1983 CFL season

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The 1983 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 30th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 26th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1983

The CFL re-signed with Carling O'Keefe Breweries to another record television contract worth $33 million to cover a three-year period from 1983 to 1986.

The league's attendance levels reached an all-time high for all football games with 2,856,031. The Grey Cup game between the Toronto Argonauts and the B.C. Lions was played in front of 59,345 football fans at BC Place Stadium (the first lion gross gate).

In addition, CBC, CTV and Radio-Canada's coverage of the Grey Cup game attracted the largest viewing audience in television history for a Canadian sports program with 8,118,000.

The Toronto Argonauts won their first Grey Cup Championship since 1952.

Regular Season Standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Division Standings Team GP W L T PF PA Pts B.C. 16 11 5 0 477 326 22 Winnipeg 16 9 7 0 412 402 18 Edmonton 16 8 8 0 450 377 16 Calgary 16 8 8 0 425 378 16 Saskatchewan 16 5 11 0 360 536 10

Eastern Division Standings Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Toronto 16 12 4 0 452 328 24 Ottawa 16 8 8 0 384 424 16 Hamilton 16 5 10 1 389 498 11 Montreal 16 5 10 1 367 447 11

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• B.C. and Toronto have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1983

Divisional Semi-Finals

Eastern Semi-Finals

Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 13 33 31

Western Semi-Finals

Divisional Finals

Eastern Finals |} Western Finals |}

Grey Cup Championship

1983 CFL All-Stars

1983 CFL Awards

• CFL's Outstanding Player Award - Warren Moon (QB)
• CFL's Outstanding Canadian Player Award - Paul Bennett (DB)
• CFL's Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Greg Marshall (DE)
• CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award - Rudy Phillips (OG)
• CFL's Outstanding Rookie Award - Johnny Shepherd (RB)
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award - Henry Waszczuk (C)
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Cal Murphy

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Canadian Football League

East Division: Hamilton | Montreal | Toronto | Winnipeg

West Division: British Columbia | Calgary | Edmonton | Saskatchewan

Suspended for 2006 season: Ottawa

Trophies and awards: Grey Cup | Dixon | Taylor | Nicklin | Evanshen | Martin | Hayman | Fieldgate | McCaffrey | Parker | Gibson | DeMarco-Becket | Dandurand | Dryburgh | James | Stukus | Pate | Agro | Rogers | Outstanding Player | Outstanding Canadian

 

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