1982 CFL season

1982 CFL season
East championsToronto Argonauts
West championsEdmonton Eskimos
70th Grey Cup
DateNovember 28, 1982
ChampionsEdmonton Eskimos
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Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

The 1982 CFL season is considered to be the 29th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 25th Canadian Football League season.

CFL news in 1982

After the 1981 season, the Montreal Alouettes folded. However, one day later in 1982 the CFL granted the city of Montreal a new franchise called the Concordes, which assumed the Alouettes' history and player contracts.

The 1982 Grey Cup game between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Toronto Argonauts attracted 7,862,000 television viewers, the largest television audience in the history of Canadian television.

NBC broadcast four CFL games in the United States over three weeks during the 1982 NFL players' strike.[1]

Alcoholic beverages were sold at all CFL venues for the first time, after the Legislative Assembly of Ontario voted to lift the province's long-standing prohibition on alcohol at outdoor stadia shortly before the season began.

The Edmonton Eskimos won their fifth straight Grey Cup championship.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

West Division
Pos Team Pld W L T PF PA PD Pts Div Stk
1 Edmonton Eskimos (C, Q) 16 11 5 0 544 323 221 22 5–3 W1
2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Q) 16 11 5 0 444 352 92 22 5–3 L2
3 Calgary Stampeders (Q) 16 9 6 1 403 440 −37 19 4–4 W1
4 BC Lions 16 9 7 0 449 390 59 18 3–5 W1
5 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 6 9 1 427 436 −9 13 3–5 L2
Source: "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

East Division
Pos Team Pld W L T PF PA PD Pts Div Stk
1 Toronto Argonauts (C, Q) 16 9 6 1 426 426 0 19 4–2 W2
2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q) 16 8 7 1 396 401 −5 17 5–1 W1
3 Ottawa Rough Riders (Q) 16 5 11 0 267 518 −251 10 2–4 L1
4 Montreal Concordes 16 2 14 0 241 506 −265 4 1–5 L7
Source: "1982 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

Edmonton and Toronto had first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

The Edmonton Eskimos were the 1982 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Toronto Argonauts, 32–16, in front of their home crowd at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. That was Edmonton's fifth-straight championship, becoming the CFL's most successful dynasty. The Eskimos' Warren Moon (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence and was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

November 14: Division Semifinals November 21: Division Finals November 28: 70th Grey Cup @ Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
         
E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 7
East
E1 Toronto Argonauts 44
E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 30
E2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20
E1 Toronto Argonauts 16
W1 Edmonton Eskimos 32
W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21
West
W1 Edmonton Eskimos 24
W3 Calgary Stampeders 3
W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24

CFL leaders

1982 CFL All-Stars

Offense

Defense

Special teams

1982 Western All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

1982 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

1982 CFL awards

References

  1. ↑ "CFL – NBC". Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "CFLapedia".
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