1982 CFL season

The 1982 CFL season is considered to be the 29th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 25th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1982
After the 1981 season, the Montreal Alouettes folded. However, one day later in 1982 the CFL granted the city of Montreal a new franchise called the Concordes, which assumed the Alouettes' history and player contracts.

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.

NBC broadcast four CFL games in the United States over three weeks during the 1982 NFL players' strike.

Alcoholic beverages were sold at all CFL venues for the first time, after the Ontarian Legislature voted to lift the province's long-standing prohibition on alcohol at outdoor stadia shortly before the season began.

The Edmonton Eskimos won their fifth straight Grey Cup championship.

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 had clinched the playoffs.
 * Edmonton and Toronto had first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs
The Edmonton Eskimos were the 1982 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Toronto Argonauts, 32–16, in front of their home crowd at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. That was Edmonton's fifth-straight championship, becoming the CFL's most successful dynasty. 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 the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

CFL Leaders

 * CFL Passing Leaders
 * CFL Rushing Leaders
 * CFL Receiving Leaders

Offense

 * QB – Warren Moon, Edmonton Eskimos
 * 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

Defense

 * DT – Mike Samples, Saskatchewan Roughriders
 * DT – John Helton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
 * DE – Nick Hebeler, BC 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

Special teams

 * P – Ken Clark, Saskatchewan Roughriders
 * K – Dave Ridgway, Saskatchewan Roughriders

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, BC 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

Defence

 * DT – Mike Samples, Saskatchewan Roughriders
 * DT – John Helton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
 * DE – Nick Hebeler, BC Lions
 * DE – Pete Catan, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
 * LB – Danny Bass, Calgary Stampeders
 * LB – James "Quick" Parker, Edmonton Eskimos
 * LB – Glen Jackson, BC 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

Special teams

 * P – Ken Clark, Saskatchewan Roughriders
 * K – Dave Ridgway, Saskatchewan Roughriders

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

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

Special teams

 * P – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 * K – Gerry Organ, Ottawa Rough Riders

1982 CFL Awards

 * CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Condredge Holloway (QB), Toronto Argonauts
 * CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Rocky DiPietro (SB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 * CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – James "Quick" Parker (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
 * CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Rudy Phillips (OG), Ottawa Rough Riders
 * CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Chris Isaac (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
 * CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – David Boone (DE), Edmonton Eskimos
 * CFL's Coach of the Year – Bob O'Billovich, Toronto Argonauts