2006 Edmonton Eskimos season

2006 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerPaul Jones
Head coachDanny Maciocia
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record7–11
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Team MOPRicky Ray, QB
Team MOCDan Comiskey, OL
Team MORAdam Braidwood, DL
Uniform

The 2006 Edmonton Eskimos finished fourth in the West Division with a 7–11 record and failed to make the playoffs. This marked the end of their 34 year streak of making the playoffs, the longest such streak in North American sports history.[1][2]

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 1 Adam Braidwood DE Western Washington
2 17 Jason Nugent DB Rutgers
3 21 Dwayne Mundle LB West Virginia
3 25 Mike Williams DE Boise State
4 26 Andrew Brown LB Lafayette
4 34 Jean Phillipe Abraham LB Laval
5 42 Nicolas Bisaillon RB Laval
6 50 Greig Longchamps OL Montreal

Transactions

Date Type Incoming Outgoing Team
December 2, 2005 Trade Danny McManus (QB)
Tim Bakker (OL)
*Imokhai Atogwe (DB)
1st round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Adam Braidwood (DL) 		Jason Maas (QB)
*6th round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Greig Longchamps (OL) 		Hamilton Tiger-Cats
February 18, 2006 Trade Robert Brown (DL)
Reggie Durden (DB) 		Davis Sanchez (DB) Montreal Alouettes
March 8, 2006 Trade 4th round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Andrew Brown (LB) Kwame Cavil (SB) Hamilton Tiger-Cats
April 1, 2006 Trade 3rd round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Dwayne Mundle (LB) Danny McManus Calgary Stampeders
July 3, 2006 Trade Michael Botterill (LB) 3rd round pick in 2007 CFL Draft – Chris Van Zeyl (DL) Montreal Alouettes

*Portion of the trade was reversed due to Atogwe's long-term injury

Preseason

Schedule

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts
A June 3 Edmonton Eskimos 8–14 Saskatchewan Roughriders 25,114 0–1 0
B June 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders 22–7 Edmonton Eskimos 27,840 0–2 0

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions 18 13 5 0 555 355 26 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 10 8 0 477 426 20 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 9 9 0 465 434 18 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 7 11 0 399 468 14 Details

Season schedule

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts
1 June 17 Edmonton Eskimos 14–24 Calgary Stampeders 25,895 0–1–0 0
2 June 24 Calgary Stampeders 14–18 Edmonton Eskimos 40,491 1–1–0 2
3 July 1 Edmonton Eskimos 10–46 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23,521 1–2–0 2
4 July 7 BC Lions 20–27 Edmonton Eskimos 35,035 2–2–0 4
5 Bye 2–2–0 4
6 July 20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 25–22 Edmonton Eskimos 37,611 2–3–0 4
7 July 28 Montreal Alouettes 21–13 Edmonton Eskimos 32,411 2–4–0 4
8 Aug 4 Edmonton Eskimos 17–34 BC Lions 27,312 2–5–0 4
9 Aug 11 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18–24 Edmonton Eskimos 39,599 3–5–0 6
10 Aug 18 Edmonton Eskimos 28–30 BC Lions 33,589 3–6–0 6
11 Bye 3–6–0 6
12 Sept 4 Edmonton Eskimos 23–44 Calgary Stampeders 35,744 3–7–0 6
13 Sept 8 Calgary Stampeders 26–45 Edmonton Eskimos 47,965 4–7–0 8
14 Sept 16 Edmonton Eskimos 22–27 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25,107 4–8–0 8
15 Sept 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20–18 Edmonton Eskimos 36,406 4–9–0 8
16 Sept 30 Edmonton Eskimos 30–25 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27,894 5–9–0 10
17 Oct 9 Edmonton Eskimos 23–28 Toronto Argonauts 26,891 5–10–0 10
18 Oct 14 Toronto Argonauts 28–25 Edmonton Eskimos 39,533 5–11–0 10
19 Oct 21 Edmonton Eskimos 30–20 Montreal Alouettes 45,607 6–11–0 12
20 Oct 27 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18–20 Edmonton Eskimos 31,779 7–11–0 14

Total attendance: 340,830
Average attendance: 37,870 (63.0%)

Awards and records

All-Star selections

References

  1. ^ "Beating the streak: The Eskimos may have had the best playoff run in North American pro sports history. It could all end this year. - Free Online Library".
  2. ^ https://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos_left_out_in_cold Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Eskimos left out in cold


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