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 | 2nd (2nd) | 23 | Sheridan | 5 |
| 4 | Andrusyshyn, Zenon | K | 8th (1st) | 31 | California-Los Angeles (UCLA) | 8 |
| 19 | Aynsley, Brock | WR | 7th (2nd) | 29 | Washington State | 12 |
| 47 | Banks, Bill | LB | R (1st) | 24 | Penn State | 9 |
| 55 | Bass, Danny | DT | 2nd (2nd) | 24 | Elon | 8 |
| 41 | Blair, Jack | LB | 2nd (2nd) | 22 | Hamilton Hurricanes Jr. | 16 |
| 16 | Boudreau, Reg | RB | R (1st) | 23 | Saskatoon Hilltops Jr. | 3 |
| 68 | Butler, Larry | G | 4th (4th) | 27 | Appalachian State | 16 |
| -- | Cates, Larry | RB | 6th (1st) | 28 | Western Michigan | 0 |
| 39 | Clare, Lou | DB | 7th (4th) | 29 | Minnesota | 8 |
| 13 | Clark, Ray | DB | 3rd (1st) | 34 | Simon Fraser | 16 |
| 2 | Clements, Tom | QB | 5th (1st) | 26 | Notre Dame | 8 |
| 51 | Coflin, Mark | G | R (1st) | 23 | Alberta | 9 |
| 24 | Crawford, Rufus Jr. | RB | R (1st) | 24 | Virginia State | 1 |
| 64,79 | Davidson, Linden | DT | R (1st) | 23 | Ottawa | 6 |
| 23 | DiPietro, Rocky | TE | 2nd (2nd) | 21 | Ottawa | 4 |
| 53 | Doehla, George | DL | R (1st) | 22 | Indiana | 2 |
| 20 | Dorsey, Larry | DB | R (1st) | 25 | Tennessee State | 7 |
| 33 | Dosant, Al | DB | R (1st) | 22 | Windsor | 6 |
| 54 | Evans, Bart | G | 4th (4th) | 26 | Manitoba | 10 |
| 65 | George, Ed | T | 6th (1st) | 32 | Wake Forest | 16 |
| 14 | Graham, Randy | DB | 4th (2nd) | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 |
| 24 | Green, Dexter | RB | R (1st) | 22 | Iowa State | 2 |
| 78 | Halsall, Randy | DL | 6th (1st) | 29 | Wake Forest | 5 |
| 36 | Harrison, Bill | RB | 4th (4th) | Unknown | Ottawa | 16 |
| 10 | Hatanaka, Bill | WR | 4th (1st) | 25 | York | 4 |
| 58 | Heighton, Jim | WR | 11th (1st) | 34 | None | 16 |
| 34 | Henderson, Zac | DB | 2nd (2nd) | 23 | Oklahoma | 16 |
| 73 | Holland, John | WR | R (1st) | 27 | Tennessee State | 9 |
| 62 | Jones, Eary | DL | 2nd (1st) | 24 | Memphis | 6 |
| 74 | Kuchma, Rick | WR | R (1st) | 23 | Hamilton Hurricanes Jr. | 2 |
| 76 | Labbett, Craig | TE | 2nd (1st) | 23 | Western Ontario | 12 |
| 32 | Lumsden, Neil | RB | 4th (2nd) | 26 | Ottawa | 16 |
| 18 | Manges, Mark | QB | R (1st) | 23 | Maryland | 1 |
| 8 | Marler, David | QB | R (1st) | 23 | Mississippi State | 5 |
| 66 | Martin, Willie | T | 7th (1st) | 28 | Northeastern State | 13 |
| 42 | Martini, John | LB | 3rd (3rd) | 24 | Toronto (UofT) | 9 |
| 56 | Moffat, Alan | G | 4th (4th) | 27 | Ottawa | 16 |
| 44 | O'Neal, Calvin | LB | R (1st) | 24 | Michigan | 1 |
| 79 | O'Neal, Jesse | DL | 4th (1st) | 27 | Grambling State | 8 |
| 34 | Paterson, Gord | TE | 6th (1st) | 28 | Manitoba | 4 |
| 71 | Pettersen, Leif | WR | 6th (2nd) | 28 | Otterbein | 16 |
| 75 | Poe, Tom | LB | 2nd (1st) | 26 | Washington State | 1 |
| 21 | Reid, Jim | RB | R (1st) | 21 | Wilfrid Laurier | 8 |
| 69 | Riley, Mike | DT | 3rd (1st) | 24 | Dalhousie | 10 |
| 60 | Robinson, Glenn | DE | 2nd (2nd) | 27 | Oklahoma State | 11 |
| 26 | Rowland, Ronnie | RB | 2nd (1st) | 24 | Washington | 13 |
| 16 | Sanders, Danny | QB | R (1st) | 24 | Carson-Newman | 1 |
| 37 | Shaw, David | DB | 5th (5th) | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 15 |
| 77 | Skolrood, Lawrie | TE | 6th (5th) | 27 | North Dakota | 8 |
| 7 | Smith, Eddie | QB | R (1st) | 23 | Michigan State | 16 |
| 70 | Smith, Kerry | WR | 3rd (3rd) | 25 | Scarborough Rams Jr. | 11 |
| 67 | Sullivan, Mark | DL | R (1st) | 21 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 3 | Thomas, Ike | DB | 3rd (2nd) | 31 | Bishop | 10 |
| 52 | Walters, Harry | LB | 5th (1st) | 26 | Maryland | 4 |
| 50 | Waszczuk, Henry | LB | 5th (5th) | 28 | Kent State | 16 |
| 9 | Weatherbie, Charlie | QB | R (1st) | 24 | Oklahoma State | 1 |
| 62 | Wells, Angelo | DE | 3rd (3rd) | 25 | Morgan State | 7 |
| 6 | Woods, Harold | DB | 2nd (1st) | 23 | West Virginia | 16 |
| 21 | Zambiasi, Ben | LB | 2nd (2nd) | 22 | Georgia | 16 |
† – Age at start of 1979 season (July 10, 1979).