2006 Edmonton Eskimos season

2006 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Paul Jones
Head coach	Danny Maciocia
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Team MOP	Ricky Ray, QB
Team MOC	Dan Comiskey, OL
Team MOR	Adam Braidwood, DL
Uniform

The 2006 Edmonton Eskimos finished 4th in the West Division with a 7–11 record and failed to make the playoffs. This marked the end of their 34 year streak of making the playoffs, the longest such streak in North American sports history.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	1	Adam Braidwood	DE	Western Washington
2	17	Jason Nugent	DB	Rutgers
3	21	Dwayne Mundle	LB	West Virginia
3	25	Mike Williams	DE	Boise State
4	26	Andrew Brown	LB	Lafayette
4	34	Jean Phillipe Abraham	LB	Laval
5	42	Nicolas Bisaillon	RB	Laval
6	50	Greig Longchamps	OL	Montreal

Transactions

Date	Type	Incoming	Outgoing	Team
December 2, 2005	Trade	Danny McManus (QB) Tim Bakker (OL) *Imokhai Atogwe (DB) 1st round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Adam Braidwood (DL)	Jason Maas (QB) *6th round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Greig Longchamps (OL)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
February 18, 2006	Trade	Robert Brown (DL) Reggie Durden (DB)	Davis Sanchez (DB)	Montreal Alouettes
March 8, 2006	Trade	4th round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Andrew Brown (LB)	Kwame Cavil (SB)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
April 1, 2006	Trade	3rd round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Dwayne Mundle (LB)	Danny McManus	Calgary Stampeders
July 3, 2006	Trade	Michael Botterill (LB)	3rd round pick in 2007 CFL Draft – Chris Van Zeyl (DL)	Montreal Alouettes

*Portion of the trade was reversed due to Atogwe's long-term injury

Preseason

Schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
A	June 3	Edmonton Eskimos	8–14	Saskatchewan Roughriders		25,114	0–1	0
B	June 9	Saskatchewan Roughriders	22–7	Edmonton Eskimos		27,840	0–2	0

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	18	13	5	0	555	355	26	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	0	477	426	20	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	9	9	0	465	434	18	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	7	11	0	399	468	14	Details

Season schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 17	Edmonton Eskimos	14–24	Calgary Stampeders		25,895	0–1–0	0
2	June 24	Calgary Stampeders	14–18	Edmonton Eskimos		40,491	1–1–0	2
3	July 1	Edmonton Eskimos	10–46	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		23,521	1–2–0	2
4	July 7	BC Lions	20–27	Edmonton Eskimos		35,035	2–2–0	4
5	Bye						2–2–0	4
6	July 20	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25–22	Edmonton Eskimos		37,611	2–3–0	4
7	July 28	Montreal Alouettes	21–13	Edmonton Eskimos		32,411	2–4–0	4
8	Aug 4	Edmonton Eskimos	17–34	BC Lions		27,312	2–5–0	4
9	Aug 11	Saskatchewan Roughriders	18–24	Edmonton Eskimos		39,599	3–5–0	6
10	Aug 18	Edmonton Eskimos	28–30	BC Lions		33,589	3–6–0	6
11	Bye						3–6–0	6
12	Sept 4	Edmonton Eskimos	23–44	Calgary Stampeders		35,744	3–7–0	6
13	Sept 8	Calgary Stampeders	26–45	Edmonton Eskimos		47,965	4–7–0	8
14	Sept 16	Edmonton Eskimos	22–27	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		25,107	4–8–0	8
15	Sept 22	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–18	Edmonton Eskimos		36,406	4–9–0	8
16	Sept 30	Edmonton Eskimos	30–25	Saskatchewan Roughriders		27,894	5–9–0	10
17	Oct 9	Edmonton Eskimos	23–28	Toronto Argonauts		26,891	5–10–0	10
18	Oct 14	Toronto Argonauts	28–25	Edmonton Eskimos		39,533	5–11–0	10
19	Oct 21	Edmonton Eskimos	30–20	Montreal Alouettes		45,607	6–11–0	12
20	Oct 27	Saskatchewan Roughriders	18–20	Edmonton Eskimos		31,779	7–11–0	14

Total attendance: 340,830
Average attendance: 37,870 (63.0%)