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105th Grey Cup The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017 between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. In a re-match of the 100th Grey Cup, the Argos won the game 27–24, winning their 17th championship. It was reported in September 2015 that Ottawa would host the Grey Cup game, and that it would be determined at a board of governor's meeting later that fall. It was stated by the Ottawa Redblacks ownership group, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, that one of the clauses in their expansion agreement was that
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to York for his final year of eligibility. He re-signed with the Argonauts on December 7, 2016. He dressed for six regular season games as a back-up offensive lineman as well as both post-season games for the 2017 Toronto Argonauts. He won his first Grey Cup with the Argos in the 105th Grey Cup game. Chris Kolankowski Chris Kolankowski (born February 7, 1992) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup championship in 2017 in his rookie year with the Argonauts. He played U Sports
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Bombers have won the Grey Cup. 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record, which was also the best record in the league that year. The Blue Bombers defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final and then defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the championship game to win the 78th Grey Cup in the first ever Grey Cup match-up of prairie teams. As of 2017, this
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for 114 yards. Nevertheless, the Tiger-Cats were defeated 24-21, thus ending their 2016 season. The following year, Tyms played 8 games and hauled in 25 passes for 204 yards. He was released in September of 2017. On September 14, 2017, Tyms was signed to the Toronto Argonauts practice roster. The Argos went on the win the 105th Grey Cup championship game, making Tyms a rare player who has won both a Super Bowl and a Grey Cup. He signed an extension, but was released by the team on July 2, 2018 following two games, in which he made 7 catches
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the last minute. Blue Bomber's all-star Bob Sandberg, who had scored his team's only touchdown, tried to fake a kick, but the ruse didn't work. Argo's star Joe Krol scored a final rouge to snatch the victory. The Argonauts were presented with the Grey Cup, which had survived a fire that year when the Toronto Argonauts Rowing Club building had burned down. 35th Grey Cup The 35th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 1947, before 18,885 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. This was the last Grey Cup to be won by a team with all Canadian players. The
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35th Grey Cup The 35th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 1947, before 18,885 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. This was the last Grey Cup to be won by a team with all Canadian players. The Toronto Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10 to 9. This was the third year in a row that these two teams had met each other for the final game of the season. The game had one of the most exciting finishes in Grey Cup history. Winnipeg had jumped out to a 9 to 0 lead but found the game tied in
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home to the oldest professional football team in North America, the Toronto Argonauts, who have won the Grey Cup championship a record 17 times, most recently in 2017. Toronto has also played host to the Grey Cup Championship 48 times, more than any other city and most recently the 104th Grey Cup in 2016. The Argos were founded in 1873 by the Argonaut Rowing Club and is referred to colloquially as the "Boatmen" in honour of that heritage. The team is also known as the "double blue" because of the franchise colours ("Oxford blue" and "Cambridge blue"); the colour blue
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May 24, 2016. He played in six games in his rookie year in 2016 and dressed in his first CFL game on July 31, 2016 against the Ottawa Redblacks. In 2017, he spent the regular season and playoffs on the Argos practice roster. The Argos went on to win the 105th Grey Cup. On January 10, 2018, Sackey was re-signed by the Argos to a two-year contract. D. J. Sackey David Junior Sackey (born September 6, 1993) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup
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after the final on December 11, traveling from Maple Leaf Square to Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto. The parade was attended by a several thousand fans, as well as Toronto Mayor John Tory, who declared the day as "Reds Day". It was the second victory parade held in the city in as many weeks, as the Toronto Argonauts had won the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup in November. MLS Cup 2017 MLS Cup 2017 was the 22nd edition of MLS Cup, the championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), contested between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC on December 9,
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105th Grey Cup The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017 between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. In a re-match of the 100th Grey Cup, the Argos won the game 27–24, winning their 17th championship. It was reported in September 2015 that Ottawa would host the Grey Cup game, and that it would be determined at a board of governor's meeting later that fall. It was stated by the Ottawa Redblacks ownership group, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, that one of the clauses in their expansion agreement was that
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again with a 15–2–1 record, but falling to the third-year Ottawa Redblacks in the 104th Grey Cup in overtime. In 2017, the Stampeders finished 13-4-1 (with the league's best record for the season) and made their second straight Grey Cup appearance, but lost to the Toronto Argonauts again, just as they did five years earlier. In 2018, the Stampeders would finish 15-5 and would make a third straight Grey Cup appearance, this time winning the title over the Redblacks 27-16 in Edmonton. Bo Levi Mitchell would win Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 CFL Awards as well as the Grey
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a backup offensive lineman for the team's first 15 games of the regular season before being placed of the Argonauts' injured list. Despite not playing in the 105th Grey Cup, Campbell was part of his team's championship as he won the first Grey Cup of his career. Jamal Campbell Jamal Campbell (born October 15, 1993) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup championship in 2017 with the Argonauts. He played CIS football for the York Lions from 2012 to 2015. Campbell was drafted by
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an average of 4.3 million viewers, with viewership peaking at nearly six million during the Argos' comeback in the fourth quarter. Nearly a third of the population of Canada watched part of the game. The game saw a ten percent increase in viewership over the previous year and a fifty-eight percent increase in viewership in the Toronto/Hamilton market. Overall, the 105th Grey Cup was the most watched Grey Cup since 2013. 105th Grey Cup The 105th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 2017 between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. In
