1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season

Season of Canadian Football League team the Hamilton Tiger-Cats March 2026 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1980 8–7–1 1st, East John Payne Ivor Wynne Stadium Lost Grey Cup Jerry Anderson Bernie Ruoff Jim Muller Tiger-Cats seasons The 1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 23rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 31st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–7–1 record. They appeared in the 68th Grey Cup game, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos, who won their third straight championship. Preseason WeekDateOpponentResultRecord B June 11 at Toronto Argonauts W 37–29 1–0 B June 16 vs. BC Lions W 29–19 2–0 C June 22 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 41–7 3–0 E July 4 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 17–21 3–1https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1980/time_zone/0 1980 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2013-11-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213172641/http://cfl.ca/schedule/year/1980/time_zone/0 2012-12-13 Regular season Season standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsHamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 7 1 332 377 17Montreal Alouettes 16 8 8 0 356 375 16Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 353 393 14Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 334 358 12https://www.cfl.ca/standings/1980/reg CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090721010710/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1980/reg 2009-07-21 dead Season schedule WeekGameDateOpponentResultRecord 1 Bye 2 1 July 15 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 41–23 1–0 3 2 July 22 at Montreal Alouettes L 14–17 1–1 4 3 July 30 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 18–19 1–2 5 4 Aug 5 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 13–3 2–2 6 5 Aug 13 at Toronto Argonauts W 18–16 3–2 7 6 Aug 20 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 22–30 3–3 8 7 Aug 26 vs. BC Lions T 17–17 3–3–1 9 8 Sept 1 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–2 4–3–1 10 9 Sept 7 at Edmonton Eskimos L 18–53 4–4–1 11 10 Sept 13 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 14–25 4–5–1 12 11 Sept 21 at Montreal Alouettes L 10–49 4–6–1 13 12 Sept 28 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 29–24 5–6–1 14 Bye 15 13 Oct 13 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 30–28 6–6–1 16 14 Oct 19 at Toronto Argonauts W 25–24 7–6–1 17 15 Oct 25 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 26–27 7–7–1 18 16 Nov 2 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–16 8–7–1 Postseason Schedule Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Final Nov 16 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 24–13 1–0 Ivor Wynne Stadium Grey Cup Nov 23 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 10–48 1–1 Exhibition Stadium Grey Cup 68th Grey Cup Teams Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 6 1 0 10 Edmonton Eskimos 10 14 10 14 48https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1980 CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111013093953/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1980 2011-10-13 dead Roster 1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks  7 I Bruce Lemmerman  8 I Dave Marler 19 I Tom Rozantz Running backs 35 N Phil Colwell 24 I Rufus Crawford  3 I Obie Graves 20 N John McCorquindale Wide receivers 21 N Ross Clarkson 25 N Marco Cyncar K 73 I John Holland 74 N Rick Kuchma 71 N Leif Pettersen 70 N Don Ross Tight ends 23 N Rocky Dipietro Offensive linemen 59 I Ed Fulton G/T 65 I Ed George T 63 N Ray Honey G/T 66 I Willie Martin T 56 I Alan Moffat G/DT 67 N Doug Redl C 50 N Henry Waszczuk C Defensive linemen 79 N Linden Davidson DT 69 N Jim Muller DE 68 I Jim Ramey DT 60 I Drew Taylor DE 51 N Ian Ward DT/DE 76 N Lyall Woznesensky DE/DT Linebackers 39 N Lou Clare 55 I Carl Crennel 36 N John Priestner 31 I Ben Zambiasi Defensive backs 17 I Jerry Anderson 14 N Randy Graham 34 N Emil Nielsen 27 I Leroy Paul 37 I David Shaw  6 I Harold Woods Special teams 10 N Bernie Ruoff K/P Injured list 22 N Gord Paterson WR Italics indicate American players Awards and honours 1980 CFL All-Stars Bernie Ruoff, Punter David Shaw, Defensive back Ben Zambiasi, Linebacker References Hamilton Tiger-cats Season, 1980 Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats seasons Category:James S. Dixon Trophy championship seasons Category:1980 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1980 in sports in Ontario