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Canadian Football League season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1968 CFL season is considered to be the 15th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 11th Canadian Football League season.
1968 CFL season | |
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East champions | Ottawa Rough Riders |
West champions | Calgary Stampeders |
56th Grey Cup | |
Champions | Ottawa Rough Riders |
J.G. (Jake) Gaudaur was appointed CFL Commissioner and the league adopted a new constitution. Gaudaur would serve in that position until 1984; he is the league's longest-tenured commissioner.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Ted Watkins was shot and killed while allegedly robbing a liquor store in California, shortly before the start of the CFL season.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 345 | 223 | 25 |
Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 412 | 249 | 20 |
Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 228 | 288 | 17 |
BC Lions | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 217 | 318 | 9 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 210 | 374 | 6 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 416 | 271 | 20 |
Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 284 | 266 | 18 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 262 | 292 | 13 |
Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 234 | 327 | 8 |
Note: All dates in 1968
Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts | ||
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Date | Away | Home |
November 9 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21 | Toronto Argonauts 33 |
Edmonton Eskimos @ Calgary Stampeders | ||
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Date | Away | Home |
November 10 | Edmonton Eskimos 13 | Calgary Stampeders 29 |
Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders | |||
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Game | Date | Away | Home |
1 | November 16 | Calgary Stampeders 32 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 |
2 (OT) | November 20 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 12 | Calgary Stampeders 25 |
Calgary wins the best of three series 2–0 |
Ottawa Rough Riders vs Toronto Argonauts | |||
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Game | Date | Away | Home |
1 | November 17 | Ottawa Rough Riders 11 | Toronto Argonauts 13 |
2 | November 24 | Toronto Argonauts 14 | Ottawa Rough Riders 36 |
Ottawa won 2 game total-point series 47–27 |
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | 56th Grey Cup | ||||||||||||
E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 47 (11+36) | ||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 27 (13+14) | ||||||||||||
E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 33 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 21 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 (0,12) | ||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 2 (32,25) | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 29 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 13 |
November 30 | |
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Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
Calgary Stampeders 21 | Ottawa Rough Riders 24 |
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1968 Grey Cup Champions | |
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