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19, 2016, Washington signed a practice roster agreement with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. On December 7, 2016, Washington re-signed with the Argonauts as a free agent. He played in 11 games with the team in 2017 and won a Grey Cup championship following the team's 105th Grey Cup victory. He played in seven games in 2018 before being released. Brandon Washington Brandon Washington (born August 13, 1988) is a professional gridiron football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Brandon was
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defence.) He also won his second Grey Cup in 1957 with the Ti-cats. He joined his home province Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1958, also playing 2 games with the Montreal Alouettes that season before retiring. John Fedosoff John Fedosoff (born November 19, 1932) is a former award-winning and Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. Coming straight out of Mimico High School he joined the Toronto Argonauts in 1952 and won the Gruen Trophy for best rookie in the eastern Big Four (no stats were kept and only Canadians were eligible.) He also won the Grey Cup that year. A versatile
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1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record, which was also the best record in the league that year. The Blue Bombers defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final and then defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the championship game to win the 78th Grey Cup in the first ever Grey Cup match-up of prairie teams. As of 2017, this is the last year the Blue
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more Grey Cups. The influx of people from across the country is estimated to have an economic impact of over $120 million for the region hosting the championship game. The Toronto Argonauts have won the most Grey Cup championships (17), followed by the Edmonton Eskimos (14) and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10). The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have made the most Grey Cup appearances (24). Since the Canadian Football League began in 1958, the Eskimos have won the most Grey Cup Championships (11) and have made the most Grey Cup appearances (19). The Saskatchewan Roughriders have the most losses in Grey Cup
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Jamal Campbell Jamal Campbell (born October 15, 1993) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won his first Grey Cup championship in 2017 with the Argonauts. He played CIS football for the York Lions from 2012 to 2015. Campbell was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts in the third round, 22nd overall, in the 2016 CFL Draft and signed with the club on May 24, 2016. He made the team out of training camp and played in eight games in his rookie year in 2016. In 2017, he dressed as
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Cup, marking the CFL championship game's return to the Exhibition grounds after a 34-year absence. 70th Grey Cup The 70th Grey Cup, also known as the "Rain Bowl", was the 1982 Grey Cup Canadian Football League championship game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Edmonton Eskimos. The Eskimos, who were making their sixth consecutive appearance in the CFL championship game, defeated the Argonauts 32-16 on the Eskimos' way to their fifth straight Grey Cup. The game was played on Sunday, November 28, 1982, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. The Eskimos' record-breaking fifth Grey Cup victory in a row looked in
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decide who would represent the West in the Grey Cup, and at least one Alberta team was in the game each year. Calgary has won six out of the last nine playoff match-ups, the most recent one in the 2017 West Final. Edmonton has also won the most recent championship by an Albertan team, in 2015 with the 103rd Grey Cup game. While the Stampeders may have won the Grey Cup first, the Eskimos have won the most recent and the most, with 14 titles compared to the Stampeders' seven as of 2017. Currently, the Calgary and Edmonton franchises play
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province of Alberta in two straight years. (Calgary hosted the previous Grey Cup game.) Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo won his third Grey Cup, completing 29 of 42 pass attempts for 335 yards passing. Montreal wide receiver Jamel Richardson, who made eight catches and had a game-high 109 yards, was named Grey Cup MVP. Saskatchewan defensive lineman Keith Shologan was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian. As of the end of the 2017 CFL season, this is the most recent time an Eastern-based CFL team has won the Grey Cup in Western Canada. On January 26, 2009 it was reported
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Toronto Argonauts have won the most Grey Cups with seventeen wins total, most recently in 2017. In 2012, the game was held in Toronto at Rogers Centre, and for the second year in row the cup was won on a team's home field, with Toronto beating Calgary 35–22. In 2013, the Grey Cup was won at home for the third consecutive time (by the Saskatchewan Roughriders), which had not been done since Toronto won at home from 1945–1947. In 2016, the Grey Cup was won on the natural grass turf of BMO Field by the Ottawa Redblacks beating the heavily
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break the record for highest attendance for a Grey Cup game, the organizers expanded Olympic Stadium to almost 70,000 seats. A crowd of 66,308 attended the game, failing to break the record of 68,318 set in 1977, but good enough to be the second-highest attended Grey Cup game of all time. Montreal has now played host to the four highest-attended Grey Cup games in history. As of the end of the 2017 CFL season, this is the last time a Western-based team has won the Grey Cup in Eastern Canada. This was the first Grey Cup not to be broadcast
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who last won the Grey Cup in 1990. On December 7, 2016 CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge fined more than 20 of the 88 players who suited up in this year's Grey Cup because of violations related to how they wore their socks in the game. The 104th Grey Cup was watched by an average of 3.9 million Canadians, with the average viewership peaking at 5.7 million during the Stampeders' fourth quarter comeback and overtime. The day following the game, the CFL announced the game saw increases in viewership over the previous year, including a 15% increase in
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the victims of what would have been the biggest upset in the history of the Grey Cup. This was the final appearance in the Grey Cup game for the Ottawa Rough Riders, who folded in 1996. A team from Ottawa would not return to the Grey Cup until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks faced off, incidentally, against the Edmonton Eskimos. Canadian Football Hall of Fame legends Tom Wilkinson (Edmonton) and Tony Gabriel (Ottawa) played their final game in the 69th Grey Cup as did veteran Edmonton centre Bob Howes. Future US Congressman J.C. Watts was Ottawa's quarterback. He won the
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport football for the Concordia Stingers. Mikaël Charland Mikaël Charland is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Redblacks 16th overall in the second round of the 2016 CFL Draft. While he didn't dress in the game, he won his first Grey Cup championship in his rookie year when the Redblacks defeated the Stampeders in the 104th Grey Cup. Following his 2017 training camp release, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes in June 2017 and played for one year with them until he was
