The 1978 CFL season is considered to be the 25th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 21st Canadian Football League season.

1978 CFL season
East championsMontreal Alouettes
West championsEdmonton Eskimos
66th Grey Cup
DateNovember 26, 1978
VenueExhibition Stadium, Toronto
ChampionsEdmonton Eskimos
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The league drew 2,229,834 fans to its 72 regular season games, a record that would stand until the 2005 season by which time the league had extended its schedule from 16 to 18 games. The league's average attendance of 31,831 spectators per game remains a league record as of 2024.

Regular season standings

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Final 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

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 4 2 452 301 22
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 4 3 381 311 21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 9 7 0 371 351 18
BC Lions 16 7 7 2 359 308 16
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 4 11 1 330 459 9
Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 11 5 0 395 261 22
Montreal Alouettes 16 8 7 1 331 295 17
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 225 403 11
Toronto Argonauts 16 4 12 0 234 389 8
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs..
  • Edmonton and Ottawa have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

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The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1978 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes, 20–13, at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. This was the fourth championship meeting between Edmonton and Montreal within the last six years. The Eskimos' Tom Wilkinson (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. While Angelo Santucci (RB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

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November 11/12: Division Semifinals November 18/19: Division Finals November 26: 66th Grey Cup @ Exhibition StadiumToronto, Ontario
E2 Montreal Alouettes 21
E3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20 E1 Ottawa Rough Riders 16
E2 Montreal Alouettes 35 E2 Montreal Alouettes 13
W1 Edmonton Eskimos 20
W2 Calgary Stampeders 13
W3 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4 W1 Edmonton Eskimos 26
W2 Calgary Stampeders 38

CFL Leaders

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1978 CFL All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1978 Eastern All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1978 Western All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1978 CFL Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "CFLapedia".