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Canadian Football League season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1972 CFL season is considered to be the 19th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 15th Canadian Football League season.
1972 CFL season | |
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East champions | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
West champions | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
60th Grey Cup | |
Champions | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was officially opened on November 28, 1972, in Hamilton. The Grey Cup game was played on AstroTurf at nearby Ivor Wynne Stadium.
The Western Conference Finals were now played under a single-elimination game. The Eastern Conference continued to play a two-game total-point series affair in their Conference Final round until the following season, when it adopted the West's single-game elimination in the Conference Final round as well.
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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Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 401 | 300 | 20 |
Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 380 | 368 | 20 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 330 | 283 | 16 |
Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 331 | 394 | 12 |
BC Lions | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 254 | 380 | 10 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 372 | 262 | 22 |
Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 298 | 228 | 22 |
Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 246 | 353 | 8 |
Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 254 | 298 | 6 |
Note: All dates in 1972
Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders | ||
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Date | Away | Home |
November 11 | Montreal Alouettes 11 | Ottawa Rough Riders 14 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Edmonton Eskimos | ||
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Date | Away | Home |
November 12 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 8 | Edmonton Eskimos 6 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers | ||
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Date | Away | Home |
November 19 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 27 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24 |
This game was especially notable for its final play. The game was tied and Saskatchewan attempted a last-second field goal to win, or at least score a single. The kick missed wide, and was recovered by Winnipeg in the end zone. As they were unable to run it out, they punted. The Saskatchewan player who fielded the punt attempted to score a single (winning the game) by punting it through the end zone again, but was unsuccessful, and the punt was fielded by Winnipeg, who punted it out again. The Saskatchewan returner was tackled, ending the play and presumably the game, but a Winnipeg penalty negated the play and gave Saskatchewan another chance. The second Saskatchewan field goal attempt, with no time on the clock, was successful.[1][2]
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | |||
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Game | Date | Away | Home |
1 | November 18 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 7 | Ottawa Rough Riders 19 |
2 | November 26 | Ottawa Rough Riders 8 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23 |
Hamilton won total-point series 30–27 |
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | 60th Grey Cup | ||||||||||||
E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30 (7+23) | ||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27 (19+8) | ||||||||||||
E2 | Montreal Alouettes | 11 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24 | ||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8 |
December 3
60th Annual Grey Cup Game: Ivor Wynne Stadium – Hamilton, Ontario | |
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Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
Saskatchewan Roughriders 10 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13 |
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1972 Grey Cup Champions | |
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