1980 Montreal Alouettes season

1980 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Joe Scannella
Home field	Olympic Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Final
Uniform

The 1980 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–8 record. They appeared in the East Final, where they lost 24–13 to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, ending their three-year reign as the East Conference representative in the Grey Cup.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Stadium	26–20	Loss	20,133	1–0
B	June 17	Toronto Argonauts	Olympic Stadium	31–16	Loss	26,342	2–0
C	June 25	Ottawa Rough Riders	Olympic Stadium	34–24	Win	28,352	3–0
D	July 2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	21–17	Win	18,204	4–0

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	7	1	332	377	17
Montreal Alouettes	16	8	8	0	356	375	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	0	353	393	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	0	334	358	12

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 9	Toronto Argonauts	Exhibition Stadium	18–11	Loss	34,250	0–1
2	July 15	Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	19–8	Loss	32,663	0–2
3	July 22	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Olympic Stadium	17–14	Win	32,048	1–2
4	Bye
5	Aug 6	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Taylor Field	18–10	Win	25,947	2–2
6	Aug 12	Ottawa Rough Riders	Olympic Stadium	27–17	Loss	34,426	2–3
6	Aug 18	Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	33–11	Loss	29,994	2–4
7	Bye
8	Aug 26	Toronto Argonauts	Olympic Stadium	43–33	Win	29,256	3–4
8	Sept 1	BC Lions	Olympic Stadium	14–6	Loss	29,827	3–5
9	Sept 6	Toronto Argonauts	Exhibition Stadium	35–24	Win	37,214	4–5
10	Sept 13	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	25–14	Win	19,619	5–5
11	Sept 21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Olympic Stadium	49–10	Win	28,185	6–5
12	Sept 27	Toronto Argonauts	Olympic Stadium	29–23	Win	31,633	7–5
13	Oct 5	Ottawa Rough Riders	Lansdowne Park	49–14	Loss	24,971	7–6
14	Oct 12	Ottawa Rough Riders	Olympic Stadium	34–17	Win	31,919	8–6
15	Bye
16	Oct 26	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Stadium	26–25	Loss	26,352	8–7
16	Nov 1	Edmonton Eskimos	Olympic Stadium	44–14	Loss	42,234	8–8

Postseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 8	Ottawa Rough Riders	Olympic Stadium	25–21	Win	17,420
East Final	Nov 16	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	24–13	Loss	30,898

External links

• Official Site