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href="/wiki/Special:Map/4/46/-95/en" data-zoom="4" data-lat="46" data-lon="-95" data-overlays="["_8e5bca38148d157dffa2dbadb43affe13cbaf838"]"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Click for interactive fullscreen map with links to nearby articles"> </span></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><b>Canadian Football League</b> team locations: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> West, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_000080_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/10px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/15px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/20px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> East</div></div></div> <p>The <b>1981 CFL season</b> is considered to be the 28th season in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian football</a>, although it is officially the 24th <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="CFL_News_in_1981">CFL News in 1981</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: CFL News in 1981"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/East_Division_(CFL)" title="East Division (CFL)">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Division_(CFL)" title="West Division (CFL)">Western Football Conferences</a>, which had carried on as separate and autonomous entities since the founding of the CFL in <a href="/wiki/1958_CFL_season" title="1958 CFL season">1958</a>, agreed to a full merger prior to the start of the 1981 season. </p><p>With the merger, the Eastern and Western Football Conferences were dissolved and renamed as the <a href="/wiki/East_Division_(CFL)" title="East Division (CFL)">East</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Division_(CFL)" title="West Division (CFL)">West Divisions</a>. </p><p>The merger authorized the CFL to have full authority over decisions, including the adoption of a full interlocking schedule for both divisions. All nine teams played each other twice, once home and once away, regardless of their affiliated division. Other than during the three seasons of the CFL's <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League_in_the_United_States" title="Canadian Football League in the United States">U.S. expansion era</a> from 1993 to 1995, the League's teams played at least one game home and one away versus every other team in the League since the 1981 season; this continued until the <a href="/wiki/2021_CFL_season" title="2021 CFL season">2021 season</a>. </p><p>In addition, the merger set up the CFL Board of Governors and the CFL Management Council to replace the Executive Committee and the General Managers Committee. After the 1980 season, after owning the team for over ten years, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Alouettes" title="Montreal Alouettes">Montreal Alouettes</a> owner Sam Berger retired and sold the team to Nelson Skalbania, who brought in high priced NFL talent who did not adapt to the Canadian game, bringing a terrible losing season to Montreal (they did, however, make the playoffs due to the weak division that year), and with it, a loss of fan support, and he lost money and because of the high priced talent he bankrupted the team. So the team folded after the season, but a year later, a new team, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Concordes" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal Concordes">Montreal Concordes</a>, owned by Expos owner Charles Bronfman, took over the team's players and history. </p><p>The East was so weak this season that the <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Stampeders" title="Calgary Stampeders">Calgary Stampeders</a>, despite being the West's fifth place team, finished with a better record than the second place <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a>. Ottawa nevertheless upset the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Hamilton Tiger-Cats</a> and qualified for the Grey Cup despite winning only five games in the regular season finishing seventh overall. </p><p>The ensuing controversy over having a 5–11 team playing in the Grey Cup played a large part in eventually persuading the league to implement a cross-over rule permitting a fourth place team in one division to qualify for the playoffs in place of a third place team in the other division with a weaker record. Nevertheless, the current rule makes no provision to allow a fifth place team to make the playoffs even if its record is better than that of the second place team in the other division, which occurred in <a href="/wiki/2018_CFL_season" title="2018 CFL season">2018</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season_standings">Regular season standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regular season standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_regular_season_standings">Final regular season standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Final regular season standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><b>Note:</b> GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points</i> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"> <caption><b><a href="/wiki/CFL_West_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="CFL West Division">West Division</a></b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Team</th> <th>GP</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>T</th> <th>PF</th> <th>PA</th> <th>Pts </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a></b></td> <td>16</td> <td>14</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>576</td> <td>277</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Blue_Bombers" title="Winnipeg Blue Bombers">Winnipeg Blue Bombers</a></b></td> <td>16</td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>517</td> <td>299</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><b><a 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record within their division">Div</abbr> </th> <th width="35"><abbr title="Current Winning or Losing Streak">Stk</abbr> </th> <th width="45"> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Hamilton Tiger-Cats</a></b></td> <td>16</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>23</td> <td>414</td> <td>335</td> <td>6–0</td> <td>W1</td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Hamilton_Tiger-Cats_season" title="1981 