Calgary Stampeders 1978 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

9 wins, 4 losses, 3 ties
Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1978 Won 38 – 4 vs Winnipeg
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 18, 1978 Lost 13 – 26 @ Edmonton

Calgary Stampeders 1978 Season Resources 1978 CGY Team Roster 1978 CGY Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Tue Jun 13 10:00 PM	EDM 19 @ CGY 25	W
B	Tue Jun 20 8:00 PM	CGY 12 @ MTL 14	L
C	Wed Jun 28 10:00 PM	WPG 21 @ CGY 10	L
D	Wed Jul 5 8:00 PM	CGY 11 @ SSK 16	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Wed Jul 12 9:30 PM	CGY 17 @ EDM 33	L
2	Wed Jul 19 11:00 PM	BC 21 @ CGY 23	W
3	Tue Jul 25 11:00 PM	CGY 19 @ BC 19	T
4	Bye
5	Wed Aug 9 10:00 PM	MTL 28 @ CGY 14	L	CTV
6	Wed Aug 16 9:00 PM	CGY 29 @ WPG 21	W
7	Tue Aug 22 10:00 PM	SSK 22 @ CGY 43	W	CBCW
8	Wed Aug 30 8:00 PM	CGY 16 @ OTT 27	L	CTV
9	Mon Sep 4 4:00 PM	EDM 28 @ CGY 28	T	CBC
10	Bye
11	Sun Sep 17 4:00 PM	BC 4 @ CGY 14	W	CTV
12	Sun Sep 24 4:30 PM	CGY 20 @ EDM 20	T	CBCW
13	Sun Oct 1 2:30 PM	CGY 19 @ SSK 20	L
14	Sat Oct 7 10:00 PM	TOR 16 @ CGY 22	W	CTV
15	Sun Oct 15 4:00 PM	SSK 13 @ CGY 32	W
16	Sun Oct 22 2:00 PM	CGY 35 @ HAM 1	W	CBC
17	Sun Oct 29 4:30 PM	CGY 28 @ WPG 24	W	CBCW
18	Sun Nov 5 4:00 PM	WPG 14 @ CGY 22	W	CBCW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sun Nov 12 4:00 PM	WPG 4 @ CGY 38	W	CBC
Final	Sat Nov 18 4:00 PM	CGY 13 @ EDM 26	L	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	58	70	L3	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	9	4	3	21	381	311	W5	5-1-0
Home	8	6	1	1	13	198	146	W4	5-0-1
Visitor	8	3	3	2	8	183	165	W2	3-2-1
Divisional opponent	12	7	2	3	17	294	239	W3	4-1-1
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	87	72	W2	2-2-0

Full 1978 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	5 (4-0-1)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (3-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-1-1)	11 (7-2-2)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-2-1)
After 2nd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-1-1)	7 (3-2-2)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	13 (9-2-2)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-2-1)
After 3rd	6 (5-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (3-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-2-1)	11 (8-1-2)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-3-1)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	3 (0-0-3)	4 (0-4-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ CGY	CGY @
Divisional	0.508	5-0-1 (6)	2-2-2 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.453	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	0-0-1 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.688	0-0-1 (1)	0-1-1 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.281	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.344	--	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.531	0-1-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.688	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.250	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1978	1977 +/-
Average Combined Score	43.25	+7.75
Average Winning Score	27.56	+15.06
Average Losing Score	16.50	+0.58
Average Home Score	24.75	+8.88
Average Visitor Score	22.88	+8.62
Average Margin of Victory	12.44	+7.19
Average Margin of Loss	10.50	+1.58

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Calgary	198 (24.8)	183 (22.9)	381 (23.8)
Total	Opponent	165 (20.6)	146 (18.3)	311 (19.4)
1st	Calgary	64 (8.0)	54 (6.8)	118 (7.4)
1st	Opponent	26 (3.3)	38 (4.8)	64 (4.0)
2nd	Calgary	55 (6.9)	53 (6.6)	108 (6.8)
2nd	Opponent	44 (5.5)	40 (5.0)	84 (5.3)
3rd	Calgary	62 (7.8)	35 (4.4)	97 (6.1)
3rd	Opponent	43 (5.4)	29 (3.6)	72 (4.5)
4th	Calgary	17 (2.1)	41 (5.1)	58 (3.6)
4th	Opponent	52 (6.5)	39 (4.9)	91 (5.7)

Head Coach

Jack “Jocko” Gotta (Dec. 1, 1976 – Dec. 14, 1979)

Player Awards
All Stars

1978 Player Awards and Nominations

1978 Most Outstanding

Player — James Sykes (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — John Helton (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Lloyd Fairbanks (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — John Palazeti (Team Nominee)
Rookie — James Sykes (Team Nominee)

1978 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — John Helton (Winner)

Calgary Stampeders 1978 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

RB	James Sykes
G	Harold Holton
DT	John Helton
DE	Reggie Lewis

8 All-Division Selections

RB	James Sykes
TE	Willie Armstead
G	Harold Holton
T	Lloyd Fairbanks
DT	John Helton
DE	Reggie Lewis
CB	Terry Irvin
S	Al Burleson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1978 Calgary Stampeders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Dave Kirzinger (OT)	British Columbia (UBC)
2–1 (10)		Rob Kochel (DB)	Western Ontario
3–1 (19)		Dave Allen (LB)	Bishop's
3–9 (27)	[MTL]	Gary Tom (WR)	McMaster
4–1 (28)		Mike Karpow (K)	Waterloo
5–1 (37)		Mark Moors (OG)	Acadia
6–1 (46)		Bob Dear (OG)	Calgary
7–1 (55)		Jim Mossop (DB)	Toronto (UofT)
8–1 (64)		Cam Prange (C)	Waterloo