| Team: | Calgary Stampeders |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Record: | 12–4 |
| Division Place: | 2nd, West |
| General Manager: | Jack Gotta |
| Coach: | Jack Gotta |
| Stadium: | McMahon Stadium |
| Playoffs: | Lost Western Final |
| Shortnavlink: | Stampeders seasons |
The 1979 Calgary Stampeders finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 12–4 record. They appeared in the Western Final where they lost to the Edmonton Eskimos. This would mark the last season in which the Stampeders won a playoff game until 1991; they were the only CFL team during the 1980s that did not win a single playoff game.
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 495 | 219 | 26 | |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 382 | 278 | 24 | |
| BC Lions | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 328 | 333 | 19 | |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 283 | 340 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 194 | 437 | 4 |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Venue | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Record | |||||||
| 1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 35–7 | 1–0 | |||||
| 2 | Montreal Alouettes | W 19–7 | 2–0 | |||||
| 3 | Edmonton Eskimos | L 9–44 | 2–1 | |||||
| 4 | Ottawa Rough Riders | W 27–17 | 3–1 | |||||
| 5 | BC Lions | W 22–10 | 4–1 | |||||
| 6 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 52–10 | 5–1 | |||||
| 7 | BC Lions | L 17–18 | 5–2 | |||||
| 8 | Edmonton Eskimos | W 26–19 | 5–3 | |||||
| 9 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 6–5 | 6–3 | |||||
| 10 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 28–23 | 7–3 | |||||
| 11 | Edmonton Eskimos | L 1–27 | 7–4 | |||||
| 12 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 18–13 | 8–4 | |||||
| 13 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 16–26 | 8–5 | |||||
| 14 | BC Lions | W 37–32 | 9–5 | |||||
| 15 | Toronto Argonauts | W 28–12 | 10–5 | |||||
| 16 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 41–8 | 11–5 |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 37 |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 19 |