1981 Edmonton Eskimos season

1981 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head Coach	Hugh Campbell
Home Field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	14–1–1
Place	1st, West
Playoff Finish	Won 69th Grey Cup
Uniform
File:CFL EDM Jersey 1979.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1980	1982

The 1981 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 14–1–1 record and won their fourth consecutive Grey Cup championship after winning the 69th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 5	Edmonton Eskimos	12–11	Calgary Stampeders	29,292
B	June 10	Edmonton Eskimos	25–16	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18,405
C	June 16	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1–17	Edmonton Eskimos	43,426
D	June 26	BC Lions	2–26	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	1	1	576	277	29
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	517	299	22
BC Lions	16	10	6	0	438	377	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	7	0	431	371	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	306	367	12

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 3	Edmonton Eskimos	47–21	Ottawa Rough Riders	22,023	1–0–0	2
2	July 11	Calgary Stampeders	10–30	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	2–0–0	4
3	July 19	Edmonton Eskimos	28–38	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25,745	2–1–0	4
4	July 26	Edmonton Eskimos	33–17	Montreal Alouettes	45,385	3–1–0	6
5	Aug 1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5–41	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	4–1–0	8
6	Bye					2–0–0	4
7	Aug 13	Edmonton Eskimos	22–12	Toronto Argonauts	38,268	5–1–0	10
8	Aug 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10–28	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	6–1–0	12
9	Aug 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	34–44	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	7–1–0	14
10	Sept 7	Edmonton Eskimos	34–34	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30,121	7–1–1	15
11	Sept 13	BC Lions	21–38	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	8–1–1	17
12	Sept 19	Edmonton Eskimos	21–10	Calgary Stampeders	34,657	9–1–1	19
13	Sept 26	Montreal Alouettes	11–62	Edmonton Eskimos	48,422	10–1–1	21
14	Oct 3	Edmonton Eskimos	22–12	BC Lions	30,296	11–1–1	23
15	Oct 12	Ottawa Rough Riders	6–24	Edmonton Eskimos	45,805	12–1–1	25
16	Oct 18	Edmonton Eskimos	41–29	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30,312	13–1–1	27
17	Oct 24	Toronto Argonauts	7–61	Edmonton Eskimos	46,146	14–1–1	29
18	Bye					14–1–1	29

Total attendance: 357,103
Average attendance: 44,638 (103.0%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 15	BC Lions	22–16	Edmonton Eskimos		52,861
Grey Cup	Nov 22	Edmonton Eskimos	26–23	Ottawa Rough Riders		53,307

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	0	1	14	11	26
Ottawa Rough Riders	13	7	0	3	23

Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Danny Kepley (LB)
• Dick Suderman Trophy – Neil Lumsden
• Norm Fieldgate Trophy – Danny Kepley