1987 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)

2nd place Western Division 11-7-0 .611

Head Coach: Jackie Parker (2-0-0); Joe Faragalli (9-7-0)

Gary Durchik	Offensive Line
Steve Goldman	Offensive Backfield
Mike Roach	Defensive Line
Doug Sams	Defensive Line/Special Teams
Don Sutherin	Defensive Secondary

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	6/6/1987	H	Calgary Stampeders	39-33	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	34501
Tue	6/16/1987	A	British Columbia Lions	15-31	L	Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	28384
Sat	6/26/1987	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		-	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium
Sat	6/27/1987	H	Calgary Stampeders	54-16	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	29930
Sun	7/5/1987	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36-33	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	15720
Sun	7/12/1987	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30-40	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	32265
Sat	7/18/1987	A	British Columbia Lions	18-26	L	Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	43772
Fri	7/24/1987	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42-28	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	29260
Sat	8/1/1987	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	38-28	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	30399
Fri	8/7/1987	A	Toronto Argonauts	20-23	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30264
Sun	8/23/1987	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	45-24	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	32167
Fri	8/28/1987	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	39-13	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	24000
Mon	9/7/1987	A	Calgary Stampeders	20-29	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	33842
Sat	9/12/1987	H	Toronto Argonauts	42-20	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	40486
Sat	9/19/1987	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	34-13	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	31862
Fri	9/25/1987	A	Montreal Alouettes		-	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium
Fri	10/2/1987	H	Montreal Alouettes		-	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium
Fri	10/2/1987	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	34-19	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	31331
Mon	10/12/1987	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20-38	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24999
Sun	10/18/1987	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	25-34	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	24282
Sun	10/25/1987	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	49-24	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	33376
Sun	11/1/1987	H	British Columbia Lions	32-33	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	40414
Sat	11/7/1987	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	39-21	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	15107
Western Semi-Final
Sun	11/15/1987	H	Calgary Stampeders	30-16	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	26809
Western Final
Sun	11/22/1987	A	British Columbia Lions	31-7	W	Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	44385
Grey Cup
Sun	11/29/1987	N	Toronto Argonauts	38-36	W	Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	59478

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
6/26/1987	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Canceled
6/27/1987	Calgary Stampeders	Moved from 8/15
9/25/1987	Montreal Alouettes	Canceled
10/2/1987	Montreal Alouettes	Canceled
10/12/1987	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Postponed from 9/19
10/25/1987	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Postponed from 10/12

