2004 Edmonton Eskimos season

2004 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Tom Higgins
Head coach	Tom Higgins
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	2nd, West
Playoffs	Lost West Semi-Final
Team MOP	Jason Maas, QB
Team MOC	Sean Fleming, P/K
Team MOR	Mathieu Bertrand, FB
Uniform

The 2004 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

West Division
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	BC Lions (C, Q)	18	13	5	584	436	+148	26
2	Edmonton Eskimos (Q)	18	9	9	532	472	+60	18
3	Saskatchewan Roughriders (Q)	18	9	9	476	444	+32	18
4	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	448	507	−59	14
5	Calgary Stampeders	18	4	14	396	522	−126	8

Source: "2004 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

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

^[1] 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	Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders	0	7	0	7	14
Edmonton Eskimos	0	3	2	1	6

Roster

2004 Edmonton Eskimos final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

30 Mathieu Bertrand
22 Mike Bradley
32 Gilles Lezi
34 Mike Pringle

Receivers

Offensive linemen

61 Glenn Carson T
67 Dan Comiskey G
65 Kevin Lefsrud G/C
50 Joe McGrath T
60 Chris Morris T
51 Carlo Panaro G
68 Devin Rodger C

Defensive linemen

90 Rahim Abdullah DE
96 Jabari Issa DE
97 Rashad Jeanty DE
95 Albert Reese DT
76 Randy Spencer DT
93 Clinton Wayne DT

Linebackers

99 Sheldon Benoit
77 A. J. Gass
31 Roger Reinson
44 Sean Spender
55 Glen Young

Defensive backs

26 Donny Brady
4 Darrel Crutchfield
10 Malcolm Frank
23 Shannon Garrett
8 Robert Grant
13 Steven Marsh
27 Singor Mobley

Special teams

11 Sean Fleming K/P

Injured list

5 Imokhai Atogwe DB
91 Dorian Boose DE
98 Steve Charbonneau DT
82 Scott Cloman WR
25 Quincy Coleman DB
85 Trevor Gaylor WR
45 Olanzo Jarrett LB
56 Patrick Kabongo G
97 Kelvin Kinney DE
-- Rhett McLane G
33 Troy Mills RB
37 Harold Nash DB
88 Andrew Nowacki WR
53 Tim Prinsen C
57 Amar Sanghera T
20 Reggie White RB
54 Antonio Wilson LB

Italics indicate American player

References

"2004 Edmonton Eskimos football Game-by-Game Results on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 1 April 2026.