1994 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1994 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 13–5–0 record. They were upset in the Western Conference Semi-Finals against the eventual Grey Cup Champion B.C. Lions..

Contents

• 1 Offseason
  • 1.1 CFL draft
  • 1.2 Schedule
• 2 Regular season
  • 2.1 Season standings
  • 2.2 Season schedule
• 3 Awards and records
  • 3.1 1995 CFL All-Stars
  • 3.2 Northern All-Star selections
• 4 Playoffs
  • 4.1 North semi-final
  • 4.2 North final
• 5 References

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	13	Rob Wessling	T	Guelph
2	21	Pat McNerney	TE/OL	Weber State
3	29	Darryl Fridd	DL	Alberta
4	36	Brad Zacharias	TB	Acadia
5	43	Stephen Day	LB	Alberta

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 22	vs Saskatchewan Roughriders	38-22	W	35901	1–0
B	June 29	@ Las Vegas Posse	22–11	L	6280	1–1

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	13	5	0	26	651	572
Baltimore CFLers	18	12	6	0	24	561	431
Toronto Argonauts	18	7	11	0	14	504	578
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	4	14	0	8	480	647
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	4	14	0	8	435	562
Shreveport Pirates	18	3	15	0	6	330	661

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA
Calgary Stampeders	18	15	3	0	30	698	355
Edmonton Eskimos	18	13	5	0	26	518	401
BC Lions	18	11	6	1	23	604	456
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	11	7	0	22	512	454
Sacramento Gold Miners	18	9	8	1	19	436	436
Las Vegas Posse	18	5	13	0	10	447	622

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record	Stk
1	July 9	vs. Hamilton Tiger Cats	26–11	W	25687	1–0	W1
2	July 13	@ Winnipeg Blue Bombers	50–35	L	21686	1–1	L1
3	July 20	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	23–21	W	27188	2–1	W1
4	July 30	@ Shreveport Pirates	24–10	W	17434	3–1	W2
5	August 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–23	W	27633	4–1	W3
6	August 12	@ Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–7	L	24548	4–2	L1
7	August 18	@ Sacramento Goldminers	44–15	W	13959	5–2	W1
8	August 25	vs. Las Vegas Posse	44–17	W	28559	6–2	W2
9	September 5	@ Calgary Stampeders	48–15	L	37317	6–3	L1
10	September 9	vs. Calgary Stampeders	38–12	W	51180	7–3	W1
11	September 17	@ British Columbia Lions	25–16	W	34929	8–3	W2
12	September 25	vs. Toronto Argonauts	28–25	W	24132	9–3	W3
13	October 2	vs. British Columbia Lions	26–24	L	23187	9–4	L1
14	October 9	@ Hamilton Tiger Cats	33–32	W	14402	10–4	W1
15	October 16	vs. Baltimore CFLers	31–24	W	31918	11–4	W2
16	October 23	@ Toronto Argonauts	23–6	L	22210	11–5	L1
17	October 29	vs. Sacramento Goldminers	22–16	W	29322	12–5	W1
18	November 5	vs. Las Vegas Posse	51–10	W	14228	13–5	W2

Total attendance: 268806

Average attendance: 29867

Awards and records

Defence

• DT – Bennie Goods, Edmonton Eskimos
• LB – Willie Pless, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Robert Holland, Edmonton Eskimos

Special teams

• ST – Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Edmonton Eskimos

Offence

• OT – Blake Dermott, Edmonton Eskimos

Defence

• DT – Bennie Goods, Edmonton Eskimos
• LB – Willie Pless, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Robert Holland, Edmonton Eskimos

Special teams

• ST – Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Edmonton Eskimos

Playoffs

West Semi-final

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
British Columbia Lions	7	13	0	4	24
Edmonton Eskimos	5	7	3	8	23