2019 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2019 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 71st overall. This was the fourth season under head coach Jason Maas and the third season under general manager Brock Sunderland.^[1] The team finished with an 8–10 record and fourth in the West Division. Notably, the team had a 1–10 record against playoff-bound teams and their 3–7 divisional record included only wins against the BC Lions.

2019 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Brock Sunderland
Head coach	Jason Maas
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	Lost East Final
Team MOP	Trevor Harris
Team MOC	Kwaku Boateng
Team MOR	Vontae Diggs
Uniform
← 2018 Eskimos seasons 2020 (EFT) →

The Eskimos qualified for the playoffs, following a one-year absence, after their week 18 win against the BC Lions on October 12, 2019.^[2] The team played in the East Semi-Final, earning a crossover spot in the 2019 playoffs, defeating the Montreal Alouettes in the East Semi-Final, but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Final.

Following the season, the Eskimos parted ways with head coach Jason Maas. In addition, the 2019 season was the last season where the Eskimos team name was used, with an announcement during the suspended 2020 season the Eskimos name would be discontinued.^[3]

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe.^[4] Like all other CFL teams, the Eskimos held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.^[5][6][7]

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
LFA	1	1	Diego Viamontes	WR	Mayas CDMX
	2	10	Daniel Landeros	LB	Dinos de Saltillo
	3	19	Jose Romero	DB	Artilleros de Puebla
Euro	1	4	Maxime Rouyer	LB	McGill

CFL draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019.^[8] The Eskimos traded their third-round pick to the Toronto Argonauts for Martese Jackson, but acquired an additional fifth-round pick after trading Shamawd Chambers to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.^[9][10] Like other CFL teams, the Eskimos held 4 additional non-tradeable selections across the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft and 2019 European CFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	3	Mathieu Betts	DL	Laval
2	12	Kyle Saxelid	OL	UNLV
4	32	Peter Cender	FB	Grand Valley State
5	40	Shai Ross	WR	Manitoba
5	41	Evan Machibroda	DL	Saskatchewan
6	50	Scott Hutter	DB	Wilfrid Laurier
7	59	Hunter Karl	WR	Calgary
8	68	Eric Blake	DB	McMaster

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
A	Sun, May 26	2:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	W 22–7	1–0	None	Commonwealth Stadium	23,549	Recap
B	Fri, May 31	6:30 p.m. MDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 3–20	1–1	None	IG Field	19,273	Recap
C	Bye

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Regular season

Season standings

West Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	13	5	0	26	487	386	7–3	W3	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	24	482	407	8–2	W1	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	11	7	0	22	508	409	7–3	W1	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	8	10	0	16	406	400	3–7	L2	Details
BC Lions	18	5	13	0	10	411	452	0–10	L3	Details

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Fri, June 14	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 32–25	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	25,263	Recap
2	2	Fri, June 21	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	W 39–23	2–0	TSN/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	24,016	Recap
3	3	Thu, June 27	6:30 p.m. MDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 21–28	2–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	IG Field	25,336	Recap
4	Bye
5	4	Thu, July 11	8:00 p.m. MDT	at BC Lions	W 33–6	3–1	TSN	BC Place	17,026	Recap
6	5	Sat, July 20	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 10–20	3–2	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	16,137	Recap
7	6	Thu, July 25	7:30 p.m. MDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 26–0	4–2	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	30,368	Recap
8	7	Sat, Aug 3	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 18–24	4–3	TSN	McMahon Stadium	26,597	Recap
9	8	Fri, Aug 9	8:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 16–12	5–3	TSN/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	27,951	Recap
10	9	Fri, Aug 16	5:30 p.m. MDT	at Toronto Argonauts	W 41–26	6–3	TSN/RDS2	BMO Field	16,490	Recap
11	10	Fri, Aug 23	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 28–34	6–4	TSN/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	34,217	Recap
12	11	Mon, Sept 2	2:30 p.m. MDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 9–25	6–5	TSN	McMahon Stadium	32,350	Recap
13	12	Sat, Sept 7	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 17–33	6–6	TSN/RDS	Commonwealth Stadium	40,113*	Recap
14	Bye
15	13	Fri, Sept 20	7:30 p.m. MDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 27–30	6–7	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	25,694	Recap
16	14	Sat, Sept 28	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 21–16	7–7	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	23,451	Recap
17	15	Fri, Oct 4	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 12–42	7–8	TSN/ESPN2	Tim Hortons Field	23,411	Recap
18	16	Sat, Oct 12	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	W 19–6	8–8	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	27,218	Recap
19	Bye
20	17	Sat, Oct 26	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 24–27	8–9	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	29,228	Recap
21	18	Sat, Nov 2	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 13–23	8–10	TSN/RDS2	Mosaic Stadium	29,156	Recap

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*Top attendance in CFL

Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
East Semi-Final	Sun, Nov 10	11:00 a.m. MST	at Montreal Alouettes	W 37–29	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	21,054	Recap
East Final	Sun, Nov 17	11:00 a.m. MST	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 16–36	1–1	TSN/RDS/ESPNews	Tim Hortons Field	25,177	Recap

