1969 CFL season

1969 CFL season
East champions	Ottawa Rough Riders
West champions	Saskatchewan Roughriders
57th Grey Cup
Champions	Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL seasons
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Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

The 1969 CFL season is considered to be the 16th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 12th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1969

The 1969 Grey Cup game started play on a Sunday for the first time in CFL history; all Grey Cup games since (except for 1970) have been played on a Sunday. (The CFL did play a Grey Cup game on Sunday before, in 1962, when the original Saturday Grey Cup game was delayed due to heavy fog that caused the final 9 minutes and 28 seconds to be played the following day.)

The Grey Cup was held in Montreal, Quebec for the first time since 1931.

A new logo was introduced to the league on November 26, four days before that year's Grey Cup game: A white helmet with a one-bar face mask with a maple leaf in the centre and the word CFL in white in the maple leaf. It replaced the leaf/football/ribbon logo used since the league's formation in 1958, and would be used until 2002.

Records: The Rough Riders' Margene Adkins set the record for average gain per pass in a season with 25.0 yards. The record stood for 28 years, until Milt Stegall broke it.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	13	3	0	392	261	26
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	0	327	314	18
BC Lions	16	5	11	0	235	335	10
Edmonton Eskimos	16	5	11	0	241	246	10
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	3	12	1	192	359	7

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	11	3	0	399	298	22
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	406	280	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	307	315	17
Montreal Alouettes	14	2	10	2	304	395	6

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1969

Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals

BC Lions @ Calgary Stampeders
Date	Away	Home
November 8	BC Lions 21	Calgary Stampeders 35

Eastern Semi-Finals

Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts
Date	Away	Home
November 9	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 9	Toronto Argonauts 15

Conference Finals

Western Finals

Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 15	Calgary Stampeders 11	Saskatchewan Roughriders 17
2	November 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders 36	Calgary Stampeders 13
Saskatchewan won the best of three series 2–0

Eastern Finals

Ottawa Rough Riders vs Toronto Argonauts
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 16	Ottawa Rough Riders 14	Toronto Argonauts 22
2	November 22	Toronto Argonauts 3	Ottawa Rough Riders 32
Ottawa won the 2 game total-point series by 46–25

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

57th Grey Cup

E1

Ottawa Rough Riders

46 (14+32)

East

E2

Toronto Argonauts

25 (22+3)

E2

Toronto Argonauts

15

E3

Hamilton Tiger Cats

9

E1

Ottawa Rough Riders

29

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

11

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

2 (17,36)

West

W2

Calgary Stampeders

0 (11,13)

W2

Calgary Stampeders

35

W3

BC Lions

21

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Grey Cup Championship

November 30 57th Annual Grey Cup Game: Autostade—Montreal, Quebec
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 11	Ottawa Rough Riders 29
1969 Grey Cup Champions: Ottawa Rough Riders
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player: Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders

CFL Leaders

• CFL Passing Leaders
• CFL Rushing Leaders
• CFL Receiving Leaders ^[2]

1969 CFL All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
• RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• RB – Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
• RB – Dave Raimey, Toronto Argonauts
• TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
• SE – Margene Adkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
• F – Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
• OT – Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

• DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
• DT – Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
• LB – Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
• LB – Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
• LB – Phil Minnick, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DB – John Wydarney, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – Don Sutherin, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Larry Fairholm, Montreal Alouettes

1969 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
• RB – Dennis Duncan, Montreal Alouettes
• RB – Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
• RB – Dave Raimey, Toronto Argonauts
• TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
• SE – Margene Adkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
• F – Bobby Taylor, Toronto Argonauts
• C – Basil Bark, Montreal Alouettes
• OG – Charlie Parker, Montreal Alouettes
• OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
• OT – Danny Nykoluk, Toronto Argonauts
• OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

• DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DT – Marshall Shirk, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
• LB – Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
• LB – Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
• LB – Henry Sorrell, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Ed Learn, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Dick Thornton, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Don Sutherin, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1969 Western All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
• RB – Jim Young, BC Lions
• TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
• SE – Terry Evanshen, Calgary Stampeders
• F – Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• F – Hugh Campbell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
• OT – Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OT – Lanny Boleski, Calgary Stampeders

Defence

• DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
• DT – Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DE – Bill Whisler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DE – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Wayne Shaw, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• LB – Wally Dempsey, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – John Wydarney, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Frank Andruski, Calgary Stampeders
• DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – Jerry Bradley, BC Lions
• DB – Rich Robinson, BC Lions

1969 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – John LaGrone (DT), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Frank Clair, Ottawa Rough Riders
• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Al Phaneuf (DB), Montreal Alouettes
• Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Dave Easley (DB), BC Lions
• DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Ed McQuarters (DT), Saskatchewan Roughriders

References

1. "1969".
2. "CFLapedia".