Montreal Alouettes 1980 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1980 Won 25 – 21 vs Ottawa
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 16, 1980 Lost 13 – 24 @ Hamilton

Montreal Alouettes 1980 Season Resources 1980 MTL Team Roster 1980 MTL Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 10 9:00 PM	MTL 26 @ WPG 20	W	20,133
B	Tue Jun 17 8:00 PM	TOR 16 @ MTL 31	W	25,423
C	Wed Jun 25 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ MTL 34	W	26,352
D	Wed Jul 2 8:00 PM	MTL 21 @ HAM 17	W	18,201


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 9 8:00 PM	MTL 11 @ TOR 18	L	32,250	CTVE
2	Tue Jul 15 9:30 PM	MTL 8 @ CGY 19	L	32,936	CBC, R/C
3	Tue Jul 22 8:00 PM	HAM 14 @ MTL 17	W	32,048	CBCE
5	Wed Aug 6 9:30 PM	MTL 18 @ SSK 10	W	25,947	CTV
6	Tue Aug 12 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ MTL 17	L	34,426	CBCE
7	Mon Aug 18 8:00 PM	MTL 11 @ OTT 33	L	29,994	CTVE
8	Tue Aug 26 8:00 PM	TOR 33 @ MTL 43	W	29,256	CBCE
9	Mon Sep 1 8:00 PM	BC 14 @ MTL 6	L	29,827	CBC
10	Sat Sep 6 8:00 PM	MTL 35 @ TOR 24	W	37,214	R/C
11	Sat Sep 13 8:00 PM	MTL 25 @ HAM 14	W	19,619	R/C
12	Sun Sep 21 8:00 PM	HAM 10 @ MTL 49	W	28,185
13	Sat Sep 27 8:00 PM	TOR 23 @ MTL 29	W	31,633	CTVE
14	Sun Oct 5 2:00 PM	MTL 14 @ OTT 49	L	24,971	CBCE
15	Sun Oct 12 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ MTL 34	W	31,919	CBCE
17	Sun Oct 26 3:30 PM	MTL 25 @ WPG 26	L	26,352	CBC
18	Sat Nov 1 2:00 PM	EDM 44 @ MTL 14	L	42,234	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 8 2:00 PM	OTT 21 @ MTL 25	W	17,420	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 16 2:00 PM	MTL 13 @ HAM 24	L	30,838	CBC, R/C

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	4	0	0	8	112	77	W4	4-0-0
Regular Season	16	8	8	0	16	356	375	L2	3-3-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	209	182	L1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	147	193	L2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	11	7	4	0	14	285	262	W1	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	1	4	0	2	71	113	L3	1-4-0

Full 1980 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	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (3-7-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 3rd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.440	5-1-0 (6)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.531	0-2-0 (2)	1-2-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.531	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (4)	0.438	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.375	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.531	0-1-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.563	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.813	0-1-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.125	--	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1980	1979 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.69	+6.00
Average Winning Score	31.25	+6.70
Average Losing Score	13.25	+0.25
Average Home Score	26.13	+1.62
Average Visitor Score	18.38	-1.00
Average Margin of Victory	13.13	+0.67
Average Margin of Loss	15.50	-2.00

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Montreal	209 (26.1)	147 (18.4)	356 (22.3)
Total	Opponent	193 (24.1)	182 (22.8)	375 (23.4)
1st	Montreal	42 (5.3)	28 (3.5)	70 (4.4)
1st	Opponent	57 (7.1)	46 (5.8)	103 (6.4)
2nd	Montreal	52 (6.5)	59 (7.4)	111 (6.9)
2nd	Opponent	68 (8.5)	62 (7.8)	130 (8.1)
3rd	Montreal	41 (5.1)	35 (4.4)	76 (4.8)
3rd	Opponent	29 (3.6)	20 (2.5)	49 (3.1)
4th	Montreal	74 (9.3)	25 (3.1)	99 (6.2)
4th	Opponent	39 (4.9)	54 (6.8)	93 (5.8)

Head Coach

Joe Scannella (Jan. 1, 1978 – Sept. 13, 1981)

Player Awards
All Stars

1980 Player Awards and Nominations

1980 Most Outstanding

Player — Gerry Dattilio (Division Finalist)
Defensive Player — Tom Cousineau (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Doug Payton (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Gerry Dattilio (Winner)
Rookie — Alvin “Skip” Walker (Team Nominee)

Montreal Alouettes 1980 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

CB	Dickie Harris (Tie)

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Gerry Dattilio
RB	Alvin “Skip” Walker
WR	Keith Baker
T	Doug Payton
DE	Junior Ah You
MLB	Tom Cousineau^*
CB	Dickie Harris

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1980 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)		Joe Hawco (QB)	Toronto
3–5 (23)	[BC]	Gene Belliveau (DE)	St. Francis Xavier
4–8 (35)		J.P. Normand (WR)	Royal Military College
5–8 (44)		Mike Washburn (TE)	New Brunswick
6–8 (53)		Gary Pooler (WR)	Western Ontario
7–8		Pass