1980 CFL season

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Alouettes

Rough Riders

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

  

Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

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

The Canadian Football League signed a three-year television contract with Carling O'Keefe Breweries for $15.6 million.

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.

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.

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

• P – Hank Ilesic, Edmonton Eskimos
• K – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

• P – Hank Ilesic, Edmonton Eskimos
• K – Dave Cutler, Edmonton Eskimos
• K – Lui Passaglia, BC Lions

• P – Zenon Andrusyshyn, Toronto Argonauts
• K – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

• 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