1966 CFL season

The 1966 Canadian Football League season was the league's ninth season since the 1958 merger of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial Football Union to create a national league.

1966 CFL season
Regular season
DurationJune – October, 1966
Playoffs
Start dateNovember 6, 1966
East ChampionsOttawa Rough Riders1966-11-19
West ChampionsSaskatchewan Roughriders1966-11-16
54th Grey Cup
DateNovember 26, 1966
SiteEmpire Stadium, Vancouver
ChampionsSaskatchewan Roughriders
CFL seasons

CFL news in 1966

The Canadian Football League made several rule changes. The league started to legalize unlimited blocking on rushing plays and introduced their new goose-necked goal posts. The league rewrote its rule book and reduced it in size.

The Canadian Rugby Union, owners of the trophy, granted trusteeship of the Grey Cup to the Canadian Football League in exchange for annual financial support for amateur football.

One of the more notable games of the regular season was Montreal's 1–0 victory over Ottawa, the lowest scoring game in CFL history, and only the second 1–0 game since a 1949 win by Winnipeg over Calgary in the WIFU.[1]

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Saskatchewan Roughriders1696135131819
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1687126423017
Edmonton Eskimos1669125132813
Calgary Stampeders1669122745913
BC Lions16511025426910
Eastern Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Ottawa Rough Riders14113027817722
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1495026416018
Montreal Alouettes1477015621514
Toronto Argonauts1459016627110
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1966

Conference semi-finals

Western Semi-Finals
Edmonton Eskimos @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DateAwayHome
November 6Edmonton Eskimos 8Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16
Eastern Semi-Finals
Montreal Alouettes @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DateAwayHome
November 6Montreal Alouettes 14Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24

Conference finals

Western Finals
Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
Game DateAwayHome
1 November 13Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7Saskatchewan Roughriders 14
2 November 16 Saskatchewan Roughriders 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19
Saskatchewan wins the best of three series 2–0
Eastern Finals
Ottawa Rough Riders vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Game DateAwayHome
1 November 13Ottawa Rough Riders 30Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1
2 November 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 Ottawa Rough Riders 42
Ottawa won 2 game total-point series 72–17

Playoff bracket

  Division Semifinals     Division Finals     54th Grey Cup
                           
  East     E1 Ottawa Rough Riders 72
(30+42)
 
  E2 Hamilton Tiger Cats 24     E2 Hamilton Tiger Cats 17
(1+16)
   
  E3 Montreal Alouettes 14         E1 Ottawa Rough Riders 14
      W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 29
  West     W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 2
(14,21)
   
  W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16     W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 0
(7,19)
 
  W3 Edmonton Eskimos 8  

[2]

Grey Cup Championship

November 26

54th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire StadiumVancouver, British Columbia

Western ChampionEastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 29Ottawa Rough Riders 14
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the 1966 Grey Cup Champions

CFL Leaders

1966 CFL All-Stars

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1966 Eastern All-Stars

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1966 Western All-Stars

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1966 CFL Awards

References

  1. "Als Slip By Riders 1-0, Tie Record Low". Montreal Gazette. October 31, 1966. p. 25.
  2. "1966".
  3. "CFLapedia".
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