Canadian football team season
The 1988 Edmonton Eskimos seasonCanadian Football League and their 40th overall. The Eskimos finished the season in first place with an 11–7 record. They appeared in the West Final where they lost to the BC Lions . The West Final was the first time the Eskimos lost a playoff game at Commonwealth Stadium.
The Eskimos offense had 496 points for, while the defense had 445 points allowed.
Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–0 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 27,889 2 2 July 23 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 15–26 1–1 Taylor Field 22,682 3 3 July 27 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 35–28 2–1 Lansdowne Park 19,947 4 4 Aug 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 43–27 3–1 Commonwealth Stadium 35,383 5 5 Aug 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–22 3–2 Ivor Wynne Stadium 13,127 6 6 Aug 19 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 46–21 4–2 Commonwealth Stadium 30,172 7 7 Aug 25 at BC Lions L 10–28 4–3 BC Place 33,825 8 8 Sept 1 vs. BC Lions W 17–9 5–3 Commonwealth Stadium 34,157 8 9 Sept 5 at Calgary Stampeders W 27–11 6–3 McMahon Stadium 27,768 9 10 Sept 11 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 37–13 7–3 Commonwealth Stadium 29,984 10 11 Sept 18 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 38–21 8–3 Commonwealth Stadium 33,549 11 12 Sept 25 at Toronto Argonauts L 22–35 8–4 Varsity Stadium 24,104 12 13 Oct 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 40–12 9–4 Commonwealth Stadium 28,052 13 14 Oct 10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 17–21 9–5 Winnipeg Stadium 26,298 14 15 Oct 16 at Calgary Stampeders W 32–29 10–5 McMahon Stadium 29,430 15 16 Oct 23 vs. BC Lions L 15–35 10–6 Commonwealth Stadium 30,030 16 17 Oct 29 at BC Lions L 16–51 10–7 BC Place 32,334 17 18 Nov 6 vs. Calgary Stamepders W 20–19 11–7 Commonwealth Stadium 27,499
Total attendance: 276,715 Average attendance: 30,746 (51.2%)
Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns Henry Gizmo Williams[ 1] 17 96 964 100 2
Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns Henry Gizmo Williams[ 1] 17 15 379 34 0
Missed Field Goal Returns [ edit ] Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns Henry Gizmo Williams[ 1] 17 5 90 22 0
Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Division Final Nov 20 BC Lions 37–19 Edmonton Eskimos 27,055
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