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Mikaël Charland Mikaël Charland is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Redblacks 16th overall in the second round of the 2016 CFL Draft. While he didn't dress in the game, he won his first Grey Cup championship in his rookie year when the Redblacks defeated the Stampeders in the 104th Grey Cup. Following his 2017 training camp release, he signed with the Montreal Alouettes in June 2017 and played for one year with them until he was released and re-signed by the Redblacks. He played
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CBC Television starting the next year, continuing until 2007, when TSN gained exclusive broadcast rights to all CFL games, including the Grey Cup. This remains, as of 2017, Winnipeg's most recent major sports title (the Winnipeg Goldeyes 1994, 2012, 2016 and 2017 Championship wins notwithstanding). Following the Ottawa Redblacks' championship in 2016, Winnipeg now indisputably holds the longest current CFL championship drought at 26 seasons. Counting the seasons of the original and modern Winnipeg Jets, the city's championship drought currently stands at a total of 37 major sports seasons of play. 78th Grey Cup The 78th Grey Cup was the
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favourite with viewers. Milt Stegall joined TSN as a guest analyst in 2009 after a 14-year playing career in the CFL. Henry Burris joined TSN early in the 2017 season as a guest off-screen analyst narrating short explainer films of standard CFL plays using file footage, then joined the studio panel full-time late in 2017. The record-setting retired quarterback was named the league's Most Outstanding Player twice (2010, 2015), won the Grey Cup three times (1998, 2008, 2016), and was named the Grey Cup MVP twice (2008, 2016) during his 19-year CFL career. Burris works as a television host for
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1976 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1976 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the Grey Cup. This would be the last time in their franchise history that they would win the Grey Cup. The Ottawa Redblacks would subsequently win the 105th Grey Cup game at the conclusion of the 2016 CFL season, ending a 40-year Grey Cup drought for the City of Ottawa, which begun subsequent to their Grey Cup victory in 1976 (this ended what was arguably the longest Grey Cup drought in the CFL, though the City
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1976 Ottawa Rough Riders season The 1976 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the Grey Cup. This would be the last time in their franchise history that they would win the Grey Cup. The Ottawa Redblacks would subsequently win the 105th Grey Cup game at the conclusion of the 2016 CFL season, ending a 40-year Grey Cup drought for the City of Ottawa, which begun subsequent to their Grey Cup victory in 1976 (this ended what was arguably the longest Grey Cup drought in the CFL, though the City
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1977, and 2002. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005. This is the final Grey Cup game to have been played on the first-generation AstroTurf surface. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Cross over from West Division 91st Grey Cup The 91st Grey Cup was the 2003 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 16 at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan before 50,909 fans. The two teams had played during the previous year with Montreal winning, but this time the Eskimos won the game by a score of 34-22.
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56th Grey Cup 56th Grey Cup was played November 30, 1968, and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Calgary Stampeders 24 to 21 before 32,655 fans at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. Vic Washington's 79-yard run is still a Grey Cup record, and he won the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player award. This was the final Grey Cup game to be played on a Saturday; beginning the next year and since then (except for 1970), all Grey Cup games have been played on a Sunday. First Quarter Ottawa – Single – Don Sutherin 00 yard kick Second Quarter Ottawa – FG –
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to win their sixteenth Grey Cup title. This was the third meeting between Calgary and Toronto for the Grey Cup championship and the first since the 79th Grey Cup in 1991. This was also the second consecutive year that the Grey Cup game involved, and was won by, the team from the host city. The result of the game also meant that Argonauts owner David Braley became the first team owner to win back-to-back Grey Cups with two different teams; Braley also owns the 2011 champions, the BC Lions. Over 5.8 million viewers watched the game, with roughly 5.5 million
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Media Guide Ottawa Redblacks Website Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics The following is a list of Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics current to the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s 2017 season. This list does not include the records for the Ottawa Rough Riders (1876 to 1996) or the Ottawa Renegades (2002 to 2006). Most Grey Cups Won, Player Most Grey Cup Appearances, Player Most Grey Cups Won, Head Coach Most Grey Cup Appearances, Head Coach Most Seasons Coached Most Games Coached Most Wins Most Losses Most Games Played Most Seasons Played Most Points – Career Most Points – Season
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Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics The following is a list of Ottawa Redblacks all-time records and statistics current to the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s 2017 season. This list does not include the records for the Ottawa Rough Riders (1876 to 1996) or the Ottawa Renegades (2002 to 2006). Most Grey Cups Won, Player Most Grey Cup Appearances, Player Most Grey Cups Won, Head Coach Most Grey Cup Appearances, Head Coach Most Seasons Coached Most Games Coached Most Wins Most Losses Most Games Played Most Seasons Played Most Points – Career Most Points – Season Most Points – Game 45
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until the 1984 game at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. Sonny Wade won the first of his three Grey Cup Most Valuable Player awards. George Springate, the Alouettes kicker, was formerly a police officer, and later a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a college (John Abbott College Cegep) teacher in criminology. This was the final Grey Cup game to be played on a Saturday; beginning the next year, all Grey Cup games have been played on a Sunday, after the previous year's Grey Cup game was the first to be played in full on a Sunday. 58th Grey Cup
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106th Grey Cup The 106th Grey Cup (branded as the 106th Grey Cup presented by Shaw for sponsorship reasons) was the Canadian Football League (CFL) championship game for the 2018 season. It was played on November 25, 2018, between the Ottawa Redblacks and the Calgary Stampeders at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. In a rematch of the 104th Grey Cup, the Stampeders won 27–16, claiming their eighth Grey Cup Championship. On March 24, 2017, it was reported by several news outlets that the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos were bidding to host the 2018 Grey Cup game. In previous years,
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in exchange for a sixth round selection in the 2017 CFL Draft and a conditional pick in the 2018 Draft. In the third week of the season Green set a new career high for yards in game, when he caught 10 passes for 210 yards. Green had an outstanding 2017 season, setting new career highs in receptions (104) and yards (1,462): He was named a CFL All-Star for the third time in his career. Green won his third Grey Cup championship in his first year with the Argonauts, defeating the Calgary Stampeders in the 105th Grey Cup 27-24. Green had
