1981 Calgary Stampeders season

1981 Calgary Stampeders season
General manager	Jack Gotta
Head coach	Ardell Wiegandt (fired October 5th) Jerry Williams
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	5th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1981 Calgary Stampeders finished in fifth place in the West Division with a 6–10 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	Fri, June 5	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 11–12	0–1	McMahon Stadium	29,292
B	Sat, June 13	vs. BC Lions	L 4–8	0–2	Empire Stadium	18,354
C	Sun, June 21	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 20–33	0–3	Taylor Field	18,599
D	Fri, June 26	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 14–16	0–4	McMahon Stadium	28,579

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	1	1	576	277	29
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	517	299	22
BC Lions	16	10	6	0	438	377	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	7	0	431	371	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	306	367	12

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Sat, July 11	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 10–30	0–1	Commonwealth Stadium	43,346
2	2	Fri, July 17	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 26–6	1–1	McMahon Stadium	30,812
3	3	Fri, July 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 25–16	2–1	Taylor Field	26,992
4	4	Fri, July 31	vs. BC Lions	L 29–52	2–2	McMahon Stadium	32,135
5	5	Sat, Aug 8	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 16–28	2–3	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20,270
6	6	Fri, Aug 14	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 18–17	3–3	McMahon Stadium	32,349
7	7	Fri, Aug 21	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 30–18	4–3	McMahon Stadium	30,276
8	8	Sat, Aug 29	at BC Lions	L 21–31	4–4	Empire Stadium	28,932
9	9	Mon, Sept 7	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 23–5	5–4	McMahon Stadium	30,381
10	Bye
11	10	Sat, Sept 19	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 10–23	5–5	McMahon Stadium	34,657
12	11	Sun, Sept 27	at Toronto Argonauts	L 26–29	5–6	Exhibition Stadium	28,664
13	12	Sun, Oct 4	at Montreal Alouettes	L 16–22	5–7	Olympic Stadium	22,222
14	13	Sat, Oct 10	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 29–3	6–7	McMahon Stadium	29,986
15	14	Sun, Oct 18	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 10–21	6–8	Lansdowne Park	15,002
16	15	Sun, Oct 25	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 11–24	6–9	McMahon Stadium	33,279
17	16	Sun, Nov 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 6–44	6–10	Winnipeg Stadium	27,489

Awards and records

1981 CFL All-Stars

• DB – Ray Odums, CFL All-Star

Western All-Stars

• DB – Ray Odums, CFL Western All-Star
• DB – Merv Walker, CFL Western All-Star