| 1974 CFL season | |
|---|---|
| East champions | Montreal Alouettes |
| West champions | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 62nd Grey Cup | |
| Champions | Montreal Alouettes |
The 1974 CFL season is considered to be the 21st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 17th Canadian Football League season.
The Eastern Conference extended its regular season schedule from 14 to 16 games in 1974. The Western Football Conference had been playing a 16-game schedule since 1952. ORFU, which had not competed for the Grey Cup in 20 seasons and had dropped to amateur status, ceased to exist. The Montreal Alouettes change their colours to red, white and blue, and adopt the triangular "Delta" logo with the Montreal colours in it on a navy blue helmet.
The first players' strike in league history occurred during training camp. The strike was settled prior to the beginning of the regular season. No games were cancelled as a result of the dispute. It was this strike, which coincided with a similarly timed strike in the National Football League, which brought into existence the World Football League, a potential rival league to both the NFL and CFL, and one of the WFL's teams was to be placed in Toronto. In retaliation, Canadian Parliament introduced (but never passed) the Canadian Football Act, which would have given the CFL a government-enforced monopoly on professional football in Canada. The spectre of the bill prompted the Toronto franchise owner to relocate his team to the U.S. before it began play, and the only presence the WFL would ever have in Canada was a single game in London, Ontario, a city where the CFL had (and still has today) no direct presence.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 345 | 247 | 21 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 305 | 289 | 18 |
| BC Lions | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 306 | 299 | 16 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 258 | 350 | 16 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 285 | 305 | 12 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Alouettes | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 339 | 271 | 20 |
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 261 | 271 | 14 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 279 | 313 | 14 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 281 | 314 | 13 |
The Montreal Alouettes are the 1974 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos, 20–7, at Vancouver's Empire Stadium. Montreal's Sonny Wade (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Junior Ah You (DE) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. Montreal's Don Sweet (K) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
| November 10: Division Semifinals | November 17: Division Finals | November 24: 62nd Grey Cup @ Empire Stadium – Vancouver, BC | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 4 | ||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||
| E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 20 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Edmonton Eskimos | 7 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27 | ||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||
| W1 | Edmonton Eskimos | 31 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | BC Lions | 14 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24 | ||||||||||||
