Roster and game participation numbers courtesy the CFL. All errors or omissions not in the original source are the responsibility of CFLdb Statistics, please report them.
| Jersey | Name | Position | Experience League (Team) |
Age† | Regular GP |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Ackroyd, Steve | DB | R (1st) | 22 | Sheridan | 2 |
| 79 | Alapa, Clifton | DE | 2nd (1st) | 23 | Arizona State | 4 |
| 63 | Allemang, Marv | G | 4th (2nd) | 24 | Acadia | 16 |
| 16 | Allen, Vince | RB | R (1st) | 23 | Indiana State | 3 |
| 16 | Armstrong, Bill | DB | 2nd (2nd) | 23 | Wake Forest | 4 |
| 19 | Aynsley, Brock | WR | 6th (1st) | 28 | Washington State | 3 |
| 55 | Bass, Danny | DT | R (1st) | 23 | Elon | 16 |
| 41 | Blair, Jack | LB | R (1st) | 21 | Hamilton Hurricanes Jr. | 15 |
| 78 | Blanton, Jerry | DE | R (1st) | 21 | Kentucky | 1 |
| 19 | Bovair, Dan | DB | 2nd (2nd) | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 |
| 29 | Bowman, Don | DB | 4th (2nd) | 25 | Western Ontario | 16 |
| 60 | Broadway, Rod | DE | R (1st) | 23 | North Carolina | 1 |
| 68 | Butler, Larry | G | 3rd (3rd) | 26 | Appalachian State | 16 |
| 13 | Clark, Ken | P | 4th (4th) | 30 | Saint Mary's | 5 |
| 49 | Cockerham, Steve | LB | R (1st) | 22 | Akron | 1 |
| 62 | Davis, Marvin | DE | 3rd (1st) | 26 | Southern | 1 |
| 23 | DiPietro, Rocky | TE | R (1st) | 20 | Ottawa | 16 |
| 20 | Edwards, Jimmy | RB | 3rd (3rd) | 25 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 |
| 54 | Evans, Bart | G | 3rd (3rd) | 25 | Manitoba | 16 |
| 14 | Graham, Randy | DB | 3rd (1st) | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 |
| 21 | Hadden, Dave | RB | 4th (1st) | 25 | Queen's | 16 |
| 36 | Harrison, Bill | RB | 3rd (3rd) | Unknown | Ottawa | 14 |
| 45 | Hemingway, Byron | LB | 2nd (2nd) | 24 | Boston College | 7 |
| 34 | Henderson, Zac | DB | R (1st) | 22 | Oklahoma | 10 |
| 11 | Henry, Roy | QB | R (1st) | Unknown | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 |
| 61 | Holland, Bruce | DT | R (1st) | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 5 |
| 3 | Jambrosic, Nik | K | 2nd (2nd) | 21 | Hamilton Hurricanes Jr. | 14 |
| 10 | Jones, Jimmy | QB | 6th (3rd) | 28 | Southern California (USC) | 16 |
| 27 | Kinch, John | RB | 2nd (2nd) | 23 | Youngstown State | 6 |
| 24 | Knox, Bill | DB | R (1st) | 27 | Purdue | 4 |
| 51 | Liggins, Granville | DT | 11th (1st) | 32 | Oklahoma | 3 |
| 32 | Lumsden, Neil | RB | 3rd (1st) | 25 | Ottawa | 10 |
| 65 | Maddox, Bob | DE | R (1st) | 29 | Frostburg | 1 |
| 42 | Martini, John | LB | 2nd (2nd) | 23 | Toronto (UofT) | 16 |
| 17 | Meeks, Ron | DB | 2nd (2nd) | 23 | Arkansas State | 16 |
| 28 | Mills, Tommy | DB | R (1st) | 22 | West Texas A&M | 2 |
| 56 | Moffat, Alan | G | 3rd (3rd) | 26 | Ottawa | 12 |
| 66 | Moffatt, Frank | U | R (1st) | 19 | McMaster | 4 |
| 57 | Nettles, Ray | LB | 7th (1st) | 28 | Tennessee | 16 |
| 78 | Palmer, Bill | LB | 5th (1st) | 25 | Bowling Green | 5 |
| 43 | Perko, Tom | LB | 2nd (2nd) | 24 | Pittsburgh | 4 |
| 71 | Pettersen, Leif | WR | 5th (1st) | 27 | Otterbein | 16 |
| 24 | Quehl, Dave | WR | R (1st) | 23 | Holy Cross | 5 |
| 22 | Riley, Bob | TE | R (1st) | 23 ‡ | 4 | |
| 64 | Robinson, Gary | DE | 10th (1st) | 32 | Simon Fraser | 12 |
| 60 | Robinson, Glenn | DE | R (1st) | 26 | Oklahoma State | 3 |
| 34 | Roche, Tom | DB | R (1st) | 22 ‡ | Ohio State | 2 |
| 53 | Romano, Al “Butch” | DT | 2nd (2nd) | 24 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
| 62 | Samples, Mike | DL | 6th (5th) | 28 | Drake | 6 |
| 37 | Shaw, David | DB | 4th (4th) | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 8 |
| 11 | Shuman, Tom | QB | 3rd (3rd) | 24 | Penn State | 7 |
| 31 | Siganos, Mike | DB | R (1st) | 23 | Kentucky | 7 |
| 65 | Sims, Rudy | DT | 8th (1st) | 29 | Florida A&M | 3 |
| 77 | Skolrood, Lawrie | TE | 5th (4th) | 26 | North Dakota | 16 |
| 70 | Smith, Kerry | WR | 2nd (2nd) | 24 | Scarborough Rams Jr. | 8 |
| 3 | Thomas, Ike | DB | 2nd (1st) | 30 | Bishop | 5 |
| 50 | Waszczuk, Henry | LB | 4th (4th) | 27 | Kent State | 16 |
| 62 | Wells, Angelo | DE | 2nd (2nd) | 24 | Morgan State | 4 |
| 69 | Wells, George | DE | 8th (3rd) | 30 | New Mexico State | 9 |
| 13 | White, Chuck III | WR | R (1st) | 22 | Maryland | 1 |
| 28 | Williams, Mike | DB | R (1st) | 22 | Texas A&M | 3 |
| 67 | Wilson, Mike | T | 3rd (3rd) | 30 | Dayton | 16 |
| 26 | Woodward, Rod | DB | 12th (1st) | 33 | Idaho | 4 |
| 47 | Zambiasi, Ben | LB | R (1st) | 21 | Georgia | 10 |
† – Age at start of 1978 season (July 11, 1978).
‡ – Exact birth date unknown. Age is approximate and may be ±1 year or more.