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Team

Roster

Edmonton Eskimos roster
Quarterbacks  7 Trevor Harris 15 Logan Kilgore  8 Troy Williams Running backs 25 Shaquille Cooper  2 C. J. Gable Fullbacks 27 Tanner Green 31 Calvin McCarty 49 James Tuck Receivers  3 Natey Adjei 13 Ricky Collins, Jr. 80 DaVaris Daniels 82 Greg Ellingson 18 Kevin Elliott 84 Jamill Smith  4 Tevaun Smith Offensive linemen 57 David Beard 67 Colin Kelly 66 Matt O'Donnell 52 Jacob Ruby 56 Kyle Saxelid 63 Josiah St. John		Defensive linemen 54 Alex Bazzie  9 Mathieu Betts 93 Kwaku Boateng DE 91 Mark Mackie DT 96 Mike Moore 90 Almondo Sewell DT 75 Nick Usher 97 Kendal Vickers Linebackers 39 B.J. Clay 11 Larry Dean 43 Vontae Diggs 35 Maxime Rouyer  5 Jovan Santos-Knox 48 Blair Smith Defensive backs 16 Jordan Beaulieu 17 Arjen Colquhoun 19 Tyquwan Glass 28 Jordan Hoover S 20 Scott Hutter 26 Josh Johnson 23 Godfrey Onyeka  0 Don Unamba 29 Brian Walker Special teams 53 Ryan King LS 70 Hugh O'Neill K  6 Sean Whyte K		1-Game Injured List 58 Travis Bond OL 94 Stefan Charles DL 12 Forrest Hightower DB 41 Monshadrik Hunter DB 22 Christion Jones RB/KR 88 Harry McMaster WR 33 Alex Taylor RB 38 Jonathan Walton LB 6-Game Injured List 64 Tommie Draheim OL 30 Martese Jackson RB/KR 92 Jesse Joseph DL 95 Andrew Marshall DL 10 Christophe Mulumba-Tshimanga LB 24 Anthony Orange DB 86 Anthony Parker WR 55 SirVincent Rogers OL 83 Shai Ross WR		Practice Roster 62 Kwabena Asare OL 14 Jeremiah Briscoe QB 46 Peter Cender FB 99 Jake Ceresna DL 68 Eric Lofton OL 37 Keon Lyn DB 34 Jose Romero DB 61 D. J. Sackey OL 32 Travon Van RB 89 Diego Viamontes WR Suspended 40 Maurice McKnight DB 63 David Perkins DL -- Malik Richards WR Italics indicate international player Bold indicates global player Roster updated 2019-11-17 Depth chart • Transactions 46 Active, 8 One-game injured, 9 Six-game, 8 Practice, 3 Suspended → More rosters

Coaching staff

Edmonton Eskimos Staff
	Front office President and ceo – Len Rhodes Vice-President Football Operations & General Manager – Brock Sunderland Director of player personnel – David Turner Assistant director of player personnel – Will Homer Director of scouting – Bobby Merritt Director of football operations – Kris Hagerman Assistant director of football operations/player personnel assistant – Nick Pelletier Head video coordinator – Griffin Dear Head coach Head coach – Jason Maas Assistant head coach – Mike Gibson Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Jordan Maksymic Offensive line – Mike Gibson Running backs – Tim Prinsen Receivers – Jason Tucker			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Phillip Lolley Linebackers – Travis Brown Defensive backs – Barron Miles Defensive line – Demetrious Maxie Defensive assistant – William Fields Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – A. J. Gass → Coaching staff → More CFL staffs

References

1. Terry Jones (November 4, 2018). "JONES: Count on Maas, Reilly to return to Eskimos next season". Edmonton Sun.
2. "BC Lions vs Edmonton Eskimos". cfl.ca. October 12, 2019.
3. "Edmonton Football Team discontinues use of the name Eskimos". Canadian Football League. July 21, 2020.
4. Dan Barnes (January 11, 2019). "'FUN ELEMENT': CFL set for inaugural draft of Mexican talent".
5. "Mexico's top talent selected at CFL-LFA Draft". cfl.ca. January 14, 2019.
6. "CFL to hold European lottery and draft in April". 3downnation.com. April 3, 2019.
7. "Full results from the first ever European draft". cfl.ca. April 11, 2019.
8. "An early look at the 2019 CFL Draft selection order". December 17, 2018.
9. "Esks acquire Martese Jackson from Argos". September 10, 2018.
10. "Ticats acquire Chambers from Eskimos". September 17, 2017.
11. 2019 Schedule
12. CFL on TSN broadcast schedule
13. "RDS présente plus de 50 matchs de football de la LCF dès le jeudi 6 juin". May 27, 2019.
14. "ESPN+, ESPN Networks to Broadcast 2019 Canadian Football League Season". June 3, 2019.
15. CFL schedule through October 2019

External links

• Official website