38th Grey Cup
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| Date | November 25, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Varsity Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Toronto | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Paul Dojack | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 27,101 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 38th Grey Cup, played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto on November 25, 1950, before 27,101 fans, also known as the Mud Bowl, was the Canadian football championship game played between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Argonauts won the game 13–0. Argonauts lay claim to the legendary Mud Bowl.
On the day before the game, a rare, heavy late November snowfall blanketed the field. Heavy equipment was sent to clear the snowfall before the game. However, the equipment damaged the turf, which was already in bad shape from poor groundskeeping during the regular season. To make matters worse, on the morning of the game the weather turned much warmer, and the snowfall turned to steady rain. By game time, the field was torn up and soaked with water, with the rain continuing through the entire game. The game was anti-climactic with both teams having difficulty moving the ball in the conditions.
Winnipeg's star quarterback Jack Jacobs fumbled twice in the second quarter and was later pulled from the game in the final quarter for Pete Petrow.
The Blue Bombers stayed in the game until the third quarter, when Jake Dunlap blocked a Jack Jacobs punt, and the Argonauts recovered on the Winnipeg 20-yard line, leading to the game's only touchdown.
It was a game that will be remembered more for its poor field conditions than the actual game itself. The 1950 Grey Cup, forever dubbed “The Mud Bowl," was won by the Toronto Argonauts, as they shut out the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13-0. The game featured two teams facing each other for the sixth time in the Canadian football classic.
The wet and muddy conditions at Toronto’s Varsity Stadium created a quagmire but did not prevent the Argonauts from winning their eighth Grey Cup title. The Argos kicked for what turned out to be the winning point in the first quarter. Winnipeg’s Tom Casey misjudged Joe Krol's punt from the Blue Bombers 49-yard line, as the ball went over his head and into the end zone for a rouge. Joe Krol avoided a potential turnover later in the half when he dropped the ball on an attempted kick in Bombers territory. The Argo star picked it up and raced around the end for 10 yards, putting the ball on the Winnipeg 15. After failing to make another first down, Nick Volpe kicked a 21-yard field goal to put the Argos up 4-0.
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