1979 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 11-4-1 .719 |
| Head Coach: Joe Scannella |
| Jim Erkenbeck | Offensive Line |
| Gene Gaines | Defensive Backfield |
| Joe Galat | Special Teams/Linebackers |
| Lamar Leachman | Defensive Line |
| Nick Nicolau | Offensive Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 6/12/1979 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 36-20 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 24290 | |
| Wed | 6/20/1979 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18349 | |
| Wed | 6/27/1979 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 30-18 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35230 | |
| Tue | 7/3/1979 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-8 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 27637 | |
| Tue | 7/10/1979 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 11-9 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 42108 | |
| Tue | 7/17/1979 | A | British Columbia Lions | 10-25 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 51237 | |
| Wed | 7/25/1979 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 7-19 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 51237 | |
| Wed | 8/1/1979 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 41232 | |
| Tue | 8/7/1979 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-10 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 41232 | |
| Mon | 8/20/1979 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 32-14 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 51487 | |
| Wed | 8/29/1979 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-31 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 31672 | |
| Tue | 9/4/1979 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 28-25 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 45202 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1979 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 31-11 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 51203 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1979 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18511 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1979 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11-3 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 35240 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1979 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-29 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 32669 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1979 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 6-47 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42778 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1979 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 25-11 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 37690 | |
| Sat | 10/27/1979 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-8 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 47368 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1979 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 41-20 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 41382 | |
| Eastern Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/17/1979 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-6 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 35103 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/25/1979 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 9-17 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 65113 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Junior Ah You | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 233 | 31 | Arizona State | 16 | |
| Greg Anderson | DB | 5-8 | 177 | 26 | Montana | 3 | ||
| Nick Arakgi | 79 | TE | 6-6 | 250 | 24 | Concordia (Quebec); Bishop's | 16 | |
| Keith Baker | 12 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Texas A&M; Texas Southern | 12 | |
| Joe Barnes | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 196 | 28 | Texas Tech | 16 | |
| Pat Bonnett | 50 | OG | 6-3 | 239 | 28 | Idaho State | 5 | |
| Wally Buono | 39 | OLB | 5-11 | 214 | 29 | Idaho State | 16 | |
| Jim Burrow | 16 | DH | 5-11 | 181 | 26 | Nebraska | 16 | |
| Ron Calcagni | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Arkansas | 16 | |
| Tom Cousineau | 45 | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Carl Crennel | 72 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | West Virginia | 13 | |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 33 | none | 14 | |
| Gerry Dattilio | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Northern Colorado | 16 | |
| Doug Falconer | DB | 5-11 | 181 | 27 | Ottawa | 2 | ||
| Jerry Friesen | 47 | LB | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Saskatchewan | 16 | |
| Bob Gaddis | 22 | WR | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | Mississippi Valley State | 16 | |
| Steve Gelley | 27 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 3 | |
| David Green | 26 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Chowan JC; Edinboro | 16 | |
| Gabriel Gregoire | 76 | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| Mike Hameluck | 44 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | none | 12 | |
| Bill Hampton | 62 | OLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Arkansas | 5 | |
| Dickie Harris | 18 | CB | 5-11 | 178 | 29 | South Carolina | 16 | |
| Bobby Hosea | 32 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | San Bernardino Valley JC; UCLA | 13 | |
| Gord Judges | 75 | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 32 | none | 16 | |
| Phil Luke | 51 | DT | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 8 | |
| Roland Mangold | 58 | ROG | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Truman State | 16 | |
| Jim Marshall | 15 | CB | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Jackson State | 3 | |
| Chuck McMann | 31 | TE | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Ian Mofford | RB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | none | 1 | ||
| John O'Leary | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Nebraska | 16 | |
| Doug Payton | 61 | ROT | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Colorado | 16 | |
| Tony Petruccio | 68 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Penn State | 6 | |
| Larry Pfohl | OT | 6-3 | 270 | 21 | Penn State; Miami (Florida) | 1 | ||
| Tony Proudfoot | 23 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | New Brunswick | 16 | |
| Randy Rhino | 21 | DB | 5-9 | 185 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 10 | |
| Doug Smith | 53 | C | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Larry Smith | 36 | TE | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | Bishop's | 16 | |
| Don Sweet | 11 | K | 6-0 | 189 | 31 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Szpytma | DE | 6-5 | 240 | 24 | McMaster | 5 | ||
