1980 Edmonton Eskimos season

1980 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	13–3–0
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won 68th Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1980 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st 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

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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

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	10	21	10	7	48
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	3	1	0	6	10

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Awards and honours

CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Danny Kepley (LB)
CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Mike Wilson (OT)
Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy – Dave Cutler
Dick Suderman Trophy – Dale Potter
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Tom Wilkinson
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Dale Potter
Norm Fieldgate Trophy – Danny Kepley

References

1980 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1980 CFL Draft 68th Grey Cup

Edmonton Eskimos seasons

1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Edmonton Eskimos

Founded in 1949 Based in Edmonton, Alberta

The franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head Coaches

Stadiums	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Alberta Crude 70th Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos Cheerleaders

Important figures	Danny Bass Leroy Blugh Johnny Bright Hugh Campbell Tommy Joe Coffey Rod Connop Dave Cutler Eck Duggan Ron "Swampdog" Estay Dave "Doctor Death" Fennell Brian Fryer Larry Highbaugh Brian Kelly Danny Kepley Norm Kimball Normie "The China Clipper" Kwong Moe Lieberman Neil Lumsden George McGowan Rollie Miles Ken Montgomery Warren Moon Frank Morris Roger Nelson Jackie "Ole Spaghetti Legs" Parker Willie "The Terminator" Pless Tom Scott Terry Vaughn Tom Wilkinson Henry "Gizmo" Williams

Key personnel	Owners: Community owned General Manager: Ed Hervey Head Coach: Jason Maas

Grey Cup championships (14)	1954 1955 1956 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1987 1993 2003 2005 2015

Western Division championships (23)	1952 1954 1955 1956 1960 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1986 1987 1990 1993 1996 2002 2003 2005 2015

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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Edmonton Eskimos 68th Grey Cup Champions

Head Coach: Hugh Campbell

Assistant coaches: Dan Daniel
Joe Faragalli
Don Matthews
Cal Murphy

General Manager: Norm Kimball

President: Don Carlson

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