The 1979 CFL season is considered to be the 26th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 22nd Canadian Football League season.

1979 CFL season
East championsMontreal Alouettes
West championsEdmonton Eskimos
67th Grey Cup
DateNovember 25, 1979
VenueOlympic Stadium, Montreal
ChampionsEdmonton Eskimos
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CFL News in 1979

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The Edmonton Eskimos establishes a single season attendance record with 340,239 fans — the most by any Western Conference team.

Regular season standings

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Final regular season standings

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
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
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 12 0 283 340 8
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 2 14 0 194 437 4
Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 16 11 4 1 351 284 23
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 6 2 349 315 18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 6 10 0 280 338 12
Toronto Argonauts 16 5 11 0 234 352 10
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Edmonton and Montreal have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

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The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1979 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes, 17–9, in front of their home crowd at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. This was Edmonton's second-straight championship. The Alouettes' David Green (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Tom Cousineau (LB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Don Sweet (K) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

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November 10/11: Division Semifinals November 17/18: Division Finals November 25: 67th Grey Cup @ Olympic StadiumMontreal, Quebec
         
E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 6
East
E1 Montreal Alouettes 17
E3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26
E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 29
E1 Montreal Alouettes 9
W1 Edmonton Eskimos 17
W2 Calgary Stampeders 7
West
W1 Edmonton Eskimos 19
W3 BC Lions 2
W2 Calgary Stampeders 37

CFL Leaders

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1979 CFL All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1979 Eastern All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1979 Western All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1979 CFL Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "CFLapedia".