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The Baltimore Stallions were the only American team to appear in the Grey Cup (twice, losing in 1994 and winning the following year). Although the first Grey Cup game was in 1909, none were played from 1916 to 1919 or in 2020, thus the most recent final was the 111th Grey Cup game which was played on November 17, 2024, at BC Place in Vancouver.
The following page recognizes seasons in which teams won the Grey Cup. Pages in category "Grey Cup championship seasons" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total.
The 2005 Grey Cup was the second overtime game in Grey Cup history, and the first one using the league's shootout overtime format (introduced in 2000). Both the Eskimos and Alouettes scored touchdowns on their first possessions, while Edmonton scored a field goal in its second and held Montreal scoreless to win the game by a 38–35 score. [ 63 ]
Grey Cup championships won: 7 – Bill Stevenson, Hank Ilesic; 6 – Jack Wedley, Joe Krol, Frank Morris, Dave Cutler, Larry Highbaugh, Dave Fennell, Dan Kepley, Hector Pothier, Dale Potter, Tom Towns; Grey Cup games played in: 9 - John Barrow, Tommy Grant, Angelo Mosca, Dave Cutler, Larry Highbaugh, Hank Ilesic
Since their previous Grey Cup matchup, the two teams have met seven times in the East Division playoffs, during Winnipeg's three separate periods as an Eastern team. The Blue Bombers won six of those seven playoff games. The combined Grey Cup drought of 49 seasons of play between the two teams is the longest in modern CFL and Grey Cup history. [b]
The award was introduced at the 1971 Grey Cup, and the first winner was Dick Suderman, a Canadian defensive end. A year later, just six weeks before the playing of the 1972 Grey Cup , Suderman collapsed and died from a brain hemorrhage after playing a regular season game; the trophy was subsequently renamed in his honour.
The COVID-19 pandemic then forced the cancellation of the 2020 season and delayed the start of the 2021 season, pushing the 108th Grey Cup from November 21 to December 12. [7] [1] This was the first time that the Grey Cup game was played in December since the 1972 Grey Cup (also in Hamilton) and it was the latest that a Grey Cup game has ever ...
The 104th Grey Cup (branded as the 104th Grey Cup presented by Shaw for sponsorship reasons) [2] was a Canadian football game that was played on November 27, 2016, between the Calgary Stampeders and the Ottawa Redblacks, that decided the champion for the 2016 CFL season. In an upset, the Redblacks defeated the heavily favoured Stampeders 39 ...