1987 CFL season

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The 1987 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 34th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 30th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1987 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 1987 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 4.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 5 1987 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1987

The Canadian Football League celebrated the 75th Annual Grey Cup game at BC Place Stadium on Sunday, November 29.

The Canadian Football Network, which was a syndicate of Canadian television stations was created. The CFL experimented with their blackout policy by blacking out four televised games in both, Hamilton and Toronto (two in Hamilton and two in Toronto).

Game rosters were revised from 35 to 34 that included 19-Non-Imports, 13-Imports and 2-Quarterbacks. The reserve list was increased from three to four.

The Montreal Alouettes folded for the second time on June 24th. With the team's demise the CFL revised the season schedule and moved the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the East Division.

The playoff format reverted back to its pre-1986 format.

[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 18 12 6 0 502 370 24 Edmonton Eskimos 18 11 7 0 617 462 22 Calgary Stampeders 18 10 8 0 453 517 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 12 1 364 529 11

East Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 12 6 0 554 409 24 Toronto Argonauts 18 11 6 1 484 427 23 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 7 11 0 470 509 14 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 3 15 0 377 598 6

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

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Main article: 75th Grey Cup

The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1987 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Toronto Argonauts 38-36, at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. This game eventually became the battle of the backups when starters, Matt Dunigan and Gilbert Renfroe became injured leaving backups Damon Allen and Danny Barrett to take over. The Eskimos' Damon Allen (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Stewart Hill (DE) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Milson Jones (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] Playoff bracket

November 15: Division Semifinals

November 22: Division Finals

November 29: 75th Grey Cup @ BC Place Stadium - Vancouver, BC

East

E2

Toronto Argonauts

19

E3

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

13

E1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

3

E2

Toronto Argonauts

29

E2

Toronto Argonauts

36

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

38

West

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

31

W3

Calgary Stampeders

16

W1

British Columbia Lions

7

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

30

[edit] 1987 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1987 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Tom Clements (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Scott Flagel (DS), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Greg Stumon (DE), British Columbia Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Chris Walby (OT), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Gill Fenerty (RB), Toronto Argonauts
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Nick Arakgi (DE), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Bob O'Billovich, Toronto Argonauts

Preceded by 1986 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by 1988 CFL season