1960 Edmonton Eskimos season

1960 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Eagle Keys
Home field	Clarke Stadium
Results
Record	10-6-0
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup

The 1960 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 10-6-0 record. They defeated the Calgary Stampeders in the Western Semi-Finals and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Finals, and were defeated in the Grey Cup by the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Regular season

Season Standings

CFL West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	14	2	0	453	239	28
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	6	0	318	225	20
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	8	2	374	404	14
BC Lions	16	5	9	2	296	356	12
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	12	2	205	422	6

1960 Season schedule

1960 Preseason

Day	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Friday	July 15, 1960	Montreal Alouettes	W 38-0	9,000
Wednesday	July 20, 1960	at Calgary Stampeders	L 17-4	n/a
Monday	August 8, 1960	at Montreal Alouettes	L 28-14	19,570
Wednesday	August 10, 1960	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 29-24	8,350

1960 Regular Season

Day	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Monday	August 15, 1960	BC Lions	W 33-14	17,500
Monday	August 22, 1960	Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 19-1	17,000
Thursday	August 25, 1960	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 18-14	17,287
Monday	August 29, 1960	at BC Lions	W 26-0	28,420
Saturday	September 3, 1960	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 15-14	19,535
Monday	September 5, 1960	at Calgary Stampeders	W 29-28	n/a
Saturday	September 10, 1960	Calgary Stampeders	W 41-10	17,993
Friday	September 16, 1960	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 29-6	10,000
Monday	September 19, 1960	BC Lions	W 18-10	n/a
Monday	September 26, 1960	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 15-2	20,932
Friday	September 30, 1960	Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 9-2	14,997
Thursday	October 6, 1960	at BC Lions	L 21-13	21,707
Saturday	October 8, 1960	Calgary Stampeders	L 31-11	15,500
Saturday	October 15, 1960	at Calgary Stampeders	L 35-17	17,000
Monday	October 17, 1960	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 21-17	15,000
Saturday	October 22, 1960	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 13-11	6,608

1960 Playoffs

Western Conference Semi-Finals

(two-game, total points series)

Day	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Wednesday	November 2, 1960	Calgary Stampeders	W 30-7	16,018
Saturday	November 5, 1960	at Calgary Stampeders	W 40-21	20,000

• Edmonton won the series 70-28. Edmonton advanced to play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Conference Finals.

Western Conference Finals

(best two-out-of-three series)

Day	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Saturday	November 12, 1960	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 22-16	17,500
Monday	November 14, 1960	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 10-5	16,708
Saturday	November 19, 1960	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 4-2	n/a

• Edmonton won the series two games to one. Edmonton advanced to play the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Grey Cup.

1960 Grey Cup

Day	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Saturday	November 26, 1960	vs Ottawa Rough Riders at Vancouver, BC	L 16-6	36,592

Roster

Edmonton Eskimos roster
Quarterbacks 12 Jackie Parker 27 Don Getty Running Backs 15 Normie Kwong FB 18 Rollie Miles HB 20 Cowboy Woodruff HB 22 Joe-Bob Smith HB 23 Jim Shipka FB 24 Johnny Bright FB 74 Jim Toon FB Wide Receivers 73 Jim Letcavits 75 Vic Chapman 77 Curry Juneau 78 Tommy-Joe Coffey		Offensive Linemen 41 Don Stephenson C 43 Don Barry C 51 Ted Tully G 53 Al Ecuyer G 55 Gino Fracas G 56 Michael Kmech G 62 Roy Stevenson G 65 Toby Deese T 66 Roger Nelson T 67 Jack Lamb T Defensive Linemen 52 Ed Gray DT 61 Nat Dye DT 64 Mike Volcan DT 70 Bill Smith DE		Defensive Backs 14 Oscar Kruger 26 Howie Schumm 72 Steve Bendiak Others 22/42 Dick Craddock 28 Mike Lashuk 50 Art Walker 60 Don Duncalfe 71 P.J. Blake 81 Thomas Emerson		General Manager Keith Rolfe (to September 10) Joe Ryan (from September 10) Head Coach Eagle Keys Assistant Coaches Dan Edwards Bob Kellogg Italics indicate Import player

1960 CFL Schenley Award Nominees

Player	Canadian	Lineman
Jackie Parker	Bill Smith	Roger Nelson

• Jackie Parker was the WIFU nominee for CFL Most Outstanding Player Schenley Award, and won the award over Cookie Gilchrist of the Toronto Argonauts. Parker received 37 votes; Gilchrist received 33.