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

CFL News in 1979

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

Regular Season Standings

Final regular season standings

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

Western Football Conference Standings
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton 16 12 2 2 495 219 26
Calgary 16 12 4 0 382 278 24
B.C. 16 9 6 1 328 333 19
Winnipeg 16 4 12 0 283 340 8
Saskatchewan 16 2 14 0 194 437 4
Eastern Football Conference Standings
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal 16 11 4 1 351 284 23
Ottawa 16 8 6 2 349 315 18
Hamilton 16 6 10 0 280 338 12
Toronto 16 5 11 0 234 352 10


Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1979

Conference Semi-Finals

Eastern Semi-Finals
Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Date Away Home
November 10 26 29
Western Semi-Finals

Conference Finals

Eastern Finals |} Western Finals |}

Grey Cup Championship


1979 CFL All-Stars

OFFENCE

  • QB - Tom Wilkinson
  • RB - David Green
  • RB - Larry Key
  • SB - Willie Armstead
  • TE - Tony Gabriel
  • WR - Waddell Smith
  • WR - Brian Kelly
  • C - Al Wilson
  • OG - Ray Watrin
  • OG - Larry Butler
  • OT - Mike Wilson
  • OT - Lloyd Fairbanks

DEFENCE

  • DT - Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
  • DT - John Helton
  • DE - Junior Ah You
  • DE - Reggie Lewis
  • LB - Danny Kepley
  • LB - Ben Zambiasi
  • LB - Ron Foxx
  • DB - Dickie Harris
  • DB - Mike Nelms
  • DB - Greg Butler
  • DB - Ed Jones
  • DB - Al Burleson

SPECIAL TEAMS


1979 CFL Awards

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Canadian Football League
East Division: Hamilton | Montreal | Toronto | Winnipeg
West Division: British Columbia | Calgary | Edmonton | Saskatchewan
Suspended for 2006 season: Ottawa
Trophies and awards: Grey Cup | Dixon | Taylor | Nicklin | Evanshen | Martin | Hayman | Fieldgate | McCaffrey | Parker | Gibson | DeMarco-Becket | Dandurand | Dryburgh | James | Stukus | Pate | Agro | Rogers | Outstanding Player | Outstanding Canadian

 


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