1995 Edmonton Eskimos season

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

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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

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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

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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.

Northern All-Star selections

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

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