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1979 Montreal Alouettes season Head coach Joe Scannella Home field Olympic Stadium Record 11–4–1 Division place 1st, East Playoff finish Lost Grey Cup
The 1979 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–4–1 record and appeared in the 67th Grey Cup . The Alouettes would lose the championship game to the Edmonton Eskimos for the second consecutive year.
Preseason [ ]
[1] [2]
Regular season [ ]
Standings [ ]
[3]
Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Venue
Score
Result
Attendance
Record
1
July 10
Toronto Argonauts
Exhibition Stadium
11–9
Win
42,108
1–0
2
July 17
BC Lions
Empire Stadium
25–10
Loss
1–1
3
July 25
Calgary Stampeders
Olympic Stadium
19–7
Loss
51,237
1–2
4
Aug 1
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Ivor Wynne Stadium
21–8
Win
2–2
5
Aug 7
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Olympic Stadium
25–10
Win
41,232
3–2
6
Bye
7
Aug 20
Ottawa Rough Riders
Olympic Stadium
32–14
Win
51,487
4–2
8
Aug 29
Ottawa Rough Riders
Lansdowne Park
31–29
Loss
31,672
4–3
9
Sept 4
Toronto Argonauts
Exhibition Stadium
28–25
Win
45,202
5–3
10
Sept 9
Toronto Argonauts
Olympic Stadium
31–11
Win
51,203
6–3
11
Sept 16
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Ivor Wynne Stadium
21–14
Win
18,511
7–3
12
Sept 23
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Olympic Stadium
11–3
Win
35,240
8–3
13
Sept 30
Ottawa Rough Riders
Lansdowne Park
29–29
Tie
32,669
8–3–1
14
Oct 8
Edmonton Eskimos
Commonwealth Stadium
47–6
Loss
42,778
8–4–1
15
Bye
16
Oct 20
Toronto Argonauts
Olympic Stadium
25–11
Win
37,690
9–4–1
17
Oct 27
Ottawa Rough Riders
Olympic Stadium
24–8
Win
47,368
10–4–1
18
Nov 4
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Olympic Stadium
41–20
Win
41,382
11–4–1
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Postseason [ ]
Game
Date
Opponent
Venue
Score
Result
Attendance
East Final
Nov 17
Ottawa Rough Riders
Olympic Stadium
17–6
Win
35,103
Grey Cup
Nov 25
Edmonton Eskimos
Olympic Stadium
17–9
Loss
65,113
Grey Cup [ ]
[5]
Montreal's star running back David Green became the fifth Alouette to be named Most Outstanding Player. He led the league in rushing with 1678 yards on 287 carries.
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Franchise Stadiums Lineage and Lore Important figures Retired numbers Key personnel Grey Cup Championships (7) Eastern Division Championships (18) Current league affiliations
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