1974 Montreal Alouettes season

1974 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach Marv Levy
Home field Autostade
Results
Record 9–5–2
Division place 1st, East
Playoff finish Won Grey Cup
Uniform
Timeline
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< 1973 1975 >

The 1974 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 1st place in the East Division with a 9–5–2 record and won the Grey Cup.They defeated their rival Edmonton Eskimos, in the first of five Grey Cups between the two in the 1970s. Sonny Wade came off the bench to lead his team to another Grey Cup on a rain soaked field.

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record
A July 2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Autostade 23–17 Win 6000 1–0
A July 4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Stadium 23–8 Win 16,500 2–0
B July 12 Toronto Argonauts Autostade 17–1 Win 8604 3–0
C July 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 41–10 Win 20,471 4–0

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 16 9 5 2 339 271 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 261 271 14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 7 9 0 279 313 14
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 9 1 281 314 13

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record
1 July 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Autostade 20–12 Win 15,246 1–0
2 July 31 Ottawa Rough Riders Autostade 20–17 Win 15,732 2–0
3 Aug 7 Toronto Argonauts Exhibition Stadium 42–25 Win 33,517 3–0
4 Aug 13 Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park 27–14 Loss 24,649 3–1
5 Aug 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 11–7 Loss 28,732 3–2
5 Aug 25 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Autostade 29–10 Win 16,290 4–2
6 Bye
7 Sept 3 Toronto Argonauts Exhibition Stadium 12–11 Win 34,697 5–2
7 Sept 8 Toronto Argonauts Autostade 38–6 Win 24,525 6–2
8 Sept 15 BC Lions Autostade 31–12 Win 17,976 7–2
9 Sept 24 Calgary Stampeders McMahon Stadium 38–13 Loss 20,000 7–3
10 Sept 28 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Stadium 24–15 Loss 23,126 7–4
11 Bye
12 Oct 8 Edmonton Eskimos Autostade 28–28 Tie 17,505 7–4–1
12 Oct 13 Toronto Argonauts Autostade 13–13 Tie 17,136 7–4–2
13 Oct 20 Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park 28–0 Win 24,149 8–4–2
14 Oct 27 Saskatchewan Roughriders Taylor Field 17–2 Loss 22,394 8–5–2
15 Nov 2 Ottawa Rough Riders Autostade 27–20 Win 9–5–2

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Postseason

Game Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance
East Final Nov 17 Ottawa Rough Riders Autostade 14–4 Win 20,531
Grey Cup Nov 24 Edmonton Eskimos Empire Stadium 20–7 Win 32,454

Grey Cup

Main article: 62nd Grey Cup
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Montreal Alouettes 0 11 3 6 20
Edmonton Eskimos 7 0 0 0 7

References

  1. ↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/1974cflmtl.html

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