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
9	Damon Allen	QB	6-1	170	24	Fullerton State	18
49	Frank Balkovec	OLB	6-0	235	28	Toronto	15
30	Danny Bass	MLB	6-1	220	29	Michigan State	17
24	Steve Benjamin	CB	5-10	185	23	Northridge State	9
5	Stanley Blair	CB	6-0	192	23	Oklahoma State; Southeastern Oklahoma State	18
59	Leo Blanchard	OG	6-4	260	32	Alberta	18
66	Trevor Bowles	OT	6-5	280	26	San Jose State	10
67	Rod Connop	C	6-6	245	28	Wilfrid Laurier	18
27	Marco Cyncar	SB	6-0	175	29	Alberta	18
50	Blake Dermott	C	6-3	255	26	Alberta	18
3	Tom Dixon	K-P	5-11	185	27	British Columbia	5	0
16	Matt Dunigan	QB	5-11	180	27	Louisiana Tech	13
	Bruce Green	LB	6-2	230	25	Texas Southern	2
8	Tracy Ham	QB	5-10	190	23	Georgia Southern	5
4	Greg Harding	CB	6-2	202	27	Nicholls State	1
36	Stewart Hill	DE	6-1	230	25	Washington	17
31	Rick House	SB	5-10	180	30	Simon Fraser	11
28	Ron Howard	DB	6-0	200	25	Tennessee State	18
89	Steve Howlett	SB	5-11	180	25	Toronto	6
83	Chris Johnstone	RB	6-3	215	24	Bakersfield CC	18
34	Milson Jones	FB	6-0	215	28	North Dakota	16
78	Stephan Jones	WR	6-0	180	27	Central Michigan	18
4	Jerry Kauric	K-P	6-0	210	24	none	13	0
95	Dan Kearns	DT	6-2	240	31	Simon Fraser	18
70	Brian Kelly	WR	5-9	170	31	Washington State	18
75	John Mandarich	OT	6-4	281	26	Kent State	12
22	Blake Marshall	RB	6-1	230	22	Western Ontario	7
90	Greg McCormack	DT	6-3	255	24	Simon Fraser	1
45	Mike McLean	OLB	6-0	215	25	Alberta	13
	William Mitchell	LB	6-0	213	28	Long Beach State	2
93	Lloyd Mumphrey	DE	6-3	260	26	Mississippi Valley State	3
84	Mark Norman	S	5-11	195	22	British Columbia	18
98	Gary Palumbis	DE	6-1	275	24	Portland State	6
68	Rudy Phillips	OT	6-2	250	29	North Texas	10
63	Hector Pothier	OT	6-3	254	33	McGill; St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	18
25	Tom Richards	SB	6-1	200	23	Alberta	18
11	Junior Robinson	S	6-0	186	26	Guelph	18
43	Craig Shaffer	LB	6-1	227	28	Indiana State	7
35	Chris Skinner	RB	5-11	212	26	Bishop's	18
62	Bill Stevenson	OT	6-4	270	37	Drake	18
29	Mike Thurman	DB	6-0	184	28	James Madison	1
6	Cliff Toney	DB	6-0	185	29	Auburn	10
88	Tom Tuinei	DE	6-4	251	29	Hawaii	14
44	Brian Warren	LB	6-2	230	25	Arizona	13
2	Henry Williams	WR	5-6	181	25	Northwest Mississippi CC; East Carolina	16	0
20	Don Wilson	DB	6-2	190	26	Ellsworth CC; North Carolina State	15
47	Larry Wruck	OLB	6-0	220	25	none	18
92	James Zachery	DT	6-2	245	29	Texas A&M	18

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Blake Marshall	FB	Western Ontario
1	3	Todd Storme	OL	Utah State
2	17	Pierre Vercheval	C	Western Ontario
3	20	David Braitwaite	DL	Toronto
3	26	Mark Norman	DB	British Columbia
4	35	Jeff Funtasz	RB	Alberta
5	44	Tim Spriel	TE	Western Ontario
6	53	Darrell Skuse	RB	Guelph
7	62	Tony Spoletini	RB	Calgary
8	71	Ken Hoppus	OL	Whitworth

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals
Team Totals	144	187	181	105
Opponents Totals
Opponents Totals	95	112	115	140

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		390	134	228	28	164	1189
Opponents Totals		372	105	233	44

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Jerry Kauric	0	47	47	100.0	0	28	41	68.3	14	0	145
Brian Kelly	13	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	78
Milson Jones	9	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	54
Stephan Jones	8	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	48
Tom Dixon	0	22	22	100.0	0	7	11	63.6	5	0	48
Damon Allen	6	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	36
Henry Williams	5	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	30
Matt Dunigan	4	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	24
Rick House	4	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	24
Tom Richards	4	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	24
Chris Skinner	4	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	24
Marco Cyncar	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	18
Danny Bass	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Stanley Blair	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Tracy Ham	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Stewart Hill	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Ron Howard	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Steve Howlett	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Chris Johnstone	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Blake Marshall	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Tom Tuinei	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Don Wilson	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	70	69	69	100.0	0	35	52	67.3	19	2	617
Opponents Totals	46					41					462

