| 1976 CFL season | |
|---|---|
| East champions | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| West champions | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 64th Grey Cup | |
| Champions | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| CFL seasons | |
← 1975 1977 → | |
The1976 CFL season is considered to be the 23rd season in modern-dayCanadian football, although it is officially the 19thCanadian Football League season.
For the first time inCanadian Football League history, more than two million fans attended CFL games, with a total attendance of 2,029,586.
In theCFL All-Star Game, the East team defeated the West, 27–16, in front of 21,762 fans atClarke Stadium in Edmonton. The game was played before the pre-season on May 29, the first time a CFL contest was held in the month of May (and the last time until 2018).
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 427 | 238 | 22 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 384 | 316 | 20 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 311 | 367 | 19 |
| BC Lions | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 308 | 336 | 12 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 316 | 422 | 6 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 411 | 346 | 19 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 269 | 348 | 16 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 305 | 273 | 15 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 289 | 354 | 15 |
TheOttawa Rough Riders are the 1976Grey Cup champions, defeating theSaskatchewan Roughriders, 23–20, atToronto'sExhibition Stadium. This was the third championship game between the two teams with Ottawa winning two out of three games. Ottawa'sTom Clements (QB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Saskatchewan'sCleveland Vann (LB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. Ottawa'sTony Gabriel (TE) was namedGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
This was the only year between 1973 and 1982 that the Edmonton Eskimos did not appear in the Grey Cup game.
| November 13/14: Conference Semifinals | November 20/21: Conference Finals | November 28:64th Grey Cup @Exhibition Stadium –Toronto | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15 | ||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||
| E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | ||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||
| W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 14 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12 | ||||||||||||
