2010 CFL season

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2010 CFL season
DurationJuly 1 – November 7, 2010
East champions Montreal Alouettes
West champions Saskatchewan Roughriders
98th Grey Cup
DateNovember 28, 2010
Venue Commonwealth Stadium,
Edmonton
ChampionsMontreal Alouettes
CFL seasons
  2009
2011  
2010 CFL season
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The 2010 CFL season is the 57th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it is the 53rd Canadian Football League season. Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton hosted the 98th Grey Cup on November 28 when the Montreal Alouettes became the first team to repeat as Grey Cup Champions in 13 years, defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 21–18. The league announced on its Twitter page on January 29, 2010, that the season would start on July 1, 2010. As of 2021 this is the most recent CFL regular season to start in July.

Contents

CFL news in 2010

CFL retro

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West Division Retro Jerseys
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East Division Retro Jerseys

As the league approaches the 100th Grey Cup, the CFL will celebrate the 1970s with all eight teams wearing retro-themed uniforms from that era during Weeks 6 and 7. [1] Since Saskatchewan's alternate jersey is a version of the 1970s home jersey, they were the only team to wear both home and away retro jerseys during these games.

Additionally, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the players donned red and black centennial jerseys that the team wore from 1912 to 1947 on July 17 when they played Edmonton at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field in Regina.

Debut of the Moncton series

The CFL began a series of annual games in Moncton, New Brunswick, during the 2010 season. The first game, marketed under the "Touchdown Atlantic" banner, took place on September 26, as the Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Toronto Argonauts, 24–6, in front of a sold out crowd of 20,725 at the new Moncton Stadium. Tickets for the game sold out within 32 hours of going on sale. [2] [3] The success of Touchdown Atlantic 2010 has moved Moncton towards a position of candidate for CFL expansion. [4] [5]

Labour agreement

The collective bargaining agreement between the CFL and the CFL Players' Association expires on June 5, 2010. Negotiations between the two parties have been stalled since October 2009; a meeting is scheduled on April 26, 2010, in Toronto. Stu Laird, president of the CFLPA, has sent e-mails to all players. According to Canwest News Service, the e-mails advise the players to remain unified and "It continues to be the opinion of the executive committee that a CFL management lockout of the players is a very real possibility." [6]

On June 29, 2010, two days before the start of the regular season, it was announced that the CFL and CFLPA had agreed to a new 4-year CBA, set to expire before the 2014 CFL season. [7] While many changes were made, the most prominent were those made to the salaries and the introduction of a drug policy. The 2010 team salary cap is set at $4,250,000 with a team salary floor of $3,900,000 and a minimum player salary of $42,000. [8] The salary cap is set to increase $50,000 per season, reaching $4,400,000 by 2013, with the floor being $4,000,000 by that time. The minimum player salary is set to increase by $1000 per season until 2013 where it would be $45,000.

Rule changes

Like in the 2009 CFL season, another fan contest on what rule changes the fans wanted to see was done, this time the fans were asked by Commissioner Mark Cohon to focus on what changes could be made to the overtime format to improve it. While a complete overhaul of the format such as going to a "mini game" of playing two 5 minute no quarter halves or eliminating over time in the regular season, fans endorsed the current overtime format with one significant change. The four rules changes for the season approved by the rules committee, including a change to overtime the fans call on in the contest, are as follows:

Changes to overtime

Changes in regulation

Broadcasting

TSN remains the exclusive broadcaster for all CFL games in Canada. In the United States, the CFL ended its longstanding agreement with America One and signed a more limited deal with NFL Network, which will air 14 games for the season (as opposed to the roughly 70 games per year carried by America One). As with America One, NFL Network will simulcast the TSN broadcast. RDS remains the exclusive French broadcaster of the CFL showing all 18 Montreal Alouettes regular season games and all of the CFL Playoffs.

Records and milestones

Regular season

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

Teams in bold are currently in playoff positions.

TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders 18135062645926 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18108049748820 Details
BC Lions 18810046646616 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18711038254514 Details
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Montreal Alouettes 18126052147524 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1899048145018 Details
Toronto Argonauts 1899037344218 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1841404644858 Details

Hamilton finished ahead of Toronto in the standings because they won their head-to-head regular season series 3-0.

Award winners

CFL Player of the Week

Andy Fantuz of the Saskatchewan Roughriders was named the CFL's Outstanding Canadian for the months of July and September after picking up the league's weekly honour four times. AndyFantuzRiders.JPG
Andy Fantuz of the Saskatchewan Roughriders was named the CFL's Outstanding Canadian for the months of July and September after picking up the league's weekly honour four times.
WeekOffensive Player of the WeekDefensive Player of the WeekSpecial Teams Player of the WeekOutstanding Canadian
One Darian Durant Joe Lobendahn Marcus Thigpen Andy Fantuz
Two Buck Pierce Brent Hawkins Chad Owens Etienne Boulay
Three Kevin Glenn Maurice Lloyd Noel Prefontaine Dave Stala
Four Romby Bryant John Bowman Jovon Johnson Jon Cornish
Five Arland Bruce Chris Thompson Luca Congi Andy Fantuz
Six Cory Boyd Chip Cox Tim Maypray Dave Stala
Seven Chad Owens Jerrell Freeman Kelly Campbell Matt Kirk
Eight Brandon Whitaker Chip Cox Jovon Johnson Andre Durie
Nine Ken-Yon Rambo James Patrick Noel Prefontaine Jon Cornish
Ten Kevin Glenn Brandon Smith Markeith Knowlton Dave Stala
Eleven Henry Burris Ronald Flemons Andrew Harris Jerome Messam
Twelve Andy Fantuz Markeith Knowlton Chad Owens Andy Fantuz
Thirteen Anthony Calvillo Elliott Richardson Yonus Davis Elliott Richardson
Fourteen Henry Burris Rod Davis Chad Owens Andy Fantuz
Fifteen Anthony Calvillo Anwar Stewart Colt David Doug Brown
Sixteen Daniel Porter Stevie Baggs Derek Schiavone Chris Getzlaf
Seventeen Kevin Glenn Stevie Baggs Chad Owens Chris Bauman
Eighteen Anthony Calvillo Ryan Phillips Chad Owens Ian Logan
Nineteen Travis Lulay Keon Raymond Justin Palardy Spencer Watt
Twenty Weston Dressler Lance Frazier Paul McCallum Jason Clermont

Source [10]

CFL Player of the Month

MonthOffensive Player of the MonthDefensive Player of the MonthSpecial Teams Player of the MonthOutstanding Canadian
July Anthony Calvillo John Bowman Marcus Thigpen Andy Fantuz
August Cory Boyd Chip Cox Yonus Davis Kevin Eiben
September Darian Durant Ronald Flemons Chad Owens Andy Fantuz
October Henry Burris Stevie Baggs Chad Owens Andy Fantuz

Source [11]

CFL playoffs

The Montreal Alouettes became the first team to repeat as Grey Cup Champions in 13 years, defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 21–18 at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. Alouettes' wide receiver Jamel Richardson was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player, and Roughriders' defensive tackle, Keith Shologan was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

November 14: Division Semi-Finals November 21: Division Finals November 28: 98th Grey Cup
Commonwealth Stadium  Edmonton
         
E3 Toronto Argonauts 17
East
E1 Montreal Alouettes 48
E3 Toronto Argonauts 16
E2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13
E1 Montreal Alouettes 21
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 20
West
W1 Calgary Stampeders 16
W3 BC Lions 38
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 41*

*-Team won in Double Overtime.

CFL Leaders

2010 CFL All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

2010 CFL Western All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

2010 CFL Eastern All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

2010 CFLPA Pro Player All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Special teams

Head coach

Source [13]

2010 Gibson's Finest CFL Awards

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