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Damon Allen	66	562	8.5	40	6
Milson Jones	93	423	4.5	27	7
Chris Skinner	84	369	4.4	43	0
Matt Dunigan	51	287	5.6	33	4
Chris Johnstone	44	212	4.8	28	1
Blake Marshall	21	87	4.1	12	1
Tracy Ham	9	56	6.2	20	1
Stephan Jones	3	34	11.3	20	0
Tom Richards	2	25	12.5	15	0
Team Totals	373	2055	5.5	43	20
Opponents Totals	328	1540	4.7		15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	RTG
Matt Dunigan	326	175	53.7	132	2823	8.7	16.1	89	21	6.4	19	5.8		80.1
Damon Allen	287	150	52.3	124	2670	9.3	17.8	97	17	5.9	13	4.5		85.3
Tracy Ham	36	15	41.7	18	231	6.4	15.4	38	1	2.8	3	8.3		38.1
Stephan Jones	1	1	100.0	0	52	52.0	52.0	52	0	0.0	0	0.0		118.8
Team Totals	650	341	52.5	274	5776	8.9	16.9	97	39	6.0	35	5.4		80.4
Opponents Totals	762	394	51.7	340	5324	7.0	13.5		26	3.4	28	3.7	50	70.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Brian Kelly	68	1626	23.9	97	13
Stephan Jones	55	1147	20.9	89	8
Chris Skinner	52	518	10.0	43	4
Marco Cyncar	43	710	16.5	58	3
Milson Jones	38	446	11.7	74	2
Rick House	31	534	17.2	46	4
Tom Richards	26	473	18.2	72	3
Chris Johnstone	16	162	10.1	27	0
Blake Marshall	5	58	11.6	15	0
Henry Williams	4	48	12.0	21	0
Steve Howlett	2	37	18.5	24	1
Stewart Hill	1	17	17.0	17t	1
Team Totals	341	5776	16.9	97	39
Opponents Totals	394	5324	13.5		26

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Wilson	7	127	18.1	47	1
Ron Howard	6	38	6.3	20	0
Stanley Blair	4	118	29.5	71	1
Danny Bass	2	31	15.5	31	1
Mark Norman	1	29	29.0	29	0
Brian Warren	1	22	22.0	22	0
Craig Shaffer	1	8	8.0	8	0
James Zachery	1	4	4.0	4	0
Cliff Toney	1	2	2.0	2	0
Steve Benjamin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Harding	1	0	0.0	0	0
Junior Robinson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Wruck	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	379	13.5	71	3
Opponents Totals	35	348	9.9

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Tom Dixon	36	1501	41.7	57	-
Jerry Kauric	99	3826	38.6	70	-
Team Totals	135	5327	39.5	70	-
Opponents Totals					-	1339

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Henry Williams	80	951	11.9	91	4
Tom Richards	26	236	9.1	88	1
Don Wilson	10	83	8.3	16	0
Steve Howlett	3	38	12.7	20	0
Stanley Blair	0	17		17L	0
Ron Howard	2	9	4.5	6	0
Junior Robinson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Steve Benjamin	1	1	1.0	1	0
Brian Warren	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	124	1339	10.8	91	5
Opponents Totals

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Jerry Kauric	75	4239	56.5	78	1
Tom Dixon	30	1726	57.5	71	0
Team Totals	105	5965	56.8
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stephan Jones	51	957	18.8	48	0
Henry Williams	26	623	24.0	43	0
Tom Richards	1	57	57.0	46	0
Rod Connop	1	20	20.0	20	0
Marco Cyncar	5	17	3.4	12	0
Chris Skinner	1	15	15.0	15	0
Steve Howlett	1	12	12.0	12	0
Don Wilson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Stanley Blair	1	1	1.0	1	0
Chris Johnstone	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	89	1711	19.2	48	0
Opponents Totals

SACKS	NO	YDS
Stewart Hill	18.0
Dan Kearns	6.0
Tom Tuinei	5.0
Brian Warren	4.0
Danny Bass	4.0
James Zachery	3.0
Gary Palumbis	2.0
Don Wilson	1.0
Craig Shaffer	1.0
William Mitchell	1.0
John Mandarich	1.0
Bruce Green	1.0
Team Totals	50.0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Damon Allen	8	6	3	0	3	0	0
Frank Balkovec			0	1	1		0
Rod Connop	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Marco Cyncar	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Matt Dunigan	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rick House	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Howard			1	2	3	95	1
Chris Johnstone	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Milson Jones	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stephan Jones			2	0	2	0	0
Jerry Kauric	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kearns			1	3	4	0	0
Blake Marshall	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McLean			0	1	1	0	0
Lloyd Mumphrey			0	1	1	0	0
Mark Norman			0	1	1	0	0
Rudy Phillips			1	0	1	0	0
Tom Richards	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Junior Robinson			0	3	3	6	0
Chris Skinner	5	4	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Stevenson			1	0	1	0	0
Cliff Toney			2	0	2	0	0
Henry Williams	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Don Wilson	1	1	0	2	2	9	0
Team Totals	37	22	15	15	30	126	2
Opponents Totals		15		22	22