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 →

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

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

Special teams

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

1984 Eastern All-Stars

Special teams

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

1984 Western All-Stars

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