1978 Montreal Alouettes season explained

Team:	Montreal Alouettes
Year:	1978
Record:	8–7–1
Division Place:	2nd, East
Coach:	Joe Scannella
Stadium:	Olympic Stadium
Playoffs:	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform:	Image:CFL MTL Jersey 1975.png
Shortnavlink:	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 Edmonton Eskimos, who they had defeated a year earlier.

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

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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
	16	4	12	0	234	389	8

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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

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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

See main article: 66th Grey Cup.

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	10	4	3	3	20
	3	0	7	3	13

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External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 .
2. Web site: 1978 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) - Pro Football Archives.
3. Web site: 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 .
4. 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 .
5. Web site: 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 .