1979 Montreal Alouettes season
The 1979 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–4–1 record and appeared in the 67th Grey Cup. The Alouettes would lose the championship game to the Edmonton Eskimos for the second consecutive year.
1979 Montreal Alouettes season | |
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Head coach | Joe Scannella |
Home field | Olympic Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 11–4–1 |
Division place | 1st, East |
Playoff finish | Lost Grey Cup |
Uniform | |
Preseason
Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
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A | June 12 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Olympic Stadium | 36–20 | Win | 24,290 | 1–0 |
B | June 20 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Taylor Field | 19–7 | Win | 18,349 | 2–0 |
C | June 27 | Toronto Argonauts | Exhibition Stadium | 30–18 | Win | 35,230 | 3–0 |
D | July 3 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Olympic Stadium | 21–8 | Win | 27,637 | 4–0 |
Regular season
Standings
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Montreal Alouettes | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 351 | 284 | 23 |
Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 349 | 315 | 18 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 280 | 338 | 12 |
Toronto Argonauts | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 234 | 352 | 10 |
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
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1 | July 10 | Toronto Argonauts | Exhibition Stadium | 11–9 | Win | 42,108 | 1–0 |
2 | July 17 | BC Lions | Empire Stadium | 25–10 | Loss | 1–1 | |
3 | July 25 | Calgary Stampeders | Olympic Stadium | 19–7 | Loss | 51,237 | 1–2 |
4 | Aug 1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21–8 | Win | 2–2 | |
5 | Aug 7 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Olympic Stadium | 25–10 | Win | 41,232 | 3–2 |
6 | Bye | ||||||
7 | Aug 20 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Olympic Stadium | 32–14 | Win | 51,487 | 4–2 |
8 | Aug 29 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Lansdowne Park | 31–29 | Loss | 31,672 | 4–3 |
9 | Sept 4 | Toronto Argonauts | Exhibition Stadium | 28–25 | Win | 45,202 | 5–3 |
10 | Sept 9 | Toronto Argonauts | Olympic Stadium | 31–11 | Win | 51,203 | 6–3 |
11 | Sept 16 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21–14 | Win | 18,511 | 7–3 |
12 | Sept 23 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Olympic Stadium | 11–3 | Win | 35,240 | 8–3 |
13 | Sept 30 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Lansdowne Park | 29–29 | Tie | 32,669 | 8–3–1 |
14 | Oct 8 | Edmonton Eskimos | Commonwealth Stadium | 47–6 | Loss | 42,778 | 8–4–1 |
15 | Bye | ||||||
16 | Oct 20 | Toronto Argonauts | Olympic Stadium | 25–11 | Win | 37,690 | 9–4–1 |
17 | Oct 27 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Olympic Stadium | 24–8 | Win | 47,368 | 10–4–1 |
18 | Nov 4 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Olympic Stadium | 41–20 | Win | 41,382 | 11–4–1 |
Postseason
Game | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance |
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East Final | Nov 17 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Olympic Stadium | 17–6 | Win | 35,103 |
Grey Cup | Nov 25 | Edmonton Eskimos | Olympic Stadium | 17–9 | Loss | 65,113 |
Grey Cup
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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Edmonton Eskimos | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Montreal Alouettes | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Montreal's star running back David Green became the fifth Alouette to be named Most Outstanding Player. He led the league in rushing with 1678 yards on 287 carries.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.profootballarchives.com/1979cflmtl.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Montreal Alouettes Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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