2001 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2001 Edmonton Eskimos finished first in the West Division with a 9–9–0–1 record, but lost the West Final to the Calgary Stampeders. This season's Eskimos became the first West Division team in CFL history to finish first in the division with only a .500 record.

2001 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerTom Higgins
Head coachTom Higgins
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record9–9–0–1
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishLost West Final
Team MOPJohn Avery, RB
Team MOCSean Fleming, P/K
Team MORKelvin Powell, LB
Uniform

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 5 Randy Chevrier DT McGill
2 13 Fabian Burke CB Toledo
3 21 Glenn Carson OL Saskatchewan
5 37 Guillaume Petit DL Alberta
6 45 William Wright DB Bishop's

Preseason

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Schedule

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# Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
A June 20 Edmonton Eskimos 34–10 Calgary Stampeders 29,090
B June 27 Saskatchewan Roughriders 24–9 Edmonton Eskimos 28,579

Regular season

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Season standings

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West Division
Team GP W L T OTL PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 18 9 9 0 1 439 463 19 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 8 10 0 1 478 476 17 Details
BC Lions 18 8 10 0 0 417 445 16 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 6 12 0 0 308 416 12 Details

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Season schedule

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Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts
1 July 7 Edmonton Eskimos 28–35 BC Lions OT 18,125 0–1–0–1 1
2 July 13 Saskatchewan Roughriders 11–13 Edmonton Eskimos 32,722 1–1–0–1 3
3 July 20 Calgary Stampeders 23–33 Edmonton Eskimos 33,524 2–1–0–1 5
4 July 26 Edmonton Eskimos 6–34 Montreal Alouettes 19,541 2–2–0–1 5
5 Aug 2 Edmonton Eskimos 24–14 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17,107 3–2–0–1 7
6 Aug 11 Edmonton Eskimos 39–42 BC Lions 18,171 3–3–0–1 7
7 Aug 17 BC Lions 35–17 Edmonton Eskimos 35,394 3–4–0–1 7
8 Aug 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20–12 Edmonton Eskimos 37,666 3–5–0–1 7
9 Sept 3 Edmonton Eskimos 33–32 Calgary Stampeders 35,967 4–5–0–1 9
10 Sept 7 Calgary Stampeders 34–33 Edmonton Eskimos 48,279 4–6–0–1 9
11 Sept 17 Edmonton Eskimos 22–23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26,144 4–7–0–1 9
12 Sept 21 Toronto Argonauts 22–23 Edmonton Eskimos 28,687 5–7–0–1 11
13 Sept 29 Edmonton Eskimos 35–19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18,086 6–7–0–1 13
14 Oct 5 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 37–33 Edmonton Eskimos 29,659 6–8–0–1 13
15 Oct 12 BC Lions 22–28 Edmonton Eskimos 30,518 7–8–0–1 15
16 Oct 19 Edmonton Eskimos 25–22 Toronto Argonauts OT 15,438 8–8–0–1 17
17 Oct 27 Edmonton Eskimos 3–12 Saskatchewan Roughriders 20,917 8–9–0–1 17
18 Nov 4 Montreal Alouettes 26–32 Edmonton Eskimos 43,123 9–9–0–1 19

Total attendance: 319,572
Average attendance: 35,510 (59.1%)

Playoffs

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Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
Division Final Nov 18 Calgary Stampeders 34–16 Edmonton Eskimos 42,156

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ "Regime change key to success". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2017-04-22.