Montreal Alouettes 6 @ Edmonton Eskimos 47

Game Details

  • Week 14
  • 54th Game of Regular Season (72nd Overall)
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Monday, Oct 8, 1979 4:30 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB
    • Surface: Natural Grass
    • Attendance: 42,778 (Sellout)
    • Capacity: 42,500
  • Broadcasters:
    • R/C
    • CBC
1978 and 1979 Edmonton and Montreal Matchups
1978Week 13EDM 42 @ MTL 22
The Grey CupEDM 20 vs MTL 13
1979Week 14MTL 6 @ EDM 47
The Grey CupEDM 17 @ MTL 9

Eskimos record vs Alouettes (Regular Season)

Last decade (1969 to 1978)
  • at Edmonton 4–1–0 (0.800)
  • at Montreal 2–2–1 (0.500)
  • Edmonton Total 6–3–1 (0.650)
All-time (through 1979)
  • at Edmonton 8–2–0 (0.800)
  • at Montreal 5–2–2 (0.667)
  • Edmonton Total 13–4–2 (0.737)

Streaks as of Oct. 8, 1979 (Regular Season)

Eskimos streak at home vs Alouettes
Eskimos streak overall vs Alouettes

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Alouettes 0 0 0 6 6
Eskimos 14 24 8 1 47

Alouettes coach: Joe Scannella (L)
Eskimos coach: Hugh Campbell (W)

Alouettes (8-4-1) Next vs Argonauts Oct 20
Eskimos (10-1-2) Next @ Roughriders Oct 14

Game Time Weather in Edmonton, AB

October 8th Hourly Weather Summary for Edmonton
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
City Centre A 2:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 9.4°C NNE (330°) at 20 km/h 54% 95.24 kPa
City Centre A 3:00 PM Mainly Clear 9.6°C NNE (290°) at 11 km/h 49% 95.17 kPa
City Centre A 4:00 PM Mainly Clear 9.2°C NNE (300°) at 9 km/h 50% 95.17 kPa
City Centre A 5:00 PM Mainly Clear 8.8°C NE (350°) at 6 km/h 52% 95.14 kPa
City Centre A 6:00 PM Mainly Clear 7.7°C NNE (290°) at 6 km/h 52% 95.14 kPa

Conditions at Edmonton City Centre A (4.09 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

League Records Set and Approached in MTL @ EDM
Including known plays over 55 yards

CategoryCurrent
Rank		Original
Rank		ValuePersonRecord Held Span OR

Sources

  • CFL (Game score/boxscore)

Contributors

  • Steve Daniel/CFL

Notices

  • Data is verified (Data Complete)