| Larry Uteck | 8 | DH | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Colorado; Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Ray Watrin | 52 | LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 34 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Glen Weir | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 242 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Dan Yochum | 67 | LOT | 6-5 | 258 | 29 | Syracuse | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Nick Arakgi | TE | Bishop's |
| Phil Colwell | RB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 19 | Ed Szpytma | DE | McMaster |
| 3 | 24 | Adrian Polesel | OT | McMaster |
| 3 | 26 | Jim Rutka | WR | Queen's |
| 4 | 35 | Roland Mangold | OG | Truman State |
| 5 | 44 | Harry Webster | OT | Bishop's |
| 6 | 53 | Rich Payne | LB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 7 | 62 | Keir Cutler | WR | McGill |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 115 | 84 | 80 | 351 |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 95 | 64 | 54 | 284 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 293 | 146 | 134 | 13 | 160 | 1366 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 270 | 84 | 162 | 24 | 124 | 1005 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sweet | 0 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 7 | 0 | 111 | |
| David Green | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
| John O'Leary | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Keith Baker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Joe Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Dickie Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Bob Gaddis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Larry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Junior Ah You | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Burrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Chuck McMann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Wally Buono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Nick Arakgi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 39 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 11 | 1 | 351 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 20 | 0 | 284 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Green | 287 | 1678 | 5.8 | 51 | 11 |
| John O'Leary | 132 | 680 | 5.2 | 57 | 5 |
| Joe Barnes | 63 | 269 | 4.3 | 18 | 3 |
| Keith Baker | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Calcagni | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Gaddis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gerry Dattilio | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 505 | 2752 | 5.4 | 57 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 373 | 1658 | 4.4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Barnes | 305 | 163 | 53.4 | 129 | 2456 | 8.1 | 15.1 | 80 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 4.3 | 76.6 | |||
| Gerry Dattilio | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 9 | 115 | 5.5 | 12.8 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 21.0 | |||
| Ron Calcagni | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 5 | 101 | 6.3 | 14.4 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 25.0 | 25.3 | |||
| Bob Gaddis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Keith Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 344 | 180 | 52.3 | 144 | 2698 | 7.8 | 15.0 | 80 | 14 | 4.1 | 20 | 5.8 | 67.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 258 | 58.9 | 159 | 3308 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 21 | 4.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gaddis | 46 | 578 | 12.6 | 30 | 2 |
| John O'Leary | 37 | 537 | 14.5 | 80 | 3 |
| Keith Baker | 29 | 571 | 19.7 | 72 | 5 |
| Larry Smith | 21 | 317 | 15.1 | 40 | 2 |
| David Green | 19 | 210 | 11.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 10 | 210 | 21.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Gerry Dattilio | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Nick Arakgi | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 26 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 180 | 2698 | 15.0 | 80 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 258 | 3308 | 12.8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Burrow | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 32 | 1 |
| Dickie Harris | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Proudfoot | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Wally Buono | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Hampton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Randy Rhino | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 271 | 12.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 330 | 16.5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Buono | 132 | 5240 | 39.7 | 60 | 4 | |
| Don Sweet | 6 | 245 | 40.8 | 52 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 138 | 5485 | 39.7 | 60 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 6263 | 42.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Harris | 55 | 653 | 11.9 | 102 | 3 |
| Randy Rhino | 44 | 469 | 10.7 | 64 | 0 |
| Keith Baker | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 113 | 1266 | 11.2 | 102 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 130 | 932 | 7.2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sweet | 63 | 3669 | 58.2 | 71 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 3669 | 58.2 | 71 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Green | 20 | 414 | 20.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Greg Anderson | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Keith Baker | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 39 | 0 |
| John O'Leary | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Randy Rhino | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Gaddis | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dickie Harris | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 926 | 20.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 1401 | 22.2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Ah You | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Arakgi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Barnes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Buono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Burrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Cousineau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Dattilio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gaddis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Green | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Gregoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Dickie Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gord Judges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roland Mangold | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John O'Leary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Proudfoot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Randy Rhino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Watrin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Weir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 52 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 13 | 13 |
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