1958 CFL season

1958 CFL season
Duration	June – October, 1958
East champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
West champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
46th Grey Cup
Date	November 29, 1958
Venue	Empire Stadium, Vancouver
Champions	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFL seasons
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Alouettes

Rough Riders

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

   

Canadian Football League team locations: WIFU, IRFU

The 1958 CFL season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Football League, although the season structure was essentially unchanged from the one established three years earlier when the league's founding unions (the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial Football Union) had effectively barred amateur teams from competing for the Grey Cup.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers met again for Canadian football supremacy. The Blue Bombers turned the tables on the Tiger-Cats this time, winning their first Grey Cup since 1941. ^[1]

League news

The Canadian Football Council (CFC) withdrew from the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) to become a separate entity. As a separate entity, the CFC decided to rename its league the Canadian Football League (CFL) on Sunday, January 19, at the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg. ^[2] The CRU deeded the Grey Cup to the newly-minted CFL, officially locking amateur teams out of Grey Cup play. However, the Grey Cup had been the de facto professional football championship of Canada since the Ontario Rugby Football Union withdrew from Grey Cup competition in 1954.

The Commissioner of the CFC, Winnipeg's G. Sydney Halter, QC, was reappointed as the first-ever CFL commissioner. The CFL officially opened its operations on Thursday, August 14, as 18,206 spectators watched the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeat the Edmonton Eskimos 29–21 at Winnipeg. A regular season game was played in the United States, at Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium on September 14 as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders by a score of 24–18.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = games played, W = wins, L = losses, T = ties, PF = points for, PA = points against, Pts = points

Western Interprovincial Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	13	3	0	361	182	26
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	6	1	312	292	19
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	7	7	2	320	324	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	9	1	314	312	13
BC Lions	16	3	13	0	202	399	6

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	3	1	291	235	21
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	265	269	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	6	8	0	233	243	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	266	308	8

• Bold text means a team clinched a playoff berth.
• Winnipeg and Hamilton both received first-round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

Division Semi-Finals

Division Finals

46th Grey Cup

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

54 (35+19)

East

E2

Ottawa Rough Riders

14 (7+7)

E2

Montreal Alouettes

12

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

26

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

28

W1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

35

W1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

2 (30,7,23)

West

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

1 (7,30,7)

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

58 (27+31)

W3

Saskatchewan Roughriders

12 (11+1)

^[3]

Division Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals

Edmonton Eskimos vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 8	Edmonton Eskimos 27	Saskatchewan Roughriders 11
2	November 11	Saskatchewan Roughriders 1	Edmonton Eskimos 31

• Edmonton won the total-point series 58–12.

^[4]

Eastern Semi-Final

Ottawa Rough Riders @ Montreal Alouettes
Date	Away	Home
November 12	Ottawa Rough Riders 26	Montreal Alouettes 12

Division Finals

Western Finals

Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Edmonton Eskimos
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30	Edmonton Eskimos 7
2	November 19	Edmonton Eskimos 30	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7
3	November 22	Edmonton Eskimos 7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23

• Winnipeg won the best-of-three series 2–1.

Eastern Final

Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs. Ottawa Rough Riders
Date	Away	Home
November 20?	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35	Ottawa Rough Riders 7
November 23?	Ottawa Rough Riders 7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19

• Hamilton won the total-point series 54–14.

Grey Cup Championship

November 29, Empire Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia
WIFU Champion	IRFU Champion
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 35	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the 46th Grey Cup Championship

• Note: Western Semi-Final dates are not confirmed; however, since (1) the regular season ended on November 1 in the West and on November 8 in the East, and (2) all other playoff dates are accurate, including the date of the Grey Cup game, it is reasonable to assume the above dates are correct.

CFL leaders

• CFL passing leaders
• CFL rushing leaders
• CFL receiving leaders ^[5]

1958 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Bernie Faloney, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• RB – Joel Wells, Montreal Alouettes
• RB – Gerry McDougall, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
• E – Red O'Quinn, Montreal Alouettes
• E – Paul Dekker, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• FW – Ron Howell, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• C – Tommy Hugo, Montreal Alouettes
• C – Norm Stoneburgh, Toronto Argonauts
• OG – Hardiman Cureton, Ottawa Rough Riders
• OG – Jackie Simpson, Montreal Alouettes
• OT – Dick Fouts, Toronto Argonauts
• OT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

• DT – Milt Graham, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DE – Pete Neumann, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DE – Doug McNichol, Montreal Alouettes
• DG – Vince Scott, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DG – Jackie Simpson, Montreal Alouettes
• LB – Tommy Hugo, Montreal Alouettes
• LB – Tony Curcillo, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Hal Patterson, Montreal Alouettes
• DB – Ralph Goldston, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Ed Macon, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• S – Bobby Simpson, Ottawa Rough Riders

1958 Western All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Jackie Parker, Edmonton Eskimos
• RB – Cookie Gilchrist, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• RB – Jack Hill, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• RB – Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – Johnny Bright, Edmonton Eskimos
• E – Ken Carpenter, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• E – Ernie Warlick, Calgary Stampeders
• C – Jim Furey, Calgary Stampeders
• OG – Harry Langford, Calgary Stampeders
• OG – Tom Hinton, British Columbia Lions
• OT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
• OT – Roger Nelson, Edmonton Eskimos

Defence

• DT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
• DT – Buddy Tinsley, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DE – Art Walker, Edmonton Eskimos
• DE – Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• MG – Steve Patrick, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – Rollie Miles, Edmonton Eskimos
• LB – Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – David Burkholder, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – Ted Tully, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Jack Gotta, Calgary Stampeders
• DB – Larry Isbell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• S – Oscar Kruger, Edmonton Eskimos

1958 CFL awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award: Jackie Parker (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award: Ron Howell (FW), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award: Don Luzzi (OT/DT), Calgary Stampeders
• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Sam Etcheverry (QB), Montreal Alouettes
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (WIFU MVP) - Jackie Parker (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
• Gruen Trophy (IRFU Rookie of the Year) - Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
• Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (WIFU Rookie of the Year) - Walt Radzick (DT), Calgary Stampeders
• DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (WIFU Outstanding Lineman) - Don Luzzi (OT/DT), Calgary Stampeders

1958 Miss Grey Cup

• Miss Montreal Alouettes Joan Van Boven was named Miss Grey Cup 1958

References

1. "Grey Cup Memories: 1958". CFL.ca. November 12, 2005. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
2. "Canadian Football Timelines (1860-2005)" (PDF). 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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5. "CFLapedia".