1971 CFL season

1971 CFL season
East champions	Toronto Argonauts
West champions	Calgary Stampeders
59th Grey Cup
Champions	Calgary Stampeders
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Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

The 1971 CFL season is considered to be the 18th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 14th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News for 1971

The Grey Cup Championship was played on artificial turf for the first time in Vancouver. The BC Lions also wore special "CCC"-logo helmets to commemorate the Canadian Confederation Centennial of British Columbia, the province having entered into Canadian Confederation a hundred years earlier, in 1871. The flower in the centre of the "CCC" logo is the pacific dogwood, the official provincial flower of British Columbia.

All CFL teams had their player's last names appearing on the jersey backs (at shoulder height, above the back number) beginning this season.

This would be the last year until 2006 that the Edmonton Eskimos would miss the playoffs; in the intervening years, they would reach the playoffs for 33 straight years.

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
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	6	1	290	218	19
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	6	1	347	316	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	8	1	366	349	15
BC Lions	16	6	9	1	282	363	13
Edmonton Eskimos	16	6	10	0	237	305	12

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	289	248	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	7	7	0	242	246	14
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	6	8	0	291	277	12
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	0	226	248	12

• Bold text indicates that the team clinched a playoff berth.
• Calgary and Toronto had first round byes.

1971 Grey Cup Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals

Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
Date	Away	Home
November 6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23	Saskatchewan Roughriders 34

Eastern Semi-Finals

Ottawa Rough Riders @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Date	Away	Home
November 7	Ottawa Rough Riders 4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23

Conference Finals

Western Finals

Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 13	Saskatchewan Roughriders 21	Calgary Stampeders 30
2	November 17	Calgary Stampeders 23	Saskatchewan Roughriders 21
Calgary won best-of-three series 2–0

Eastern Finals

Toronto Argonauts vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 14	Toronto Argonauts 23	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 8
2	November 20	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17	Toronto Argonauts 17
Toronto won two-game total-point series 40–25

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

59th Grey Cup

E1

Toronto Argonauts

40 (23+17)

East

E2

Hamilton Tiger Cats

25 (8+17)

E2

Hamilton Tiger Cats

23

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

4

E1

Toronto Argonauts

11

W1

Calgary Stampeders

14

W1

Calgary Stampeders

2 (30,23)

West

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

0 (21,21)

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

34

W3

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

23

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Grey Cup Championship

November 28 59th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 14	Toronto Argonauts 11
The Calgary Stampeders were 1971 Grey Cup Champions
Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders – Grey Cup Most Valuable Player Dick Suderman (DE), Calgary Stampeders – Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian

1971 CFL All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Don Jonas, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
• RB – Leon McQuay, Toronto Argonauts
• TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
• SE – Jim Thorpe, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• WR – Bob LaRose, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• C – Bob Swift, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Granville Liggins, Calgary Stampeders
• OT – Bill Frank, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OT – Ed George, Montreal Alouettes

Defence

• DT – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
• DT – Jim Stillwagon, Toronto Argonauts
• DE – Jim Corrigall, Toronto Argonauts
• DE – Craig Koinzan, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Mark Kosmos, Montreal Alouettes
• LB – Jerry Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DB – Dick Dupuis, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Frank Andruski, Calgary Stampeders
• DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Dick Thornton, Toronto Argonauts

1971 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Joe Theismann, Toronto Argonauts
• RB – Dennis Duncan, Ottawa Rough Riders
• RB – Bruce Van Ness, Montreal Alouettes
• RB – Leon McQuay, Toronto Argonauts
• TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
• SE – Terry Evanshen, Montreal Alouettes
• WR – Mike Eben, Toronto Argonauts
• C – Paul Desjardins, Toronto Argonauts
• OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
• OG – Justin Canale, Montreal Alouettes
• OT – Ellison Kelly, Toronto Argonauts
• OT – Ed George, Montreal Alouettes

Defence

• DT – Rudy Sims, Ottawa Rough Riders
• DT – Jim Stillwagon, Toronto Argonauts
• DE – Jim Corrigall, Toronto Argonauts
• DE – Tom Laputka, Ottawa Rough Riders
• LB – Mike Blum, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• LB – Mark Kosmos, Montreal Alouettes
• LB – Steve Smear, Montreal Alouettes
• DB – Johnny Williams, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Gene Gaines, Montreal Alouettes
• DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
• DB – Dick Thornton, Toronto Argonauts

1971 Western All-Stars

Offence

• QB – Don Jonas, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
• RB – Mack Herron, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• TE – Herm Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
• SE – Jim Thorpe, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• WR – Bob LaRose, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• C – Bob Swift, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• C – Basil Bark, Calgary Stampeders
• OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• OG – Granville Liggins, Calgary Stampeders
• OT – Bill Frank, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• OT – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions

Defence

• DT – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
• DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
• DE – Bill Baker, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DE – Dick Suderman, Calgary Stampeders
• DE – Craig Koinzan, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
• LB – Dave Gasser, Edmonton Eskimos
• LB – Rob McLaren, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• LB – Wayne Shaw, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – Dick Dupuis, Edmonton Eskimos
• DB – Frank Andruski, Calgary Stampeders
• DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
• DB – Larry Robinson, Calgary Stampeders
• DB – Howard Starks, Calgary Stampeders

1971 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Don Jonas (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Terry Evanshen (WR), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Leo Cahill, Toronto Argonauts
• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Mel Profit (TE), Toronto Argonauts
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Don Jonas (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Jim Foley (SB), Montreal Alouettes
• Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Bob Kraemer (DB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders

References

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