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The 1974 CFL season is considered to be the 21st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 17th Canadian Football League season.




CFL News in 1974


The Eastern Conference extended its regular season schedule from 14 to 16 games in 1974. The Western Football Conference had been playing a 16-game schedule since 1952. ORFU, which had not competed for the Grey Cup in 20 seasons and had dropped to amateur status, ceased to exist. The Montreal Alouettes change their colours to red, white and blue, and adopt the triangular "Delta" logo with the Montreal colours in it on a navy blue helmet.
The first players' strike in league history occurred during training camp. The strike was settled prior to the beginning of the regular season. No games were cancelled as a result of the dispute. It was this strike, which coincided with a similarly timed strike in the National Football League, which brought into existence the World Football League, a potential rival league to both the NFL and CFL, and one of the WFL's teams was to be placed in Toronto. In retaliation, Canadian Parliament introduced (but never passed) the Canadian Football Act, which would have given the CFL a government-enforced monopoly on professional football in Canada. The spectre of the bill prompted the Toronto franchise owner to relocate his team to the U.S. before it began play, and the only presence the WFL would ever have in Canada was a single game in London, Ontario, a city where the CFL had (and still has today) no direct presence.




Regular season standings






= Final regular season standings

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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.




Grey Cup playoffs



The Montreal Alouettes are the 1974 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos, 20–7, at Vancouver's Empire Stadium. Montreal's Sonny Wade (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Junior Ah You (DE) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. Montreal's Don Sweet (K) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.




= Playoff bracket

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CFL Leaders


CFL Passing Leaders
CFL Rushing Leaders
CFL Receiving Leaders




1974 CFL All-Stars






1974 Eastern All-Stars






1974 Western All-Stars






1974 CFL Awards


CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Tom Wilkinson (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Tony Gabriel (TE), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – John Helton (DT), Calgary Stampeders
CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Ed George (OG), Montreal Alouettes
CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Sam Cvijanovich (LB), Toronto Argonauts
CFL's Coach of the Year – Marv Levy, Montreal Alouettes




References

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