1976 CFL season
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.
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.
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
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- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs
Main article: 64th Grey Cup
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1976 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 23–20, at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. This was the third championship game between the two Rough Riders with Ottawa winning two out of three games. Ottawa's Tom Clements (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Saskatchewan's Cleveland Vann (LB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. Ottawa's Tony Gabriel (TE) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
Playoff bracket
| November 13/14: Division Semifinals | November 20/21: Division Finals | November 28: 64th Grey Cup @ Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, ON | |||||||||||
| East | E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15 | ||||||||||
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 0 | E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17 | ||||||||
| E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23 | E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23 | ||||||||
| W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20 | |||||||||||
| West | W3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | ||||||||||
| W3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 14 | W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23 | ||||||||
| W2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12 | |||||||||||
CFL Leaders
- CFL Passing Leaders
1976 CFL All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- RB – Jimmy Edwards, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- RB – Jim Washington, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- SB – Art Green, Ottawa Rough Riders
- TE – Tony Gabriel, Ottawa Rough Riders
- WR – Rhett Dawson, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- WR – George McGowan, Edmonton Eskimos
- C – Al Wilson, BC Lions
- OG – Ralph Galloway, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Dave Braggins, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Dan Yochum, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Butch Norman, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Defence
- DT – Granville Liggins, Toronto Argonauts
- DT – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
- DE – Bill Baker, BC Lions
- DE – Junior Ah You, Montreal Alouettes
- LB – Harry Walters, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- LB – Mark Kosmos, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Roger Goree, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Lorne Richardson, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Brian Herosian, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DB – Dickie Harris, Montreal Alouettes
- DB – David Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DB – Paul Williams, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Lewis Porter, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1976 Eastern All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Tom Clements, Ottawa Rough Riders
- RB – Jimmy Edwards, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- RB – Andy Hopkins, Montreal Alouettes
- SB – Art Green, Ottawa Rough Riders
- TE – Tony Gabriel, Ottawa Rough Riders
- WR – Mike Eben, Toronto Argonauts
- WR – Johnny Rodgers, Montreal Alouettes
- C – Donn Smith, Ottawa Rough Riders
- OG – Larry Butler, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OG – Dave Braggins, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Dan Yochum, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Jim Coode, Ottawa Rough Riders
Defence
- DT – Glen Weir, Montreal Alouettes
- DT – Granville Liggins, Toronto Argonauts
- DE – Mike Samples, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DE – Junior Ah You, Montreal Alouettes
- LB – Larry Cameron, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Mark Kosmos, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Chuck Zapiec, Montreal Alouettes
- DB – Steve Dennis, Toronto Argonauts
- DB – Phil Price, Montreal Alouettes
- DB – Dickie Harris, Montreal Alouettes
- DB – David Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DB – Larry Uteck, Toronto Argonauts
- DB – Lewis Porter, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1976 Western All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- RB – Mike Strickland, BC Lions
- RB – Jim Washington, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- RB – Steve Beaird, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- TE – Bob Richardson, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- WR – Rhett Dawson, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- WR – George McGowan, Edmonton Eskimos
- C – Al Wilson, BC Lions
- OG – Ralph Galloway, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Buddy Brown, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- OT – Layne McDowell, BC Lions
- OT – Butch Norman, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Defence
- DT – Tim Roth, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DT – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
- DE – Bill Baker, BC Lions
- DE – George Wells, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB – Harry Walters, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- LB – Bill Manchuk, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB – Roger Goree, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Lorne Richardson, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Brian Herosian, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DB – Joe Hollimon, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB – Ken McEachern, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Paul Williams, Saskatchewan Roughriders
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), BC Lions
- CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Dan Yochum (OT), Montreal Alouettes
- CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – John Sciarra (QB), BC Lions
- CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – George Reed (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
- CFL's Coach of the Year – Bob Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
References
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