CBC Sports: CFL 1976- Grey Cup- Regina Roughriders vs. Ottawa Red Blacks: Highlights

Source:CBC Sports– battle of the Rough Riders, from 1976.

Source:The New Democrat

“1976 Grey Cup highlights Ottawa Rough Riders vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders”

From CBC Sports

Battle of the Roughriders! You would have to be familiar with the CFL to get that joke, but one reason why the CFL doesn’t get as much respect in America as perhaps it should it because they did at least at one point have multiple clubs with the same nickname.

But this was a very good Grey Cup game, 23-20 the Red Blacks as the Ottawa CFL club is called now beat the Roughriders. Ottawa was able to move the ball well and score points against perhaps the best defense in the CFL in 1976 the Roughriders that only gave up about fifteen points a game. And had the best pass defense in the CFL. They also scored 428 points so they had a very good balanced team.

The Red Blacks were able to move the ball with their balanced offense and shut out the Roughriders in the fourth quarter.

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CBC Sports: CFL 1978-Week 10-Montreal Alouettes @ Toronto Argonauts: Short Video

Source:CBC Sports– the Alouettes and Argonauts from 1978.

“CFL 1978 MONTREAL ALOUETTES AT TORONTO ARGONAUTS”

From CFL Video

I just looked this up, before someone accuses me of being an expert on the Canadian Football League: The Montreal Alouettes were 8-7 in 1978 and made it all the way to the Grey Cup where they lost to the 10-4 Edmonton Eskimos, a team, that was barely over 500, makes to all the way to the CFL Championship. Similar to the 1979 Los Angeles Rams, that were 9-7 in the NFL,

Perhaps the 78 Alouettes were in a similar situation as the 79 Rams, a club with a mediocre record, but with a lot better personal then their 8-7 record would indicate..

The Toronto Argonauts however, had an awful 4-11 record in 78. So this wasn’t a matchup of great teams.

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