Edmonton Elks

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 Elks were founded in 1949 as the Edmonton Eskimos and have won the 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 and the most of any CFL club based in Western Canada. The team has a rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders and is one of the three community-owned teams in the CFL. The team discontinued using the Eskimos name in 2020, with the new name Elks formally announced on June 1, 2021.

For the Canadian football-rugby union team of the early 20th century, known in 1922 as the Edmonton Elks, see Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club.
"Edmonton Eskimos" redirects here. For other uses, see Edmonton Eskimos (disambiguation).
Edmonton Elks
Founded1949
Based inEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Head coachChris Jones
General managerChris Jones
Owner(s)Edmonton Football Club Board of Directors ("Community" (shareholder) owned; Tom Richards, Chair)
LeagueCanadian Football League
DivisionWest Division
ColoursGreen, gold, white
     
Nickname(s)
  • The Double-E
  • The Herd (2021–present)
  • Esks, Eskies (1949–2020)
  • The Evil Empire (1970s–1990s)
Mascot(s)Punter and Spike
Grey Cup wins14 (1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2015)
  • Edmonton Eskimos (1949–2020)
  • Edmonton Football Team/EE Football Team (2020–2021)
Websitegoelks.com
Current uniform
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