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1976 CFL season
1976 CFL season
East champions	Ottawa Rough Riders
West champions	Saskatchewan Roughriders
64th Grey Cup
Champions	Ottawa Rough Riders
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Alouettes

Rough Riders

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

Canadian Football League team locations:

West,

East

The 1976 CFL 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 two million fans attended CFL games, with a total attendance of 2,029,586.

In the CFL All-Star Game, the East team defeated the West, 27-16, in front of 21,762 fans at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton. The game was played before the pre-season on May 29, the first time a CFL contest was held in the month of May (and the last time until 2018).

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**
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
BC 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.

Grey Cup playoffs

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.

This was the only year between 1973 and 1982 that the Edmonton Eskimos did not appear in the Grey Cup game.

Playoff bracket

November 13/14: Conference Semifinals

November 20/21: Conference Finals

November 28: 64th Grey Cup @ Exhibition Stadium – Toronto

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

15

East

E1

Ottawa Rough Riders

17

E3

Montreal Alouettes

0

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

23

E1

Ottawa Rough Riders

23

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

20

W3

Edmonton Eskimos

13

West

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

23

W3

Edmonton Eskimos

14

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

12

CFL 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

^ "CFLapedia".

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+{{Short description|Canadian Football League 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.
+{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2024}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
+{{Infobox sports season
+| title            = 1976 CFL season
+| conf1            = East
+| conf1_champ      = [[Ottawa Rough Riders]]
+| conf2            = West
+| conf2_champ      = [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
+| finals           = [[64th Grey Cup]]
+| finals_champ     = Ottawa Rough Riders
+| prevseason_year  = [[1975 CFL season|1975]]
+| nextseason_year  = [[1977 CFL season|1977]]
+| seasonslist      = List of Canadian Football League seasons
+| seasonslistnames = CFL
+}}
+{{CFL team map 1961 to 1981, 1986, 1996}}
+The '''1976 CFL 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 two million fans attended CFL games, with a total attendance of 2,029,586.
+In the [[CFL All-Star Game]], the East team defeated the West, 27-16, in front of 21,762 fans at [[Clarke Stadium]] in Edmonton. The game was played before the pre-season on May 29, the first time a CFL contest was held in the month of May (and the last time until 2018).
-==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==
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 '''''Note:''' GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points''
+{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
-{| cellspacing="20"
-| valign="top" |
-{| class="wikitable"
 |+ '''[[CFL West Division|Western Football Conference]]'''
 ! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
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 | align="left" |[[Calgary Stampeders]] || 16 || 2 || 12 || 2 || 316 || 422 || 6
 |}
+{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
-| valign="top" |
-{| class="wikitable"
 |+ '''[[CFL East Division|Eastern Football Conference]]'''
 ! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
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 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[Toronto Argonauts]] || 16 || 7 || 8 || 1 || 289 || 354 || 15
+|}{{clear left}}
-|}
-|}
 *Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
 *''Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.''
-{{Clear}}
 ==Grey Cup playoffs==
 {{Main|64th Grey Cup}}
-The [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] are the 1976 [[Grey Cup]] champions, defeating the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]], 23–20, at [[Toronto]]'s [[Exhibition Stadium]], in the highest shut out recorded in CFL history. 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|Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence]] and Saskatchewan's [[Cleveland Vann]] (LB) was named the [[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player|Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence]]. Ottawa's [[Tony Gabriel]] (TE) was named [[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian]].
+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|Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence]] and Saskatchewan's [[Cleveland Vann]] (LB) was named the [[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player|Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence]]. Ottawa's [[Tony Gabriel]] (TE) was named [[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian]].
+This was the only year between 1973 and 1982 that the Edmonton Eskimos did not appear in the Grey Cup game.
 ===Playoff bracket===
+{{8TeamBracket
-{{6TeamBracket
-| RD1=November 13/14: Division Semifinals
+| RD1=November 13/14: Conference Semifinals
-| RD2=November 20/21: Division Finals
+| RD2=November 20/21: Conference Finals
-| RD3=November 28: [[64th Grey Cup]] @ [[Exhibition Stadium]] – [[Toronto, ON]]
+| RD3=November 28: [[64th Grey Cup]] @ [[Exhibition Stadium]] – [[Toronto]]
-| group1=East
+| byes=1
+| RD1-group1=East
-| group2=West
-| RD1-seed1=E3
+| RD1-group2=West
-| RD1-team1=[[Montreal Alouettes]]
+| RD1-seed3=E3
+| RD1-team3=[[Montreal Alouettes]]
-| RD1-score1=0
-| RD1-seed2='''E2'''
+| RD1-score3=0
