1977 CFL season


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.

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 CFL regular-season team attendance record with 69,093 attending the September 6th game against the Toronto Argonauts at Olympic Stadium.

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
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16106041232020
BC Lions16106036932620
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16106038233620
Saskatchewan Roughriders1688033038916
Calgary Stampeders1641202413278

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 with respect to the game due to the fact the Eskimos were wearing normal cleats, while the Alouettes were wearing staples on their cleats giving them a huge advantage on the icy field. The Alouettes' Sonny Wade was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Glen Weir was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. The Alouettes' Don Sweet was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

CFL Leaders

Offence

Offence

Offence