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1980 Edmonton Eskimos season

1980 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerNorm Kimball
Head coachHugh Campbell
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record13–3
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1980 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 13–3–0 record and completed a three-peat after winning their third consecutive Grey Cup after winning the 68th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week Date Visitor Score Home Attendance
A June 14 Saskatchewan Roughriders 14–42 Edmonton Eskimos 41,170
B June 18 Edmonton Eskimos 25–13 Ottawa Rough Riders 17,231
C June 28 Edmonton Eskimos 16–28 Calgary Stampeders 30,005
D July 2 Toronto Argonauts 15–35 Edmonton Eskimos 42,778*

*Top attendance of preseason

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 13 3 0 505 281 26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 394 387 20
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 7 0 407 355 18
BC Lions 16 8 7 1 381 351 17
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 2 14 0 284 469 4

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Season schedule

Week Date Visitor Score Home Attendance Record Pts
1 July 9 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13–36 Edmonton Eskimos 42,778 1–0 2
2 July 16 Edmonton Eskimos 21–6 Saskatchewan Roughriders 22,145 2–0 4
3 Bye 2–0 4
4 July 30 BC Lions 33–21 Edmonton Eskimos 42,887 3–0 6
5 Aug 6 Edmonton Eskimos 23–3 Toronto Argonauts 48,595 4–0 8
6 Aug 13 Edmonton Eskimos 30–17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26,422 5–0 10
7 Aug 19 Calgary Stampeders 16–15 Edmonton Eskimos 42,778 5–1 10
8 Aug 26 Ottawa Rough Riders 20–45 Edmonton Eskimos 42,728 6–1 12
8 Sept 1 Edmonton Eskimos 38–23 Calgary Stampeders 34,562 7–1 14
9 Sept 7 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18–53 Edmonton Eskimos 43,460 8–1 16
10 Sept 13 Edmonton Eskimos 42–14 BC Lions 30,793 9–1 18
11 Sept 21 Saskatchewan Roughriders 17–24 Edmonton Eskimos 35,328 10–1 20
12 Bye 10–1 20
13 Oct 5 Edmonton Eskimos 14–28 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28,238 10–2 20
14 Oct 13 BC Lions 9–33 Edmonton Eskimos 43,346 11–2 22
15 Oct 19 Edmonton Eskimos 29–28 Saskatchewan Roughriders 23,744 12–2 24
16 Oct 26 Calgary Stampeders 34–25 Edmonton Eskimos 43,346 12–3 24
17 Nov 1 Edmonton Eskimos 44–14 Montreal Alouettes 42,234 13–3 26

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Total attendance: 336,651
Average attendance: 42,081 (97.1%)

Playoffs

Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
Division Final Nov 15 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–34 Edmonton Eskimos 43,346*
Grey Cup Nov 23 Edmonton Eskimos 48–10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 54,661

*Top playoff attendance of season

Grey Cup

Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Edmonton Eskimos 10 14 10 14 48
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 6 1 0 10

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Awards and honours

References