1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

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1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Head coachJohn Payne
Home fieldIvor Wynne Stadium
Results
Record8–7–1
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishLost Grey Cup
Team MOPJerry Anderson
Team MOCBernie Ruoff
Team MORJim Muller

The 1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 23rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 31st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–7–1 record. They appeared in the 68th Grey Cup game, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos, who won their third straight championship.

Preseason[edit]

Week Date Opponent Result Record
B June 11 at Toronto Argonauts W 37–29 1–0
B June 16 vs. BC Lions W 29–19 2–0
C June 22 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 41–7 3–0
E July 4 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 17–21 3–1

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Regular season[edit]

Season Standings[edit]

Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 7 1 332 377 17
Montreal Alouettes 16 8 8 0 356 375 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 353 393 14
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 334 358 12

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Season schedule[edit]

Week Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 Bye
2 1 July 15 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 41–23 1–0
3 2 July 22 at Montreal Alouettes L 14–17 1–1
4 3 July 30 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 18–19 1–2
5 4 Aug 5 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 13–3 2–2
6 5 Aug 13 at Toronto Argonauts W 18–16 3–2
7 6 Aug 20 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 22–30 3–3
8 7 Aug 26 vs. BC Lions T 17–17 3–3–1
9 8 Sept 1 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–2 4–3–1
10 9 Sept 7 at Edmonton Eskimos L 18–53 4–4–1
11 10 Sept 13 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 14–25 4–5–1
12 11 Sept 21 at Montreal Alouettes L 10–49 4–6–1
13 12 Sept 28 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 29–24 5–6–1
14 Bye
15 13 Oct 13 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 30–28 6–6–1
16 14 Oct 19 at Toronto Argonauts W 25–24 7–6–1
17 15 Oct 25 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 26–27 7–7–1
18 16 Nov 2 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–16 8–7–1

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Postseason[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Final Nov 16 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 24–13 1–0 Ivor Wynne Stadium
Grey Cup Nov 23 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 10–48 1–1 Exhibition Stadium

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Grey Cup[edit]

Main article: 68th Grey Cup
Teams Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 6 1 0 10
Edmonton Eskimos 10 14 10 14 48

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Awards and honours[edit]

1980 CFL All-Stars[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "1980 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  2. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ^ "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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