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1987 CFL season
DurationJune 21 – November 8, 1987
East championsToronto Argonauts
West championsEdmonton Eskimos
75th Grey Cup
DateNovember 29, 1987
VenueBC Place, Vancouver
ChampionsEdmonton Eskimos
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Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

The 1987 CFL season is considered to be the 34th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 30th Canadian Football League season.

CFL news in 1987

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The Canadian Football League celebrated the 75th Annual Grey Cup game at BC Place Stadium on Sunday, November 29.

The Canadian Football Network, which was syndicated on Canadian television stations, was created by the league, taking the place of CTV, which ended its partnership with the CFL the previous season.[1] The CFL experimented with their blackout policy by blacking out four televised games in both, Hamilton and Toronto (two in Hamilton and two in Toronto). The cable outlet TSN also began broadcasting the CFL in 1987, gaining the rights to games that had been passed on by CBC and CFN;[1] TSN has aired CFL games ever since, eventually becoming the exclusive broadcaster in 2008. The CFL made money off the CBC and TSN agreements, money that largely covered the startup costs for CFN for the first year.[1]

Game rosters were revised from 35 to 34 that included 19 Non-Imports, 13 Imports and 2 Quarterbacks. The reserve list was increased from three to four. Even with these reductions, all eight remaining CFL teams lost money.[1]

After losing money for three years, Charles Bronfman sold the Concordes to Norm Kimball, who renamed them the Alouettes the previous year to renew interest in the team, but after losing money during the 1986 season, and playing before sparse Olympic Stadium crowds of less than 10,000, he, along with the CFL folded the Montreal Alouettes for the second time, this time for good on June 24 (the first week of the regular season), after the team played two preseason games on the road.[1] With the team's demise the CFL (reduced to eight teams) revised the season schedule and moved the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the East Division to balance out the divisions. The Alouettes, however, would return in 1996 when the CFL's American operations ended with the Baltimore Stallions moving to Montreal to become the third and current incarnation of the team.

In January 1987, the league rejected a proposal from Arizona Outlaws owner Bill Tatham to allow the Outlaws, then without a league after the collapse of the United States Football League, to play in the CFL.[2]

The single-elimination Semi-Final/Final playoff format (in use since 1972) that was scrapped last season in favour of the "total point series" format was restored; the crossover playoff format was not revisited until 1997.

1987 CFL dispersal draft

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After the Alouettes folded just prior to the 1987 season - folding after the league's season opener, but before their first game - a dispersal draft[3] was held among the remaining 8 teams. The draft took place on 26 June 1987, and 23 players were selected.[3]

Round one
Pick # Player Position Team
1 James Hood[4] WR Ottawa Rough Riders
2 Brett Williams[5] DL Saskatchewan Roughriders
3 Matt FInlay LB Toronto Argonauts
4 Rick Ryan DB Calgary Stampeders
5 Nick Arakgi[6] TE Winnipeg Blue Bombers
6 Glenn Kulka DL British Columbia Lions
7 Steve Benjamin DB Edmonton Eskimos
8 Jacques Chapdelaine[7] WR Hamilton Tiger Cats
Round two
Pick # Player Position Team
9 Larry Mohr RB Ottawa Rough Riders
10 Dave Ridgway[8] K Saskatchewan Roughriders
11 Bob Skemp OL Toronto Argonauts
12 Mike Palumbo OL Calgary Stampeders
13 Jeff Treftlin DB Winnipeg Blue Bombers
14 Dan Rashovich LB British Columbia Lions
15 William Mitchell LB Edmonton Eskimos
16 Lloyd Fairbanks OL Hamilton Tiger Cats
Round three
Pick # Player Position Team
17 Doug Scott DL Ottawa Rough Riders
18 Brad Taylor QB Saskatchewan Roughriders
19 Calvin Taylor DL Toronto Argonauts
20 Pass Calgary Stampeders
21 Don Wilson DB Winnipeg Blue Bombers
22 Pass British Columbia Lions
23 Pass Edmonton Eskimos
24 Sean McKeown OL Hamilton Tiger Cats
Round four
Pick # Player Position Team
25 Pass Ottawa Rough Riders
26 Jerry Gordon WR Saskatchewan Roughriders
27 Pass Toronto Argonauts
28 Pass Calgary Stampeders
29 Eric Emery LB Winnipeg Blue Bombers
30 Pass British Columbia Lions
31 Pass Edmonton Eskimos
32 Pass Hamilton Tiger Cats

Regular season standings

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Final regular season standings

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West Division
Pos Team
 Pld W L T PF PA PD Pts Div Stk
1 BC Lions (C, Q) 18 12 6 0 502 370 132 24 6–3 W4
2 Edmonton Eskimos (Q) 18 11 7 0 617 462 155 22 5–4 W1
3 Calgary Stampeders (Q) 18 10 8 0 453 517 −64 20 5–3 L2
4 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 12 1 364 529 −165 11 2–7 L3
Source: "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on October 16, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

East Division
Pos Team
 Pld W L T PF PA PD Pts Div Stk
1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (C, Q) 18 12 6 0 554 409 145 24 5–2 L1
2 Toronto Argonauts (Q) 18 11 6 1 484 427 57 23 6–4 W1
3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q) 18 7 11 0 470 509 −39 14 4–5 L2
4 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 3 15 0 377 598 −221 6 2–6 L1
Source: "1987 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on October 16, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

BC and Winnipeg have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

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Main article: 75th Grey Cup

The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1987 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Toronto Argonauts 38–36, at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. This game eventually became the battle of the backups when starters, Matt Dunigan and Gilbert Renfroe became injured leaving backups Damon Allen and Danny Barrett to take over. The Eskimos' Damon Allen (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Stewart Hill (DE) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Milson Jones (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

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November 15: Division Semifinals November 22: Division Finals November 29: 75th Grey Cup @ BC Place Stadium – Vancouver, BC
         
E2 Toronto Argonauts 19
East
E1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3
E3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13
E2 Toronto Argonauts 29
E2 Toronto Argonauts 36
W2 Edmonton Eskimos 38
W2 Edmonton Eskimos 31
West
W1 BC Lions 7
W3 Calgary Stampeders 16
W2 Edmonton Eskimos 30

CFL leaders

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1987 CFL All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1987 Eastern All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1987 Western All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1987 CFL awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Hickey, Pat (November 11, 1987). "CFL May Be Beyond Rescuing". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved January 2, 2014 – via Chicago Tribune.
  2. ^ "New football league hope slim // CFL 'lukewarm' to merger with the defunct USFL", Chicago Sun-Times, February 18, 1987, archived from the original on March 9, 2016, retrieved July 4, 2012
  3. ^ a b "1987 Canadian Football League Dispersal Draft on CFLdb Statistics". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "James Hood". www.cflapedia.com. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  5. ^ "Brett Williams". www.cflapedia.com. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  6. ^ "Nick Arakgi". www.cflapedia.com. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  7. ^ "Jacques Chapdelaine". www.cflapedia.com. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  8. ^ "Dave Ridgway". www.cflapedia.com. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  9. ^ "CFLapedia".
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