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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.▼
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{{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 [[Canadian Football League]]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 and only time a CFL contest has beenwas held in the month of May to(and the last time until date2018).
 
==Regular season standings==
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===Playoff bracket===
{{8TeamBracket
{{6TeamBracket
| RD1=November 13/14: Conference Semifinals
| RD2=November 20/21: Conference Finals
| RD3=November 28: [[64th Grey Cup]] @ [[Exhibition Stadium]] – [[Toronto]]
| group1byes=East1
| RD1-score1group1=0East▼
| group2=West
| RD1-seed1group2=E3West
| RD1-team1seed3=[[Montreal Alouettes]]E3
| RD1-team3=[[Montreal Alouettes]]
▲| RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2score3='''E2'''0
| RD1-team2seed4='''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]E2'''
| RD1-score2team4='''23[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
| RD1-seed3score4='''W323'''
| RD1-team3seed7='''[[Edmonton Eskimos]]W3'''
| RD1-score3team7='''14[[Edmonton Eskimos]]'''
| RD1-seed4score7=W2'''14'''
| RD1-team4seed8=W2
| RD1-team8=[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
| RD1-score4score8=12
| RD2-seed1=E2
| RD2-team1=[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
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* [[CFL Passing Leaders]]
* [[CFL Rushing Leaders]]
* [[CFL Receiving Leaders]] <ref>{{cite web|title=CFLapedia|url=http://www.cflapedia.com/}}</ref>
 
==1976 CFL All-Stars==
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===Offence===
*QB – [[Ron Lancaster]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
*RB – [[Jimmy Edwards (footballgridiron playerfootball)|Jimmy Edwards]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*RB – [[Jim Washington (footballCanadian playerfootball)|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 (CFLoffensive football playerlineman)|Al Wilson]], BC Lions
*OG – [[Ralph Galloway]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
*OG – [[Dave Braggins]], Montreal Alouettes
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*DT – [[Granville Liggins]], Toronto Argonauts
*DT – [[John Helton]], Calgary Stampeders
*DE – [[Bill Baker (footballCanadian playerfootball)|Bill Baker]], BC Lions
*DE – [[Junior Ah You]], Montreal Alouettes
*LB – [[Harry Walters (Canadian football)|Harry Walters]], Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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===Offence===
*QB – [[Tom Clements]], Ottawa Rough Riders
*RB – [[Jimmy Edwards (footballgridiron playerfootball)|Jimmy Edwards]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*RB – [[Andy Hopkins]], Montreal Alouettes
*SB – [[Art Green (Canadian football)|Art Green]], Ottawa Rough Riders
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*DB – [[Phil Price (Canadian football)|Phil Price]], Montreal Alouettes
*DB – [[Dickie Harris]], Montreal Alouettes
*DB – [[David Shaw (footballCanadian playerfootball)|David Shaw]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*DB – [[Larry Uteck]], Toronto Argonauts
*DB – [[Lewis Porter (Canadian football)|Lewis Porter]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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*DB – [[Joe Hollimon]], Edmonton Eskimos
*DB – [[Ken McEachern]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
*DB – [[Paul Williams (footballCanadian playerfootball)|Paul Williams]], Saskatchewan Roughriders
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*[[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 (footballCanadian playerfootball)|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 (Canadian football)|George Reed]] (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
*[[Annis Stukus Trophy|CFL's Coach of the Year]] – [[Bob Shaw (footballend)|Bob Shaw]], Hamilton Tiger-Cats
 
== References ==
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{{1976 CFL season by team}}
{{CFL seasons}}
{{Authority control}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:1976 Cfl Season}}

Revision as of 02:58, 26 August 2024

1976 CFL season
East championsOttawa Rough Riders
West championsSaskatchewan Roughriders
64th Grey Cup
ChampionsOttawa Rough Riders
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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

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.

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

Defence

1976 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

Defence

1976 Western All-Stars

Offence

Defence

1976 CFL Awards

References

  1. ^ "CFLapedia".
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