The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Professional Football

National Football League (NFL)
Championships
1980: Oakland Raiders 27, Philadelphia Eagles 10
1981: San Francisco 49ers 26, Cincinnati
Bengals 21
1982: Washington Redskins 27, Miami Dolphins 17
1983: Los Angeles Raiders 38, Washington
Redskins 9
1984: San Francisco 49ers 38, Miami Dolphins 16
1985: Chicago Bears 46, New England Patriots 10
1986: New York Giants 39, Denver Broncos 20
1987: Washington Redskins 42, Denver Broncos 10
1988: San Francisco 49ers 20, Cincinnati
Bengals 16
1989: San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10

NFL Most Valuable Players
1980: Brian Sipe, Cleveland Browns
1981: Ken Anderson, Cincinnati Bengals
1982: Mark Moseley, Washington Redskins
1983: Joe Theismann, Washington Redskins
1984: Dan Marino, Miami Dolphins
1985: Marcus Allen, Los Angeles Raiders
1986: Lawrence Taylor, New York Giants
1987: John Elway, Denver Broncos

1988: Boomer Esiason, Cincinnati Bengals

1989: Joe Montana*, San Francisco 49ers

Canadian Football League (CFL) Gray Cup

Winners

1980: Edmonton Eskimos 48, Hamilton

Tiger-Cats 10

1981: Edmonton Eskimos 26, Ottawa

Renegades 23

1982: Edmonton Eskimos 32, Toronto

Argonauts 16

1983: Toronto Argonauts 18, British Columbia

Lions 17

1984: Winnipeg Blue Bombers 47, Hamilton

Tiger-Cats 17

1985: British Columbia Lions 37, Hamilton

Tiger-Cats 24

1986: Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39, Edmonton

Eskimos 15

1987: Edmonton Eskimos 38, Toronto

Argonauts 36

1988: Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22, British

Columbia Lions 21

1989: Saskatchewan Rough Riders 43, Hamilton

Tiger-Cats 40

College Football

Heisman Trophy Winners
1980: George Rogers, South Carolina
1981: Marcus Allen, University of Southern
California
1982: Herschel Walker, Georgia
1983: Mike Rozier, Nebraska
1984: Doug Flutie, Boston College
1985: Bo Jackson*, Auburn
1986: Vinny Testaverde, Miami (Florida)
1987: Tim Brown, Notre Dame
1988: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State
1989: Andre Ware, Houston

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