1982 CFL season

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.

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.

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

The Edmonton Eskimos win 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 have clinched the playoffs.
 * Edmonton and Toronto have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs
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.

Offence

 * 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

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 – 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 Issac (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
 * CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – David Boone (DE), Edmonton Eskimos
 * CFL's Coach of the Year – Bob O'Billovich, Toronto Argonauts