	Edmonton Eskimos	12–11	Calgary Stampeders	29,292
B	June 10	Edmonton Eskimos	25–16	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18,405
C	June 16	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1–17	Edmonton Eskimos	43,426
D	June 26	BC Lions	2–26	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346

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Regular season

Season Standings

West Division! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	1	1	576	277	29
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	517	299	22
BC Lions	16	10	6	0	438	377	20
	16	9	7	0	431	371	18
	16	6	10	0	306	367	12

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 3	Edmonton Eskimos	47–21	Ottawa Rough Riders	22,023	1–0–0	2
2	July 11	Calgary Stampeders	10–30	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	2–0–0	4
3	July 19	Edmonton Eskimos	28–38	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25,745	2–1–0	4
4	July 26	Edmonton Eskimos	33–17	Montreal Alouettes	45,385	3–1–0	6
5	Aug 1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5–41	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	4–1–0	8
6	colSpan=5 align="center"	Bye	4–1–0	8
7	Aug 13	Edmonton Eskimos	22–12	Toronto Argonauts	38,268	5–1–0	10
8	Aug 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10–28	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	6–1–0	12
9	Aug 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	34–44	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	7–1–0	14
10	Sept 7	Edmonton Eskimos	34–34	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30,121	7–1–1	15
11	Sept 13	BC Lions	21–38	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	8–1–1	17
12	Sept 19	Edmonton Eskimos	21–10	Calgary Stampeders	34,657	9–1–1	19
13	Sept 26	Montreal Alouettes	11–62	Edmonton Eskimos	48,422	10–1–1	21
14	Oct 3	Edmonton Eskimos	22–12	BC Lions	30,296	11–1–1	23
15	Oct 12	Ottawa Rough Riders	6–24	Edmonton Eskimos	45,805	12–1–1	25
16	Oct 18	Edmonton Eskimos	41–29	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30,312	13–1–1	27
17	Oct 24	Toronto Argonauts	7–61	Edmonton Eskimos	46,146	14–1–1	29
18	colSpan=5 align="center"	Bye	14–1–1	29

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Total attendance: 357,103
Average attendance: 44,638 (103.0%)

CFL Single Season Records Set

• Winning percentage (minimum 16 game season) - .906
• Wins by 10+ points - 14
• Highest turnover ration (since 1966) - +41

CFL Single Game Records Set

• Points scored, 1 quarter - 38 (second quarter vs Montreal September 26)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 15	BC Lions	16-22	Edmonton Eskimos		52,861
Grey Cup	Nov 22	Ottawa Rough Riders	23-26	Edmonton Eskimos		53,307

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	0	1	14	11	26
Ottawa Rough Riders	13	7	0	3	23

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Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Danny Kepley (LB)
• Dick Suderman Trophy – Neil Lumsden
• Norm Fieldgate Trophy – Danny Kepley

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1981 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . https://archive.today/20130115083930/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1981/time_zone/0 . 15 January 2013 . dead.
2. Web site: 1981 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives.
3. Web site: CFL.ca . 2011-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080908235141/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1981/reg . 2008-09-08 . dead .
4. Web site: HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1981 | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130819184624/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1981 . 2013-08-19 . dead .