Canadian Football League season
Sports season
800km
497miles
Alouettes
Rough Riders
Argonauts
Tiger-Cats
Blue Bombers
Roughriders
Eskimos
Stampeders
Lions
Canadian Football League team locations:
West,
East
The1980 CFL season is considered to be the 27th season in modern-dayCanadian football, although it is officially the 23rdCanadian Football League season.
TheCanadian Football League signed a three-year television contract withCarling O'Keefe Breweries for $15.6 million.
Regular season standings
[edit]Final regular season standings
[edit]Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Edmonton and Hamilton have first round byes.
TheEdmonton Eskimos won their third-straightGrey Cup in 1980, defeating theHamilton Tiger-Cats, 48–10, atToronto'sExhibition Stadium. The Eskimos'Warren Moon (QB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence andDale Potter (LB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence and theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
- 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
- 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
1980 Western All-Stars
[edit]- 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
- 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
1980 Eastern All-Stars
[edit]- 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
- 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