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two-way player, as a wide receiver he was an All Star for the 10th time in 1972. He also won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award that year in which the Tiger-Cats won the Grey Cup at their home field, Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. He played in 7 Grey Cup games, winning 4: the 51st Grey Cup of 1963, the 53rd Grey Cup of 1965 (the so-called Wind Bowl), the 55th Grey Cup of 1967 when Saskatchewan was mashed 24-1, and the 60th Grey Cup of 1972, losing 3: the 49th Grey Cup of 1961, the 50th Grey
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Toronto Argonauts won the Grey Cup with a score of 35–22. As per a new title sponsorship deal with Shaw Communications announced in May 2015, the event will henceforth be known as the Grey Cup presented by Shaw. The 104th Grey Cup game was played at BMO Field in Toronto, which became the new home of the Argonauts beginning in the 2016 season. After being promised the 102nd Grey Cup game as an incentive to rejoin the league, the 105th Grey Cup game was played at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa in 2017, as part of celebrations to mark 150
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The Argonauts made their 23rd appearance in the Grey Cup championship game and won for the 17th time in the 105th Grey Cup game in Ottawa against the league-leading Calgary Stampeders by a score of 27–24. It was the third largest fourth-quarter comeback in Grey Cup history (eight-point deficit) and the Argos became the first team in Grey Cup history with two touchdowns of 100-plus yards. With the 2018 Toronto Argonauts team failing to qualify for the playoffs, the 2017 Argonauts became the first championship team since the 1970 Montreal Alouettes to miss the playoffs in both the preceding and
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the club would host a Grey Cup game within their first four years of existence. Since the Redblacks entered the league in 2014, 2017 would be the fourth such year. Ottawa had previously been awarded the 102nd Grey Cup but backed out due to construction delays; that game would be held in Vancouver instead. During an Ottawa Redblacks game on July 31, 2016, it was announced in a video featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the city of Ottawa had been selected to host the 105th Grey Cup, in part to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada. This will be
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taught Pathology at the Medical College of Georgia. Mitchener retired from Port Huron Hospital. Mitchener died on January 31, 2017. Jim Mitchener James Walter Mitchener (March 19, 1929 – January 31, 2017) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes, and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1948. Mitchener played junior football with the McGill University Redmen. Mitchener resided in South Carolina and was one of the last surviving members of the 1948 Grey Cup championship team. After graduating from both McGill University and McGill Medical School, Mitchener worked as
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named conference coach of the year three times. In 1977, Campbell was named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. He took the Eskimos to the Grey Cup that first year but lost 41–6 in a blowout on an icy field against the Montreal Alouettes. It was the last Grey Cup championship game coach Campbell would lose as the Eskimos won the next five Grey Cup games, from 1978 through 1982. Following the 1982 season, Campbell left to become the head coach of the USFL's Los Angeles Express. After one season, the Houston Oilers, who were bidding for the services of
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won its division with a losing record (8-9-1) and became the 3rd worst team (behind the 2000 BC Lions and 2001 Calgary Stampeders who both went 8-10) to win the Grey Cup. The Redblacks ended a 40-year championship drought for the city of Ottawa that spanned three CFL franchises and 27 football seasons of play. The Redblacks became the fourth-fastest expansion team to win a championship in an established North American professional sports league, after the 1950 Cleveland Browns (who won a championship in their first season in the National Football League), the 1927–28 New York Rangers (who won the
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MLS Cup and Voyageurs Cup) in the 2017 MLS season, during its current "Big Four" drought. San Jose has won the MLS Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup during its "Big Four" drought while Atlanta, Portland and Salt Lake City have won the MLS Cup (but no MLS Supporters’ Shields or U.S. Open Cups) during their "Big Four" droughts. All of the Canadian cities listed above have won multiple Grey Cups during their "Big Four" droughts listed above. Notable former droughts: In the VFL/AFL (1897–present), the longest premiership drought was that of South Melbourne/Sydney, who won their third premiership in 1933,
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the BC Lions for a second tenure, with his contract carrying through to the end of the 2017 CFL season. He was, however, released by the organization in March 2018 following an unproductive 2017 Season. Ricky Foley Ricky Foley (born June 9, 1982) is a professional Canadian football defensive end who is currently a free agent, having most recently played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Lions in the first round of the 2006 CFL Draft. He is a three-time Grey Cup champion, having won in his rookie year in 2006
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2019 Toronto Argonauts season The 2019 Toronto Argonauts season will be the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 147th season overall. The Argonauts will attempt to improve upon their 4–14 record from 2018, return to the playoffs after a one-year absence, and win their league-leading 18th Grey Cup championship. This will be the third season with Jim Popp as general manager and first for new head coach Corey Chamblin who replaces Marc Trestman following a disappointing campaign in 2018 (failing to meet expectations following a Grey Cup victory in 2017). The 2019 CFL Draft
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It was Al Bruno's second Grey Cup triumph, and his first (and only title) as a head coach. Bruno won one as a player with the 1952 Toronto Argonauts. This was the only professional sports championship of any sort won by the Tiger-Cats' then-owner Harold Ballard, who is better remembered for his controversial (and, at least so far as on-ice results are concerned, largely unsuccessful) ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was the last Grey Cup to use the dual CBC/CTV commentator sets (with one network's crew calling one half, and the other's calling the other half), a practice
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year was 1982, when he played 4 games for the woeful Montreal Concordes. Ian Mofford Ian Mofford is a former Grey Cup champion wide receiver and running back who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League, winning two Grey Cup Championships. Mofford, a Notre-Dame-de-Grâce native who played for Monklands High School and the Verdun Maple Leafs, began his CFL career with the Montreal Alouettes, playing 6 seasons and 79 games (up to 1979) and won 2 Grey Cup championships, in 1974 and 1977. He later joined the Ottawa Rough Riders for one season, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for two
