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The 67th Grey Cup was played on November 25, 1979 before 65,113 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Montreal Alouettes 17-9.

Box Score

First Quarter

Edmonton - TD – Waddell Smith 43 yard pass from Tom Wilkinson (Dave Cutler convert)

Second Quarter

Montreal – FG – Don Sweet 38 yards
Montreal – FG – Don Sweet 45 yards

Third Quarter

Montreal – FG – Don Sweet 29 yards
Edmonton - TD – Tom Scott 33 yard pass from Warren Moon (Dave Cutler convert)
Edmonton – FG – Dave Cutler 38 yards

Fourth Quarter

No scoring

Trivia

Unlike previous Grey Cups, especially the 65th Grey Cup (or Ice Bowl) in 1977 in Montreal, the temperature was a balmy 12 degrees Celsius.

The Alouettes were penalized 16 times in the game, the most back-breaking call coming late in the fourth quarter when Gerry Dattilio was called for clipping on an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown by Keith Baker. Edmonton had only four penalties.

Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11 Grey Cup clashes. The Eskimos prevailed in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Als were victorious in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002.

As of 2017, the 1979 game is the last Grey Cup in which a team was held to a single-digit point total.

Eskimos' roster: Leo Blanchard, Greg Butler, Jimmy Walker, Warren Moon, Jim Germany, Marco Cyncar, Danny Kepley, Don Warrington, Brian Fryer, York Hentschel, Mike Wilson, Dave Zacharko, Tom Scott, Bruce Lemmerman, Stuart Lang, Joe Hollimon, John Konihowski, Waddell Smith, Ted Milian, Jimmy Rogers, Jerome Stanton, Bill Stevenson, Hector Pothier, Brian Kelly, Emilio Fraietta, Angelo Santucci, Pete Lavorato, David Boone, Dave Fennell, Ed Jones, Tom Towns, Hank Ilesic, Ian Bryans, Dave Cutler, Eric Upton, Ron Estay, Tom Wilkinson, Dale Potter, Bob Howes, Larry Highbaugh, Don Matthews (Assistant Coach), Cal Murphy (Assistant Coach), Hugh Campbell (Head Coach), Joe Faragalli (Assistant Coach), Dan Daniel (Assistant Coach).

External links

• "Grey Cup: 1979". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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