1995 Edmonton Eskimos season

1995 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Ron Lancaster
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	13–5–0
Division place	2nd, North
Playoff finish	Lost North final
Uniform

The 1995 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the North Division with a 13–5–0 record. They appeared in the North final.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
0	5	Hitchem El Mashtoub	C	Arizona
1	13	Mark Lawson	DB/LB	Western Ontario
2	21	Derrick Sholdice	OT	Northern Illinois
3	28	Blake Bunting	TE	Evangel College
4	36	Kevin Algajer	LB	Alberta
5	44	Steve Dallison	DL	Alberta
6	52	Stewart Beak	TE	Western Ontario

Schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
A	June 13	BC Lions	22–23	Edmonton Eskimos		39,293
B	June 22	Edmonton Eskimos	34–42	Calgary Stampeders	OT

Regular season

Season standings

North Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	15	3	0	631	404	30
Edmonton Eskimos	18	13	5	0	599	359	26
BC Lions	18	10	8	0	535	470	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	427	509	16
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	0	404	653	14
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	0	422	451	12
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	0	376	519	8
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	3	15	0	348	685	6

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 1	Toronto Argonauts	23–45	Edmonton Eskimos		27,465	1–0–0	2
2	July 7	Edmonton Eskimos	26–19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	OT	23,584	2–0–0	4
3	July 17	Shreveport Pirates	7–37	Edmonton Eskimos		29,463	3–0–0	6
4	July 22	Edmonton Eskimos	27–32	San Antonio Texans		12,856	3–1–0	6
5	July 28	Edmonton Eskimos	26–18	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		20,104	4–1–0	8
6	Aug 2	Baltimore Stallions	19–12	Edmonton Eskimos		30,698	4–2–0	8
7	Aug 9	Edmonton Eskimos	31–10	Toronto Argonauts		14,192	5–2–0	10
7	Aug 13	Edmonton Eskimos	17–18	Ottawa Rough Riders		20,012	5–3–0	10
8	Aug 18	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13–32	Edmonton Eskimos		30,204	6–3–0	12
9	Aug 27	Ottawa Rough Riders	3–63	Edmonton Eskimos		28,135	7–3–0	14
10	Sept 4	Edmonton Eskimos	26–51	Calgary Stampeders		37,317	7–4–0	14
11	Sept 8	Calgary Stampeders	33–17	Edmonton Eskimos		49,434	7–5–0	14
12	Sept 15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10–64	Edmonton Eskimos		27,718	8–5–0	16
13	Sept 22	Edmonton Eskimos	33–18	BC Lions		32,837	9–5–0	18
14	Oct 1	BC Lions	36–39	Edmonton Eskimos	OT	30,046	10–5–0	20
15	Bye						10–5–0	20
16	Oct 13	Memphis Mad Dogs	17–34	Edmonton Eskimos		30,111	11–5–0	22
17	Oct 19	Edmonton Eskimos	45–18	Birmingham Barracudas		8,910	12–5–0	24
18	Oct 26	Edmonton Eskimos	25–14	Memphis Mad Dogs		12,078	13–5–0	26

Total attendance: 283,274
Average attendance: 31,475 (52.4%)

Awards and records

1995 CFL All-Stars

• DT – Bennie Goods
• LB – Willie Pless
• DB – Glenn Rogers Jr.

Offence

• FB – Michael Soles, Edmonton Eskimos
• C – Rod Connop, Edmonton Eskimos

Defence

• DT – Bennie Goods, Edmonton Eskimos
• LB – Willie Pless, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Glenn Rogers Jr., Edmonton Eskimos

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division semi-final	Nov 5	BC Lions	15–26	Edmonton Eskimos		28,817
Division final	Nov 12	Edmonton Eskimos	4–37	Calgary Stampeders		30,894

North semi-final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	26
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	15

North final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	?	?	?	?	37
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	4