1996 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 11-7 22
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Ron Lancaster (11-7)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1996 Edmonton Eskimos Roster
1996 Edmonton Eskimos Results

The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses for 22 points, finishing second in the CFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.

Edmonton ran up 459 points, while the solid defense surrendered 354. Danny McManus triggered the aerial attack, passing for 4,425 yards. Darren Flutie snagged 86 passes for 1,362 yards. Eddie Brown was targeted regularly, too.

Eric Blount carried the ball for a team-best 1,091 yards for the Eskimos.

Glenn Rogers and Kavis Reed each snatched 7 opponent throws. Malvin Hunter topped pass rushers with 14 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 69 sacks.

Ron Lancaster coached the team. The 1996 Edmonton Eskimos lost in the Grey Cup.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Danny McManus	582	310	53.3	4425	7.6	19	3.3	27	4.6	60	69.7
Cody Ledbetter	67	25	37.3	364	5.4	3	4.5	1	1.5	42	64.5
Warren Jones	13	5	38.5	58	4.5	0	0.0	2	15.4	18	13.1
Glenn Harper	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Darren Flutie	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	664	340	51.2	4847	7.3	22	3.3	30	4.5	60

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eric Blount	246	1091	4.4	55	4
Tony Burse	50	213	4.3	59	6
Cody Ledbetter	10	81	8.1	26	0
Danny McManus	10	41	4.1	11	3
Eddie Brown	7	18	2.6	11	0
Gerry Collins	7	11	1.6	5	0
Larry Wruck	1	7	7.0	7	0
Willie Pless	10	6	0.6	1	4
Darren Flutie	2	5	2.5	8	0
Warren Jones	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jay Hamilton	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Henry Williams	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	347	1467	4.2	59	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Darren Flutie	86	1362	15.8	42	6
Eddie Brown	70	1325	18.9	46	7
Eric Blount	43	275	6.4	24	0
Shalon Baker	31	428	13.8	56	4
Marc Tobert	25	454	18.2	60	1
Nick Mazzoli	23	351	15.3	34	1
Tony Burse	18	168	9.3	18	2
Gerry Collins	17	129	7.6	20	0
Jim Sandusky	14	216	15.4	37	1
Don Blair	1	35	35.0	35	0
Thomas Rayam	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	329	4744	14.4	60	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Sean Fleming	33	33	100.0	39	32	82.1	3	51	3134	61.5	80	132
Frank Jagas	11	10	90.9	17	12	70.6	4					50
Totals	44	43	97.7	56	44	78.6	7	51	3134	61.5	80	182

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Glenn Harper	156	6544	41.9	72	7
Sean Fleming	1	50	50.0	50	0
Totals	157	6594	42.0	72	7

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Shalon Baker	56	580	10.4	86	1
Henry Williams	32	361	11.3	79	1
Don Blair	12	181	15.1	85	1
Eddie Brown	22	178	8.1	30	0
Darian Hagan	12	101	8.4	18	0
Eric Blount	10	48	4.8	12	0
Totals	144	1449	10.1	86	3

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Henry Williams	28	663	23.7	48
Eric Blount	16	277	17.3	41
Gerry Collins	11	214	19.5	37
Darian Hagan	7	126	18.0	25
Eddie Brown	2	31	15.5	19
Nick Mazzoli	1	18	18.0	18
Totals	65	1329	20.4	48

Missed Field Goal Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Henry Williams	3	114	38.0	58
Eddie Brown	4	110	27.5	44
Totals	7	224	32.0	58

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kavis Reed	7	162	23.1	106	2
Glenn Rogers	7	139	19.9	43	0
Derrick Beatty	3	57	19.0	60	0
Darian Hagan	2	100	50.0	73	0
Malvin Hunter	1	3	3.0	3	0
Reggie Pleasant	1	2	2.0	2	0
Willie Pless	1	1	1.0	1	0
Trent Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	23	464	20.2	106	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Malvin Hunter	14.0	124.0	8.9
Bennie Goods	12.0	83.0	6.9
Leroy Blugh	11.0	82.0	7.5
Willie Pless	8.0	49.0	6.1
Singor Mobley	5.0	53.0	10.6
Derek MacCready	4.0	28.0	7.0
Errol Martin	4.0	21.0	5.2
Mike Sellers	3.0	11.0	3.7
Glenn Rogers	2.0	11.0	5.5
Larry Wruck	2.0	8.0	4.0
Maurice Miller	1.0	14.0	14.0
Akaba Delaney	1.0	9.0	9.0
Darian Hagan	1.0	5.0	5.0
Bruce Dickson	1.0	3.0	3.0
Totals	69.0	501	7.3

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Def	ST	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Willie Pless	96	96	0			1	0
Singor Mobley	85	72	13			1	0
Kavis Reed	69	63	6			1	0
Trent Brown	61	48	13
Larry Wruck	52	49	3			1	0
Glenn Rogers	49	46	3			0	12
Malcolm Frank	44	43	1			2	6
Malvin Hunter	30	29	1			1	26
Jed Roberts	29	6	23			1	10
Bennie Goods	25	25	0			1	27
Derrick Beatty	25	20	5
Bruce Dickson	25	13	12			1	5
Derek MacCready	24	24	0
Darian Hagan	24	21	3			1	0
Mike Sellers	23	16	7
Errol Martin	23	14	9			1	0
Leroy Blugh	19	19	0
Maurice Miller	19	3	16
Jay Hamilton	14	2	12
Tony Burse	12	3	9
Gerry Collins	7	0	7
Reggie Pleasant	6	4	2
Grady Cavness	6	3	3
Don Blair	6	2	4
Shalon Baker	4	4	0
Nick Mazzoli	4	2	2
Glenn Harper	4	0	4
Eddie Brown	3	3	0
Marc Tobert	3	1	2
Darren Flutie	2	2	0
Jim Sandusky	2	2	0
Thomas Rayam	1	1	0			1	0
Eric Blount	1	1	0
Chris Morris	1	1	0
Henry Williams	1	1	0
Warren Jones	1	1	0
Danny McManus	1	1	0
Ed Kucy	1	1	0
J. Davis	1	0	1
Sean Fleming	1	0	1
Totals	804	642	162	0	0	13	86	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Sean Fleming	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	33	3			132
Frank Jagas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	4			50
Tony Burse	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Eddie Brown	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Darren Flutie	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Shalon Baker	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Willie Pless	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Eric Blount	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Danny McManus	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Kavis Reed	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			12
Glenn Harper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7			7
Nick Mazzoli	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Don Blair	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jim Sandusky	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Henry Williams	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Marc Tobert	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	17	22	3	0	0	2	0	0	44	43	14	0	0	453