Harry Ornest sold the Toronto Argonauts to Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy on Monday, February 25.
On Wednesday, July 24, the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Rough Riders resigned, causing the CFL to assume the ownership duties of the franchise, two days later.
Three months later, the Rough Riders were sold by the CFL to Bernie and Lonie Glieberman on Saturday, October 19.
All eight clubs combined for a record 64.2 points per game and attendance figures broke the 2 million mark for the tenth time in CFL history (2,001,858).
In that game, the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders 36–21 in front of 51,985 football fans.