55th Grey Cup
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| Date | December 2, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Frank Clair Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ottawa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Joe Zuger, QB (Tiger-Cats) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 31,358 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, CTV, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
The 55th Grey Cup was played between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders on December 2, 1967, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, before 31,358 fans and was won by the Tiger-Cats by a score of 24–1.
Box Score
First quarter
Hamilton – TD – Joe Zuger 3 yard run (Tommy Joe Coffey convert)
Saskatchewan – Rouge – Alan Ford 87 yard punt
Second quarter
Hamilton – TD – Ted Watkins 72 yard pass from Joe Zuger (Tommy Joe Coffey convert)
Hamilton - Rouge - Tommy Joe Coffey 42 yard missed field goal
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt
Fourth quarter
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt
Hamilton – TD – Billy Ray Locklin 43 yard fumble return (convert missed)
| Teams | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
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| Hamilton Tiger Cats | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Game characteristics
Joe Zuger, Hamilton's quarterback, was named the game's Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.
The game marked the sixth consecutive game in the season that the Ticats held their opponents without a touchdown.
Alan Ford's 87 yard punt, on a quick kick, is the longest in Grey Cup history.
References
- ↑ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.490, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
- ↑ "Grey Cup Almanac - Individual Kicking Records". CBC Sports. 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
External links
- "Grey Cup: 1967". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.
- Grey Cup programmes (Archived 2009-10-22), an image of the souvenir programme from the 1967 game.
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