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and a first-round bye in the playoffs. Trestman was the East Division finalist for the Annis Stukus Trophy, as a result of his efforts. On Sunday, November 26, 2017, Trestman won his third Grey Cup when the Argonauts defeated the Stampeders 27-24. The 2018 season for the Argonauts under Trestman was filled with poor play and injuries (most notably to Ricky Ray) resulting in the team missing the post-season following the Grey Cup Championship the year before. Trestman was fired at the conclusion of the 2018 Toronto Argonauts season, the day following the team's 24-9 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks
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led by 24-year-old quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, who stood 15–2 in his career as a starter and who won his first playoff game in the victory over Edmonton. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished atop the East Division with a 9–9 record. They hosted the Montreal Alouettes, who also ended the regular season at 9–9, in the East Final. The contest was the first playoff game at Tim Hortons Field, which opened mid-season and where Hamilton won all six home games played there. Hamilton advanced to their second consecutive Grey Cup final with a 40–24 victory that featured two punt returns for
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Jim Mitchener James Walter Mitchener (March 19, 1929 – January 31, 2017) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes, and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1948. Mitchener played junior football with the McGill University Redmen. Mitchener resided in South Carolina and was one of the last surviving members of the 1948 Grey Cup championship team. After graduating from both McGill University and McGill Medical School, Mitchener worked as a pathologist at University Hospital for many years where he helped establish the Epidemiology Department. Early in his career, he
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most recent, as of 2017) a team scored 50 or more points in a Grey Cup Game, the others being the 11th Grey Cup and the 44th Grey Cup. Edmonton coach Joe Faragalli said, notwithstanding the lopsided score, "Never at one time did we feel that this was the end of the game. We were going to make a comeback". This was the last game broadcast by the CFL's league-run syndication broadcast service, the Canadian Football Network, which started in 1987 and was shut down after this game. All CFL playoff and Grey Cup games would be exclusively broadcast on
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91st Grey Cup The 91st Grey Cup was the 2003 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 16 at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan before 50,909 fans. The two teams had played during the previous year with Montreal winning, but this time the Eskimos won the game by a score of 34-22. Edmonton Eskimos (34) - TDs, Mike Pringle, Jason Tucker (2), Ricky Ray; FGs Sean Fleming (2); cons., Fleming (4). Montreal Alouettes (22) - TDs, Pat Woodcock, Sylvain Girard, Ben Cahoon; cons. Matt Kellett (3); singles, Kellett (1). First Quarter
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32nd Grey Cup game. The Montreal AAA had also won hockey's Stanley Cup in 1893, 1894, 1902 and 1903. 37th Grey Cup The 37th Grey Cup was played on November 26, 1949, before 20,087 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. Montreal Alouettes defeated Calgary Stampeders 28-15. Though teams from Montreal had won two Grey Cups, this was the first appearance and victory for the Montreal Alouettes franchise. First Quarter Montreal - TD - Virgil Wagner 00 yard run (Ches McCance convert) Montreal - TD - Bob Cunningham 00 yard pass from Frank Filchock (Ches McCance convert) Calgary - Rouge Calgary
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modern era to do so. This, a rematch of the 76th Grey Cup, was the second time that these two teams met for the championship. The game took place on November 27, 2011, at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was the eighth Grey Cup game played at BC Place, and the 15th in Vancouver, the most recent previous one having been the 93rd Grey Cup between the Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos. BC head coach Wally Buono won his fifth Grey Cup, tying a CFL record. In his first Grey Cup, Lions quarterback Travis Lulay threw two
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final convert. This was the third of 11 Grey Cup clashes between Edmonton and Montreal. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Alouettes prevailed in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. 44th Grey Cup The 44th Grey Cup game was played on November 24, 1956, before 27,425 fans at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. The favoured Edmonton Eskimos won their third straight Grey Cup over the Montreal Alouettes by the score of 50 to 27. Edmonton coach Pop Ivy surprised many by starting sophomore Canadian quarterback Don Getty. With
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on September 5, 2016. Following the hiring of Marc Trestman as head coach for the 2017 season, Cross gained a more prominent role in the offense. He scored his first career touchdown on July 24, 2017 on a three-yard pass from Ricky Ray in a game against the Ottawa Redblacks. For the regular season, he recorded 36 catches for 366 yards and five touchdowns. He won his first Grey Cup championship in the 105th Grey Cup game where he had five catches for 36 yards and a pair of two-point conversion scores. During the following off-season, on December 21, 2017,
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success in the Grey Cup. Since 1954 however, the West has generally been on an equal footing and in recent decades has often dominated the East in the regular season. From 1954 to 2015, the West has won 35 Grey Cups and lost 26. This is not counting the 1995 season. Additionally two of the West's Grey Cup losses were to the Blue Bombers, who have played in the West for most of their history. The West was particularly dominant from 1978 to 1989, winning all but three Cups in that period (Winnipeg, traditionally a West team, won as an
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and the twelfth and final time overall. While the facility trails only nearby Varsity Stadium for number of times hosting the Grey Cup, this record unlikely to be matched, as the next closest, BC Place Stadium, has hosted only nine times as of 2017. Ten years after the Blue Jays and the Argonauts departed it, Exhibition Stadium was demolished in 1999. A few years later BMO Field was built as a soccer-specific stadium, approximately where Exhibition Stadium once stood. BMO Field was later renovated to accommodate the Argonauts for the 2016 CFL season and that year hosted the 104th Grey
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Cassius Vaughn returned a Calgary fumble 109 yards in the 2017 Grey Cup game which was won by Toronto. The 1954 game also marked the end of the amateur era as the top teams completed their transition to professional organizations. As the 1950s wore on, the IRFU and WIFU distanced themselves from the CRU, forming the Canadian Football Council in 1956 to administer the game at the professional level. Two years later, on January 18, 1958, the CFC withdrew from the CRU and reorganized as the Canadian Football League (CFL). The new league formally assumed control of the Grey Cup
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win. The Leos' Cinderella season came to a close on November 26, 2000, in the Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, as the Lions won their fourth championship in team history with a nail biting 28–26 victory over the Montreal Alouettes. Running back Robert Drummond won the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award, while backfield teammate Sean Millington took home the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian trophy. The Lions' triumph marked the first time a team with a sub-.500 regular season record won the Grey Cup, and it signalled a marvellous end to Lui Passaglia's outstanding, 25-year CFL career.
