1979 Calgary Stampeders season

Canadian football team season

The 1979 Calgary Stampeders finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 12–4 record. They appeared in the Western Final where they lost to the Edmonton Eskimos. This would mark the last season in which the Stampeders won a playoff game until 1991; they were the only CFL team during the 1980s that did not win a single playoff game.

Roster

1979 Calgary Stampeders roster
Quarterbacks
  • John Hufnagel

Running backs

  • Willie Burden
  • James Sykes

Wide receivers

  • Willie Armstead
  • Kelvin Kirk

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen
  • Lloyd Fairbanks G

Defensive linemen

  • Reggie Lewis DE
Linebackers
  • Ollie Bakken

Defensive backs

  • Al Burleson

Special teams

Injured List

6-Game Injured List

Practice Roster

Active, Injured, 6-Game Injured,
Practice

Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 12 2 2 495 219 26
Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 382 278 24
BC Lions 16 9 6 1 328 333 19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 12 0 283 340 8
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 2 14 0 194 437 4

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Season schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 35–7 1–0
2 Montreal Alouettes W 19–7 2–0
3 Edmonton Eskimos L 9–44 2–1
4 Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–17 3–1
5 BC Lions W 22–10 4–1
6 Saskatchewan Roughriders W 52–10 5–1
7 BC Lions L 17–18 5–2
8 Edmonton Eskimos W 26–19 5–3
9 Saskatchewan Roughriders W 6–5 6–3
10 Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 28–23 7–3
11 Edmonton Eskimos L 1–27 7–4
12 Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 18–13 8–4
13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 16–26 8–5
14 BC Lions W 37–32 9–5
15 Toronto Argonauts W 28–12 10–5
16 Saskatchewan Roughriders W 41–8 11–5

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions 1 0 0 1 2
Calgary Stampeders 3 5 29 0 37

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Calgary Stampeders 0 3 4 0 7
Edmonton Eskimos 0 14 0 5 19

Awards and records

1979 CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ^ "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
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