Montreal Alouettes 1970 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 7, 1970 Won 16 – 7 @ Toronto
Won Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 43 – 26
- Nov. 15, 1970 Won 32 – 22 vs Hamilton
- Nov. 21, 1970 Won 11 – 4 @ Hamilton
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 28, 1970 Won 23 – 10 vs Calgary in Toronto, ON

Montreal Alouettes 1970 Season Resources 1970 MTL Team Roster 1970 MTL Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jul 7 8:00 PM	WPG 23 @ MTL 27	W	10,000
C	Wed Jul 15 8:00 PM	CGY 8 @ MTL 8	T	12,144
C	Mon Jul 20 8:30 PM	MTL 15 @ OTT 8	W	15,796
D	Fri Jul 24 8:15 PM	MTL 19 @ TOR 20	L	30,886


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
2	Tue Aug 4 8:00 PM	TOR 27 @ MTL 34	W	26,743	CTVE
3	Wed Aug 12 9:00 PM	MTL 16 @ WPG 10	W	17,110	CTV
4	Tue Aug 18 8:00 PM	EDM 10 @ MTL 14	W	27,046	CTV
6	Wed Sep 2 8:00 PM	MTL 7 @ OTT 31	L	26,996	CTVE
7	Mon Sep 7 2:00 PM	MTL 12 @ HAM 17	L	28,702
8	Sat Sep 12 8:00 PM	HAM 23 @ MTL 38	W	25,721	CBCE
9	Sun Sep 20 2:00 PM	MTL 24 @ TOR 17	W	33,135	CTVE
10	Sun Sep 27 2:00 PM	OTT 15 @ MTL 16	W	26,677
11	Sun Oct 4 4:30 PM	MTL 10 @ SSK 29	L	21,706	CTV
12	Wed Oct 7 11:00 PM	MTL 4 @ CGY 11	L	18,970	CTV
13	Wed Oct 14 8:00 PM	BC 27 @ MTL 28	W	18,077	CBC
13	Sun Oct 18 2:00 PM	MTL 13 @ TOR 16	L	33,135	CTVE
14	Sat Oct 24 2:00 PM	OTT 28 @ MTL 12	L	19,758	CBCE
15	Sun Nov 1 2:00 PM	HAM 18 @ MTL 18	T	25,886	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 7 2:00 PM	MTL 16 @ TOR 7	W	31,794	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 15 2:00 PM	HAM 22 @ MTL 32	W	33,212	CTV
P2	Sat Nov 21 2:00 PM	MTL 11 @ HAM 4	W	24,270	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 28 1:00 PM	CGY 10 vs MTL 23	W	32,669	R/C, CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	1	1	5	69	59	L1	2-1-1
Regular Season	14	7	6	1	15	246	279	T1	1-4-1
Home	7	5	1	1	11	160	148	T1	4-1-1
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	86	131	L3	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	9	4	4	1	9	174	192	T1	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	72	87	W1	3-2-0

Full 1970 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	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (4-5-1)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-1-1)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (1-5-1)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-1-1)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (2-6-1)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (7-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.488	3-1-1 (5)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	1-2-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.607	1-0-1 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.286	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.571	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.563	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.875	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.125	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1970	1969 +/-
Average Combined Score	37.50	-12.43
Average Winning Score	24.29	-8.71
Average Losing Score	9.67	-9.53
Average Home Score	22.86	+0.00
Average Visitor Score	12.29	-8.29
Average Margin of Victory	5.86	-5.14
Average Margin of Loss	12.33	+1.03

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Montreal	160 (22.9)	86 (12.3)	246 (17.6)
Total	Opponent	131 (18.7)	148 (21.1)	279 (19.9)
1st	Montreal	22 (3.1)	13 (1.9)	35 (2.5)
1st	Opponent	35 (5.0)	36 (5.1)	71 (5.1)
2nd	Montreal	50 (7.1)	16 (2.3)	66 (4.7)
2nd	Opponent	39 (5.6)	22 (3.1)	61 (4.4)
3rd	Montreal	37 (5.3)	27 (3.9)	64 (4.6)
3rd	Opponent	17 (2.4)	48 (6.9)	65 (4.6)
4th	Montreal	51 (7.3)	30 (4.3)	81 (5.8)
4th	Opponent	40 (5.7)	42 (6.0)	82 (5.9)

Head Coach

Sam “The Rifle” Etcheverry (Dec. 9, 1969 – Nov. 24, 1972)

Player Awards
All Stars

1970 Player Awards and Nominations

1970 Most Outstanding

Player — Moses Denson (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Charlie Collins (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Al Phaneuf (Division Finalist)

Montreal Alouettes 1970 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

DE	Steve Smear
DB	Al Phaneuf

8 All-Division Selections

RB	Moses Denson
C	Gene Ceppetelli
T	Ed George
DE	Steve Booras
DE	Steve Smear
MLB	Charlie Collins
OLB	Mike Widger
DB	Al Phaneuf

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1970 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–2 (11)		Burns McPherson (DB)	St. Francis Xavier
3–2 (20)		Andy Smith (LB)	Mount Allison
4–2 (29)		John Porter (DT)	Saint Mary's
5–2 (38)		Jim Foley (QB)	Prince Edward Island
6–2 (46)		Fred McLean (C)	New Brunswick
7–2 (54)		Terry Arnason (DL)	St. Francis Xavier
8–2 (63)		Ted Abercrombie (LB)	Saint Mary's
9–2 (70)		Don Lavers (T)	New Brunswick
10–2 (74)		Mike Brierly (DE)	McMaster