1962 CFL season

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The 1962 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 9th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 5th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1962 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Conference Semi-Finals 3.2 Conference Finals 3.3 Grey Cup Championship 4 1962 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 5 1962 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1962

The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was established in Hamilton.

The 50th Grey Cup game, nicknamed "The Fog Bowl", was postponed due to fog on Saturday, December 1st. The final 9 minutes and 29 seconds was played on Sunday as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 28-27 to win their third championship in four years.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 11 5 0 385 291 22 Calgary Stampeders 16 9 6 1 352 335 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 7 1 268 336 17 British Columbia Lions 16 7 9 0 346 342 14 Edmonton Eskimos 16 6 9 1 310 346 13

Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 9 4 1 358 286 19 Ottawa Rough Riders 14 6 7 1 339 302 13 Montreal Alouettes 14 4 7 3 308 309 11 Toronto Argonauts 14 4 10 0 259 378 8

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Winnipeg and Hamilton have first round byes.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1962

[edit] Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals - Game 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 10 Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 Calgary Stampeders 25

Western Semi-Finals - Game 2 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 12 Calgary Stampeders 18 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7

• Calgary won the total-point series by 43-7. The Stampeders will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Finals.

Eastern Semi-Finals Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 10 Montreal Alouettes 18 Ottawa Rough Riders 17

• The Alouettes will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Finals.

[edit] Conference Finals

Western-Finals - Game 1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 Calgary Stampeders 20

Western Finals - Game 2 Calgary Stampeders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Date Away Home November 21 Calgary Stampeders 11 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19

Western Finals - Game 3 Calgary Stampeders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Date Away Home November 24 Calgary Stampeders 7 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12

• Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2-1. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Eastern Finals - Game 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Montreal Alouettes Date Away Home November 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28 Montreal Alouettes 17

Eastern Finals - Game 2 Montreal Alouettes @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 26 Montreal Alouettes 21 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30

• Hamilton won 2 game total-point series by 58-38. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

[edit] Grey Cup Championship

December 1 & December 2 50th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium - Toronto, Ontario Western Champion Eastern Champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1962 Grey Cup Champions Leo Lewis (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player. [edit] 1962 CFL All-Stars [edit] OFFENCE QB - Eagle Day, Calgary Stampeders RB - Earl Lunsford, Calgary Stampeders RB - George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes RB - Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers RB - Ray Purdin, Saskatchewan Roughriders TE - Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats TE - Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos C - Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders OG - Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders OG - Gerry Patrick, Toronto Argonauts OT - Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers OT - Bronko Nagurski, Hamilton Tiger-Cats [edit] DEFENCE DT - Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders DT - John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats DE - Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders DE - Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers MG - Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders LB - Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders LB - Tom Brown, British Columbia Lions LB - Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers LB - Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders DB - Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders DB - Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts DB - Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats [edit] 1962 CFL Awards CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - George Dixon (RB), Montreal Alouettes CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Harvey Wylie (DB), Calgary Stampeders CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award - John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats CFL's Coach of the Year - Steve Owen, Saskatchewan Roughriders Preceded by 1961 CFL season CFL seasons Succeeded by 1963 CFL season v • d • e Canadian Football League East Division: Hamilton • Montreal • Toronto • Winnipeg West Division: British Columbia • Calgary • Edmonton • Saskatchewan Suspended since 2006: Ottawa East Division Awards: Evanshen • Hayman • McCaffrey • Gibson • Dandurand West Division Awards: Nicklin • Martin • Fieldgate • Parker • DeMarco-Becket • Dryburgh • James League Awards: Outstanding Player • Canadian • Defensive Player • Offensive Lineman • Rookie • Stukus • Pate • Agro • Rogers Playoff Awards: Grey Cup • Dixon • Taylor • Most Valuable Player • Most Valuable Canadian