1978 Montreal Alouettes season

1978 Montreal Alouettes season
Head Coach	Joe Scannella
Home Field	Olympic Stadium
Results
Record	8–7–1
Place	2nd, East
Playoff Finish	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform
	File:CFL MTL Jersey 1975.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1977	1979

The 1978 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 2nd place in the East Division with a 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[]

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

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

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Postseason[]

Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 11	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Olympic Stadium	35–20	Win	37,017
East Final	Nov 19	Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	21–16	Win	31,960
Grey Cup	Nov 26	Edmonton Eskimos	Exhibition Stadium	20–13	Loss	54,386

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[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1978cflmtl.html
↑ http://cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg
↑ "Montreal Alouettes Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. http://www.webcitation.org/5j0tBj5aw. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1978

External links[]

Official Site

[CFL.ca_Schedule-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0

[PF_Archives-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1978cflmtl.html

[3] ttp://cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg

[4] "Montreal Alouettes Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. http://www.webcitation.org/5j0tBj5aw. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

[5] ttp://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1978

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