2004 Edmonton Eskimos season
Introduction 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  30–33  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
Awards and records ===All-Star selections===
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