59th Grey Cup
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| Date | November 28, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Empire Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Vancouver | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Wayne Harris | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Canadian | Dick Suderman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 34,404 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, CTV, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 59th Grey Cup was played on November 28, 1971, before 34,404 fans at Vancouver's Empire Stadium.
The Calgary Stampeders beat the Toronto Argonauts on a slick rain covered field in an extremely close 14 to 11 match.
First Quarter
Calgary - TD - Herm Harrison 14 yard pass from Jerry Keeling (Larry Robinson convert)
Second Quarter
Toronto - FG - Ivan MacMillan 11 yards
Calgary - TD - Jesse Mims 6 yard run (Larry Robinson convert)
Third Quarter
Toronto - TD - Roger Scales 33 yard fumble return (lateral from Joe Vijuk) (Ivan MacMillan convert)
Toronto - Rouge - Ivan MacMillan 27 yard missed FG
Fourth Quarter
No scoring
The Argonauts had not appeared in a Grey Cup championship game since 1952. The Stampeders were making their third Grey Cup appearance in the last four years, but had not actually won a championship since 1948.
The 10-4 Argonauts faced the 9-6-1 Stampeders for the first time in the Grey Cup. Both teams finished in first place in their divisions, but Toronto, led by star rookie quarterback Joe Theismann was the favourite. Calgary was making their second straight appearance in the Grey Cup game, but had not won it since the famous 1948 game. Toronto had nearly as long a drought, with their last victory coming in 1952.
The 1971 Grey Cup was the first to be played on artificial (Tartan) turf.
Field conditions were poor for the game, as it had been raining heavily, leaving sheets of water over the artificial turf at Empire Stadium.
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