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 3–1

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 12

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

Teams Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 6 1 0 10 Edmonton Eskimos 10 14 10 14 48 Roster 1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

K

Tight ends

Offensive linemen G/T T G/T T G/DT C C

Defensive linemen DT DE DT DE DT/DE DE/DT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P

Injured list WR

Italics indicate American players

Awards and honours 1980 CFL All-Stars Bernie Ruoff, Punter David Shaw, Defensive back Ben Zambiasi, Linebacker

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