CBC Sports: CFL 1980- East Final- Montreal Alouettes @ Hamilton Tiger Cats: Short Video

Source:CBC Sports– the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger Cats for the 1980 CFL Eastern Championship.

“CFL 1980 EAST FINAL MONTREAL ALOUETTES AT HAMILTON TIGERCATS”

From CFL Video

The Alouettes dominated the regular season games.

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CBC Sports: CFL 1978- East Final- Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Red Blacks: Short Video

Source:CBC Sports– the 1978 Ottawa Roughriders.

“CFL 1978 EAST FINAL MONTREAL ALOUETTES AT OTTAWA ROUGHRIDERS”

From CFL Video

Big playoff game in real football weather.

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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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CTV Sports: CFL 1986- Toronto Argonauts @ Montreal Alouettes: Short Video

Source:CTV Sports– Montreal Alouettes RB Alan Reid.

“CFL 1986 TORONTO ARGONAUTS AT MONTREAL ALOUETTES”

From CFL Video

Great CFL rivalry.

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USA Sports: WLAF 1991- Birmingham Fire @ Montreal Machine: Short Video

Source:USA Sports– WLAF football at Montreal Olympic Stadium.

“WLAF 1991 BIRMINGHAM FIRE AT MONTREAL MACHINE”

From USA Sports

Brad Nessler calling the game before he went to ABC Sports and ESPN.

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USA Sports: WLAF 1991- Orlando Thunder @ Montreal Machine: Short Video

Source:USA Sports– one of the coaches for the Montreal Machine.

“WLAF 1991 ORLANDO THUNDER AT MONTREAL MACHINE”

From CFL Video

American football being played in Montreal because at the time the CFL did not have a franchise in Montreal. Which seems strange to me because Montreal is the second largest market in Canada and might be the biggest city as well. Only Toronto is bigger than Montreal as far as Canadian markets.

The WLAF was sort of like the first version of a Can-Am pro football league. A league with both Canadian franchises and American franchises. A chance for non-NFL markets in America to have NFL caliber franchises and players. As well as Canada to have the same thing.

The CFL tried to do this again in the early and mid 1990s when they expanded to America in cities like Baltimore, Birmingham, Memphis, San Antonio, Las Vegas, and Sacramento. Which obviously didn’t work out.

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ABC Sports: WLAF 1992- New Jersey Knights @ Montreal Machine: Short Video

Source:ABC Sports– the Montreal Machine of the WLAF.

“WLAF 1992 NEW YORK KNIGHTS AT MONTREAL MACHINE SHORT CLIP 92 SEASON.”  

From CFL Video

If you are familiar with the CFL (or Canadian Football League) you know that the Montreal Alouettes have been one of the most successful franchises in the last 20 years. They’ve won several Grey Cups (which is the Canadian pro football national championship) and several divisional titles.

But if you are familiar with the CFL and it’s history, you know that pre-1996 they didn’t have a CFL or pro football franchise from any major league, because the original Alouettes folded in the mid 1980s.

When the WLAF (or World League of American Football) went into business in 1991, they put a club in Montreal, because Montreal didn’t have a CFL franchise, but the people there wanted pro football back, which is how they got the Montreal Machine in 1991.

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Canada Classic Sports: CFL 1974- Grey Cup- Montreal Alouettes vs Edmonton Eskimos: Full Game

Source:Canada Classic Sports– the 1974 CFL Grey Cup, from Vancouver, British Columbia.

“1974 Grey Cup Championship Game, Canadian Football League, Montreal Alouettes vs Edmonton Eskimos.”

From Canada Classic Sports

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An interesting year for the CFL, at least in the sense that only one team won ten games the entire year, the Edmonton Eskimos, who finished 10-5 in the regular season. Which would be like having only one team in the NFL only winning 10 games, which is rarely if ever has happened. At least since the 1960s or so. Or only have one team in the NHL or NBA only winning 50 games, which may of never of happened, at least yet.

At least in the NFL and I imagine the CFL as well since both leagues play 16 and 18 games respectfully, a ten win season for a team means they are a good team and had a good year. So when you only have one team in the entire league accomplish that, it means there weren’t a lot of real good teams. Unless you’re a big fan of parity or something where everyone is fairly equal.

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