1995 Edmonton Eskimos season

1995 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Hugh Campbell
Head coach	Ron Lancaster
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	2nd, North
Playoff finish	Lost North Final
Uniform

The 1995 Edmonton Eskimos finished in second place in the North Division with a 13–5 record. They appeared in the North Final.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
0	5	Hitchem El Mashtoub	C	Arizona
1	13	Mark Lawson	DB/LB	Western Ontario
2	21	Derrick Sholdice	OT	Northern Illinois
3	28	Blake Bunting	TE	Evangel College
4	36	Kevin Algajer	LB	Alberta
5	44	Steve Dallison	DL	Alberta
6	52	Stewart Beak	TE	Western Ontario

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	Tue, June 13	vs. BC Lions	W 23–22	1–0	Commonwealth Stadium	39,293
B	Thu, June 22	at Calgary Stampeders	L 34–42 OT	1–1	McMahon Stadium

Regular season

Season standings

North Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Calgary Stampeders	18	15	3	0	631	404	30	9–2	L1	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	13	5	0	599	359	26	9–3	W6	Details
BC Lions	18	10	8	0	535	470	20	7–6	W1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	427	509	16	5–4	L2	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	0	404	653	14	5–7	W2	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	0	422	451	12	5–7	L2	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	0	376	519	8	3–9	W1	Details
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	3	15	0	348	685	6	3–8	L1	Details

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Sat, July 1	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 45–23	1–0	Commonwealth Stadium	27,465
2	2	Fri, July 7	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 26–19 OT	2–0	Taylor Field	23,584
3	3	Mon, July 17	vs. Shreveport Pirates	L 7–37	3–0	Commonwealth Stadium	29,463
4	4	Sat, July 22	at San Antonio Texans	L 27–32	3–1	Alamodome	12,856
5	5	Fri, July 28	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 26–18	4–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20,104
6	6	Wed, Aug 2	vs. Baltimore Stallions	L 12–19	4–2	Commonwealth Stadium	30,698
7	7	Wed, Aug 9	at Toronto Argonauts	W 31–10	5–2	SkyDome	14,192
7	8	Sun, Aug 13	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 17–18	5–3	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20,012
8	9	Fri, Aug 18	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 32–13	6–3	Commonwealth Stadium	30,204
9	10	Sun, Aug 27	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 63–3	7–3	Commonwealth Stadium	28,135
10	11	Mon, Sept 4	at Calgary Stampeders	L 26–51	7–4	McMahon Stadium	37,317
11	12	Fri, Sept 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 17–33	7–5	Commonwealth Stadium	49,434
12	13	Fri, Sept 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 64–10	8–5	Commonwealth Stadium	27,718
13	14	Fri, Sept 22	at BC Lions	W 33–18	9–5	BC Place	32,837
14	15	Sun, Oct 1	vs. BC Lions	W 39–36	10–5	Commonwealth Stadium	30,046
15	Bye
16	16	Fri, Oct 13	vs. Memphis Mad Dogs	W 34–17	11–5	Commonwealth Stadium	30,111
17	17	Thu, Oct 19	at Birmingham Barracudas	W 45–18	12–5	Legion Field	8,910
18	18	Thu, Oct 26	at Memphis Mad Dogs	W 25–14	13–5	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	12,078

Total attendance: 283,274
Average attendance: 31,475 (52.4%)

Awards and records

1995 CFL All-Stars

• DT – Bennie Goods
• LB – Willie Pless
• DB – Glenn Rogers Jr.

Offence

• FB – Michael Soles, Edmonton Eskimos
• C – Rod Connop, Edmonton Eskimos

Defence

• DT – Bennie Goods, Edmonton Eskimos
• LB – Willie Pless, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Glenn Rogers Jr., Edmonton Eskimos

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
Division semi-final	Sun, Nov 5	vs. BC Lions	W 26–15	1–0	Commonwealth Stadium	28,817
Division final	Sun Nov 12	at Calgary Stampeders	L 4–37	1–1	McMahon Stadium	30,894

North semi-final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	26
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	15

North final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	?	?	?	?	37
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	4