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The Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The E ...
season was the 61st season for the team in the Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, professional Canadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division (CFL), East Division and f ...
and their 70th overall. This was the third season under head coach
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Jason Maas
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and the second season under general manager
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Brock Sunderland.
The team began the season with a 6–3 win–loss record, but after losing six of the following eight games, the Eskimos were eliminated from the playoffs during their week 20 bye after Winnipeg
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defeated Calgary
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to claim the final playoff spot. The Eskimos failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2013, becoming the first Grey Cup
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hosts to miss the playoffs since the 2016 Toronto Argonauts.
The Eskimos' 9–9 record was actually tied with the BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division (CFL), West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place.
The Lions playe ...
for the fifth-best finish in the nine-team league, however BC won the tie-breaker by winning the teams' season series and thus claimed the cross-over berth. Although the Eskimos' record was also better than the 8–10 record of the Eastern runner-up Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division (CFL), East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home game ...
but CFL rules do not allow two teams from one division to cross over. Edmonton became the first (and, as of , only) Canadian CFL team to miss the playoffs without a losing record since the cross-over rule was implemented.
Offseason
CFL draft
The 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018./ref>
Preseason
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Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule
Team
Roster
Coaching staff
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