1980 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerNorm Kimball
Head coachHugh Campbell
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record13–3
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1980 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 13–3–0 record and completed a three-peat after winning their third consecutive Grey Cup after winning the 68th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

Schedule

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendance
AJune 14Saskatchewan Roughriders14–42Edmonton Eskimos41,170
BJune 18Edmonton Eskimos25–13Ottawa Rough Riders17,231
CJune 28Edmonton Eskimos16–28Calgary Stampeders30,005
DJuly 2Toronto Argonauts15–35Edmonton Eskimos42,778

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16133050528126
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16106039438720
Calgary Stampeders1697040735518
BC Lions1687138135117
Saskatchewan Roughriders1621402844694

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Season schedule

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendanceRecordPts
1July 9Winnipeg Blue Bombers13–36Edmonton Eskimos42,7781–02
2July 16Edmonton Eskimos21–6Saskatchewan Roughriders22,1452–04
3 Bye2–04
4July 30BC Lions33–21Edmonton Eskimos42,8873–06
5Aug 6Edmonton Eskimos23–3Toronto Argonauts48,5954–08
6Aug 13Edmonton Eskimos30–17Winnipeg Blue Bombers26,4225–010
7Aug 19Calgary Stampeders16–15Edmonton Eskimos42,7785–110
8Aug 26Ottawa Rough Riders20–45Edmonton Eskimos42,7286–112
8Sept 1Edmonton Eskimos38–23Calgary Stampeders34,5627–114
9Sept 7Hamilton Tiger-Cats18–53Edmonton Eskimos43,4608–116
10Sept 13Edmonton Eskimos42–14BC Lions30,7939–118
11Sept 21Saskatchewan Roughriders17–24Edmonton Eskimos35,32810–120
12 Bye10–120
13Oct 5Edmonton Eskimos14–28Winnipeg Blue Bombers28,23810–220
14Oct 13BC Lions9–33Edmonton Eskimos43,34611–222
15Oct 19Edmonton Eskimos29–28Saskatchewan Roughriders23,74412–224
16Oct 26Calgary Stampeders34–25Edmonton Eskimos43,34612–324
17Nov 1Edmonton Eskimos44–14Montreal Alouettes42,23413–326

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Total attendance: 336,651
Average attendance: 42,081 (97.1%)

Playoffs

WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division FinalNov 15Winnipeg Blue Bombers24–34Edmonton Eskimos43,346
Grey CupNov 23Edmonton Eskimos48–10Hamilton Tiger-Cats54,661

Grey Cup

Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Edmonton Eskimos 10 14 10 14 48
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 6 1 0 10

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Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 "1980 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  2. 1 2 "1980 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  4. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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