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The 1982 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 29th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 25th Canadian Football League season.
[edit] CFL News in 1982
After the 1981 season the Montreal Alouettes folded. However, one year later in 1982 the CFL granted the city of Montreal a new franchise called the Concordes.
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.
The Edmonton Eskimos win their fifth straight Grey Cup championship.
[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
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Edmonton and Toronto have first round byes.
[edit] Grey Cup playoffs
Main article: 70th Grey Cup
The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1982 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Toronto Argonauts, 32-16, in front of their home crowd at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. This was Edmonton's fifth-straight championship, becoming the CFL's most successful dynasties. 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 named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
[edit] Playoff bracket
[edit] 1982 CFL All-Stars
[edit] OFFENCE
- QB - Condredge Holloway, Toronto Argonauts
- 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
[edit] DEFENCE
- DT - Mike Samples, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DT - John Helton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DE - Nick Hebeler, British Columbia 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
[edit] 1982 Western All-Stars
[edit] 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, British Columbia 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
[edit] DEFENCE
- DT - Mike Samples, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DT - John Helton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DE - Nick Hebeler, British Columbia Lions
- DE - Pete Catan, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- LB - Danny Bass, Calgary Stampeders
- LB - James "Quick" Parker, Edmonton Eskimos
- LB - Glen Jackson, British Columbia Lions
- DB - Joe Hollimon, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB - Ray Odums, Calgary Stampeders
- DB - Vince Phason, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DB - Fran McDermott, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB - Paul Bennett, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
[edit] 1982 Eastern All-Stars
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 1982 CFL Awards
