Canadian Football HistoryMontreal Crushes Ottawa in Olympic Stadium Opener Before Record Crowd
Midway through the 1976 CFL season, the Montreal Alouettes played their first game in their new home. After leaving behind the Autostade (that stadium likely warrants its own article), the Als hosted the Ottawa Rough Riders at the Olympic Stadium, the largest stadium ever built in Canada.
Bacon, Dick. “A new era in Montreal football set to start in Olympic Stadium.” Montreal Gazette, 25 September 1976, p. 11.
Post-Olympic fever was still gripping Montreal in the weeks leading up to the […]
