1977 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics
Team Record: 10-6 20
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Western Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Hugh Campbell (10-6)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1977 Edmonton Eskimos Results
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses for 20 points, finishing first in the CFL's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Offensively, Edmonton paced the league with 412 points. On the other side of the ball, the defense allowed 320 points. Tom Wilkinson tossed for 1,900 yards, and Bruce Lemmerman took a significant amount of snaps also. Jim Germany paced pass catchers, snagging 46 passes, while Stu Lang accumulated 540 receiving yards, while Howard Strickland, Don Warrington and George McGowan each provided receiving help, too.
Jim Germany ran for a team-best 1,004 yards for the Eskimos.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 62 turnovers, topping in the league. Larry Highbaugh and Joe Hollimon each picked off 5 opponent throws.
Hugh Campbell coached the team. The 1977 Edmonton Eskimos lost in the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Wilkinson | 264 | 158 | 59.8 | 1900 | 7.2 | 14 | 5.3 | 11 | 4.2 | 78 | 82.3 |
Bruce Lemmerman | 219 | 117 | 53.4 | 1475 | 6.7 | 5 | 2.3 | 6 | 2.7 | 62 | 70.9 |
Gerald Kunyk | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 118.8 |
Hank Ilesic | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 118.8 |
Totals | 486 | 278 | 57.2 | 3436 | 7.1 | 19 | 3.9 | 17 | 3.5 | 78 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Germany | 211 | 1004 | 4.8 | 94 | 8 |
Larry Washington | 96 | 445 | 4.6 | 46 | 0 |
Howard Strickland | 63 | 220 | 3.5 | 25 | 2 |
Angelo Santucci | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
Tom Wilkinson | 25 | 40 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 |
Stu Lang | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bruce Lemmerman | 18 | 5 | 0.3 | 14 | 1 |
Don Warrington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Larry Highbaugh | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 435 | 1784 | 4.1 | 94 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Germany | 46 | 343 | 7.5 | 28 | 2 |
George McGowan | 40 | 412 | 10.3 | 33 | 3 |
Stu Lang | 37 | 540 | 14.6 | 62 | 1 |
Don Warrington | 35 | 527 | 15.1 | 78 | 2 |
Howard Strickland | 34 | 502 | 14.8 | 35 | 4 |
John Konihowski | 21 | 368 | 17.5 | 47 | 2 |
Larry Highbaugh | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 46 | 2 |
Waddell Smith | 19 | 253 | 13.3 | 48 | 2 |
Larry Washington | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 23 | 0 |
Angelo Santucci | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
Pete Ribbins | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 32 | 1 |
Totals | 278 | 3436 | 12.4 | 78 | 19 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Cutler | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 73 | 50 | 68.5 | 10 | 76 | 4462 | 58.7 | 90 | 1 | 195 |
Totals | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 73 | 50 | 68.5 | 10 | 76 | 4462 | 58.7 | 90 | 1 | 195 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Ilesic | 77 | 3469 | 45.1 | 87 | 3 |
Gerald Kunyk | 41 | 1714 | 41.8 | 59 | 0 |
Totals | 118 | 5183 | 43.9 | 87 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Highbaugh | 57 | 600 | 10.5 | 74 | 0 |
Gregg Butler | 15 | 220 | 14.7 | 42 | 0 |
Joe Hollimon | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
Howard Strickland | 25 | 102 | 4.1 | 23 | 0 |
Ed Jones | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 26 | 0 |
Angelo Santucci | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
York Hentschel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Dave Montagano | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
John Farlinger | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 124 | 1175 | 9.5 | 74 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Strickland | 20 | 359 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
Larry Highbaugh | 6 | 293 | 48.8 | 56 | 0 |
Joe Hollimon | 6 | 183 | 30.5 | 45 | 0 |
Jim Germany | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 23 | 0 |
Angelo Santucci | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
Ed Jones | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Gregg Butler | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
Tom Towns | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
Randy Ragon | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Dave Montagano | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Roy Painter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Danny Kepley | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 58 | 1138 | 19.6 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Hollimon | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 82 | 0 |
Larry Highbaugh | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 44 | 1 |
Danny Kepley | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 33 | 1 |
John Farlinger | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
Ed Jones | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 27 | 0 |
Dale Potter | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Roy Painter | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
Gregg Butler | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
Phil Price | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
George McGowan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Montagano | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 509 | 19.6 | 82 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Lavorato | 4 | 123 | 1 | ||||
Angelo Santucci | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Tom Towns | 2 | 73 | 1 | ||||
Dave Fennell | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Farlinger | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Danny Kepley | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Boone | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Phil Price | 1 | -5 | 0 | ||||
Willie Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
George McGowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Stevenson | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
Ed Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gregg Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ronnie Estay | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
Larry Highbaugh | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 238 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Dave Cutler | 50 | 34 | 11 | 195 | ||||||||||
Jim Germany | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
Howard Strickland | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
George McGowan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Larry Highbaugh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
John Konihowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Waddell Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Don Warrington | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Pete Lavorato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Angelo Santucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Pete Ribbins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Tom Towns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Stu Lang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Danny Kepley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Hank Ilesic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Totals | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 408 |