2005 Edmonton Eskimos season
Introduction The ''' Edmonton Eskimos''' finished third in the West Division with an 11–7 record and won the Grey Cup. This was the last season in their 34-year streak of making the playoffs.
Offseason ===CFL Draft=== Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team 3  22  Timothy O'Neill  OL  Calgary 4  31  Anthony Posteraro  K/P  Graceland 5  40  Robert Leblanc  SB  McGill===Notable transactions=== Date Type Incoming Outgoing Team April 19, 2005 Trade Joe Montford (DL) Dan Comiskey (OL) Hamilton Tiger-Cats April 22, 2005 Trade Sandy Annunziata (OL) Future considerations Toronto Argonauts April 28, 2005 Trade William Loftus (DB) Terry Vaughn (SB)6th round pick in 2005 CFL Draft – Adam Eckert (WR) Montreal Alouettes July 31, 2005 Trade Kwame Cavil (SB) Clinton Wayne (DL) Montreal Alouettes
Preseason ===Schedule=== '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts''' A  June 10  Winnipeg Blue Bombers   20–20  Edmonton Eskimos   37,246  0–0–1  1 B  June 16  Edmonton Eskimos  10–3  Winnipeg Blue Bombers   28,013  1–0–1  3
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== '''Week'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts''' 1  June 24  Ottawa Renegades  16–41  Edmonton Eskimos   36,912  1–0–0  2 2  June 30  Edmonton Eskimos  27–8  Winnipeg Blue Bombers   22,087  2–0–0  4 3  July 8  Edmonton Eskimos  29–32  Montreal Alouettes   20,202  2–1–0  4 4  July 15  Winnipeg Blue Bombers  12–14  Edmonton Eskimos   37,455  3–1–0  6 5  July 21  Edmonton Eskimos  29–21  Ottawa Renegades   17,607  4–1–0  8 6  July 30  Hamilton Tiger-Cats  30–36  Edmonton Eskimos   38,018  5–1–0  10 7  Aug 5  Edmonton Eskimos  19–25  BC Lions   35,568  5–2–0  10 8 ''Bye''  5–2–0  10 9  Aug 20  Toronto Argonauts  22–18  Edmonton Eskimos   38,927  5–3–0  10 10  Aug 26  Montreal Alouettes  26–36  Edmonton Eskimos   44,624  6–3–0  12 11  Sept 5  Edmonton Eskimos  25–23  Calgary Stampeders   35,652  7–3–0  14 12  Sept 9  Calgary Stampeders  16–11  Edmonton Eskimos   42,654  7–4–0  14 13  Sept 18  Edmonton Eskimos  36–37  Saskatchewan Roughriders   25,226  7–5–0  14 14  Sept 24  BC Lions  20–37  Edmonton Eskimos   48,048  8–5–0  16 15  Sept 30  Edmonton Eskimos  14–40  Hamilton Tiger-Cats   27,582  8–6–0  16 16  Oct 10  Edmonton Eskimos  17–13  Toronto Argonauts   34,116  9–6–0  18 17  Oct 15  Saskatchewan Roughriders  18–19  Edmonton Eskimos   53,216  10–6–0  20 18 ''Bye''  10–6–0  20 19  Oct 28  BC Lions  19–22  Edmonton Eskimos   37,554  11–6–0  22 20  Nov 6  Edmonton Eskimos  23–43  Calgary Stampeders   31,017  11–7–0  22'''Total attendance:''' 377,408 '''Average attendance:''' 41,934 (69.8%)
Playoffs  '''Week'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Attendance''' Division Semi-Final  Nov 13  Edmonton Eskimos  33–26  Calgary Stampeders   26,799 Division Final  Nov 20  Edmonton Eskimos  28–23  BC Lions   37,337 Grey Cup  Nov 27  Montreal Alouettes  35–38  Edmonton Eskimos  OT  59,157===West Semi-Final=== Team  Q1  Q2  Q3  Q4  TotalEdmonton Eskimos  0  12  4  17  33Calgary Stampeders  9  14  0  3  26===West Final=== Team  Q1  Q2  Q3  Q4  TotalEdmonton Eskimos  14  7  0  7  28BC Lions  3  7  11  2  23===Grey Cup=== Team  Q1  Q2  Q3  Q4  OT  TotalMontreal Alouettes  1  0  17  10  7  35Edmonton Eskimos  3  7  10  8  10  38
Awards and records ===All-Star selections===
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