1980 CFL season

1980 CFL season
1980 CFL season
East champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
West champions	Edmonton Eskimos
68th Grey Cup
Date	November 23, 1980
Champions	Edmonton Eskimos
CFL seasons
	← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 CFL season is considered to be the 27th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 23rd Canadian Football League season.

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Alouettes

Rough Riders

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

Canadian Football League team locations:

West,

East

CFL News in 1980

The Canadian Football League signed a three-year television contract with Carling O'Keefe Breweries for $15.6 million.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	13	3	0	505	281	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	10	6	0	394	387	20
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	0	407	355	18
BC Lions	16	8	7	1	381	351	17
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	14	0	284	469	4

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	7	1	332	377	17
Montreal Alouettes	16	8	8	0	356	375	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	0	353	393	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	0	334	358	12

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Edmonton and Hamilton have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

The Edmonton Eskimos won their third-straight Grey Cup in 1980, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48–10, at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. The Eskimos' Warren Moon (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Dale Potter (LB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence and the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

November 8/9: Division Semifinals

November 15/16: Division Finals

November 23: 68th Grey Cup @ Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario

E2

Montreal Alouettes

13

East

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

24

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

21

E2

Montreal Alouettes

25

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

10

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

48

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

24

West

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

34

W3

Calgary Stampeders

14

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

32

CFL Leaders

1980 CFL All-Stars

Offence

QB – Dieter Brock, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – James Sykes, Calgary Stampeders
RB – William Miller, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
SB – Tom Scott, Edmonton Eskimos
TE – Tony Gabriel, Ottawa Rough Riders
WR – Brian Kelly, Edmonton Eskimos
WR – Mike Holmes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – Al Wilson, BC Lions
OG – Larry Butler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OG – Val Belcher, Ottawa Rough Riders
OT – Mike Wilson, Edmonton Eskimos
OT – Butch Norman, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Defence

DT – Dave Fennell, Edmonton Eskimos
DT – Bruce Clark, Toronto Argonauts
DE – Ron Estay, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Reggie Lewis, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Danny Kepley, Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Ben Zambiasi, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Dale Potter, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Ray Odums, Calgary Stampeders
DB – Dickie Harris, Montreal Alouettes
DB – David Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Ed Jones, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Gregg Butler, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Ken McEachern, Saskatchewan Roughriders

Special teams

P – Hank Ilesic, Edmonton Eskimos
K – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1980 Western All-Stars

Offence

QB – Dieter Brock, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – James Sykes, Calgary Stampeders
RB – William Miller, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
SB – Tom Scott, Edmonton Eskimos
TE – Harry Holt, BC Lions
WR – Brian Kelly, Edmonton Eskimos
WR – Mike Holmes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – Al Wilson, BC Lions
OG – Larry Butler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OG – Myke Horton, Calgary Stampeders
OT – Mike Wilson, Edmonton Eskimos
OT – Butch Norman, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Defence

DT – Dave Fennell, Edmonton Eskimos
DT – Ed McAleney, Calgary Stampeders
DE – Ron Estay, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Reggie Lewis, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Danny Kepley, Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Tom Towns, Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Dale Potter, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Ray Odums, Calgary Stampeders
DB – Charles Williams, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – Ed Jones, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Greg Butler, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Ken McEachern, Saskatchewan Roughriders

Special teams

P – Hank Ilesic, Edmonton Eskimos
K – Dave Cutler, Edmonton Eskimos
K – Lui Passaglia, BC Lions

1980 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

QB – Gerry Dattilio, Montreal Alouettes
RB – Richard Crump, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Alvin Walker, Montreal Alouettes
SB – Dave Newman, Toronto Argonauts
TE – Tony Gabriel, Ottawa Rough Riders
WR – Bob Gaddis, Toronto Argonauts
WR – Keith Baker, Montreal Alouettes
C – Henry Waszczuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OG – Alan Moffat, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OG – Val Belcher, Ottawa Rough Riders
OT – Doug Payton, Montreal Alouettes
OT – Willie Martin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – Mike Raines, Ottawa Rough Riders
DT – Bruce Clark, Toronto Argonauts
DE – Jim Corrigall, Toronto Argonauts
DE – Junior Ah You, Montreal Alouettes
LB – Ron Foxx, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Ben Zambiasi, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Rick Sowieta, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Tom Cousineau, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Dickie Harris, Montreal Alouettes
DB – David Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Jerry Anderson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Harold Woods, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Billy Hardee, Toronto Argonauts

Special teams

P – Zenon Andrusyshyn, Toronto Argonauts
K – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1980 CFL Awards

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Dieter Brock (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Gerry Dattilio (QB), Montreal Alouettes
CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Danny Kepley (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Mike Wilson (OT), Edmonton Eskimos
CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – William Miller (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – Jim Coode (OT), Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL's Coach of the Year – Ray Jauch, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

References

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