The 1977 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 24th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 20th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1977 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 1977 CFL All-Stars 4.1 Offence 4.2 Defence 4.3 Special teams 5 1977 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1977

The 65th Grey Cup game, nicknamed "The Ice Bowl", was held in Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The game itself set an attendance record with 68,318, which in turn set a record for ticket revenue of $1,401,930.

The Montreal Alouettes also set an attendance record (by a team) with 69,093.

[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 Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 412 320 20 BC Lions 16 10 6 0 369 326 20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 382 336 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 8 0 330 389 16 Calgary Stampeders 16 4 12 0 241 327 8

Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Montreal Alouettes 16 11 5 0 311 245 22 Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 8 0 368 344 16 Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 251 266 12 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 11 0 283 394 10

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Edmonton and Montreal have first round byes.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

The Montreal Alouettes are the 1977 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6, in front of their home crowd at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. This Grey Cup was known as the "Ice Bowl" since the field was frozen in a sheet of ice. There was controversy after the game when the Eskimos were wearing normal cleats, while the Alouettes were wearing staples on their cleats giving them a huge advantage over the icy field. The Alouettes' Sonny Wade (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Glen Weir (DT) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. The Alouettes' Don Sweet (K) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] Playoff bracket

November 12/13: Division Semifinals

November 19/20: Division Finals

November 27: 65th Grey Cup @ Olympic Stadium - Montreal, QC

East

E2

Ottawa Rough Riders

18

E3

Toronto Argonauts

16

E1

Montreal Alouettes

21

E2

Ottawa Rough Riders

21

E1

Montreal Alouettes

41

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

6

West

W2

BC Lions

1

W3

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

32

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

38

W2

BC Lions

33

[edit] 1977 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1977 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Jimmy Edwards (RB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Tony Gabriel (TE), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Danny Kepley (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Al Wilson (C), BC Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Leon Bright (WR),BC Lions
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Vic Rapp, BC Lions

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