1978 Calgary Stampeders season

1978 Calgary Stampeders season
Head coach	Jack Gotta
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	9–4–3
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final

The 1978 Calgary Stampeders finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 9–4–3 record. They appeared in the West Final where they lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.

Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	4	2	452	301	22
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	4	3	381	311	21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	371	351	18
BC Lions	16	7	7	2	359	308	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	4	11	1	330	459	9

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Season schedule

Opponent	Score	Result
Edmonton Eskimos	33–17	Loss
BC Lions	23–21	Win
BC Lions	19–19	Tie
Montreal Alouettes	28–14	Loss
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–21	Win
Saskatchewan Roughriders	43–22	Win
Ottawa Rough Riders	27–16	Loss
Edmonton Eskimos	28–28	Tie
BC Lions	14–4	Win
Edmonton Eskimos	20–20	Tie
Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–19	Loss
Toronto Argonauts	22–16	Win
Saskatchewan Roughriders	33–13	Win
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–1	Win
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–24	Win
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–14	Win

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	?	?	?	?	4
Calgary Stampeders	?	?	?	?	38

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	?	?	?	?	13
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	26

Awards and records

CFL's Coach of the Year – Jack Gotta

1978 CFL All-Stars

RB – James Sykes, CFL All-Star
OG – Harold Holton, CFL All-Star
DT – John Helton, CFL All-Star
DE – Reggie Lewis, CFL All-Star

References

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
↑ "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

1978 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1978 CFL Draft 66th Grey Cup

Calgary Stampeders seasons

1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

Calgary Stampeders

Founded in 1935 Based in Calgary, Alberta

Franchise	Records Seasons Head coaches Mascot

Stadiums	Mewata Stadium McMahon Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Norman Kwong Perfect season

Important figures	Willie Burden Tom Forzani Doug Flutie Dean Griffing Wayne Harris Herman Harrison John Helton John Hufnagel Jerry Keeling Earl "The Earthquake" Lunsford Don Luzzi Tony Pajaczkowski Allen Pitts Rocco Romano Paul Rowe Harvey Wylie

Retired numbers	5 10 13 18 22 55 67 75

Key personnel	Owners: Calgary Flames Limited Partnership, John Forzani, Ted Hellard and Doug Mitchell. Coach and General Manager: John Hufnagel

Grey Cup championships (7)	1948 1971 1992 1998 2001 2008 2014

Western Division championships (15)	1948 1949 1968 1970 1971 1991 1992 1995 1998 1999 2001 2008 2012 2014 2016

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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