-| RD1-team2='''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
+| RD1-seed4='''E2'''
-| RD1-score2='''23'''
+| RD1-team4='''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
-| RD1-seed3='''W3'''
+| RD1-score4='''23'''
-| RD1-team3='''[[Edmonton Eskimos]]'''
+| RD1-seed7='''W3'''
-| RD1-score3='''14'''
+| RD1-team7='''[[Edmonton Eskimos]]'''
-| RD1-seed4=W2
+| RD1-score7='''14'''
-| RD1-team4=[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
+| RD1-seed8=W2
+| RD1-team8=[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
-| RD1-score4=12
+| RD1-score8=12
 | RD2-seed1=E2
 | RD2-team1=[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
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 ==CFL Leaders==
 * [[CFL Passing Leaders]]
 * [[CFL Rushing Leaders]]
+* [[CFL Receiving Leaders]]<ref>{{cite web|title=CFLapedia|url=http://www.cflapedia.com/}}</ref>
-* [[CFL Receiving Leaders]] <ref>{{cite web|title=CFLapedia|url=http://www.cflapedia.com/}}</ref>
 ==1976 CFL All-Stars==
-<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
+{{col-float|width=48%}}
 ===Offence===
 *QB – [[Ron Lancaster]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
-*RB – [[Jimmy Edwards (football player)|Jimmy Edwards]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
+*RB – [[Jimmy Edwards (gridiron football)|Jimmy Edwards]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
-*RB – [[Jim Washington (football player)|Jim Washington]], Winnipeg Blue Bombers
+*RB – [[Jim Washington (Canadian football)|Jim Washington]], Winnipeg Blue Bombers
 *SB – [[Art Green (Canadian football)|Art Green]], Ottawa Rough Riders
 *TE – [[Tony Gabriel]], Ottawa Rough Riders
 *WR – [[Rhett Dawson]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
 *WR – [[George McGowan]], Edmonton Eskimos
-*C – [[Al Wilson (CFL football player)|Al Wilson]], BC Lions
+*C – [[Al Wilson (offensive lineman)|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
-</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
+{{col-float-break|width=48%}}
 ===Defence===
 *DT – [[Granville Liggins]], Toronto Argonauts
 *DT – [[John Helton]], Calgary Stampeders
-*DE – [[Bill Baker (football player)|Bill Baker]], BC Lions
+*DE – [[Bill Baker (Canadian football)|Bill Baker]], BC Lions
 *DE – [[Junior Ah You]], Montreal Alouettes
 *LB – [[Harry Walters (Canadian football)|Harry Walters]], Winnipeg Blue Bombers
@@ Line 127: / Line 143: @@
 *DB – [[Paul Williams (Canadian football)|Paul Williams]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
 *DB – [[Lewis Porter (Canadian football)|Lewis Porter]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
+{{col-float-end}}
-</div>{{Clear}}
 ==1976 Eastern All-Stars==
-<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
+{{col-float|width=48%}}
 ===Offence===
 *QB – [[Tom Clements]], Ottawa Rough Riders
-*RB – [[Jimmy Edwards (football player)|Jimmy Edwards]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
+*RB – [[Jimmy Edwards (gridiron football)|Jimmy Edwards]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 *RB – [[Andy Hopkins]], Montreal Alouettes
 *SB – [[Art Green (Canadian football)|Art Green]], Ottawa Rough Riders
@@ Line 145: / Line 161: @@
 *OT – [[Dan Yochum]], Montreal Alouettes
 *OT – [[Jim Coode]], Ottawa Rough Riders
-</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
+{{col-float-break|width=48%}}
 ===Defence===
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 *DB – [[Phil Price (Canadian football)|Phil Price]], Montreal Alouettes
 *DB – [[Dickie Harris]], Montreal Alouettes
-*DB – [[David Shaw (football player)|David Shaw]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
+*DB – [[David Shaw (Canadian football)|David Shaw]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 *DB – [[Larry Uteck]], Toronto Argonauts
 *DB – [[Lewis Porter (Canadian football)|Lewis Porter]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
+{{col-float-end}}
-</div>{{Clear}}
 ==1976 Western All-Stars==
-<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
+{{col-float|width=48%}}
 ===Offence===
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 *OT – [[Layne McDowell]], BC Lions
 *OT – [[Butch Norman]], Winnipeg Blue Bombers
-</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
+{{col-float-break|width=48%}}
 ===Defence===
@@ Line 193: / Line 209: @@
 *DB – [[Joe Hollimon]], Edmonton Eskimos
 *DB – [[Ken McEachern]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
-*DB – [[Paul Williams (football player)|Paul Williams]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
+*DB – [[Paul Williams (Canadian football)|Paul Williams]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
+{{col-float-end}}
-</div>{{Clear}}
 ==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 (football player)|Bill Baker]] (DE), BC Lions
+*[[CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award]] – [[Bill Baker (Canadian football)|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
-*[[Tom Pate Memorial Award|CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award]] – [[George Reed]] (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
+*[[Tom Pate Memorial Award|CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award]] – [[George Reed (Canadian football)|George Reed]] (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
-*[[Annis Stukus Trophy|CFL's Coach of the Year]] – [[Bob Shaw (football)|Bob Shaw]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
+*[[Annis Stukus Trophy|CFL's Coach of the Year]] – [[Bob Shaw (end)|Bob Shaw]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
-{{S-start}}
-{{Succession box|
- before = [[1975 CFL season]] |
- after = [[1977 CFL season]] |
- title = [[List of Canadian Football League seasons|CFL seasons]] |
- years = |
-}}
-{{S-end}}
 {{1976 CFL season by team}}
 {{CFL seasons}}
+{{Authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:1976 Cfl Season}}

v t e 1976 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1976 CFL Draft 64th Grey Cup