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Date | November 24, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Winnipeg Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Winnipeg | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Player | Raghib Ismail, (TOR) | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Canadian | Dave Sapunjis, (CGY) | ||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | Burton Cummings | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Ken Lazaruk | ||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Luba, Salute to 1992 Winter Olympic Athletes | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 51,985 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | CBC, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | (CBC) Don Wittman, Joe Galat, Steve Armitage, Brian Williams. | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 79th Grey Cup was the 1991 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Argonauts defeated the Stampeders 36-21 in an entertaining game.
Toronto Argonauts (36) - TDs, Ed Berry, Darrell K. Smith, Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, Paul Masotti; FGs Lance Chomyc (2); cons., Chomyc (4); singles Chomyc (2).
Calgary Stampeders (21) - TDs, Danny Barrett, Allen Pitts; FGs, Mark McLoughlin (2); cons., McLoughlin (2); single. McLoughlin.
First Quarter
TOR - TD Berry 50 yard interception return (Chomyc convert)
CGY - TD Barrett 1 yard run (McLoughlin convert)
TOR - Single by Chomyc
Second Quarter
TOR – FG Chomyc
CGY – FG McLoughlin
Third Quarter
CGY - Single McLoughlin
TOR - Single Chomyc
CGY - FG McLoughlin
TOR - TD Smith 48 yard pass from Dunigan (Chomyc convert)
Fourth Quarter
TOR - FG Chomyc
CGY - TD Pitts 12 yard pass from Barrett (McLoughlin convert)
TOR - TD Ismail 87 yard kickoff return (Chomyc convert)
TOR - TD Masotti 36 yard pass from Dunigan (Chomyc convert)
The Grey Cup was held in Winnipeg for the first time, but it had more of a Hollywood feeling. The Toronto Argonauts capped off a memorable season under the new ownership of Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall, hockey player Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy with a win over Calgary.