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104th Grey Cup

104th Grey Cup
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Calgary Stampeders Ottawa Redblacks
(15–2–1) (8–9–1)
33 39
Head coach: 
Head coach: 
1 2 3 4 OT Total
Calgary Stampeders 7 0 10 16 0 33
Ottawa Redblacks 10 10 7 6 6 39
Date November 27, 2016
Stadium BMO Field
Location Toronto
Most Valuable Player Henry Burris
Most Valuable Canadian Brad Sinopoli
National anthem The Tenors
Coin toss Rt. Hon. David Johnston
Referee André Proulx
Halftime show OneRepublic
Attendance 33,421
Broadcasters
Network Canada (English): TSN
Canada (French): RDS
United States: ESPN2
Announcers Chris Cuthbert (play-by-play)
Glen Suitor (analyst)
Sara Orlesky (sideline reporter)
Matthew Scianitti (sideline reporter)
Ratings 3.9 million (average)
10 million (total)

The 104th Grey Cup (branded as the 104th Grey Cup presented by Shaw for sponsorship reasons) was a Canadian football game that was played on November 27, 2016, between the Calgary Stampeders and the Ottawa Redblacks, that decided the champion for the 2016 CFL season. In an upset, Ottawa defeated the heavily favoured Stampeders 39–33 in overtime to win a championship in just their third season of existence. This was the third Grey Cup game to go into overtime (the other two instances came in 1961 and 2005).

The Redblacks ended a 40-year championship drought for the city of Ottawa that spanned three CFL franchises and 27 football seasons of play. The Redblacks became the fourth-fastest expansion team to win a championship in an established North American professional sports league, after the 1950 Cleveland Browns (who won a championship in their first season in the National Football League), the 1927–28 New York Rangers (who won the Stanley Cup in their second National Hockey League season) and the 1995 Baltimore Stallions (who, as part of the CFL's mid-1990's U.S. expansion, won the Grey Cup in their second and final CFL season); they are tied with the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks (winners of the National Basketball Association title in their third season).

The game was played at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario.


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