2004 Edmonton Eskimos season

2004 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Tom Higgins
General manager	Tom Higgins
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	9–9–0
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Team MOP	Jason Maas, QB
Team MOC	Sean Fleming, P/K
Team MOR	Mathieu Bertrand, FB
Uniform

The 2004 Edmonton Eskimos finished 2nd in the West division with a 9–9–0 record winning the tie-breaker with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who also finished 9–9–0, and denying them a home playoff date. Ironically, it was the Roughriders who defeated the Eskimos in the West Semi-final, ending their season and a chance to defend their Grey Cup title.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	9	Amarpreet Sanghera	OL	British Columbia
2	10	Gilles Lezi	FB	Northwestern
2	17	Rhett McLane	OL	Saskatchewan
3	26	Andrew Nowacki	WR	Murray State
4	35	Chad Rempel	WR	Saskatchewan
5	44	Martin Gagnon	DB	Laval
6	53	David Thorne	OL	Mount Allison

Preseason

Schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
A	May 30	Edmonton Eskimos	17–27	Saskatchewan Roughriders		22,645	0–1	0
B	Bye
C	June 11	Calgary Stampeders	19–22	Edmonton Eskimos		30,082	1–1	2

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-BC Lions	18	13	5	0	584	436	26	Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos	18	9	9	0	532	472	18	Details
X-Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	9	9	0	476	444	18	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	0	448	507	14	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	4	14	0	396	522	8	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 19	Edmonton Eskimos	9–33	Montreal Alouettes		20,202	0–1–0	0
2	June 26	BC Lions	41–34	Edmonton Eskimos		35,367	0–2–0	0
3	July 2	Edmonton Eskimos	15–44	Ottawa Renegades		22,843	0–3–0	0
4	July 9	Edmonton Eskimos	25–9	BC Lions		22,227	1–3–0	2
5	July 17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–51	Edmonton Eskimos		35,728	2–3–0	4
6	Bye						2–3–0	4
7	July 30	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–41	Edmonton Eskimos		38,363	3–3–0	6
8	Aug 8	Edmonton Eskimos	39–14	Toronto Argonauts		23,897	3–4–0	6
9	Aug 12	Edmonton Eskimos	14–25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		23,998	3–5–0	6
10	Aug 20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7–31	Edmonton Eskimos		42,399	4–5–0	8
11	Aug 29	Ottawa Renegades	16–57	Edmonton Eskimos		37,109	5–5–0	10
12	Sept 6	Edmonton Eskimos	25–7	Calgary Stampeders		35,651	6–5–0	12
13	Sept 10	Calgary Stampeders	44–12	Edmonton Eskimos		50,366	7–5–0	14
14	Sept 18	Edmonton Eskimos	30–33	BC Lions	OT	29,704	7–6–0	14
15	Sept 25	Toronto Argonauts	26–17	Edmonton Eskimos		41,113	7–7–0	14
16	Oct 1	Edmonton Eskimos	27–30	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		27,884	7–8–0	14
17	Oct 11	Montreal Alouettes	19–39	Edmonton Eskimos		37,708	8–8–0	16
18	Oct 17	Edmonton Eskimos	16–40	Saskatchewan Roughriders		30,087	8–9–0	16
19	Oct 24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34–40	Edmonton Eskimos		33,131	9–9–0	18
20	Bye						9–9–0	18

Total attendance: 351,284
Average attendance: 39,031 (65.0%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Semi-Final	Nov 7	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14–6	Edmonton Eskimos		37,359

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders	0	7	0	7	14
Edmonton Eskimos	0	3	2	1	6