49th Grey Cup
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The 49th Grey Cup was the Canadian Football League's championship game of the 1961 season. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21 to 14 at CNE Stadium in Toronto before 32,651 fans. It is considered to be one of the 10 greatest Grey Cup Games of all time[1].
[edit] Game Summary
The score was tied 14-14 at the end of regulation time. The only score in overtime came when Winnipeg quarterback Ken Ploen called his own number and tiptoed down the sideline for the touchdown.
[edit] Trivia
This was the first Grey Cup and only one of two games to go into overtime, the other being the 2005 Grey Cup.
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Grey Cup games | Succeeded by 50th Grey Cup |
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