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season">Details</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a></b></td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>306</td> <td>446</td> <td>3–3</td> <td>L1</td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Ottawa_Rough_Riders_season" title="1981 Ottawa Rough Riders season">Details</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Alouettes" title="Montreal Alouettes">Montreal Alouettes</a></b></td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>267</td> <td>518</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>W1</td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Montreal_Alouettes_season" title="1981 Montreal Alouettes season">Details</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts" title="Toronto Argonauts">Toronto Argonauts</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>241</td> <td>506</td> <td>1–5</td> <td>L2</td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Toronto_Argonauts_season" title="1981 Toronto Argonauts season">Details</a></i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <ul><li>Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.</li> <li><i>Edmonton and Hamilton have first round byes.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grey_Cup_playoffs">Grey Cup playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Grey Cup playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/69th_Grey_Cup" title="69th Grey Cup">69th Grey Cup</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a> are the 1981 <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> champions, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a>, 26–23, at <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a>. Edmonton won their fourth-straight championship on a last second <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cutler_(Canadian_football)" title="Dave Cutler (Canadian football)">Dave Cutler</a> field-goal. The Rough Riders' <a href="/wiki/J.C._Watts" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Watts">J.C. Watts</a> (QB) was named the <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup%27s_Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player">Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Glassford_(Canadian_football)" title="John Glassford (Canadian football)">John Glassford</a> (LB) was named the <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup%27s_Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player">Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence</a>. The Eskimos' <a href="/wiki/Neil_Lumsden" title="Neil Lumsden">Neil Lumsden</a> (RB) was named <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup%27s_Most_Valuable_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian">Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoff_bracket">Playoff bracket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Playoff bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">November 8: Division Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">November 15: Division Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">November 22: <a href="/wiki/69th_Grey_Cup" title="69th Grey Cup">69th Grey Cup</a> @ <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a> – <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>17</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="6" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center">East </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 0 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Tiger-Cats" title="Hamilton Tiger-Cats">Hamilton Tiger-Cats</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">13 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Alouettes" title="Montreal Alouettes">Montreal Alouettes</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">16 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>20</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">23 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>26</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td 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Saskatchewan Roughriders</li> <li>WR – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(wide_receiver)" title="Brian Kelly (wide receiver)">Brian Kelly</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>WR – <a href="/wiki/James_Scott_(gridiron_football)" title="James Scott (gridiron football)">James Scott</a>, Montreal Alouettes</li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Al_Wilson_(offensive_lineman)" title="Al Wilson (offensive lineman)">Al Wilson</a>, BC Lions</li> <li>OG – <a href="/wiki/Val_Belcher" title="Val Belcher">Val Belcher</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li> <li>OG – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Butler_(Canadian_football)" title="Larry Butler (Canadian football)">Larry Butler</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>OT – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Stevenson_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bill Stevenson (offensive lineman)">Bill Stevenson</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>OT – <a href="/wiki/Hector_Pothier" title="Hector Pothier">Hector Pothier</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li></ul> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Ben Zambiasi">Ben Zambiasi</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>LB – <a href="/wiki/James_%22Quick%22_Parker" title="James "Quick" Parker">James "Quick" Parker</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Odums" title="Ray Odums">Ray Odums</a>, Calgary Stampeders</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/David_Shaw_(Canadian_football)" title="David Shaw (Canadian football)">David Shaw</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Harold_Woods" title="Harold Woods">Harold Woods</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Jones_(defensive_back)" title="Ed Jones (defensive back)">Ed Jones</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Rhino" title="Randy Rhino">Randy Rhino</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li></ul> </div><div class="multicol-float-clear" style=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_teams">Special teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Special teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>P – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Ilesic" title="Hank