1978 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coachJoe Scannella
Home fieldOlympic Stadium
Results
Record8–7–1
Division place2nd, East
Playoff finishLost Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1978 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in second place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–7–1 record and appeared in the Grey Cup. The Alouettes would fail to defend their Grey Cup title, losing the championship game to the Edmonton Eskimos, who they had defeated a year earlier.

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 13 at BC Lions L 9–15 0–1 Empire Stadium 21,608
B June 20 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 14–12 1–1 Olympic Stadium 28,484
C June 28 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 25–4 2–1 Lansdowne Park 16,961
D July 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 27–24 3–1 Olympic Stadium 34,191

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Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 11 5 0 395 261 22
Montreal Alouettes 16 8 7 1 331 295 17
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 225 403 11
Toronto Argonauts 16 4 12 0 234 389 8

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Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 11 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 10–17 0–1 Lansdowne Park 25,391
2 2 July 18 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 30–23 1–1 Olympic Stadium 51,388
3 3 July 26 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 24–12 2–1 Olympic Stadium 52,132
4 4 Aug 2 at Toronto Argonauts L 11–16 2–2 Exhibition Stadium 52,308
5 5 Aug 9 at Calgary Stampeders W 28–14 3–2 McMahon Stadium 26,888
6 Bye
7 6 Aug 22 vs. BC Lions W 30–26 4–2 Olympic Stadium 65,132
8 7 Aug 29 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 10–36 4–3 Winnipeg Stadium 27,201
9 8 Sept 5 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 18–23 4–4 Olympic Stadium 62,197
10 9 Sept 10 at Toronto Argonauts W 16–11 5–4 Exhibition Stadium 46,202
11 10 Sept 17 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 14–4 6–4 Olympic Stadium 50,567
12 11 Sept 23 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–17 6–5 Ivor Wynne Stadium 22,794
13 12 Oct 1 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 22–42 6–6 Olympic Stadium 54,562
14 13 Oct 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders T 35–35 6–6–1 Taylor Field 20,907
15 14 Oct 15 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 10–13 6–7–1 Lansdowne Park 33,976
16 15 Oct 21 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 30–7 7–7–1 Olympic Stadium 45,547
17 Bye
18 16 Nov 4 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 26–8 8–7–1 Olympic Stadium 54,159

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Postseason

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Semi-Final Nov 11 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 35–20 1–0 Olympic Stadium 37,017
East Final Nov 19 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–16 2–0 Lansdowne Park 31,960
Grey Cup Nov 26 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 13–20 2–1 Exhibition Stadium 54,386

Grey Cup

Main article: 66th Grey Cup
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Edmonton Eskimos 10 4 3 3 20
Montreal Alouettes 3 0 7 3 13

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References

  1. ^ a b "1978 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  2. ^ a b "1978 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. ^ "CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  4. ^ "Montreal Alouettes Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  5. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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