1980 CFL season

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

1980 CFL season
Playoffs
East Champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
West Champions	Edmonton Eskimos
68th Grey Cup
Champions	Edmonton Eskimos
CFL seasons

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

Main article: 68th Grey Cup

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

East

E2

Montreal Alouettes

13

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

21

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

24

E2

Montreal Alouettes

25

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

10

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

48

West

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

24

W3

Calgary Stampeders

14

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

34

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

32

CFL Leaders

• CFL Passing Leaders
• CFL Rushing Leaders
• CFL Receiving Leaders [1]

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

1. "CFLapedia".