1984 CFL season

1984 CFL season
Duration	June 29 – October 28, 1984
East champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
West champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
72nd Grey Cup
Date	November 18, 1984
Venue	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFL seasons
←  1983 1985  →

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Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

  

Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

The 1984 CFL season is considered to be the 31st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 27th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1984

The CFL granted a conditional expansion team to the city of Halifax, the team was named the Atlantic Schooners. The franchise were supposed to begin play in 1984. However, before the season started, ownership could not secure and provide the financing for a new stadium. Without a stadium in place, the Schooners folded without playing a single game in the CFL.

Calgary native Douglas H. Mitchell, Q.C. became the sixth CFL Commissioner in history on Friday, June 1, succeeding Jake Gaudaur who had served in that position since 1968.

In the fall, the CFL conducted a market research study with the fans in CFL cities.

The CFL, eliminated territorial exemptions, which allowed the 1985 Canadian College Draft to be more open – allowing teams to draft players from different regions.

The regular season started in June for the first time in league history, while Edmonton hosted its first Grey Cup championship game.

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

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	16	12	3	1	445	281	25
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	4	1	523	309	23
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	7	0	464	443	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	6	9	1	348	479	13
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	314	425	12

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	16	9	6	1	461	361	19
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	6	9	1	353	439	13
Montreal Concordes	16	6	9	1	386	404	13
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	4	12	0	354	507	8

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

Grey Cup playoffs

Main article: 72nd Grey Cup

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1984 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 47–17, at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. This was Winnipeg's first Grey Cup victory since 1962. The Blue Bombers' Tom Clements (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Tyrone Jones (LB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Sean Kehoe (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

November 4: Division Semifinals

November 11: Division Finals

November 18: 72nd Grey Cup @ Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton, AB

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

14*

East

E1

Toronto Argonauts

13

E3

Montreal Concordes

11

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

17

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

17

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

47

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

31

West

W1

BC Lions

14

W3

Edmonton Eskimos

20

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

55

*-Team won in Overtime.

CFL Leaders

• CFL Passing Leaders
• CFL Rushing Leaders
• CFL Receiving Leaders ^[1]

1984 CFL All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Tom Clements, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – Willard Reaves, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – Dwaine Wilson, Montreal Concordes
• TE – Nick Arakgi, Montreal Concordes
• SB – Joe Poplawski, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• WR – Brian Kelly, Edmonton Eskimos
• WR – Mervyn Fernandez, BC Lions
• C – John Bonk, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OG – Nick Bastaja, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OG – Dan Ferrone, Toronto Argonauts
• OT – Chris Walby, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OT – John Blain, BC Lions

Defence

• DT – James Curry, Toronto Argonauts
• DT – Mack Moore, BC Lions
• DE – Steve Raquet, Montreal Concordes
• DE – James "Quick" Parker, BC Lions
• LB – Aaron Brown, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – Tyrone Jones, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – Stewart Hill, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – David Shaw, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DB – Harry Skipper, Montreal Concordes
• DB – Ken Hailey, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DB – Larry Crawford, BC Lions
• DB – Laurent DesLauriers, Edmonton Eskimos

Special teams

• P – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• K – Lui Passaglia, BC Lions

1984 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Joe Barnes, Toronto Argonauts
• RB – Lester Brown, Toronto Argonauts
• RB – Dwaine Wilson, Montreal Concordes
• TE – Nick Arakgi, Montreal Concordes
• SB – Paul Pearson, Toronto Argonauts
• WR – Terry Greer, Toronto Argonauts
• WR – Ron Johnson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• C – Henry Waszczuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• OG – Lloyd Fairbanks, Montreal Concordes
• OG – Dan Ferrone, Toronto Argonauts
• OT – Miles Gorrell, Montreal Concordes
• OT – John Malinosky, Toronto Argonauts

Defence

• DT – James Curry, Toronto Argonauts
• DT – Doug Scott, Montreal Concordes
• DE – Steve Raquet, Montreal Concordes
• DE – Greg Marshall, Ottawa Rough Riders
• LB – William Mitchell, Toronto Argonauts
• LB – Al Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
• LB – Ben Zambiasi, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Carl Brazley, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Harry Skipper, Montreal Concordes
• DB – Felix Wright, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Ricky Barden, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DB – Phil Jones, Montreal Concordes

Special teams

• P – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• K – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1984 Western All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Tom Clements, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – Willard Reaves, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – Craig Ellis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• SB – Chris DeFrance, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• SB – Joe Poplawski, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• WR – Brian Kelly, Edmonton Eskimos
• WR – Mervyn Fernandez, BC Lions
• C – John Bonk, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OG – Nick Bastaja, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OG – Leo Blanchard, Edmonton Eskimos
• OT – Chris Walby, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OT – John Blain, BC Lions

Defence

• DT – Randy Trautman, Calgary Stampeders
• DT – Mack Moore, BC Lions
• DE – Tony Norman, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DE – James "Quick" Parker, BC Lions
• LB – Aaron Brown, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – Tyrone Jones, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – Stewart Hill, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – David Shaw, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DB – Terry Irvin, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – Ken Hailey, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DB – Larry Crawford, BC Lions
• DB – Laurent DesLauriers, Edmonton Eskimos

Special teams

• P – Bob Cameron, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• K – Lui Passaglia, BC Lions

1984 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Willard Reaves (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Nick Arakgi (SB), Montreal Concordes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – James "Quick" Parker (DE), BC Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – John Bonk (C), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Dwaine Wilson (RB), Montreal Concordes
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – Bruce Walker (WR), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Cal Murphy, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

References

1. "CFLapedia".