1970 Montreal Alouettes season

1970 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Sam Etcheverry
Home field	Autostade
Results
Record	7–6–1
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1970 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 3rd place in the East Division with a 7–6–1 record and won the Grey Cup, by defeating another third place team, the Calgary Stampeders in a rain soaked field, which both teams called disgraceful. This was Montreal's second Grey Cup, with the first being in their fourth year of existence in 1949

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	July 7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Autostade	27–23	Win	10,000	1–0
B	July 15	Calgary Stampeders	Autostade	8–8	Tie	12,144	1–0–1
B	July 20	Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	15–8	Win	15,796	2–0–1
C	July 24	Toronto Argonauts	Exhibition Stadium	20–19	Loss	30,866	2–1–1

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	292	279	17
Toronto Argonauts	14	8	6	0	329	290	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	246	279	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	4	10	0	255	279	8

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Aug 4	Toronto Argonauts	Autostade	34–27	Win	26,743	1–0
2	Aug 12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Stadium	16–10	Win	18,992	2–0
3	Aug 18	Edmonton Eskimos	Autostade	14–10	Win		3–0
4	Bye
5	Sept 2	Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	31–7	Loss	26,996	3–1
6	Sept 7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	17–12	Loss	28,702	3–2
7	Sept 12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Autostade	38–23	Win	25,721	4–2
8	Sept 20	Toronto Argonauts	Exhibition Stadium	24–17	Win	33,135	5–2
9	Sept 27	Ottawa Rough Riders	Autostade	16–15	Win	26,677	6–2
10	Oct 4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Taylor Field	29–10	Loss	21,708	6–3
11	Oct 7	Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	11–4	Loss		6–4
12	Oct 14	BC Lions	Autostade	28–27	Win	18,077	7–4
12	Oct 18	Toronto Argonauts	Exhibition Stadium	16–13	Loss	33,135	7–5
13	Oct 24	Ottawa Rough Riders	Autostade	28–12	Loss	19,758	7–6
14	Nov 1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Autostade	18–18	Tie	25,886	7–6–1

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Postseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 7	Toronto Argonauts	Exhibition Stadium	16–7	Win	31,794
East Final Game 1	Nov 15	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Autostade	32–22	Win	33,212
East Final Game 2	Nov 21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	11–4	Win	24,270
Grey Cup	Nov 28	Calgary Stampeders	Exhibition Stadium	23–10	Win	32,669

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	6	3	7	7	23
Calgary Stampeders	7	0	3	0	10

References

1. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1970cflmtl.html

External links

• Official Site