1979 CFL season

1000km
620miles

Alouettes

Rough Riders

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

  

Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

The 1979 CFL season is considered to be the 26th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 22nd Canadian Football League season.

The Edmonton Eskimos establishes a single season attendance record with 340,239 fans — the most by any Western Conference team.

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Edmonton and Montreal have first round byes.

The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1979 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes, 17–9, in front of their home crowd at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. This was Edmonton's second-straight championship. The Alouettes' David Green (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Tom Cousineau (LB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Don Sweet (K) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

• CFL Passing Leaders
• CFL Rushing Leaders
• CFL Receiving Leaders^[1]

• P – Hank Ilesic, Edmonton Eskimos
• K – Lui Passaglia, BC Lions

• P – Ian Sunter, Toronto Argonauts
• K – Don Sweet, Montreal Alouettes

• P – Hank Ilesic, Edmonton Eskimos
• K – Lui Passaglia, BC Lions

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – David Green (RB), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Ben Zambiasi (LB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Mike Wilson (OT), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Brian Kelly (WR), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – John Helton (DT), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Hugh Campbell, Edmonton Eskimos