The 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.https://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos_left_out_in_cold Eskimos left out in cold
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
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%) Roster 2006 Edmonton Eskimos final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
TE
Offensive linemen C G/T T T G G
Defensive linemen DE DE/DT DT DE DT
Special teams K/P LS Linebackers
Defensive backs
Reserve roster G DB RB WRInjured list DE RB DB DB SB DB LB DT DB DB WR
Suspended DB T DB
Italics indicate International player
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