1968 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 8-7-1 .531 |
| Head Coach: Neill Armstrong |
| Ray Jauch | Assistant Coach |
| John Payne | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 7/7/1968 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 3-28 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 12700 | |
| Fri | 7/12/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-12 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 8500 | |
| Mon | 7/15/1968 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 7/21/1968 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-6 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 12000 | |
| Wed | 7/31/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 27-10 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 14500 | |
| Fri | 8/2/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 4-32 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 25991 | |
| Wed | 8/7/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-10 | T | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16960 | |
| Thu | 8/15/1968 | A | British Columbia Lions | 18-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25722 | |
| Tue | 8/20/1968 | H | British Columbia Lions | 4-12 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17305 | |
| Wed | 8/28/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 7-12 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21691 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1968 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2-29 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19763 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1968 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-8 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 17761 | |
| Wed | 9/11/1968 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18600 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-25 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21500 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | H | British Columbia Lions | 13-5 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16551 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-8 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19231 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 32-22 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15011 | |
| Wed | 10/30/1968 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-34 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17048 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 13-29 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23380 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Thermus Butler | 21 | FB | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | Kansas | 6 | |
| Robbie Campbell | 19 | S | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| J.B. Christian | 52 | LOT-ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Corey Colehour | 22 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | North Dakota | 7 | |
| Frank Cosentino | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 31 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Doug Dersch | 54 | E | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Calgary | 14 | |
| Dick Dupuis | 17 | RDH | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Earl Edwards | 67 | ROT | 6-6 | 264 | 22 | Wichita State | 16 | |
| Ron Forwick | 63 | E | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | none | 8 | |
| Charlie Fulton | 12 | QB | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Dave Gasser | 65 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Bakersfield CC; West Texas A&M | 16 | |
| Jerry Griffin | 40 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| John Hankinson | QB | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Minnesota | 2 | ||
| Ben Hart | OE | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Oklahoma | 2 | ||
| Joe Hernandez | 16 | LDH | 6-2 | 180 | 28 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Bakersfield CC; Arizona | 14 | |
| Max Huber | 60 | T | 6-3 | 252 | 23 | Brigham Young | 4 | |
| Henry Hubert | G | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 8 | ||
| Allen Ische | 56 | LOG | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Northern Michigan | 16 | |
| Peter Kempf | 76 | ROE | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Western Washington; British Columbia | 16 | |
| Randy Kerbow | LOE | 6-1 | 188 | 28 | Rice | 7 | ||
| John LaGrone | 68 | LDT-RDT | 5-10 | 235 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| Mike Law | 27 | RDH | 5-11 | 177 | 26 | Queen's; Waterloo | 14 | |
| Garry LeFebvre | 10 | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | none | 15 | |
| Don Lisbon | 24 | LOH | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | Bowling Green State | 7 | |
| Ian MacLeod | 14 | LDH | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Ed Marcontell | LOT | 6-0 | 250 | 23 | Lamar | 6 | ||
| John McKillop | 18 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | Western Ontario | 3 | ||
| Ed Molstad | 64 | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 250 | 21 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Bayne Norrie | 23 | LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Queen's | 13 | |
| Art Perkins | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 233 | 28 | North Texas | 10 | |
| Greg Pipes | 61 | RDT-LDT | 5-10 | 235 | 22 | Baylor | 11 | |
| Larry Plancke | 74 | LOE-LOH | 6-2 | 217 | 21 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Greenard Poles | 25 | LB | 5-11 | 225 | 25 | Buffalo | 16 | |
| John Reykdal | 41 | C | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Howie Schumm | 26 | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Roy Shatzko | 55 | RDE-LDE | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| E.A. Sims | 74 | ROE | 6-2 | 215 | 31 | New Mexico State | 11 | |
| Jim Thomas | 20 | ROH | 6-2 | 190 | 30 | Mississippi Industrial | 16 | |
| Phil Tucker | 53 | ROG | 6-1 | 232 | 22 | Texas Tech | 7 | |
| John Wilson | 42 | C | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Alberta | 16 | |
| John Wydareny | 15 | S | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Larry Plancke | FL | Queen's |
| 2 | 13 | Doug Dersch | OG-DT | Calgary |
| 3 | 22 | Jim Reinson | OG | Calgary |
