1979 CFL season

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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

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Edmonton and Montreal have first round byes.

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

1979 CFL Awards

• CFL's Outstanding Player Award - David Green (RB)
• CFL's Outstanding Canadian Player Award - Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT)
• CFL's Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Ben Zambiasi (LB)
• CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award - Mike Wilson (OT)
• CFL's Outstanding Rookie Award - Brian Kelly (WR)
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award - John Helton (DT)
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Hugh Campbell

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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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