The Edmonton Eskimos finished second in the West Division with a 9–9 record winning the tie-breaker with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who also finished 9–9–0, and denying them a home playoff date. The Roughriders defeated the Eskimos in the West Semi-Final, ending their season and a chance to defend their Grey Cup title.
Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 9 Amarpreet Sanghera OL British Columbia 2 10 Gilles Lezi FB Northwestern 2 17 Rhett McLane OL Saskatchewan 3 26 Andrew Nowacki WR Murray State 4 35 Chad Rempel WR Saskatchewan 5 44 Martin Gagnon DB Laval 6 53 David Thorne OL Mount Allison
Preseason Schedule # Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts A May 30 Edmonton Eskimos 17–27 Saskatchewan Roughriders 22,645 0–1 0 B Bye C June 11 Calgary Stampeders 19–22 Edmonton Eskimos 30,082 1–1 2
Regular season Season standings
Season schedule Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts 1 June 19 Edmonton Eskimos 9–33 Montreal Alouettes 20,202 0–1–0 0 2 June 26 BC Lions 41–34 Edmonton Eskimos 35,367 0–2–0 0 3 July 2 Edmonton Eskimos 15–44 Ottawa Renegades 22,843 0–3–0 0 4 July 9 Edmonton Eskimos 25–9 BC Lions 22,227 1–3–0 2 5 July 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–51 Edmonton Eskimos 35,728 2–3–0 4 6 Bye 2–3–0 4 7 July 30 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–41 Edmonton Eskimos 38,363 3–3–0 6 8 Aug 8 Edmonton Eskimos 39–14 Toronto Argonauts 23,897 3–4–0 6 9 Aug 12 Edmonton Eskimos 14–25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23,998 3–5–0 6 10 Aug 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7–31 Edmonton Eskimos 42,399 4–5–0 8 11 Aug 29 Ottawa Renegades 16–57 Edmonton Eskimos 37,109 5–5–0 10 12 Sept 6 Edmonton Eskimos 25–7 Calgary Stampeders 35,651 6–5–0 12 13 Sept 10 Calgary Stampeders 44–12 Edmonton Eskimos 50,366 7–5–0 14 14 Sept 18 Edmonton Eskimos 33–36 BC Lions OT 29,704 7–6–0 14 15 Sept 25 Toronto Argonauts 26–17 Edmonton Eskimos 41,113 7–7–0 14 16 Oct 1 Edmonton Eskimos 27–30 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27,884 7–8–0 14 17 Oct 11 Montreal Alouettes 19–39 Edmonton Eskimos 37,708 8–8–0 16 18 Oct 17 Edmonton Eskimos 16–40 Saskatchewan Roughriders 30,087 8–9–0 16 19 Oct 24 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34–40 Edmonton Eskimos 33,131 9–9–0 18 20 Bye 9–9–0 18
Total attendance: 351,284 Average attendance: 39,031 (65.0%)
Playoffs Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Division Semi-Final Nov 7 Saskatchewan Roughriders 14–6 Edmonton Eskimos 37,359
West Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSaskatchewan Roughriders 0 7 0 7 14Edmonton Eskimos 0 3 2 1 6 Roster 2004 Edmonton Eskimos final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen T G G/C T T G C
Defensive linemen DE DE DE DT DT DT Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K/PInjured list DB DE DT WR DB WR LB G DE G RB DB WR C T RB LB
Italics indicate American player References