• Source: 1976 CFL season

The 1976 CFL season is considered to be the 23rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 19th Canadian Football League season.




CFL news in 1976


For the first time in Canadian Football League history, more than two million fans attended CFL games, with a total attendance of 2,029,586.
In the CFL All-Star Game, the East team defeated the West, 27–16, in front of 21,762 fans at Clarke 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).




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.
Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.




Grey Cup playoffs



The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1976 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 23–20, at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. This was the third championship game between the two teams with Ottawa winning two out of three games. Ottawa's Tom Clements (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Saskatchewan's Cleveland Vann (LB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence. Ottawa's Tony Gabriel (TE) was named Grey 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.




= Playoff bracket

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CFL Leaders


CFL Passing Leaders
CFL Rushing Leaders
CFL Receiving Leaders




1976 CFL All-Stars






1976 Eastern All-Stars






1976 Western All-Stars






1976 CFL Awards


CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Tony Gabriel (TE), Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Bill Baker (DE), BC Lions
CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Dan Yochum (OT), Montreal Alouettes
CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – John Sciarra (QB), BC Lions
CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – George Reed (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
CFL's Coach of the Year – Bob Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Liga Sepak Bola Nasional Draft
• 1976 CFL season
• List of Canadian Football League seasons
• Lui Passaglia
• List of Toronto Argonauts seasons
• 1995 CFL season
• Canadian Football League attendance
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award
• List of dual-threat quarterback records
• 1988 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
• Ron Lancaster