2005 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2005 Edmonton Eskimos finished third in the West Division with an 11–7 record and won the Grey Cup. This was the last season in their 34-year streak of making the playoffs.

2005 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Paul Jones
Head coach	Danny Maciocia
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Team MOP	Ricky Ray, QB
Team MOC	Kelly Wiltshire, DB
Team MOR	Tony Tompkins, WR/KR
Uniform

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
3	22	Timothy O'Neill	OL	Calgary
4	31	Anthony Posteraro	K/P	Graceland
5	40	Robert Leblanc	SB	McGill

Notable transactions

Date	Type	Incoming	Outgoing	Team
April 19, 2005	Trade	Joe Montford (DL)	Dan Comiskey (OL)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
April 22, 2005	Trade	Sandy Annunziata (OL)	Future considerations	Toronto Argonauts
April 28, 2005	Trade	William Loftus (DB)	Terry Vaughn (SB) 6th round pick in 2005 CFL Draft – Adam Eckert (WR)	Montreal Alouettes
July 31, 2005	Trade	Kwame Cavil (SB)	Clinton Wayne (DL)	Montreal Alouettes

Preseason

Schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
A	June 10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20–20	Edmonton Eskimos		37,246	0–0–1	1
B	June 16	Edmonton Eskimos	10–3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		28,013	1–0–1	3

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	18	12	6	0	550	444	24	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	11	7	0	529	443	22	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	453	421	22	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	9	9	0	441	433	18	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	5	13	0	474	558	10	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 24	Ottawa Renegades	16–41	Edmonton Eskimos		36,912	1–0–0	2
2	June 30	Edmonton Eskimos	27–8	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		22,087	2–0–0	4
3	July 8	Edmonton Eskimos	29–32	Montreal Alouettes		20,202	2–1–0	4
4	July 15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12–14	Edmonton Eskimos		37,455	3–1–0	6
5	July 21	Edmonton Eskimos	29–21	Ottawa Renegades		17,607	4–1–0	8
6	July 30	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–36	Edmonton Eskimos		38,018	5–1–0	10
7	Aug 5	Edmonton Eskimos	19–25	BC Lions		35,568	5–2–0	10
8	Bye						5–2–0	10
9	Aug 20	Toronto Argonauts	22–18	Edmonton Eskimos		38,927	5–3–0	10
10	Aug 26	Montreal Alouettes	26–36	Edmonton Eskimos		44,624	6–3–0	12
11	Sept 5	Edmonton Eskimos	25–23	Calgary Stampeders		35,652	7–3–0	14
12	Sept 9	Calgary Stampeders	16–11	Edmonton Eskimos		42,654	7–4–0	14
13	Sept 18	Edmonton Eskimos	36–37	Saskatchewan Roughriders		25,226	7–5–0	14
14	Sept 24	BC Lions	20–37	Edmonton Eskimos		48,048	8–5–0	16
15	Sept 30	Edmonton Eskimos	14–40	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		27,582	8–6–0	16
16	Oct 10	Edmonton Eskimos	17–13	Toronto Argonauts		34,116	9–6–0	18
17	Oct 15	Saskatchewan Roughriders	18–19	Edmonton Eskimos		53,216	10–6–0	20
18	Bye						10–6–0	20
19	Oct 28	BC Lions	19–22	Edmonton Eskimos		37,554	11–6–0	22
20	Nov 6	Edmonton Eskimos	23–43	Calgary Stampeders		31,017	11–7–0	22

Total attendance: 377,408
Average attendance: 41,934 (69.8%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Semi-Final	Nov 13	Edmonton Eskimos	33–26	Calgary Stampeders		26,799
Division Final	Nov 20	Edmonton Eskimos	28–23	BC Lions		37,337
Grey Cup	Nov 27	Montreal Alouettes	35–38	Edmonton Eskimos	OT	59,157

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	0	12	4	17	33
Calgary Stampeders	9	14	0	3	26

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	14	7	0	7	28
BC Lions	3	7	11	2	23

Grey Cup

Main article: 93rd Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Total
Montreal Alouettes	1	0	17	10	7	35
Edmonton Eskimos	3	7	10	8	10	38

Awards and records