The 1986 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the West Division with a 13–4–1 record. The Eskimos offense had 623 points for, while the defense had 427 points allowed. They lost in the 74th Grey Cup.

Preseason Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 June 9 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 7–22 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 21,526 2 June 16 Saskatchewan Roughriders W 34–18 1–1 Commonwealth Stadium 29,604

Regular season Standings

Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 June 24 at Calgary Stampeders W 21–20 1–0 McMahon Stadium 27,120 2 July 3 BC Lions W 36–13 2–0 Commonwealth Stadium 32,757 3 July 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 31–19 3–0 Taylor Field 16,494 4 July 17 Ottawa Rough Riders W 49–39 4–0 Commonwealth Stadium 33,922 5 August 1 Toronto Argonauts L 34–35 4–1 Commonwealth Stadium 38,672 6 August 7 at Montreal Alouettes L 6–17 4–2 Olympic Stadium 11,203 7 August 15 Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 33–5 5–2 Commonwealth Stadium 40,617 8 August 23 at Toronto Argonauts L 20–26 5–3 Exhibition Stadium 28,833 9 September 1 at Calgary Stampeders W 42–19 6–3 McMahon Stadium 33,626 10 September 7 Montreal Alouettes W 37–22 7–3 Commonwealth Stadium 37,332 11 September 19 at BC Lions W 32–3 8–3 BC Place 59,478 12 September 26 BC Lions W 31–13 9–3 Commonwealth Stadium 41,570 13 October 4 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 24–23 10–3 Ivor Wynne Stadium 17,352 14 October 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 28–9 11–3 Commonwealth Stadium 38,385 15 October 19 Calgary Stampeders W 38–13 12–3 Commonwealth Stadium 53,504 16 October 25 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 20–42 12–4 Winnipeg Stadium 32,946 17 November 1 at Ottawa Rough Riders T 16–16 OT 12–4–1 Lansdowne Park 13,936 18 November 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders W 42–14 13–4–1 Commonwealth Stadium 44,121

Postseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 November 16 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 27–18 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 24,064 2 November 23 vs. BC Lions W 41–5 2–0 Commonwealth Stadium 32,490 3 November 30 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 15–39 2–1 BC Place 59,621

Player stats

Passing Player Games Played Attempts Completions Yards Pct. Interceptions Long TouchdownsMatt Dunigan18 485 275364856.7146825

Punt Returns Player Games Played Number Yards Long TouchdownsHenry Gizmo Williams8 37 423741

Kickoff Returns Player Games Played Number Yards Long TouchdownsHenry Gizmo Williams8 9 210350

Awards and honors Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy – Tom Dixon

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