The 1979 CFL season is considered to be the 26th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 22nd Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1979

The Edmonton Eskimos establishes a single season attendance record with 340,239 fans — the most by any Western Conference team.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Grey Cup playoffs

The Edmonton Eskimos are the 1979 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes, 17–9, in front of their home crowd at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. This was Edmonton's second-straight championship. The Alouettes' David Green (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Tom Cousineau (LB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Don Sweet (K) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

CFL Leaders

1979 CFL All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

1979 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

1979 Western All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

1979 CFL Awards