Ilesic">Hank Ilesic</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>K – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Kennerd" title="Trevor Kennerd">Trevor Kennerd</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1981_Western_All-Stars">1981 Western All-Stars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1981 Western All-Stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927"><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 48%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offence_2">Offence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Offence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>QB – <a href="/wiki/Dieter_Brock" title="Dieter Brock">Dieter Brock</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>RB – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Key" title="Larry Key">Larry Key</a>, BC Lions</li> <li>RB – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Germany" title="Jim Germany">Jim Germany</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>SB – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Poplawski" title="Joe Poplawski">Joe Poplawski</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>TE – <a href="/wiki/Joey_Walters" title="Joey Walters">Joey Walters</a>, Saskatchewan Roughriders</li> <li>WR – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(wide_receiver)" title="Brian Kelly (wide receiver)">Brian Kelly</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>WR – <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Gray" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrone Gray">Tyrone Gray</a>, BC Lions</li> <li>WR – <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Goodlow" title="Eugene Goodlow">Eugene Goodlow</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Al_Wilson_(offensive_lineman)" title="Al Wilson (offensive lineman)">Al Wilson</a>, BC Lions</li> <li>OG – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bastaja" title="Nick Bastaja">Nick Bastaja</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>OG – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Butler_(Canadian_football)" title="Larry Butler (Canadian football)">Larry Butler</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>OT – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Stevenson_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bill Stevenson (offensive lineman)">Bill Stevenson</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>OT – <a href="/wiki/Hector_Pothier" title="Hector Pothier">Hector Pothier</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li></ul> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927"><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 48%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defence_2">Defence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Defence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>DT – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Fennell" title="Dave Fennell">Dave Fennell</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>DT – <a href="/wiki/John_Helton" title="John Helton">John Helton</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>DT – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Samples" title="Mike Samples">Mike Samples</a>, Saskatchewan Roughriders</li> <li>DE – <a href="/wiki/David_Boone" title="David Boone">David Boone</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>DE – <a href="/wiki/Lyall_Woznesensky" title="Lyall Woznesensky">Lyall Woznesensky</a>, Saskatchewan Roughriders</li> <li>LB – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kepley" title="Danny Kepley">Danny Kepley</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>LB – <a href="/wiki/Vince_Goldsmith" title="Vince Goldsmith">Vince Goldsmith</a>, Saskatchewan Roughriders</li> <li>LB – <a href="/wiki/James_%22Quick%22_Parker" title="James "Quick" Parker">James "Quick" Parker</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Odums" title="Ray Odums">Ray Odums</a>, Calgary Stampeders</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Williams_(Canadian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Williams (Canadian football)">Charles Williams</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Merv_Walker" title="Merv Walker">Merv Walker</a>, Calgary Stampeders</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Jones_(defensive_back)" title="Ed Jones (defensive back)">Ed Jones</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Ken_McEachern" title="Ken McEachern">Ken McEachern</a>, Saskatchewan Roughriders</li></ul> </div><div class="multicol-float-clear" style=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_teams_2">Special teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Special teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>P – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Ilesic" title="Hank Ilesic">Hank Ilesic</a>, Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li>K – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Kennerd" title="Trevor Kennerd">Trevor Kennerd</a>, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1981_Eastern_All-Stars">1981 Eastern All-Stars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1981 Eastern All-Stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927"><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 48%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offence_3">Offence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Offence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>QB – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Clements" title="Tom Clements">Tom Clements</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>RB – <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Crawford" title="Rufus Crawford">Rufus Crawford</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>RB – <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Minter" title="Cedric Minter">Cedric Minter</a>, Toronto Argonauts</li> <li>SB – <a href="/wiki/Rocky_DiPietro" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky DiPietro">Rocky DiPietro</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>TE – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gabriel" title="Tony Gabriel">Tony Gabriel</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li> <li>WR – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Baker_(gridiron_football)" title="Keith