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64th Grey Cup

64th Grey Cup
Ottawa Rough Riders Saskatchewan Roughriders
(9-6-1) (11-5-0)
23 20
Head coach: 
Head coach: 
1 2 3 4 Total
Ottawa Rough Riders 10 0 3 10 23
Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 17 3 0 20
Date November 28, 1976
Stadium Exhibition Stadium
Location Toronto
Most Valuable Player Offence: Tom Clements (OTT)
Defence: Cleveland Vann (SSK)
Most Valuable Canadian Tony Gabriel (Ottawa)
Attendance 53,467
Broadcasters
Network CBC, CTV, SRC

The 64th Grey Cup was played on November 28, 1976, at the Exhibition Stadium at Toronto. The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders by the score 23 to 20 in what is considered one of the most thrilling Grey Cup games and with perhaps the most exciting plays in Grey Cup history.

Attendance for the game was 53,467 - at the time a record for a Grey Cup game. The large crowd was made possible by a recently completed expansion to the stadium that had been carried out to accommodate the Toronto Blue Jays, a Major League Baseball expansion team that commenced play the following year. Attendance would have been a league record prior to the 1976 season, the first to see more than 50,000 fans attend CFL games following the completion of Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Toronto's Grey Cup attendance record would only last one season before being broken by the 65th Grey Cup, which was held at Olympic Stadium.

Ottawa Rough Riders - 23
Touchdowns - Tony Gabriel and Bill Hatanaka
Field Goals - Gerry Organ (3)
Converts - Gerry Organ (2)

Saskatchewan Roughriders - 20
Touchdowns - Steve Mazurak and Bob Richardson
Field Goals - Bob Macoritti (2)
Converts - Bob Macoritti (2)


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