1980 Montreal Alouettes season

1980 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach Joe Scannella
Home field Olympic Stadium
Results
Record 8–8–0
Division place 2nd, East
Playoff finish Lost East Final
Uniform

The 1980 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 2nd place in the East Division with an 8–8–0 record. They appeared in the East Final, where they lost 24-13 to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, ending their three year reign as the East Division representative in the Grey Cup.

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record
A June 10 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Stadium 26–20 Loss 20,133 1–0
B June 17 Toronto Argonauts Olympic Stadium 31–16 Loss 26,342 2–0
C June 25 Ottawa Rough Riders Olympic Stadium 34–24 Win 28,352 3–0
D July 2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 21–17 Win 18,204 4–0

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Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 7 1 332 377 17
Montreal Alouettes 16 8 8 0 356 375 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 353 393 14
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 334 358 12

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record
1 July 9 Toronto Argonauts Exhibition Stadium 18–11 Loss 34,250 0–1
2 July 15 Calgary Stampeders McMahon Stadium 19–8 Loss 32,663 0–2
3 July 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Olympic Stadium 17–14 Win 32,048 1–2
4 Bye
5 Aug 6 Saskatchewan Roughriders Taylor Field 18–10 Win 25,947 2–2
6 Aug 12 Ottawa Rough Riders Olympic Stadium 27–17 Loss 34,426 2–3
6 Aug 18 Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park 33–11 Loss 29,994 2–4
7 Bye
8 Aug 26 Toronto Argonauts Olympic Stadium 43–33 Win 29,256 3–4
8 Sept 1 BC Lions Olympic Stadium 14–6 Loss 29,827 3–5
9 Sept 6 Toronto Argonauts Exhibition Stadium 35–24 Win 37,214 4–5
10 Sept 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 25–14 Win 19,619 5–5
11 Sept 21 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Olympic Stadium 49–10 Win 28,185 6–5
12 Sept 27 Toronto Argonauts Olympic Stadium 29–23 Win 31,633 7–5
13 Oct 5 Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park 49–14 Loss 24,971 7–6
14 Oct 12 Ottawa Rough Riders Olympic Stadium 34–17 Win 31,919 8–6
15 Bye
16 Oct 26 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Stadium 26–25 Loss 26,352 8–7
16 Nov 1 Edmonton Eskimos Olympic Stadium 44–14 Loss 42,234 8–8

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Postseason

Game Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance
East Semi-Final Nov 8 Ottawa Rough Riders Olympic Stadium 25–21 Win 17,420
East Final Nov 16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 24–13 Loss 30,898

References

  1. ↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/1980cflmtl.html
  2. ↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/1980cflmtl.html

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