2010 Edmonton Eskimos season explained

Team:	Edmonton Eskimos
Year:	2010
Record:	7–11
Division Place:	4th, West
Coach:	Richie Hall
General Manager:	Danny Maciocia - 1-4-0 (Jun-Jul) Paul Jones - 1-4-0 (Aug-Sep) Eric Tillman - 5-3-0 (Sep-Nov)
Stadium:	Commonwealth Stadium
Playoffs:	did not qualify
Mop:	Fred Stamps, WR
Moc:	Calvin McCarty, RB
Mor:	Daniel Porter, RB
Uniform:	File:CFL EDM Jersey 2010.png
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The Edmonton Eskimos season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 62nd overall. After the Eskimos lost the final game of the season, they were eliminated from playoff contention, despite winning five of their last seven games.

This is also the first time since 2004 that a Grey Cup host city has failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	DL	Stanford
2	12	DB	Saint Mary's
5	35	OL	St. Cloud State
6	43	QB	St. Francis Xavier

Notable transactions

Date	Type	Incoming	Outgoing	Team
February 10, 2010	Trade^[1]	Andre Talbot (WR) Brad Smith (WR)	Eric Taylor (DL) *4th round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Renaldo Sagesse (DL)	Toronto Argonauts
February 16, 2010	Trade^[2]	Chris Thompson (DB)	Maurice Mann (WR)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
May 2, 2010	Trade	2nd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Saleem Borhot (DB)	3rd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Samuel Fournier (RB) 4th round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Chris Rwabukamba (DB)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
May 2, 2010	Trade	1st round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Brian Bulcke (DL)	2nd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Cory Watson (WR) **3rd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Eddie Steele (DT)	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
September 7, 2010	Trade	Kelly Bates (OL)	Draft pick in 2014 CFL Draft	Saskatchewan Roughriders
October 12, 2010	Trade	Étienne Légaré (DL) Damaso Munoz (LB)	Noel Prefontaine (K/P)	Toronto Argonauts

Later traded to the Montreal Alouettes

- Later traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Pre-season

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record
A	June 13	Calgary Stampeders	23–21	Edmonton Eskimos		33,708	0–1
B	June 20	Edmonton Eskimos	36–32	BC Lions		24,763	1–1

Regular season

Season schedule

The September 26 game was played in Moncton, New Brunswick where the Argonauts were the designated home team.

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 4		25–10	Edmonton Eskimos		32,439	0–1	0
2	July 11		33–23	Edmonton Eskimos		30,442	0–2	0
3	July 17	Edmonton Eskimos	20–24			30,048	0–3	0
4	July 24	Edmonton Eskimos	21–47			26,041	0–4	0
5	July 30	BC Lions	25–28	Edmonton Eskimos		32,281	1–4	2
6	Aug 6		29–28	Edmonton Eskimos		31,888	1–5	2
7	Aug 15	Edmonton Eskimos	15–56			30,242	1–6	2
8	Bye	1–6	2
9	Aug 28	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14–17	Edmonton Eskimos		47,829	2–6	4
10	Sept 6	Edmonton Eskimos	5–52	Calgary Stampeders		34,559	2–7	4
11	Sept 10	Calgary Stampeders	36–20	Edmonton Eskimos		35,349	2–8	4
12	Sept 19	Edmonton Eskimos	14–31	Montreal Alouettes		25,012	2–9	4
13	Sept 26	Edmonton Eskimos	24–6	Toronto Argonauts		20,725	3–9	6
14	Oct 3		35–37	Edmonton Eskimos		34,479	4–9	8
15	Oct 8	Edmonton Eskimos	11–36	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		20,791	4–10	8
16	Oct 16	Edmonton Eskimos	31–28	BC Lions	OT	21,414	5–10	10
17	Oct 23	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–39	Edmonton Eskimos		38,325	6–10	12
18	Oct 30	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13–16	Edmonton Eskimos	OT	32,192	7–10	14
19	Nov 6	Edmonton Eskimos	23–31	Saskatchewan Roughriders		30,048	7–11	14

Total attendance: 315,224
Average attendance: 35,205 (58.8%)

Roster

Statistics

As of the end of Week 13 (Game 12):

Passing

Att	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
447	288	64.4	3565	11	16	82.3
104	53	51.0	609	4	10	41.7
23	10	43.5	128	0	2	25.3
1	1	100.0	5	0	0	106.3
1	0	0.0	0	0	0	2.1

^[3]

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumbles
Arkee Whitlock	118	689	5.8	4	0
Daniel Porter	86	603	7.0	2	0
	62	287	4.6	3	3
	37	302	8.2	3	9
	28	209	7.5	1	4
	16	96	6.0	0	1
	5	37	7.4	0	0
	6	17	2.8	2	2

^[4]

Receiving

No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
80	1223	15.3	51	5
63	801	12.7	46	1
35	608	17.4	70	3
27	301	11.1	40	1
36	278	7.7	22	2
21	259	12.3	49	0
18	204	11.3	29	0
11	121	11.0	28	1

^[5]

Awards

2010 CFL All-Stars

Chris Thompson

CFL Western All-Stars

WR – Fred Stamps, CFL Western All-Star
DB – Chris Thompson, CFL Western All-Star

Playoffs

After finishing last in the West division, the Eskimos failed to qualify for the 2010 CFL playoffs.

Notes and References

Web site: Argos, Eskimos make a deal CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829143349/http://www.cfl.ca/article/argos-eskimos-make-a-deal . 2012-08-29 . dead .
Web site: Ticats get their Mann; Thompson to Esks CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109022606/http://www.cfl.ca/article/ticats-get-their-mann-thompson-to-esks . 2012-11-09 . dead .
Web site: Passing 2010 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913044824/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2010/team/edmonton . 2012-09-13 . dead .
Web site: Rushing 2010 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913044913/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2010/team/edmonton . 2012-09-13 . dead .
Web site: Receiving 2010 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913045006/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2010/team/edmonton . 2012-09-13 . dead .