2023 Edmonton Elks season

The 2023 Edmonton Elks season was the 65th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 74th overall. After an 0–9 start to the season, the Elks were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention following their week 18 loss to the Toronto Argonauts.

The team's 2023 season was the second under the second tenure of head coach and general manager, Chris Jones.

The Elks struggled on the field and started the season 0–7 for the first time in franchise history. The only other Edmonton-based senior football team to start a season 0–7 was the 1938 Edmonton Eskimos who went winless in the then-eight-game Western Interprovincial Football Union season. The Elks also set the record for the longest home losing streak in North American professional sports, previously held by the 1953 St. Louis Browns, having lost 21 consecutive games at Commonwealth Stadium in a slump dating to the 2019 season. They also matched a team record for consecutive losses both home and away, at 13, which ended with a week 11 win in Hamilton. After 1,415 days, the team won a home game on August 27 against the Ottawa Redblacks, ending the home-losing streak at 22 games.

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2023 CFL Global Draft took place on May 2. The Elks had the second selection in each round.

CFL National Draft

The 2023 CFL Draft took place on May 2. The Elks had nine selections in the eight-round draft, including a territorial selection. The team acquired additional selections in the second and third rounds, but also forfeited a second-round pick after drafting J-Min Pelley in the 2022 Supplemental Draft.

Preseason

Regular season

Standings

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders

Week 2: at BC Lions

Week 3: vs. Toronto Argonauts

Week 4: at Ottawa Redblacks

Week 5: at Saskatchewan Roughriders

Week 6: vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Week 7: at Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Week 8: vs. BC Lions

Week 10: vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Week 11: at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Week 12: vs. Ottawa Redblacks

Week 13: at Calgary Stampeders

Week 14: vs. Calgary Stampeders

Week 15: at Saskatchewan Roughriders

Week 16: vs. BC Lions

Week 18: at Toronto Argonauts

Week 19: vs. Montreal Alouettes

Week 20: at Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

External links

• Official website