1982 CFL season

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1982 CFL season
Playoffs
East ChampionsToronto Argonauts
West ChampionsEdmonton Eskimos
70th Grey Cup
DateNovember 28, 1982
ChampionsEdmonton Eskimos
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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]

The Edmonton Eskimos won their fifth straight Grey Cup championship.

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

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 11 5 0 544 323 22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 444 352 22
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 6 1 403 440 19
BC Lions 16 9 7 0 449 390 18
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 6 9 1 427 436 13
East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 16 9 6 1 426 426 19
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 7 1 396 401 17
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 5 11 0 376 462 10
Montreal Concordes 16 2 14 0 267 502 4
  • Bold text means that they had clinched the 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 StadiumToronto, Ontario
E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 7
E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 30 E1 Toronto Argonauts 44
E2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20 E1 Toronto Argonauts 16
W1 Edmonton Eskimos 32
W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21
W3 Calgary Stampeders 3 W1 Edmonton Eskimos 24
W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24

CFL Leaders[]

  • CFL Passing Leaders
  • CFL Rushing Leaders
  • CFL Receiving Leaders[2]

1982 CFL All-Stars[]

Offence[]

  • QB – Warren Moon, Edmonton Eskimos
  • RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • RB – William Miller, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • SB – Tom Scott, Edmonton Eskimos
  • SB – Joey Walters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • WR – Terry Greer, Toronto Argonauts
  • WR – Keith Baker, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • C – John Bonk, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OG – Val Belcher, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • OG – Rudy Phillips, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • OT – Bobby Thompson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OT – Lloyd Fairbanks, Calgary Stampeders

Defence[]

  • DT – Mike Samples, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • DT – John Helton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DE – Nick Hebeler, BC Lions
  • DE – Pete Catan, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • LB – Danny Bass, Calgary Stampeders
  • LB – James "Quick" Parker, Edmonton Eskimos
  • LB – Ben Zambiasi, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – David Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – Ray Odums, Calgary Stampeders
  • DB – Vince Phason, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DB – Fran McDermott, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • DB – Zac Henderson, Toronto Argonauts

Special teams[]

  • P – Ken Clark, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • K – Dave Ridgway, Saskatchewan Roughriders

1982 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
  • SB – Joey Walters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • WR – Mervyn Fernandez, BC Lions
  • WR – Willie Armstead, Calgary Stampeders
  • C – John Bonk, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OG – Nick Bastaja, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OG – Leo Blanchard, Edmonton Eskimos
  • OG – Roger Aldag, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • OT – Bobby Thompson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OT – Lloyd Fairbanks, Calgary Stampeders

Defence[]

Special teams[]

  • P – Ken Clark, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • K – Dave Ridgway, Saskatchewan Roughriders

1982 Eastern All-Stars[]

Offence[]

  • QB – Condredge Holloway, Toronto Argonauts
  • RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • RB – Cedric Minter, Toronto Argonauts
  • SB – Rocky DiPietro, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • SB – Nick Arakgi, Montreal Concordes
  • WR – Terry Greer, Toronto Argonauts
  • WR – Keith Baker, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • C – Henry Waszczuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • OG – Val Belcher, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • OG – Rudy Phillips, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • OT – Ed Fulton, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • OT – Doug Payton, Montreal Concordes

Defence[]

  • DT – Gary Dulin, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • DT – Glen Weir, Montreal Concordes
  • DE – Doug Scott, Montreal Concordes
  • DE – Greg Marshall, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • LB – John Pointer, Toronto Argonauts
  • LB – William Hampton, Montreal Concordes
  • LB – Ben Zambiasi, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – David Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – Carl Brazley, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • DB – Howard Fields, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – Mark Young, Montreal Concordes
  • DB – Zac Henderson, Toronto Argonauts

Special teams[]

  • P – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • K – Gerry Organ, Ottawa Rough Riders

1982 CFL Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CFL – NBC". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  2. ^ "CFLapedia".
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