1987 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 11-7 22
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 3-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Joe Faragalli (9-7)
Coach: Jackie Parker (2-0)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1987 Edmonton Eskimos Roster
1987 Edmonton Eskimos Results

The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses for 22 points, finishing second in the CFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.

Offensively, Edmonton led the circuit with 617 points. On the other side of the ball, the defensive squad allowed 462 points. Matt Dunigan passed for 2,823 yards, and Damon Allen spent time under center, too. Brian Kelly snagged 68 passes for 1,626 yards, while Chris Skinner and Stephen Jones provided receiving help as well.

Damon Allen ran for a team-best 562 yards for the Eskimos, while Milson Jones also buoyed the ground attack.

Don Wilson picked off 7 opponent throws. Stewart Hill topped the defensive unit with 18 quarterback sacks.

Joe Faragalli and Jackie Parker coached the team. The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos won the Grey Cup.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Matt Dunigan	326	175	53.7	2823	8.7	21	6.4	19	5.8	89	80.1
Damon Allen	287	150	52.3	2670	9.3	17	5.9	13	4.5	97	85.3
Tracy Ham	36	15	41.7	231	6.4	1	2.8	3	8.3	38	38.1
Stephen Jones	1	1	100.0	52	52.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	52	118.8
Totals	650	341	52.5	5776	8.9	39	6.0	35	5.4	97

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Damon Allen	66	562	8.5	40	6
Milson Jones	93	423	4.5	27	7
Chris Skinner	84	369	4.4	43	0
Matt Dunigan	51	287	5.6	33	4
Chris Johnstone	44	212	4.8	28	1
Blake Marshall	21	87	4.1	12	1
Tracy Ham	9	56	6.2	20	1
Stephen Jones	3	34	11.3	20	0
Tom Richards	2	25	12.5	15	0
Totals	373	2055	5.5	43	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Brian Kelly	68	1626	23.9	97	13
Stephen Jones	55	1147	20.9	89	8
Chris Skinner	52	518	10.0	43	4
Marco Cyncar	43	710	16.5	58	3
Milson Jones	38	446	11.7	74	2
Rick House	31	534	17.2	46	4
Tom Richards	26	473	18.2	72	3
Chris Johnstone	16	162	10.1	27	0
Blake Marshall	5	58	11.6	15	0
Henry Williams	4	48	12.0	21	0
Steve Howlett	2	37	18.5	24	1
Stewart Hill	1	17	17.0	17	1
Totals	341	5776	16.9	97	39

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Jerry Kauric	47	47	100.0	41	28	68.3	9	75	4239	56.5	78	1	141
Tom Dixon	22	22	100.0	11	7	63.6	4	30	1726	57.5	71	0	47
Totals	69	69	100.0	52	35	67.3	13	105	5965	56.8	78	1	188

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Jerry Kauric	99	3826	38.6	70	4
Tom Dixon	36	1501	41.7	57	1
Totals	135	5327	39.5	70	5

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Henry Williams	80	951	11.9	91	4
Tom Richards	26	236	9.1	88	1
Don Wilson	10	83	8.3	16	0
Steve Howlett	3	38	12.7	20	0
Ron Howard	2	9	4.5	6	0
Junior Robinson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Brian Warren	1	1	1.0	1	0
Steve Benjamin	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	124	1339	10.8	91	5

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Stephen Jones	51	957	18.8	48
Henry Williams	26	623	24.0	43
Tom Richards	1	57	57.0	46
Rod Connop	1	20	20.0	20
Marco Cyncar	5	17	3.4	12
Chris Skinner	1	15	15.0	15
Steve Howlett	1	12	12.0	12
Don Wilson	1	9	9.0	9
Stanley Blair	1	1	1.0	1
Chris Johnstone	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	89	1711	19.2	48

Missed Field Goal Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Henry Williams	5	212	42.4	111	1
Tom Richards	1	33	33.0	33	0
Junior Robinson	2	15	7.5	25	0
Cliff Toney	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	9	263	29.2	111	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Don Wilson	7	127	18.1	47	1
Ron Howard	6	38	6.3	20	0
Stanley Blair	4	118	29.5	71	1
Danny Bass	2	31	15.5	31	1
Mark Norman	1	29	29.0	29	0
Brian Warren	1	22	22.0	22	0
Craig Shaffer	1	8	8.0	8	0
James Zachery	1	4	4.0	4	0
Cliff Toney	1	2	2.0	2	0
Junior Robinson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Benjamin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Wruck	1	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Harding	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	28	379	13.5	71	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Stewart Hill	18.0	0.0
Dan Kearns	6.0	0.0
Tom Tuinei	5.0	0.0
Danny Bass	4.0	0.0
Brian Warren	4.0	0.0
James Zachery	3.0	0.0
Gary Palumbis	2.0	0.0
John Mandarich	1.0	0.0
Bruce Green	1.0	0.0
William Mitchell	1.0	0.0
Craig Shaffer	1.0	0.0
Don Wilson	1.0	0.0
Totals	47.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Danny Bass	90
Ron Howard	70			2	95	1
Larry Wruck	70
Don Wilson	69			2	9	0
Stanley Blair	57
Junior Robinson	41			3	6	0
Stewart Hill	38
Steve Benjamin	34
Brian Warren	33
Cliff Toney	33
Craig Shaffer	14
John Mandarich	13
William Mitchell	6
Leo Blanchard	5
Bruce Green	4
Chris Skinner	4
Marco Cyncar	3
Greg Harding	2
Damon Allen	1
Dan Kearns				3	0	0
Mike McLean				1		0
Lloyd Mumphrey				1		0
Mark Norman				1		0
Frank Balkovec				1		0
Totals	587	0	0	14	110	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jerry Kauric									28	47	14			145
Brian Kelly		13							0	0	0			78
Milson Jones	7	2							0	0	0			54
Tom Dixon									7	22	5			48
Stephen Jones	0	8		0					0	0	0			48
Damon Allen	6								0	0	0			36
Henry Williams		0	4	0	1				0	0	0			24
Chris Skinner	0	4		0					0	0	0			24
Tom Richards	0	3	1	0	0				0	0	0			24
Rick House		4							0	0	0			24
Matt Dunigan	4								0	0	0			24
Marco Cyncar		3		0					0	0	0			18
Stanley Blair			0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Blake Marshall	1	0							0	0	0			6
Don Wilson			0	0		1	0		0	0	0			6
Chris Johnstone	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Steve Howlett		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Ron Howard			0			0	1		0	0	0			6
Stewart Hill		1							0	0	0			6
Tracy Ham	1								0	0	0			6
Danny Bass						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	20	39	5	0	1	3	1	0	35	69	19	0	0	601