Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta, and are part of the western division of the Canadian Football League. Home games are played at the Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium. They are the third-youngest team in the league, being founded in 1949, although rugby clubs date as far back as 1895. The Eskimos are arguably the most successful CFL franchise of the modern era (since 1954), having won the league's Grey Cup championship fourteen times (including a three-peat between 1954 and 1956 and an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982), most recently in 2015. This places Edmonton second overall to the Toronto Argonauts, who have won seventeen Grey Cups (with seven of those since 1954).

The Eskimos hold a North American professional sports record by qualifying for the playoffs for 34 consecutive years between 1972 and 2005. Edmonton has had the most regular season division championships in the CFL's modern era with 21, with their most recent coming in 2015. The team has a rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders and are one of the three community owned teams currently operating in the CFL.

Team Facts

 * Founded: 1949, although other teams named the Edmonton Eskimos existed 1895 to 1923 and 1929 to 1939
 * Formerly known as: The "Esquimaux" 1897 to 1910, the "Elks" in 1922.
 * Helmet design: Yellow background, with a gold "EE" on a green oval
 * Uniform colours: Green, gold and white
 * Past uniform colours: Blue and white (1938 to 1939) and black and yellow (1907 to 1937)
 * Nicknames: Esks, Eskies, The Double-E
 * Mascots: Nanook, Punter
 * Fight Song: Eskimo Fight Song
 * Stadiums: Clarke Stadium (1949–1978) and The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium (1978–present)
 * Main rivals: Calgary Stampeders (see Battle of Alberta) and Montreal Alouettes (11 meetings in the Grey Cup, once in the East final).
 * Western Division 1st place: 23—1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2015
 * Western Division Champions: 23—1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2015
 * Grey Cup championships: 14—1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2005 and 2015
 * 2019 regular season record: 8 wins, 10 losses