1977 Montreal Alouettes season

1977 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coachMarv Levy
Home stadiumOlympic Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st, East
PlayoffsWon Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1977 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–5 record and won the 65th 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

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 15 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 17–24 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 17,736
B June 26 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 16–18 0–2 Olympic Stadium 22,147
C June 29 at Toronto Argonauts W 20–6 1–2 Exhibition Stadium 39,103
D July 5 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 40–0 2–2 Olympic Stadium 23,920

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
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 11 0 283 394 10

Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 13 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–17 1–0 Lansdowne Park 25,280
2 2 July 20 at Toronto Argonauts W 16–10 2–0 Exhibition Stadium 47,320
3 3 July 26 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 17–6 3–0 Olympic Stadium 55,085
4 4 Aug 2 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 21–11 4–0 Ivor Wynne Stadium 25,782
5 5 Aug 11 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–10 5–0 Olympic Stadium 63,330
6 Bye
7 6 Aug 23 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–20 6–0 Olympic Stadium 66,544
8 7 Aug 30 at Edmonton Eskimos W 25–20 7–0 Clarke Stadium 25,875
9 8 Sept 6 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 14–20 7–1 Olympic Stadium 69,093
10 9 Sept 11 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 16–11 8–1 Lansdowne Park 33,399
11 10 Sept 18 at Toronto Argonauts L 13–19 8–2 Exhibition Stadium 47,138
12 11 Sept 25 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 19–20 8–3 Ivor Wynne Stadium 21,748
13 12 Oct 2 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 6–18 8–4 Olympic Stadium 62,832
14 13 Oct 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 20–18 9–4 Olympic Stadium 50,540
15 14 Oct 15 at BC Lions L 17–18 9–5 Empire Stadium 32,719
16 15 Oct 22 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 28–16 10–5 Olympic Stadium 62,157
17 16 Oct 29 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 18–11 11–5 Olympic Stadium 46,620

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Postseason

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Final Nov 19 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–18 1–0 Olympic Stadium 55,400
Grey Cup Nov 27 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 41–6 2–0 Olympic Stadium 68,205

Grey Cup

Main article: 65th Grey Cup
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Edmonton Eskimos 0 3 3 0 6
Montreal Alouettes 10 0 20 11 41

Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

Eastern All-Stars

Roster

1977 Montreal Alouettes final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Italics indicate American players

References

  1. ^ "Montreal Alouettes Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
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