1981 CFL season

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The 1981 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 28th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 24th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1981 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 1981 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 4.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 5 1981 Western All-Stars 5.1 OFFENCE 5.2 DEFENCE 5.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 6 1981 Eastern All-Stars 6.1 OFFENCE 6.2 DEFENCE 6.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 7 1981 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1981

The Eastern and Western Football Conferences, which had carried on as separate and autonomous entities since the founding of the CFL in 1958, agreed to a full merger prior to the start of the 1981 season.

With the merger the Eastern and Western Football Conference was dissolved and renamed as the East and West Divisions.

The merger authorizes the CFL to have full authority over decisions, including the adoption of a full interlocking schedule for both divisions.

In addition, the merger set up the CFL Board of Governors and the CFL Management Council to replace the Executive Committee and the General Managers Committee.

The Montreal Alouettes ceased operations and folded after the 1981 season, although a new franchise (the Montreal Concordes) would be in place for the 1982 season.

[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 Edmonton Eskimos 16 14 1 1 576 277 29 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 517 299 22 British Columbia Lions 16 10 6 0 438 377 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 9 7 0 431 371 18 Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 306 367 12

East Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 11 4 1 414 335 23 Ottawa Rough Riders 16 5 11 0 306 446 10 Montreal Alouettes 16 3 13 0 267 518 6 Toronto Argonauts 16 2 14 0 241 506 4

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Edmonton and Hamilton have first round byes.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Main article: 69th Grey Cup

The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1981 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-23, at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Edmonton won their fourth-straight championship on a last second Dave Cutler field-goal. The Rough Riders' J.C. Watts (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and John Glassford (LB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. The Eskimos' Neil Lumsden (RB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] Playoff bracket

November 8: Division Semifinals

November 15: Division Finals

November 29: 69th Grey Cup @ Olympic Stadium - Montreal, QC

East

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

17

E3

Montreal Alouettes

16

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

13

E2

Ottawa Rough Riders

20

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

23

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

26

West

W3

British Columbia Lions

16

W3

British Columbia Lions

15

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

22

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

11

[edit] 1981 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1981 Western All-Stars

[edit] 1981 Eastern All-Stars

[edit] 1981 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Dieter Brock (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Joe Poplawski (SB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Danny Kepley (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Larry Butler (OG), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Vince Goldsmith (LB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Ken McEachern (DB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Joe Faragalli, Saskatchewan Roughriders

Preceded by 1980 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by 1982 CFL season

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