1978 CFL season | |
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East champions | Montreal Alouettes |
West champions | Edmonton Eskimos |
66th Grey Cup | |
Date | November 26, 1978 |
Venue | Exhibition Stadium, Toronto |
Champions | Edmonton Eskimos |
The 1978 CFL season is considered to be the 25th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 21st Canadian Football League season.
The league drew 2,229,834 fans to its 72 regular season games, a record that would stand until the 2005 season by which time the league had extended its schedule from 16 to 18 games. The league's average attendance of 31,831 spectators per game remains a league record as of 2024.
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 |
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Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 452 | 301 | 22 |
Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 381 | 311 | 21 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 371 | 351 | 18 |
BC Lions | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 359 | 308 | 16 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 330 | 459 | 9 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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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 |
The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1978 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes, 20–13, at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. This was the fourth championship meeting between Edmonton and Montreal within the last six years. The Eskimos' Tom Wilkinson (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. While Angelo Santucci (RB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
November 11/12: Division Semifinals | November 18/19: Division Finals | November 26: 66th Grey Cup @ Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||
E2 | Montreal Alouettes | 21 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20 | E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | |||||||||
E2 | Montreal Alouettes | 35 | E2 | Montreal Alouettes | 13 | |||||||||
W1 | Edmonton Eskimos | 20 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 13 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | W1 | Edmonton Eskimos | 26 | |||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 38 |
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