55th Grey Cup
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| Date | December 2, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Frank Clair Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ottawa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Joe Zuger | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 31,358 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, CTV, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 55th Grey Cup was played between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders on December 2, 1967, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, before 31,358 fans and was won by the Tiger-Cats by a score of 24 to 1.
Box Score
First Quarter
Hamilton – TD – Joe Zuger 3 yard run (Tommy Joe Coffey convert)
Saskatchewan – Rouge – Alan Ford 87 yard punt
Second Quarter
Hamilton – TD – Ted Watkins 72 yard pass from Joe Zuger (Tommy Joe Coffey convert)
Hamilton - Rouge - Tommy Joe Coffey 42 yard missed field goal
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger 00 yard punt
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger 00 yard punt
Fourth Quarter
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger 00 yard punt
Hamilton – TD – Billy Ray Locklin 43 yard fumble return (convert missed)
| Teams | 1 Q | 2 Q | 3 Q | 4 Q | Final |
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| Hamilton Tiger Cats | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Game characteristics
Joe Zuger, Hamilton's quarterback, was named the game's Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.[1]
The game marked the sixth consecutive game in the season that the Ticats held their opponents without a touchdown.
Alan Ford's 87 yard punt, on a quick kick, is the longest in Grey Cup history.[2]
References
- ↑ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.490, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
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Videos
External links
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- Grey Cup programmes (Archived 2009-10-22), an image of the souvenir programme from the 1967 game.
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