The 56th Grey Cup was played on November 30, 1968, and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Calgary Stampeders 24–21 before 32,655 fans at Toronto's CNE Stadium. Vic Washington's 79-yard run is still a Grey Cup record, and he won the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player award. This was the final Grey Cup game to be played on a Saturday; beginning the next year and since then (except for 1970), all Grey Cup games have been played on a Sunday.
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| Date | November 30, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | CNE Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Toronto | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Vic Washington, RB (Rough Riders) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,655 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, CTV, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
Box score
editFirst Quarter
Ottawa – Single – Ron Stewart punt blocked by Ottawa, recovered in the end zone by Ted Woods
Second Quarter
Ottawa – FG – Don Sutherin 27-yard field goal
Calgary – TD – Peter Liske 1-yard run (Larry Robinson convert)
Calgary – TD – Terry Evanshen 21-yard pass from Peter Liske (Larry Robinson convert)
Third Quarter
Ottawa – TD – Russ Jackson 1-yard run (Don Sutherin convert)
Fourth Quarter
Ottawa – TD – Vic Washington 79-yard run (convert blocked)
Ottawa – TD – Margene Adkins 70-yard pass from Russ Jackson (Don Sutherin convert)
Calgary – TD – Terry Evanshen 4-yard pass from Peter Liske (Larry Robinson convert)
| Teams | 1 Q | 2 Q | 3 Q | 4 Q | Final |
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| Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
1968 Miss Grey Cup
edit| Miss BC Lions | Valerie Bryan |
| Miss Calgary Stampeders | Patricia Cooper |
| Miss Edmonton Eskimos | Barbara Casault |
| Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Kathy Cumming |
| Miss Montreal Alouettes | Lynn Jessop |
| Miss Ottawa Rough Riders | Lee Donaldson |
| Miss Saskatchewan Roughriders | Donna Hardy |
| Miss Toronto Argonauts | Jacquie Perrin |
| Miss Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Diane Zuk |
- Miss Edmonton Eskimos Barbara Casault was named Miss Grey Cup 1968, with Miss Toronto Argonauts Jacquie Perrin the first runner-up, and Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats Kathy Cumming the second runner-up. A second-year education student at the University of Alberta, she received a new 1969 convertible, a trip for two to Mexico, a mink stole, a movie camera and a diamond watch set. Each contestant received $1,500 in prizes. Casault's prizes were worth $15,000, with those for the first-runner up worth $2,700 and the second runner-up worth $2,200.
- Miss Saskatchewan Roughriders Donna Hardy was chosen the inaugural Miss Personality Plus by the other contestants.
- Selection of Miss Grey Cup was done on the basis of personality and poise (30 points), carriage and figure (15 points), make-up and grooming (10 points), speech and projection (10 points), cheerleader costume (10 points) and overall impression (10 points).[2]
References
editExternal links
edit- "Grey Cup: 1968". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010.
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