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Edmonton finished the season with a 10-8 record under first year Head Coach Jason Maas.

A crossover team in the 104th Grey Cup playoffs, they defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24-21 in the East-Semi Final at Tim Horton’s Field. The following week, they fell to the eventual Grey Cup champion Ottawa RedBlacks 35-23 in a snow-filled affair at TD Place Stadium.

Adarius Bowman recorded a team-record setting 120 receptions for a league-leading 1,759 yards and nine touchdowns. The receiving duo of Bowman and Derel Walker set two records in 2016, in Week 18 it marked the first time in team history there were two 100+ catch receivers in the same season. In Week 19, the pair broke the CFL record for most receiving yards by teammates with a combined 3,318 yards.

Derrell “Mookie” Mitchell is inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

2016 (68th season)
Record: 10-8 (4th West)
Home: 5-4 | Away: 5-4
Playoffs: 1-1 | Lost Division Final
Head coach: Jason Maas (1st season)
CFL All-Stars: Adarius Bowman, Almondo Sewell, Derel Walker
West All-Stars: Adarius Bowman, Almondo Sewell, Justin Sorensen, Derel Walker
Hall of Fame: Derrell “Mookie” Mitchell
Major award winners: 
Wall of Honour: 

 

Date Opponent Result (record)
June 25 vs. Ottawa Redblacks L 37–45 (0-1)
July 8 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 39–36 (1-1)
July 14 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 20–16 (2-1)
July 23 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 31–37 (2-2)
July 28 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 23–30 (2-3)
August 6 at Ottawa Redblacks L 20–23 (2-4)
August 11 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 23–12 (3-4)
August 20 at Toronto Argonauts W 46–23 (4-4)
August 26 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 33–25 (5-4)
September 5 at Calgary Stampeders L 24–45 (5-5)
September 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 28–34 (5-6)
September 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 23–26 (5-7)
September 23 vs. BC Lions W 27–23 (6-7)
September 30 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 40–26 (7-7)
October 10 at Montreal Alouettes W 40–20 (8-7)
October 22 at BC Lions L 25–32 (8-8)
October 28 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 29–26 (9-8)
November 5 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 41–17 (10-8)
November 13 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 24–21 Division Semifinal
November 20 at Ottawa Redblacks L 23–35 Division Final