1991 CFL season | |
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Duration | July 11 – November 3, 1991 |
East champions | Toronto Argonauts |
West champions | Calgary Stampeders |
79th Grey Cup | |
Date | November 24, 1991 |
Venue | Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg |
Champions | Toronto Argonauts |
The 1991 CFL season is considered to be the 38th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 34th Canadian Football League season.
Harry Ornest sold the Toronto Argonauts to Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy on Monday, February 25. On Wednesday, July 24, the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Rough Riders resigned, causing the CFL to assume the ownership duties of the franchise, two days later. Three months later, the Rough Riders were sold by the CFL to Bernie and Lonie Glieberman on Saturday, October 19. Furthermore, the Calgary Stampeders was purchased by Larry Ryckman from Stampeder Football Club Limited on Friday, October 24.
All eight clubs combined for a record 64.2 points per game and attendance figures broke the 2 million mark for the 10th time in CFL history (2,001,858). The Grey Cup game was hosted by the city of Winnipeg for the first time on Sunday, November 24. In that game, the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders 36–21 in front of 51,985 football fans. The Grey Cup game was also the most-watched Canadian television show with an audience of 3,531,000 viewers.
J. Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner on Tuesday, December 31.
After the shutdown of the Canadian Football Network, this left the CFL with two television outlets: CBC Television, which had coverage for some regular season games and exclusive coverage of all CFL playoff games, including the Grey Cup game, and TSN on cable, airing some regular season games.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 671 | 569 | 24 |
Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 596 | 552 | 22 |
BC Lions | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 661 | 587 | 22 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 606 | 710 | 12 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 647 | 526 | 26 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 516 | 499 | 18 |
Ottawa Rough Riders | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 522 | 577 | 14 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 400 | 599 | 6 |
The Toronto Argonauts are the 1991 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 36–21, at Winnipeg Stadium. This was the first championship for the Argonauts in eight years. The Argonauts’ Raghib "Rocket" Ismail (WR) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Stampeder's Dave Sapunjis (SB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
November 10: Division Semifinals | November 17: Division Finals | November 24: 79th Grey Cup @ Winnipeg Stadium – Winnipeg, MB | ||||||||||||
E2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | ||||||||||||
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E1 | Toronto Argonauts | 42 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Toronto Argonauts | 36 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 21 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 38 | ||||||||||||
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W1 | Edmonton Eskimos | 36 | ||||||||||||
W3 | BC Lions | 41 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 43 |
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The 2003 CFL season is considered to be the 50th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 46th Canadian Football League season. The pre-season began on May 30, 2003 and the regular season started on June 17, 2003. Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan hosted the 91st Grey Cup on November 16, with the Edmonton Eskimos defeating the Montreal Alouettes 34–22.
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The 1993 CFL season is considered to be the 40th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 36th Canadian Football League season.
The 1992 CFL season is considered to be the 39th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 35th Canadian Football League season.
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The 1983 CFL season is considered to be the 30th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 26th Canadian Football League season.
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