1976 CFL season

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The 1976 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 23rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 19th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1976 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Conference Semi-Finals 3.2 Conference Finals 3.3 Grey Cup Championship 4 1976 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 5 1976 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1976

For the first time in Canadian Football League history, more than 2 million fans attended CFL games with 2,029,586.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] 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 Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 11 5 0 427 238 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 384 316 20 Edmonton Eskimos 16 9 6 1 311 367 19 British Columbia Lions 16 5 9 2 308 336 12 Calgary Stampeders 16 2 12 2 316 422 6

Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Ottawa Rough Riders 16 9 6 1 411 346 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 8 0 269 348 16 Montreal Alouettes 16 7 8 1 305 273 15 Toronto Argonauts 16 7 8 1 289 354 15

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1976

[edit] Conference Semi-Finals

Eastern Semi-Finals

Montreal Alouettes @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 13 Montreal Alouettes 0 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23

Western Semi-Finals

Edmonton Eskimos @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Date Away Home November 14 Edmonton Eskimos 14 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12

[edit] Conference Finals

Western Finals

Edmonton Eskimos @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 20 Edmonton Eskimos 13 Saskatchewan Roughriders 23

Eastern Finals

Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 21 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 15 Ottawa Rough Riders 17

[edit] Grey Cup Championship

November 28 64th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 20	Ottawa Rough Riders 23
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1976 Grey Cup Champions
Tom Clements (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence. Cleveland Vann (LB), Saskatchewan Roughriders - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. Tony Gabriel (TE), Ottawa Rough Riders - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] 1976 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1976 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Tony Gabriel (TE), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Bill Baker (DE), British Columbia Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Dan Yochum (OT), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - John Sciarra (QB), British Columbia Lions
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - George Reed (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Bob Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Preceded by: 1975 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by: 1977 CFL season