Baker (gridiron football)">Keith Baker</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>WR – <a href="/wiki/James_Scott_(gridiron_football)" title="James Scott (gridiron football)">James Scott</a>, Montreal Alouettes</li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Waszczuk" title="Henry Waszczuk">Henry Waszczuk</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>OG – <a href="/wiki/Val_Belcher" title="Val Belcher">Val Belcher</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li> <li>OG – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Norton_(Canadian_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Norton (Canadian football) (page does not exist)">Bill Norton</a>, Montreal Alouettes</li> <li>OT – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Payton" title="Doug Payton">Doug Payton</a>, Montreal Alouettes</li> <li>OT – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Fulton_(American_football)" title="Ed Fulton (American football)">Ed Fulton</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li></ul> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927"><div class="multicol-float" style="min-width: 48%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defence_3">Defence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Defence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>DT – <a href="/wiki/Ecomet_Burley" title="Ecomet Burley">Ecomet Burley</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DT – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Raines" title="Mike Raines">Mike Raines</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li> <li>DE – <a href="/wiki/Grover_Covington" title="Grover Covington">Grover Covington</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DE – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Marshall_(defensive_lineman)" title="Greg Marshall (defensive lineman)">Greg Marshall</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li> <li>LB – <a href="/wiki/John_Priestner" title="John Priestner">John Priestner</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>LB – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Zambiasi" title="Ben Zambiasi">Ben Zambiasi</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>LB – <a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Carteri" title="Carmelo Carteri">Carmelo Carteri</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Paul" title="Leroy Paul">Leroy Paul</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/David_Shaw_(Canadian_football)" title="David Shaw (Canadian football)">David Shaw</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Harold_Woods" title="Harold Woods">Harold Woods</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brune" title="Larry Brune">Larry Brune</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li> <li>DB – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Rhino" title="Randy Rhino">Randy Rhino</a>, Ottawa Rough Riders</li></ul> </div><div class="multicol-float-clear" style=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_teams_3">Special teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Special teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>P – <a href="/wiki/Zenon_Andrusyshyn" title="Zenon Andrusyshyn">Zenon Andrusyshyn</a>, Toronto Argonauts</li> <li>K – <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Ruoff" title="Bernie Ruoff">Bernie Ruoff</a>, Hamilton Tiger-Cats</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1981_CFL_Awards">1981 CFL Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_CFL_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1981 CFL Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CFL%27s_Most_Outstanding_Player_Award" title="CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award">CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dieter_Brock" title="Dieter Brock">Dieter Brock</a> (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFL%27s_Most_Outstanding_Canadian_Award" title="CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award">CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Poplawski" title="Joe Poplawski">Joe Poplawski</a> (SB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFL%27s_Most_Outstanding_Defensive_Player_Award" title="CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award">CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kepley" title="Danny Kepley">Danny Kepley</a> (LB), Edmonton Eskimos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFL%27s_Most_Outstanding_Offensive_Lineman_Award" title="CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award">CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Butler_(Canadian_football)" title="Larry Butler (Canadian football)">Larry Butler</a> (OG), Winnipeg Blue Bombers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFL%27s_Most_Outstanding_Rookie_Award" title="CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award">CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vince_Goldsmith" title="Vince Goldsmith">Vince Goldsmith</a> (LB), Saskatchewan Roughriders</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Pate_Memorial_Award" title="Tom Pate Memorial Award">CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_McEachern" title="Ken McEachern">Ken McEachern</a> (DB), Saskatchewan Roughriders</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annis_Stukus_Trophy" title="Annis Stukus 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Canadian football">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_Canadian_football" title="1951 in Canadian football">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_Canadian_football" title="1952 in Canadian football">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_Canadian_football" title="1953 in Canadian football">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_Canadian_football" title="1954 in Canadian football">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_Canadian_football" title="1955 in Canadian football">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_Canadian_football" title="1956 in Canadian football">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_Canadian_football" title="1957 in Canadian football">1957</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#E5E5E5; color:#000;">CFL era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table 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