1978 Montreal Alouettes season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Montreal Alouettes 1978 8–7–1 2nd, East Joe Scannella Olympic Stadium Lost Grey Cup Image:CFL MTL Jersey 1975.png Alouettes seasons 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 in a rematch vs the Edmonton Eskimos 20–13. 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 https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0 1978 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2013-11-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121317/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0 2012-09-22 https://www.profootballarchives.com/1978cflmtl.html 1978 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) - Pro Football Archives Regular season Standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsOttawa Rough Riders 16 11 5 0 395 261 22Montreal Alouettes 16 8 7 1 331 295 17Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 225 403 11Toronto Argonauts 16 4 12 0 234 389 8 https://cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2011-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120616114031/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg 2012-06-16 dead 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 Montreal Alouettes Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945 http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/montreal.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100101215221/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/montreal.htm 2010-01-01 live 2009-08-10 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 66th Grey Cup Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 10 4 3 3 20Montreal Alouettes 3 0 7 3 13 https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1978 CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111013095922/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1978 2011-10-13 dead Roster 1978 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks  7 I Joe Barnes  9 N Gerry Dattilio 17 I Larry Lawrence 14 I Sonny Wade P Running backs 26 I David Green 33 N Chuck McMann 30 I John O'Leary 36 N Larry Smith 32 I Ken Starch Wide receivers 24 N Vic Anonsen 22 I Bob Gaddis 10 N Ian Mofford Tight ends 74 N Peter Dalla Riva Offensive linemen 50 N Pat Bonnett G 58 I Randy Halsall G 44 N Mike Hameluck C/G 61 I Doug Payton T/G 53 N Doug Smith C 52 N Ray Watrin G 60 I Bill Winters T 67 I Dan Yochum T Defensive linemen 77 I Junior Ah You DE 62 N Gabriel Grégoire DE 75 N Gord Judges DT 51 N Phil Luke DT/DE 64 N Glen Weir DTLinebackers 39 N Wally Buono P 72 I Carl Crennel 47 N Jerry Friesen 76 I Chuck Zapiec Defensive backs 16 I Jim Burrow 27 I Dwayne Crump 18 I Dickie Harris 20 N Ty Morris 23 N Tony Proudfoot 21 I Randy Rhino  8 N Larry Uteck Special teams 11 N Don Sweet K Injured list 41 I John Olenchalk LB Italics indicate American players References External links Official Site Category:Montreal Alouettes seasons Category:James S. Dixon Trophy championship seasons Category:1978 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1978 in Montreal Category:1978 in sports in Quebec