2001 Edmonton Eskimos
Edmonton finishes atop the Western Division for the first time since 1997 with a record of 9-9 under new head coach Tom Higgins and quarterback Jason Maas. The club would lose to the Calgary Stampeders in the West Final by a score 34-16. Maas led the offense, passing for 3,646 yards and Terry Vaughn had 98 catches for 1,497 yards. Defensive tackle Robert Brown had six sacks for the defence.
Warren Moon is inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and added to the Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour.
James Parker is also inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Joe Healy and Jim Hole are added to the Wall of Honour as contributors.
| 2001 (53rd season) |
| Record: 9-9 (1st West) |
| Home: 5-4 | Away: 4-5 |
| Playoffs: 0-1 | Lost Division Final |
| Head coach: Tom Higgins (1st season) |
| CFL All-Stars: Bruce Beaton, Ed Hervey, Terry Ray, Terry Vaughn |
| West All-Stars: Bruce Beaton, Sean Fleming, Shannon Garrett, Ed Hervey, Jason Maas, Doug Petersen, Terry Ray, Terry Vaughn |
| Hall of Fame: Warren Moon, James Parker |
| Major award winners: Rick Walters (CFLPA’s Tom Pate Outstanding Community Service Award) |
| Wall of Honour: Warren Moon, Joe Healy, Jim Hole |
| Date | Opponent | Result (record) |
| July 7 | at BC Lions | L 28–35 (0-1) |
| July 13 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 11–13 (1-1) |
| July 20 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 23–33 (2-1) |
| July 26 | at Montreal Alouettes | L 6–34 (2-2) |
| August 2 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 24–14 (3-2) |
| August 11 | at BC Lions | L 39–42 (3-3) |
| August 17 | vs. BC Lions | L 35–17 (3-4) |
| August 24 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 20–12 (3-5) |
| September 3 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 33–32 (4-5) |
| September 7 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | L 34–33 (4-6) |
| September 17 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 22–23 (4-7) |
| September 21 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 22–23 (5-7) |
| September 29 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 35–19 (6-7) |
| October 5 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 37–33 (6-8) |
| October 12 | vs. BC Lions | W 22–28 (7-8) |
| October 19 | at Toronto Argonauts | W 25–22 (8-8) |
| October 27 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 3–12 (8-9) |
| November 4 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 26–32 (9-9) |
| November 18 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | L 34–16 Division Final |