89th Grey Cup
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Date | November 25, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Olympic Stadium/Le Stade Olympique | ||||||||||||||||||
City | Montreal | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Player | Marcus Crandell, Calgary | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Canadian | Aldi Henry, Calgary | ||||||||||||||||||
National Anthem | ? | ||||||||||||||||||
Coin toss | |||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Sass Jordan and Michel Pagliaro | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 65,255 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | CBC, RDS | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | (CBC) Steve Armitage, Mark Lee, Chris Walby, Brian Williams, Glen Suitor, Brenda Irving | ||||||||||||||||||
Television viewers | 2.7 million in English viewership, French unknown. |
The 89th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 2001 in Montreal. The Calgary Stampeders claimed their fifth championship in team history with a 27-19 win over the East Division champions and heavily favoured Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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[edit] Game Summary
Calgary Stampeders (27) - TD's, Marc Boerigter, Travis Moore, Willie Fells; FG's, Mark McLoughlin (2); cons., McLoughlin (3).
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (19) - TD's, Arland Bruce III, Milt Stegall; FG's, Troy Westwood; cons., Westwood (2); singles, Westwood (2).
First Quarter
WPG -- FG Westwood 29 yard field goal 3:57
WPG -- Single Westwood missed 49 yard field goal attempt, one-point granted 7:20
Second Quarter
CAL -- FG McLoughlin 37 yard fied-goal 9:41
CAL -- TD Boerigter 68 yard pass from Crandell (McLoughlin convert) 12:15
CAL -- TD Moore 9 yard pass from Crandell (McLoughlin convert) 14:06
Third Quarter
WPG -- TD Bruce III 23 yard pass from Jones (Westwood convert) 4:05
WPG -- Single Westwood missed 54 yard field goal attempt, one-point granted 10:38
Fourth Quarter
CAL -- TD Fells 11 yard return on a blocked punt (McLoughlin convert) 5:37
WPG -- TD Stegall 23 yard pass from Jones (Westwood convert) 9:35
CAL -- FG McLoughlin 24 yard field goal 14:12
[edit] Trivia
Stampeders quarterback, Marcus Crandell was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player. Stampeders defensive back, Aldi Henry was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
[edit] 2001 CFL Playoffs
[edit] West Division
Semi-final (November 11 @ Calgary, Alberta) Calgary Stampeders 28-19 British Columbia Lions
Final (November 18 @ Edmonton, Alberta) Edmonton Eskimos 16-34 Calgary Stampeders
[edit] East Division
Semi-final (November 11 @ Hamilton, Ontario) Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24-12 Montreal Alouettes
Final (November 18 @ Winnipeg, Manitoba) Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28-13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Preceded by: 88th Grey Cup |
Grey Cup games | Succeeded by: 90th Grey Cup |