| 4 | 31 | Gene Lobay | OL | Alberta |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 53 | 56 | 56 | 63 | 228 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 88 | 64 | 87 | 288 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 227 | 123 | 80 | 24 | 77 | 566 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 266 | 110 | 145 | 11 | 100 | 826 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kempf | 0 | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | - | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 11 | 0 | 80 | ||
| Jim Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Thermus Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Art Perkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Garry LeFebvre | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Larry Plancke | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Charlie Fulton | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Randy Kerbow | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ian MacLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 24 | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 15 | 0 | 228 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 21 | 49 | 42.9 | 16 | 1 | 288 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 161 | 881 | 5.5 | 59 | 6 |
| Art Perkins | 110 | 500 | 4.5 | 23 | 3 |
| Charlie Fulton | 66 | 297 | 4.5 | 36 | 2 |
| Thermus Butler | 63 | 281 | 4.5 | 23 | 4 |
| Frank Cosentino | 23 | 89 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Lisbon | 23 | 87 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Randy Kerbow | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Bayne Norrie | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Corey Colehour | 4 | -13 | -3.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 460 | 2178 | 4.7 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 434 | 1983 | 4.6 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Cosentino | 139 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 858 | 6.2 | 12.6 | 59 | 5 | 3.6 | 5 | 3.6 | 65.6 | |||
| Charlie Fulton | 119 | 52 | 52 | 60 | 729 | 6.1 | 14.0 | 86 | 1 | .8.0 | 7 | 5.9 | 42.3 | |||
| Corey Colehour | 40 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 309 | 7.7 | 11.4 | 48 | 1 | 2.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 67.6 | |||
| Jim Thomas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70.8 | |||
| Randy Kerbow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 301 | 148 | 49.2 | 137 | 1909 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 7 | 2.3 | 16 | 5.3 | 55.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 397 | 230 | 57.9 | 141 | 3420 | 8.6 | 14.9 | 11 | 2.8 | 26 | 6.5 | 68.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 40 | 369 | 9.2 | 52 | 0 |
| E.A. Sims | 22 | 318 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Garry LeFebvre | 19 | 319 | 16.8 | 59 | 3 |
| Art Perkins | 18 | 153 | 8.5 | 47 | 1 |
| Randy Kerbow | 14 | 314 | 22.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Larry Plancke | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 86 | 3 |
| Thermus Butler | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Charlie Fulton | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Lisbon | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Peter Kempf | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Robbie Campbell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 148 | 1909 | 12.9 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 230 | 3420 | 14.9 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wydareny | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Ian MacLeod | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Jerry Griffin | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Robbie Campbell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Gasser | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Greenard Poles | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Forwick | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 267 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 190 | 11.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Kerbow | 58 | 2425 | 41.8 | 59 | - | |||||
| Garry LeFebvre | 83 | 3239 | 39.0 | 69 | - | |||||
| John McKillop | 14 | 547 | 39.1 | 50 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 155 | 6211 | 40.1 | - | 715 | 6080 | 35.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 143 | 6189 | 43.3 | - | 898 | 5291 | 37.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Dupuis | 51 | 449 | 8.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 34 | 231 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 17 | 129 | 7.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Robbie Campbell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ian MacLeod | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 118 | 898 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 715 | 4.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kempf | 40 | 2283 | 57.1 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 2283 | 57.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayne Norrie | 16 | 386 | 24.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 5 | 148 | 29.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Garry LeFebvre | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Robbie Campbell | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Lisbon | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Charlie Fulton | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Ben Hart | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Roy Shatzko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 937 | 21.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 1170 | 29.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermus Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Robbie Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Cosentino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Dersch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Edwards | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Fulton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Huber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Kempf | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John LaGrone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Don Lisbon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian MacLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Plancke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenard Poles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reykdal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Shatzko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wydareny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 79 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
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