1982 Edmonton Eskimos
The Eskimos would complete the “Five in a Row” as they defeated the Toronto Argonauts 32-16 in the 70th Grey Cup at CNE Stadium in Toronto. Warren Moon (Offence) and Dave Fennell (Defence) would be named Grey Cup MVP’s and James “Quick” Parker wins the Schenley Award as the CFL’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player.
1982 would Hugh Campbell’s last season with Edmonton as he would head South to coach in the USFL and NFL. In his tenure with the Eskimos, Campbell had a regular season record of 81-22-5 for a winning percentage of .773 and went 6-0 in Western Finals and 5-1 in Grey Cups.
Quarterback Tom Wilkinson is the first player added to the clubs Wall of Honour.
1982 (34th season) |
Record: 11-5 (1st West) |
Home: 6-2 | Away: 5-3 |
Playoffs: 2-0 | Won Grey Cup |
Head coach: Hugh Campbell (6th season) |
CFL All-Stars: Tom Scott James Parker |
West All-Stars: Leo Blanchard, Joe Hollimon, James Parker, Tom Scott |
Hall of Fame: |
Major award winners: James Parker (Most Outstanding Defensive Player) |
Wall of Honour: Tom Wilkinson |
Date | Opponent | Result (record) |
July 11 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | W 55–7 (1-0) |
July 17 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 12–31 (2-0) |
July 25 | at BC Lions | L 28–38 (2-1) |
August 1 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 32–26 (2-2) |
August 7 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 22–30 (2-3) |
August 15 | vs. Montreal Concordes | W 8–46 (3-3) |
August 29 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 32–25 (3-4) |
September 6 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 20–32 (3-5) |
September 12 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 11–47 (4-5) |
September 19 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 32–14 (5-5) |
September 26 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 17–36 (6-5) |
October 10 | vs. BC Lions | W 1–30 (7-5) |
October 16 | at Montreal Concordes | W 53–39 (8-5) |
October 23 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 33–17 (9-5) |
October 30 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 11–14 (10-5) |
November 7 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 46-22 (11-5) |
November 21 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 21-24 Division Final |
November 28 | at Toronto Argonauts | W 32-16 Grey Cup |