1983 CFL season

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The 1983 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 30th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 26th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1983 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 1983 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 4.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 5 1983 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1983

The CFL re-signed with Carling O'Keefe Breweries to another record television contract worth $33 million to cover a three-year period from 1983 to 1986.

The league's attendance levels reached an all-time high for all football games with 2,856,031. The Grey Cup game between the Toronto Argonauts and the B.C. Lions was played in front of 59,345 football fans at BC Place Stadium (the first lion gross gate).

In addition, CBC, CTV and Radio-Canada's coverage of the Grey Cup game attracted the largest viewing audience in television history for a Canadian sports program with 8,118,000.

The Toronto Argonauts won their first Grey Cup Championship since 1952.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] 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 British Columbia Lions 16 11 5 0 477 326 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 9 7 0 412 402 18 Edmonton Eskimos 16 8 8 0 450 377 16 Calgary Stampeders 16 8 8 0 425 378 16 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 5 11 0 360 536 10

East Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Toronto Argonauts 16 12 4 0 452 328 24 Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 8 0 384 424 16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 389 498 11 Montreal Concordes 16 5 10 1 367 447 11

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• British Columbia and Toronto have first round byes.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Main article: 71st Grey Cup

The Toronto Argonauts are the 1983 Grey Cup champions, defeating the British Columbia Lions, 18-17, in front of their home crowd at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. This was Toronto's first championship in 31 years, ending one of the league's longest droughts. The Argonauts' Joe Barnes (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Carl Brazley (DB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. The Lions' Rick Klassen (DT) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] Playoff bracket

November 13: Division Semifinals

November 20: Division Finals

November 27: 71st Grey Cup @ BC Place Stadium - Vancouver, BC

East

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

36

E3

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

33

E1

Toronto Argonauts

41

E2

Ottawa Rough Riders

31

E1

Toronto Argonauts

18

W1

British Columbia Lions

17

West

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

21

W3

Edmonton Eskimos

22

W1

British Columbia Lions

39

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

49

[edit] 1983 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1983 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Warren Moon (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Paul Bennett (DB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Greg Marshall (DE), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Rudy Phillips (OG), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Johnny Shepherd (RB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Henry Waszczuk (C), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Cal Murphy, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Preceded by 1982 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by 1984 CFL season