1977 Montreal Alouettes season explained

Team:Montreal Alouettes
Year:1977
Record:11–5
Division Place:1st, East
Coach:Marv Levy
Stadium:Olympic Stadium
Playoffs:Won Grey Cup
Uniform:Image:CFL MTL Jersey 1975.png
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The 1977 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–5 record and won the Grey Cup. The Alouettes set CFL attendance records for the most attended regular season game with 69,093 fans attending the September 6 match-up with the Toronto Argonauts and for the most attended Grey Cup game with 68,205 people attending the 65th Grey Cup. Both records still stand today.

Preseason

GameDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
AJune 15at Winnipeg Blue BombersL 17–240–1Winnipeg Stadium17,736
BJune 26vs. Edmonton EskimosL 16–180–2Olympic Stadium22,147
CJune 29at Toronto ArgonautsW 20–61–2Exhibition Stadium39,103
DJuly 5vs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 40–02–2Olympic Stadium23,920

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Montreal Alouettes 16 11 5 0 311 245 22
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 8 0 368 344 16
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 251 266 12
16 5 11 0 283 394 10

Schedule

WeekGameDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
11July 13vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 27–171–0Lansdowne Park25,280
22July 20at Toronto ArgonautsW 16–102–0Exhibition Stadium47,320
33July 26vs. Calgary StampedersW 17–63–0Olympic Stadium55,085
44Aug 2at Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 21–114–0Ivor Wynne Stadium25,782
55Aug 11vs. Winnipeg Blue BombersW 27–105–0Olympic Stadium63,330
6Bye
76Aug 23vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 27–206–0Olympic Stadium66,544
87Aug 30at Edmonton EskimosW 25–207–0Clarke Stadium25,875
98Sept 6vs. Toronto ArgonautsL 14–207–1Olympic Stadium69,093
109Sept 11at Ottawa Rough RidersW 16–118–1Lansdowne Park33,399
1110Sept 18vs. Toronto ArgonautsL 13–198–2Exhibition Stadium47,138
1211Sept 25vs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 19–208–3Ivor Wynne Stadium21,748
1312Oct 2vs. Toronto ArgonautsL 6–188–4Olympic Stadium62,832
1413Oct 9vs. Saskatchewan RoughridersW 20–189–4Olympic Stadium50,540
1514Oct 15BC LionsL 17–189–5Empire Stadium32,719
1615Oct 22vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 28–1610–5Olympic Stadium62,157
1716Oct 29vs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 18–1111–5Olympic Stadium46,620
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Postseason

RoundDateOpponentResultsVenueAttendance
ScoreRecord
East FinalNov 19vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 21–181–0Olympic Stadium55,400
Grey CupNov 27vs. Edmonton EskimosW 41–62–0Olympic Stadium68,205

Grey Cup

See main article: 65th Grey Cup.

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
0 3 3 0 6
10 0 20 11 41

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Montreal Alouettes Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100101215221/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/montreal.htm . 2010-01-01 . live . 2009-08-10 .