1980 Calgary Stampeders season

1980 Calgary Stampeders season
General manager	Jack Gotta
Head coach	Ardell Wiegandt
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Semi-Final

The 1980 Calgary Stampeders finished in third place in the Western Conference with a 9–7 record. They appeared in the Western Semi-Final where they lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	13	3	0	505	281	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	10	6	0	394	387	20
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	0	407	355	18
BC Lions	16	8	7	1	381	351	17
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	14	0	284	469	4

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Tue, July 8	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 20–26	0–1	Lansdowne Park	21,064
2	2	Tue, July 15	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 19–8	1–1	McMahon Stadium	32,663
3	3	Wed, July 23	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 40–24	2–1	McMahon Stadium	30,524
4	4	Tue, July 29	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 18–35	2–2	Winnipeg Stadium	20,774
5	5	Tue, Aug 5	at BC Lions	L 23–31	2–3	Empire Stadium	25,465
6	6	Tue, Aug 12	vs. BC Lions	W 24–7	3–3	McMahon Stadium	34,134
7	7	Tue, Aug 19	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 16–15	4–3	Commonwealth Stadium	42,778
8	8	Mon, Sept 1	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 23–38	4–4	McMahon Stadium	34,562
9	9	Sun, Sept 7	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 29–30	4–5	Winnipeg Stadium	25,784
10	Bye
11	10	Sat, Sept 20	vs. BC Lions	W 24–16	5–5	McMahon Stadium	32,749
12	11	Sun, Sept 28	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 14–18	5–6	Taylor Field	24,607
13	12	Sun, Oct 5	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 27–14	6–6	McMahon Stadium	29,914
14	13	Mon, Oct 13	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 28–30	6–7	Ivor Wynne Stadium	19,989
15	14	Sun, Oct 19	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 31–28	7–7	McMahon Stadium	31,132
16	15	Sun, Oct 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 34–28	8–7	Commonwealth Stadium	43,346
17	16	Sun, Nov 2	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 37–10	9–7	McMahon Stadium	31,979

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	0	7	7	0	14
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21	2	0	9	32

Awards and records

1980 CFL All-Stars

• RB – James Sykes, CFL All-Star
• DE – Reggie Lewis, CFL All-Star
• DB – Ray Odums, CFL All-Star

Western All-Stars

• RB – James Sykes, CFL Western All-Star
• OG – Mike Horton, CFL Western All-Star
• DT – Ed McAleney, CFL Western All-Star
• DE – Reggie Lewis, CFL Western All-Star
• DB – Ray Odums, CFL Western All-Star