1966 CFL season

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The 1966 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 13th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 9th Canadian Football League season ^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1966 2 Regular Season Standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Conference Semi-Finals 3.2 Conference Finals 3.3 Grey Cup Championship 4 1966 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 5 1966 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1966

The Canadian Football League made several rule changes. The league started to legalize unlimited blocking on rushing plays and introduced their new goose-necked goal posts. Furthermore, the league rewritten its rule book and reduced it in size.

The Canadian Rugby Union gave their trusteeship of the Grey Cup to the Canadian Football League.

[edit] 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 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 9 6 1 351 318 19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 8 7 1 264 230 17 Edmonton Eskimos 16 6 9 1 251 328 13 Calgary Stampeders 16 6 9 1 227 459 13 British Columbia Lions 16 5 11 0 254 269 10

Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Ottawa Rough Riders 14 11 3 0 278 177 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 9 5 0 264 160 18 Montreal Alouettes 14 7 7 0 156 215 14 Toronto Argonauts 14 5 9 0 166 271 10

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1966

[edit] Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals Edmonton Eskimos @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Date Away Home November 6 Edmonton Eskimos 8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16

Eastern Semi-Finals Montreal Alouettes @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 6 Montreal Alouettes 14 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24

[edit] Conference Finals

Western Finals - Game 1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 Saskatchewan Roughriders 14

Western Finals - Game 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Date Away Home November 16 Saskatchewan Roughriders 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19

• Saskatchewan wins the best of three series 2-0. The Roughriders advance to the Grey Cup Championship game. .

Eastern Finals - Game 1 Ottawa Rough Riders @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 13 Ottawa Rough Riders 30 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1

Eastern Finals - Game 2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 Ottawa Rough Riders 42

• Ottawa won 2 game total-point series by 72-17. The Rough Riders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

[edit] Grey Cup Championship

November 26 54th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium - Vancouver, British Columbia Western Champion Eastern Champion Saskatchewan Roughriders 29 Ottawa Rough Riders 14 The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the 1966 Grey Cup Champions

[edit] 1966 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1966 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
• CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Frank Clair, Ottawa Rough Riders

Preceded by: 1965 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by: 1967 CFL season