The 1994 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 37th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 46th overall. The Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with a 13–5 record. However, they were upset in the 1994 West Semi-Final against the eventual Grey Cup Champion BC Lions.

Offseason CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School113Rob WesslingTGuelph221Pat McNerneyTE/OLWeber State329Darryl FriddDLAlberta436Brad ZachariasTBAcadia543Stephen DayLBAlberta

Preseason Schedule Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Wed, June 22 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders W 38–22 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 35,901 B Wed, June 29 at Las Vegas Posse L 11–22 1–1 Sam Boyd Stadium 6,280

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Sat, July 9 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 26–11 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 25,687 2 2 Thu, July 13 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 35–50 1–1 Winnipeg Stadium 21,686 3 3 Wed, July 20 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 23–21 2–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,188 4 4 Sat, July 30 at Shreveport Pirates W 24–10 3–1 Independence Stadium 17,434 5 5 Thu, Aug 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 42–23 4–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,633 6 6 Fri, Aug 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 7–20 4–2 Taylor Field 24,548 7 7 Thu, Aug 18 at Sacramento Gold Miners W 44–15 5–2 Hornet Stadium 13,959 8 8 Thu, Aug 25 vs. Las Vegas Posse W 44–17 6–2 Commonwealth Stadium 28,559 9 9 Mon, Sept 5 at Calgary Stampeders L 15–48 6–3 McMahon Stadium 37,317 10 10 Fri, Sept 9 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 38–12 7–3 Commonwealth Stadium 51,180 11 11 Sat, Sept 17 at BC Lions W 25–16 8–3 BC Place 34,929 12 12 Sun, Sept 25 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 28–25 9–3 Commonwealth Stadium 24,132 13 13 Fri, Sept 30 vs. BC Lions L 24–26 9–4 Commonwealth Stadium 23,187 14 14 Sun, Oct 9 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 33–32 10–4 Ivor Wynne Stadium 14,402 15 15 Sun, Oct 16 vs. Baltimore CFLers W 31–24 11–4 Commonwealth Stadium 31,918 16 16 Sun, Oct 23 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–23 11–5 SkyDome 22,210 17 17 Sat, Oct 29 vs. Sacramento Gold Miners W 22–16 12–5 Commonwealth Stadium 29,322 18 18 Sat, Nov 5 vs. Las Vegas Posse W 51–10 13–5 Commonwealth Stadium 14,228 Total attendance: 268806

Average attendance: 29867

Awards and records

1994 CFL All-Stars

Defence DT – Bennie Goods, Edmonton Eskimos LB – Willie Pless, Edmonton Eskimos DB – Robert Holland, Edmonton Eskimos

Special teams ST – Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Edmonton Eskimos

Western All-Star selections

Offence OT – Blake Dermott, Edmonton Eskimos

Defence DT – Bennie Goods, Edmonton Eskimos LB – Willie Pless, Edmonton Eskimos DB – Robert Holland, Edmonton Eskimos

Special teams ST – Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Edmonton Eskimos

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Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen C T G G T G T

Defensive linemen DT DE DT DE DE DT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K P

Injured list DB RB DT DB SB DB WR

Italics indicate International player

References