76th Grey Cup
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| Date | November 27, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Frank Clair Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ottawa | ||||||||||||||||||
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Offence: James Murphy Defence: Michael Gray |
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| Most Valuable Canadian | Bob Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jake Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,604 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, Canadian Football Network, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | CBC: Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Brian Williams, Steve Armitage, Scott Oake. CFN: Bob Irving, Neil Lumsden, Dave Hodge, Tom Larscheid. SRC: N/A. |
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Offence: James Murphy
The 76th Grey Cup was the 1988 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, between the BC Lions and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Blue Bombers defeated the favoured Lions 22-21. This was the first Grey Cup game between two teams from west of Ontario, and the first to be won by a team which had only a .500 season.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (22) - TDs, James Murphy; FGs, Trevor Kennerd (4); cons., Kennerd; singles, Trevor Kennerd, Bob Cameron (2).
BC Lions (21) - TDs, Anthony Cherry, David Williams; FGs, Lui Passaglia; cons., Passaglia (2); singles, Passaglia (2); safety touch.
The Lions jumped to a 7-1 lead in the opening quarter as running back Anthony Cherry scored on a 14-yard run. Kennerd kicked a 22-yard field goal to pull the Bombers within one.
With the wind at his back in the second quarter, Kennerd tied the score with a 43-yard field goal. But Lions quarterback Matt Dunigan connected with David Williams on a 26-yard scoring play, giving BC a 14-7 advantage.
The Bombers got that one back on their next possession. Quarterback Sean Salisbury threw a 35-yard touchdown strike to James Murphy to pull Winnipeg even. BC’s Lui Passaglia failed on a 41-yard field goal attempt near the end of the half, but it did give the Lions a 15-14 lead at intermission.
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