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play (15), including five consecutive losses between 1928 and 1932. The defending champions are the Calgary Stampeders who won the 106th Grey Cup in 2018. Six teams in CFL history have won the Grey Cup at home, the 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders, the 2012 Toronto Argonauts, the 2011 BC Lions, the 1994 BC Lions, the 1977 Montreal Alouettes, and 1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Blue Bombers were the losing team in 2011, extending Winnipeg's championship drought at the time to 21 seasons, and at 28 seasons (1991–2018) is the longest active streak in the CFL. Individually, three players have won seven Grey
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BC. He died February 5, 2017 in Ventura California. Barrie Hansen Barrie Hansen (born August 11, 1941) was a Canadian football defensive back and occasional punt returner who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and BC Lions. Hansen played college football at the California State University, Northridge. He joined the Alouettes in 1961 and played 3 years with them. He next played 3 more years with Winnipeg, missing only 3 games. He then played 3 more years with Hamilton from 1967 to 1969, where he won the 1967 Grey Cup. The following year, he reached a
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seasons in 1925 and 1926, where the team did not qualify for playoffs, Timmis played in his first Grey Cup game in 1927, but the Tigers lost to the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers. The Tigers then won back-to-back Grey Cup championships over Timmis' former club, Regina, in 1928 and 1929 while Timmis scored two touchdowns in the 1928 game. Timmis was named an Eastern All-Star by the Canadian Press in 1932 at the Tackle position, which was the first year players were named all-stars. He capped off his year by winning his third Grey Cup championship in the 20th Grey
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to division final This is the first Grey Cup being played in Ottawa in 13 years, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canada. Ottawa also hosted the 55th Grey Cup in 1967, in celebration of the centennial of Canada. Toronto's wide-receiver DeVier Posey was named as the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Calgary's running back Jerome Messam was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian. "Source" "Source" "Source" 2017 CFL season The 2017 CFL season was the 64th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 60th season of the league. The regular season began on
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Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Eastern Final after the Riders, as a crossover team, defeated the Ottawa Redblacks in the Semi-Final. The Argos won the close game 25-21 after scoring a touchdown with 23 seconds left in the game. It was the first time the Argos had won the Eastern Final since 2012, the last time they won the Grey Cup. Calgary and Toronto met twice during the 2017 regular season, with Calgary winning both times. Their first meeting took place during Week 7 in Toronto and saw the Stampeders win 41–24. Three weeks later, the teams met again in Calgary,
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108th Grey Cup The 108th Grey Cup will be played to decide the Canadian Football League (CFL) championship for the 2020 season. The game will be televised in Canada nationally on TSN and RDS. As speculated with the 107th Grey Cup, the date for this game could come much earlier than in previous years. Currently, the Grey Cup is played on the fourth or fifth Sunday of November, as has been the case since 2007. During the CFL's State of the League address on November 24, 2017, League Commissioner Randy Ambrosie suggested that the league could potentially move the date
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line-up met Hamilton at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Twenty-one years of waiting ended with a 37–24 Grey Cup championship victory over the Tiger-Cats in the 73rd Grey Cup. Quarterback Roy Dewalt won the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award on offence, while defensive end James "Quick" Parker took home the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award on defence. Kicker Lui Passaglia was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian. Don Matthews won his first CFL Coach of the Year award. Mervyn Fernandez became the first Lion to win the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award and defensive tackle Mike Gray
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Grey Momus Grey Momus (1835 – 1856) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from August 1837 to 1839 he competed twenty-one times and won fourteen races. Grey Momus first attracted attention as a two-year-old when he recorded two impressive victories at Goodwood in August. In the following year he won seven times from nine starts, taking two of the year's biggest races, the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Gold Cup at Ascot. Grey Momus won one competitive race and took three walkovers in 1839 before being retired. He was exported to stand as
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was also a part of two Grey Cup winning teams. In 2006, he received the David Boone Memorial Award in recognition for his contributions to the community. On March 20, 2007, Hervey officially announced his retirement from professional football. He served as the Eskimos' head scout until December 10, 2012, when he was named as the club's general manager. In 2015, the Eskimos won the Grey Cup. On April 7, 2017, the Eskimos held a press conference to announce the termination of Hervey's contract. On November 30. 2017, Hervey was named the general manager of the BC Lions. Ed Hervey
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Blue Bombers, whose team had a bye that week, and he also played four seasons with the Tiger-Cats. Calvillo is the quarterbacks coach for the Alouettes, whose team played two days after the Hall of Fame game, and he also played for three years with the Tiger-Cats. Simon spent one year with the Roughriders and won the Grey Cup with the team that one year. After spending 95 years at the site of their old stadium, Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, the Saskatchewan Roughriders moved into a brand new facility, also called Mosaic Stadium, for the 2017 season. The stadium
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after Toronto FC won the Eastern Conference Championship on November 29, 2017, leaving them as the highest remaining seed. The stadium was renovated and expanded prior to the 2016 season and hosted MLS Cup 2016. Capacity for the 2017 cup was the standard capacity of BMO Field at about 30,000 seats, compared to the extra 6,000 seats available at the 2016 cup which had been reused after a temporary installation for the Grey Cup and NHL Centennial Classic. On December 1, a round of tickets was released to season seat holders and quickly sold out. Additional tickets were released to
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Smith and Jay Leno, and as supporting musicians with Tegan and Sara. The group were finalists for "Torontonian of the Year" on CBLA-FM's "Metro Morning" in 2015. On October 24, 2017, they hosted a public gathering at Nathan Phillips Square in tribute to Gord Downie, who had died a week earlier. This gathering, unusually, focused on performances of multiple songs by The Tragically Hip instead of just one, including "Ahead by a Century", "Bobcaygeon", "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" and "Poets". On November 26, 2017, they performed "O Canada" before the 2017 Grey Cup in Ottawa. In January 2018, Goldman and
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Shepard, Kenny Ploen, Lewis and Van Pelt. Van Pelt scored two touchdowns, four converts and two field goals, a total of 22 points. Winnipeg had not won the Grey Cup in seventeen years prior to this game. The 1958 Grey Cup game is considered to be one of the ten best Grey Cup games of all time. 46th Grey Cup The 46th Grey Cup was the championship game of the 1958 season of the Canadian Football League on November 29, 1958. The game was played in Vancouver's Empire Stadium before a crowd of 36,567. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the
