The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 record and defeated the Toronto Argonauts to win the 75th Grey Cup.
Pre-season Schedule WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance A June 6 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 39–33 1–0 34,501 C June 16 at BC Lions L 15–31 1–1 28,384
Regular season Season standings
Season schedule WeekGameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance 1 1 June 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 54–16 1–0 29,930 2 2 July 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–33 2–0 15,720 3 3 July 12 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 30–40 2–1 32,265 4 4 July 18 at BC Lions L 18–26 2–2 43,772 5 5 July 24 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 42–28 3–2 29,260 6 6 Aug 1 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 38–28 4–2 30,399 7 7 Aug 7 at Toronto Argonauts L 20–23 4–3 30,264 8 Bye 9 8 Aug 23 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 45–24 5–3 32,167 10 9 Aug 28 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 39–13 6–3 24,000 11 10 Sept 7 at Calgary Stampeders L 20–29 6–4 33,842 12 11 Sept 12 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 42–20 7–4 40,486 13 12 Sept 19 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 34–13 8–4 31,862 14 Bye 15 13 Oct 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 34–19 9–4 31,331 16 14 Oct 12 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 20–38 9–5 24,999 17 15 Oct 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 25–34 9–6 24,282 18 16 Oct 25 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 39–24 10–6 33,376 19 17 Nov 1 vs. BC Lions L 32–33 10–7 40,414 20 18 Nov 7 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 39–21 11–7 15,107
Total attendance: 302,230 Average attendance: 33,581 (55.9%)
Playoffs RoundDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance Division Semi-Final Nov 15 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 30–16 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 26,809 Division Final Nov 22 at BC Lions W 31–7 2–0 BC Place 44,385 Grey Cup Nov 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 38–36 3–0 BC Place 59,478
Grey Cup Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final Toronto Argonauts 3 21 3 9 36 Edmonton Eskimos 10 7 4 17 38
Awards and honours Dick Suderman Trophy – Milson Jones Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Damon Allen Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Stewart Hill Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Brian Kelly Roster 1987 Edmonton Eskimos final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen G T C C/G G/T G T
Defensive linemen DE DE DT DT DE/DT
Special teams K/P Linebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list WR
Italics indicate American player
References