73rd Grey Cup
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| Date | November 24, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Montreal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player |
Offence: Roy Dewalt Defence: James "Quick" Parker |
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| Most Valuable Canadian | Lui Passaglia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jake Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 56,723 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, CTV, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | CBC: Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Brian Williams, Steve Armitage, Dave Hodge. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Offence: Roy Dewalt
The 73rd Grey Cup was the 1985 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, between the BC Lions and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The BC Lions easily handled the Tiger-Cats with a 37-24 victory.
BC Lions (37) - TDs, Ned Armour (2), Jim Sandusky; FGs, Lui Passaglia (5); cons., Passaglia (3); single, Passaglia.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (24) - TDs, Ron Ingram, Johnny Shepherd, Steve Stapler; FGs, Bernie Ruoff; cons., Ruoff (3).
First Quarter
BC - TD Armour 84 yard pass from Dewalt (Passaglia convert)
BC - FG Passaglia
Second Quarter
BC - FG Passaglia
HAM - TD Ingram 35 yard pass from Hobart (Ruoff convert)
HAM - TD Shepherd 00 yard pass from Hobart (Ruoff convert)
BC - TD Armour 59 yard pass from Dewalt (Passaglia convert)
BC - FG Passaglia
Third Quarter
BC - FG Passaglia
BC - FG Passaglia
Fourth Quarter
HAM - FG Ruoff
BC - Single Passaglia
BC - TD Sandusky 66 yard pass from Dewalt (Passaglia convert)
HAM - TD Stapler 35 yard pass from Hobart (Ruoff convert)
The 1980s proved to be a decade of halting Grey Cup droughts.
The Toronto Argonauts ended 30 seasons of futility by recapturing the title in 1983. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers ended a 21-year drought without a national title the following year.
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