1974 Montreal Alouettes season

1974 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Marv Levy
Home field	Autostade
Results
Record	9–5–2
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1974 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in first place in the East Conference with a 9–5–2 record and won the Grey Cup.They defeated their rival Edmonton Eskimos, in the first of five Grey Cups between the two in the 1970s. Sonny Wade came off the bench to lead his team to another Grey Cup on a rain soaked field.

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	July 2	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 23–17	1–0	Autostade	6,000
A	July 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 23–8	2–0	Winnipeg Stadium	16,500
B	July 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 17–1	3–0	Autostade	8,604
C	July 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 41–10	4–0	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20,471

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	16	9	5	2	339	271	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	0	261	271	14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	7	9	0	279	313	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	9	1	281	314	13

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	July 24	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 20–12	1–0	Autostade	15,246
2	2	July 31	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 20–17	2–0	Autostade	15,732
3	3	Aug 7	at Toronto Argonauts	W 42–25	3–0	Exhibition Stadium	33,517
4	4	Aug 13	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 14–27	3–1	Lansdowne Park	24,649
5	5	Aug 20	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–11	3–2	Ivor Wynne Stadium	28,732
5	6	Aug 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 29–10	4–2	Autostade	16,290
6	Bye
7	7	Sept 3	at Toronto Argonauts	W 12–11	5–2	Exhibition Stadium	34,697
7	8	Sept 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 38–6	6–2	Autostade	24,525
8	9	Sept 15	vs. BC Lions	W 31–12	7–2	Autostade	17,976
9	10	Sept 24	at Calgary Stampeders	L 13–38	7–3	McMahon Stadium	20,000
10	11	Sept 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 15–24	7–4	Winnipeg Stadium	23,126
11	Bye
12	12	Oct 8	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	T 28–28	7–4–1	Autostade	17,505
12	13	Oct 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	T 13–13	7–4–2	Autostade	17,136
13	14	Oct 20	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 28–0	8–4–2	Lansdowne Park	24,149
14	15	Oct 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 2–17	8–5–2	Taylor Field	22,394
15	16	Nov 2	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 27–20	9–5–2	Autostade

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
East Final	Nov 17	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 14–4	1–0	Autostade	20,531
Grey Cup	Nov 24	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 20–7	2–0	Empire Stadium	32,454

Grey Cup

Main article: 62nd Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	0	11	3	6	20
Edmonton Eskimos	7	0	0	0	7

External links

• Official Site