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with the Stampeders winning 23–7. The 2017 Grey Cup was the fourth championship match-up between the two teams, with Calgary winning in 1971 and Toronto victorious in 1991 and 2012. The Argos' 2017 Grey Cup victory was their first defeat of the Calgary Stampeders since a 33-27 win in September 2013. During the week leading up to the game, the mayors of Toronto and Calgary, John Tory (who was the CFL commissioner from 1996-2000) and Naheed Nenshi, placed a friendly bet on the outcome, with the losing city's mayor having to donate to charity, wear the winning team's jersey at
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The game was held in Vancouver for the first time, and outside of Ontario for only the second time. The attendance was a record that would last until 1976. This was the second of 11 Grey Cup clashes between Edmonton and Montreal. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Larks have prevailed in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. 43rd Grey Cup The 43rd Grey Cup game was played on November 26, 1955, before 39,417 football fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. This was the first Grey Cup
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 95th Grey Cup. The Riders' traditional rivals had moved to the East Division the previous year following the demise of the Ottawa Renegades, and the 2007 championship game marked the first time that the two Labour Day Classic opponents played each other in a Grey Cup game. Saskatchewan won 23–19 in a game where James Johnson recorded a Grey Cup record three interceptions en route to being named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Grey Cup. Fellow Roughrider Andy Fantuz was named the Canadian MVP in the game after recording 70 yards receiving and the
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2017–18 Scottish Cup The 2017–18 Scottish Cup was the 133rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what is the seventh season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015. The defending champions were Celtic who won the 2017 Scottish Cup Final on 27 May 2017. The calendar for the 2017–18 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association. The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on Monday, 10 July 2017 at Hampden Park
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United won 6-2 on aggregate." "Global Cebu won 4-3 on aggregate. " "Hougang United won 8-1 on aggregate." "Albirex won 5–2 on aggregate" "Global Cebu won 4–3 on aggregate" 2017 Singapore Cup The 2017 Singapore Cup (also known as the RHB Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 20th edition of Singapore's annual premier club football knock-out tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year. This will be the first time in the competition's history where both finalists are both non-Singaporean clubs. A total of
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2017 Faroe Islands Cup The 2017 Faroe Islands Cup was the 63rd edition of Faroe Islands domestic football cup. The competition started on 1 April and ended on 26 August. KÍ were the defending champions, having won their sixth cup title the previous year, but were eliminated in the semifinals by the eventual champions NSÍ, who qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. Only the first teams of Faroese football clubs are allowed to participate. Teams from all divisions entered the competition in the first round. – Title Holders Entering this round are all ten
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also trained by Lynam gave him even greater success, winning three Grade 1 sprints over the course of 2013 and 2014 - the British Champions Sprint Stakes, the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and the July Cup. In January 2017, Lordan was taken on by Aidan O'Brien. This led to his first Classic winner, Winter, who won the 1,000 Guineas on 7 May 2017. Lordan also won the 2017 Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on Hydrangea, a race Lordan also won in September 2015 on Legatissimo. Flat wins in Ireland by year Flat wins in Great Britain by year Ireland Great Britain Wayne
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completing only 10 of 25 passes for 139 yards. Junior Ah You won the award on defence. Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11 Grey Cup clashes. The Eskimos prevailed in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Alouettes were victorious in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. This was the last Grey Cup game played at Empire Stadium; the next time Vancouver hosted a Grey Cup game nine years later, it would be indoors at the new BC Place Stadium. 62nd Grey Cup The 62nd Grey Cup was played on November 24,
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Congemi (sacked on his only play of the game). The Lions' defensive front of Andrew Stewart, Angelo Snipes, Doug Petersen and Henry Newby had one sack, each. The teams had about equal time of possession, with the Lions having 31:22 compared to Baltimore's 28:38. This was the last Grey Cup to be won by the host city until 2011, which was also won by the BC Lions at BC Place. The 1994 BC Lions Championship team was inducted to the BC Sports Hall of Fame, which is located inside BC Place Stadium. 82nd Grey Cup The 82nd Grey Cup was
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for the first time since 1945, all the points were scored by Canadians. This game was the first Grey Cup played in the city of Calgary and the province of Alberta. This was, until the 2015 Grey Cup, the last Grey Cup championship for the Eskimos that did not involve Hugh Campbell; he would be hired as coach in 1977, and aside from a brief break from 1983 to 1985, won nine Grey Cups (including five in a row from 1978 to 1982) with the team as either a head coach or general manager until his retirement in 2006. 63rd
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the Champagne Stakes, moved him to the top of the two-year-old colt division and made him the likely winter book favorite for the 2018 Kentucky Derby. The day featured several wins by longshots, including Bar of Gold who won the Filly & Mare Sprint by a nose at 66-1, the second largest payout in Breeder's Cup history. Stormy Liberal won by a head at odds of 30-1 in the Turf Sprint. Source: Equibase Charts 2017 Breeders' Cup The 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 34th edition of the premier event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing year. The
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to be broadcast live on UK television: 2017–18 Scottish Cup The 2017–18 Scottish Cup was the 133rd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what is the seventh season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015. The defending champions were Celtic who won the 2017 Scottish Cup Final on 27 May 2017. The calendar for the 2017–18 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association. The draw for the preliminary rounds took place on
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last play of the game to give Calgary the win. McLoughlin made three field goals in the fourth quarter and four altogether. Earlier in the year he had battled to gain his spot on the team. Jeff Garcia was named Grey Cup MVP, while Vince Danielsen was named Canadian MVP. 86th Grey Cup The 86th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 1998 in Winnipeg. The Calgary Stampeders won the game over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats with a score of 26-24. Calgary Stampeders (26) - TDs, Jeff Garcia, Kelvin Anderson; FGs, Mark McLoughlin (4); cons., McLoughlin; singles, McLoughlin. Hamilton
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the 1961 season after an 0–6–1 start. In his six seasons as the Lions head coach, Skrien's teams had a record of 42–47–5 and played in two Grey Cup Games, playing in Vancouver but losing to Hamilton in 1963 (BC's first Grey Cup appearance), and then winning the 1964 Grey Cup (52nd) by defeating Hamilton in Toronto. He also won the Annis Stukus Trophy in 1963 as the CFL coach of the year. With journalist Dick Beddoes, he wrote the book "Countdown to Grey Cup" which chronicled the 1964 championship season. Skrien was fired in 1967 after an 0–5 start.
