1994 Edmonton Eskimos season

1994 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Hugh Campbell
Head coach	Ron Lancaster
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1994 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 37th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 46th overall. The Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with a 13–5 record. However, they were upset in the 1994 West Semi-Final against the eventual Grey Cup Champion BC Lions.

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

Preseason

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	Wed, June 22	vs Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 38–22	1–0	Commonwealth Stadium	35,901
B	Wed, June 29	at Las Vegas Posse	L 11–22	1–1	Sam Boyd Stadium	6,280

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Calgary Stampeders	18	15	3	0	30	698	355	8–2	W3	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	13	5	0	26	518	401	7–3	W2	Details
BC Lions	18	11	6	1	23	604	456	5–4–1	L1	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	11	7	0	22	512	454	4–6	W4	Details
Sacramento Gold Miners	18	9	8	1	19	436	436	3–6–1	W1	Details
Las Vegas Posse	18	5	13	0	10	447	622	2–8	L6	Details

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Sat, July 9	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 26–11	1–0	Commonwealth Stadium	25,687
2	2	Thu, July 13	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 35–50	1–1	Winnipeg Stadium	21,686
3	3	Wed, July 20	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 23–21	2–1	Commonwealth Stadium	27,188
4	4	Sat, July 30	at Shreveport Pirates	W 24–10	3–1	Independence Stadium	17,434
5	5	Thu, Aug 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 42–23	4–1	Commonwealth Stadium	27,633
6	6	Fri, Aug 12	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 7–20	4–2	Taylor Field	24,548
7	7	Thu, Aug 18	at Sacramento Gold Miners	W 44–15	5–2	Hornet Stadium	13,959
8	8	Thu, Aug 25	vs. Las Vegas Posse	W 44–17	6–2	Commonwealth Stadium	28,559
9	9	Mon, Sept 5	at Calgary Stampeders	L 15–48	6–3	McMahon Stadium	37,317
10	10	Fri, Sept 9	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 38–12	7–3	Commonwealth Stadium	51,180
11	11	Sat, Sept 17	at BC Lions	W 25–16	8–3	BC Place	34,929
12	12	Sun, Sept 25	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 28–25	9–3	Commonwealth Stadium	24,132
13	13	Fri, Sept 30	vs. BC Lions	L 24–26	9–4	Commonwealth Stadium	23,187
14	14	Sun, Oct 9	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 33–32	10–4	Ivor Wynne Stadium	14,402
15	15	Sun, Oct 16	vs. Baltimore CFLers	W 31–24	11–4	Commonwealth Stadium	31,918
16	16	Sun, Oct 23	at Toronto Argonauts	L 6–23	11–5	SkyDome	22,210
17	17	Sat, Oct 29	vs. Sacramento Gold Miners	W 22–16	12–5	Commonwealth Stadium	29,322
18	18	Sat, Nov 5	vs. Las Vegas Posse	W 51–10	13–5	Commonwealth Stadium	14,228

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
BC Lions	7	13	0	4	24
Edmonton Eskimos	5	7	3	8	23