2004 Edmonton Eskimos season

{{Infobox NFL season

| logo =

| team = Edmonton Eskimos

| year = 2004

| record = 9–9

| division_place = 2nd, West

| coach = Tom Higgins

| general manager = Tom Higgins

| stadium = Commonwealth Stadium

| playoffs = Lost West Semi-Final

| MOP = Jason Maas, QB

| MOC = Sean Fleming, P/K

| MOR = Mathieu Bertrand, FB

| uniform = Image:CFL EDM Jersey 2003.png

| shortnavlink = Eskimos seasons

}}

The {{CFL Year|2004}} Edmonton Eskimos finished second in the West Division with a 9–9 record winning the tie-breaker with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who also finished 9–9–0, and denying them a home playoff date. The Roughriders defeated the Eskimos in the West Semi-Final, ending their season and a chance to defend their Grey Cup title.

Offseason

=CFL Draft=

class="wikitable sortable sortable" ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="8%"\| Round ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="8%"\| Pick ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="20%"\| Player ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="15%"\| Position ! style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" width="20%"\| School/Club Team
align=center\| 1	9	Amarpreet Sanghera	OL	British Columbia
align=center\| 2	10	Gilles Lezi	FB	Northwestern
align=center\| 2	17	Rhett McLane	OL	Saskatchewan
align=center\| 3	26	Andrew Nowacki	WR	Murray State
align=center\| 4	35	Chad Rempel	WR	Saskatchewan
align=center\| 5	44	Martin Gagnon	DB	Laval
align=center\| 6	53	David Thorne	OL	Mount Allison

Preseason

=Schedule=

class="wikitable" width="80%"
align="center" style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| A	May 30	Edmonton Eskimos	17–27	Saskatchewan Roughriders		22,645	0–1	0
align="center" \| B \| colSpan=8 align="center" \| Bye
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| C	June 11	Calgary Stampeders	19–22	Edmonton Eskimos		30,082	1–1	2

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Season schedule=

class="wikitable" width="80%"
align="center" style="background:#0C371D;color:#ffc322;" \| Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 1	June 19	Edmonton Eskimos	9–33	Montreal Alouettes		20,202	0–1–0	0
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 2	June 26	BC Lions	41–34	Edmonton Eskimos		35,367	0–2–0	0
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 3	July 2	Edmonton Eskimos	15–44	Ottawa Renegades		22,843	0–3–0	0
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 4	July 9	Edmonton Eskimos	25–9	BC Lions		22,227	1–3–0	2
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 5	July 17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–51	Edmonton Eskimos		35,728	2–3–0	4
align="center" \| 6 \| colSpan=6 align="center" \| Bye	2–3–0	4
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 7	July 30	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–41	Edmonton Eskimos		38,363	3–3–0	6
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 8	Aug 8	Edmonton Eskimos	39–14	Toronto Argonauts		23,897	3–4–0	6
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 9	Aug 12	Edmonton Eskimos	14–25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		23,998	3–5–0	6
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 10	Aug 20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7–31	Edmonton Eskimos		42,399	4–5–0	8
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 11	Aug 29	Ottawa Renegades	16–57	Edmonton Eskimos		37,109	5–5–0	10
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 12	Sept 6	Edmonton Eskimos	25–7	Calgary Stampeders		35,651	6–5–0	12
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 13	Sept 10	Calgary Stampeders	44–12	Edmonton Eskimos		50,366	7–5–0	14
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 14	Sept 18	Edmonton Eskimos	33–36	BC Lions	OT	29,704	7–6–0	14
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 15	Sept 25	Toronto Argonauts	26–17	Edmonton Eskimos		41,113	7–7–0	14
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 16	Oct 1	Edmonton Eskimos	27–30	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		27,884	7–8–0	14
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 17	Oct 11	Montreal Alouettes	19–39	Edmonton Eskimos		37,708	8–8–0	16
align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" \| 18	Oct 17	Edmonton Eskimos	16–40	Saskatchewan Roughriders		30,087	8–9–0	16
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" \| 19	Oct 24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34–40	Edmonton Eskimos		33,131	9–9–0	18
align="center" \| 20 \| colSpan=6 align="center" \| Bye	9–9–0	18