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best single-season completion rate in CFL history behind Dave Dickenson's 73.98% mark set in 2005. Calvillo led Montreal to a 16-point fourth quarter comeback victory in the 97th Grey Cup on Nov. 29, when the Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 on a last-second field goal known as the "13th Man" finish. Calvillo won his third Grey Cup on November 28, 2010 at 98th Grey Cup in Edmonton, Alberta where he defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 21-18 for the second year in a row. He added to his record total of passing yards in Grey Cup games with 2470 yards, as
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quarterback sacks. He was not re-signed by the Redblacks following the 2016 season and became a free agent on February 14, 2017. Nevertheless, Hopkins and the Redblacks agreed to a new one-year contract on March 10, 2017. After a successful CFL career that spanned seven seasons, team captain, CFLPA representative, and culminated in a 2016 Grey Cup championship with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, Moton Hopkins retired in June 2017. After a successful CFL career that spanned seven seasons and culminated in a 2016 Grey Cup championship with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, Moton Hopkins returned to the club as an assistant coach in
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Hamilton Wildcats, who played through 1949 before merging with the Tigers to form the modern-day Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton Alerts The Hamilton Alerts were a Canadian football-rugby union team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1911 to 1912. The club won the 4th Grey Cup in 1912, becoming the first ever team from Hamilton to win the Grey Cup and the first team from the ORFU to win the Cup. While the club won the Grey Cup in 1912, but not without controversy. The Alerts were suspended by the Ontario Rugby Football Union on
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crowd to witness a football game in Ottawa until the 2004 Grey Cup. 76th Grey Cup The 76th Grey Cup was the 1988 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, between the BC Lions and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Blue Bombers defeated the favoured Lions 22-21. This was the first Grey Cup game between two teams from west of Ontario, and the first to be won by a team which had only a .500 season. Winnipeg Blue Bombers (22) - TDs, James Murphy; FGs, Trevor Kennerd (4); cons., Kennerd; singles, Trevor Kennerd, Bob
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considered a monstrosity. Toryboy ran unplaced in the next two Melbourne Cups. In 1872 the horse was reportedly sold at auction for only £6. Toryboy Toryboy was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1865 Melbourne Cup. Toryboy was an eight-year-old grey gelding when winning the Cup. Overall, he ran in five Melbourne Cups, finishing fifth in 1861, sixth in 1862 and running unplaced in 1866 and 1867. He was not a physically imposing specimen, being described as "a racehorse in miniature" and as "a little old grey pony" at the time he won the Cup. The 1865 Cup
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Toryboy Toryboy was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1865 Melbourne Cup. Toryboy was an eight-year-old grey gelding when winning the Cup. Overall, he ran in five Melbourne Cups, finishing fifth in 1861, sixth in 1862 and running unplaced in 1866 and 1867. He was not a physically imposing specimen, being described as "a racehorse in miniature" and as "a little old grey pony" at the time he won the Cup. The 1865 Cup was run in fine weather and attracted a large crowd including the Governor of Victoria (Charles Henry Darling) and visitors from South Australia, New
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Sean Walsh (Lindsey Stirling, Ellie Goulding, Lea Michele, Carly Rae Jaspen) and Ben Taylor and Bryan Morton (Carly Simon, Mary Love). Taylor joined Jacob Whitesides again in the summer of 2017 on his Basically Happy Tour in Northern America and Canada. Taylor Grey Taylor Grey is an American singer, songwriter and recording artist who is currently signed to Kobalt Music Group record label. Taylor currently attends Stanford University, majoring in Neuroscience. In 2018, Taylor won for Best Pop Album of the Year for her debut album "Space Case" and Best Pop Song of the Year for "Miami" at the 16th
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runners, Caravaggio in the Coventry Stakes and Lady Aurelia in the Queen Mary Stakes. The following year at the 2017 Royal Ascot meeting, Lady Aurelia and Caravaggio again won their respective races, the King's Stand Stakes and the Commonwealth Cup. Also at the 2017 meet, Sioux Nation, another offspring of Scat Daddy, took the Norfolk Stakes. At the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships, his son Mendelssohn (who is also a half-brother to champion Beholder) won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. In late 2017, daughter Daddys Lil Darling won the American Oaks. In 2018, Scat Daddy had a record-tying four horses
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season record for all-purpose yards (3,300). The following year, Clemons won his very first football championship as his Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders to win the Grey Cup. Clemons went on to win two more Grey Cups as a player when Doug Flutie led Argonauts won back-to-back titles during the 1996 & 1997 seasons. In 1997, Clemons surpassed his own single season all-purpose yards record from 1990 by recording 3,840 all-purpose yards. This mark stood until 2012, when it was broken by Chad Owens. On September 15, 2000, Clemons played his last ever game as an Argonaut. During his 12-year
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Hamilton Tigers (football) The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in 1907. Throughout their history, the Tigers won five Grey Cup Championships as well as winning the Dominion Championship in 1908, the year before the Grey Cup was awarded. After struggling to compete on a sound financial level with the Hamilton Wildcats, who
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