This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. Here are 10 of them:. July 12, The first-ever regular season Argonauts game at SkyDome attracted a crowd of 32, The Boatmen were scuttled by Hamilton. Renfroe was knocked woozy with just over three minutes left in the game and the crowd cheered in derision as he was helped off the field.
Gill Fenerty supplied the only real excitement when he galloped 59 yards for a touchdown. Slotback Darrell Smith hauled in four passes, all for TDs, to break an Argo record with 16 majors in one season. Against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ismail handled the ball just seven times, but still managed combined yards as he helped lead the Argos to a victory. It was talked about as possibly the greatest halftime show in CFL history.
It was the largest crowd to watch an Argo home game since the Eastern final at Exhibition Stadium. The most thrilling play was an yard kickoff return by Rocket Ismail.
Dunigan, playing in only his second game after missing six games with a separated right shoulder, suffered a broken collarbone in the game. Despite the injury, in minusC weather in Winnipeg a week later, he threw two touchdowns and won his second Grey Cup. The trophy was commissioned in by the Earl Grey , then Canada's governor general , who originally hoped to donate it for the country's senior amateur hockey championship. After the Allan Cup was donated for that purpose, Grey instead made his trophy available as the national championship of Canadian football.
The trophy has a silver chalice attached to a large base on which the names of all winning teams, players and executives are engraved. The Grey Cup has been broken on several occasions, stolen twice and held for ransom. It survived a fire that destroyed numerous artifacts housed in the same building. Play was suspended from to due to the First World War and in due to a rules dispute.
The game has typically been contested in an east versus west format since the s. Traditionally held on a Sunday at the end of November, the Grey Cup has been played in inclement weather at times, including the " Mud Bowl ," in which a player reportedly came close to drowning in a puddle, the " Fog Bowl ," when the final nine minutes of the game had to be postponed to the following day due to a heavy fog, and the " Ice Bowl ," contested on the frozen-over artificial turf at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
The Edmonton Eskimos formed the Grey Cup's longest dynasty , winning five consecutive championships from to Competition for the trophy has been exclusively between Canadian teams, except for a three-year period from to when a brief expansion into the United States resulted in the Baltimore Stallions winning the championship. While the Stanley Cup was created in as the Canadian amateur hockey championship, professional teams were openly competing for the trophy by Grey instead offered an award to the Dominion amateur rugby football championship beginning in They kept the trophy until when they were defeated by the Argonauts, who made the trophy available to subsequent champions.
Canada's participation in the First World War resulted in the cancellation of the championship from to , during which time the Cup was forgotten. Montreal Gazette writer Bob Dunn claimed that the trophy was later rediscovered as "one of the family heirlooms" of an employee of the Toronto trust company where it had been sent for storage.
It was the University of Toronto's fourth, and final, championship. Competition for the Grey Cup was limited to member unions of the CRU, the champions of which petitioned the league body for the right to challenge for the national championship. They dominated Edmonton, recording the first shutout in Grey Cup history with a 23—0 victory. For Queen's, it was the first of three consecutive titles.
Western teams continued to vie for the trophy, but were consistently outclassed for several years. Eastern teams and critics felt the quality of the western game was inferior to theirs, and when Queen's defeated the Regina Rugby Club 54—0 in the final , the critics felt they deliberately ran up the score to prove that point.
As the quality of senior football improved, university teams realized they were no longer able to compete on equal footing and withdrew from competition for the Grey Cup in The Grey Cup returned to its one-game format the following year. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy defeated the Hamilton Flying Wildcats , 7—6; no Grey Cup championship since then has featured two eastern teams.
A push by the sport's organizers to adopt an increasingly professional attitude dominated the post-war period: poor field conditions, previously accepted as part of the game, resulted in numerous complaints against the CRU following the and Grey Cups. The game also gained notoriety for the near drowning of Winnipeg's Buddy Tinsley , who was found face down in a large puddle, apparently unconscious.
Tinsley later said that he had not lost consciousness, but his leg had gone numb from a hard hit to a preexisting injury. The Eskimos faced the Montreal Alouettes in three consecutive Grey Cups in the mids, winning all three. Once officials cleared the field, they discovered that the game ball had disappeared into the crowd.
Unable to find another, officials declared the game over. Edmonton was unable to attempt the conversion on their final touchdown. In the CFL's initial seasons, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats were the league's dominant team, appearing in nine Grey Cups and winning four titles between and He placed the ball half the distance to the Winnipeg goal line from the point Bawel was tripped.
That rule remained the CFL standard into the s. The fog rolled in early in the second quarter and became increasingly dense as the game progressed. Around 15, of the original 32, spectators watched Winnipeg win the Grey Cup without further scoring by either team.
The Montreal Alouettes' Grey Cup championship, an upset win over the favoured Calgary Stampeders , served as a morale booster for the city of Montreal, which was reeling in the aftermath of the October Crisis. The Alouettes adapted to the field conditions by affixing staples to the soles of their shoes, improving their traction, and won the game by a 41—6 score.
Upset at losing the game under poor weather conditions, the Eskimos hoped for a rematch with Montreal in Edmonton led by just two points, , entering the fourth quarter. However, they scored 10 points in the final 15 minutes to preserve the victory. BC 19 Did you know? The Argonauts retuned to the Grey Cup for the first time since It also marked the first Grey Cup game in Ottawa since Toronto broke a tie late in the first half on a Damon Allen touchdown pass to Robert Baker and never trailed after that.
Allen went on to pass for yards and ran for two short touchdown runs. Montreal 35 Did you know? The game featured six lead changes and a game-tying field goal to send things to overtime. Edmonton had taken the lead with left in regulation This also occurred in Mitchell had eight receptions for yards. Tony Tompkins added a yard kickoff return touchdown for Edmonton near the end of the third quarter. In overtime, Montreal had the first possession and scored a touchdown.
Edmonton then took their first possession which resulted in a touchdown and on their second possession scored a field goal. Edmonton won the game by stopping Montreal on their second overtime possession.
Montreal 14 Did you know? The Lions won their first Grey Cup in six years with another victory over Montreal, who were appearing in the Grey Cup for the fourth time in five years. BC won despite gaining only net yards but forced three Montreal turnovers. For Montreal, Ben Cahoon notched a game-high 11 receptions for yards. Each team only managed one offensive touchdown in the game.
Saskatchewan won their first Grey Cup in almost two decades It was their third-ever win. In his absence Winnipeg managed only net yards and just 12 first downs in the game. The Roughriders were led by defensive back James Johnson, who made three interceptions, one of which that was returned for a touchdown 30 yards.
Kerry Joseph led the Riders with a game-high rushing yards on 10 attempts, however, was limited to passing yards and was sacked four times. Luca Congi played a key role with three field goals for the Roughriders. Andy Fantuz was the top Canadian in the game with four catches for 70 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter. It marked the sixth Grey Cup game start for Calvillo.
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