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85th Grey Cup
The 85th Grey Cup (Canadian Football League championship) was held in 1997 in Edmonton before 60,431 fans. The heavily favoured Toronto Argonauts won the game over the Saskatchewan Roughriders with a score of 47–23. Game summary Toronto Argonauts (47) - TDs, Doug Flutie, Adrion Smith, Robert Drummond, Mike "Pinball" Clemons, Derrell Mitchell; FGs, Mike Vanderjagt (4); cons., Vanderjagt (5). Saskatchewan Roughriders (23) - TDs, Reggie Slack, Mike Saunders, Shawn Daniels; FGs, Paul McCallum; cons., McCallum (2). First Quarter SSK—FG McCallum 28-yard field goal (SSK 3-0) TOR—TD Mitchell 34-yard pass from Flutie (Vanderjagt convert) (TOR 7-3) Second Quarter TOR—TD Drummond 6-yard pass from Flutie (Vanderjagt convert) (TOR 14-3) TOR—FG Vanderjagt (TOR 17-3) SSK—TD Daniels 3-yard run (TOR 17-9) TOR—FG Vanderjagt 12-yard field goal (TOR 20-9) Third Quarter TOR—TD Smith 95-yard run off the kickoff (Vanderjagt convert) (TOR 27-9) TOR—TD Flutie 10-yard run (Vande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)
Commonwealth Stadium is an open-air, multipurpose stadium located in the McCauley neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has a seating capacity of 56,302, making it the largest open-air stadium in Canada. Primarily used for Canadian football, it also hosts athletics, soccer, rugby union and concerts. Construction commenced in 1975 and the venue opened ahead of the 1978 Commonwealth Games (hence its name), replacing the adjacent Clarke Stadium as the home of the Edmonton Eskimos (the Elks' name until 2020). It received a major expansion ahead of the 1983 Summer Universiade, when it reached a capacity of 60,081. Its main tenants are the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and has hosted five Grey Cups, the CFL's championship game. The stadium had remained the only CFL venue with natural grass for a long time, until FieldTurf Duraspine Pro was installed in 2010. Soccer tournaments include nine FIFA World Cup qualification matches with Canada Men's Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a city in Canada. They are divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five teams in the West Division. As of 2022, it features a 21-week regular season in which each team plays 18 games with three bye weeks. This season traditionally runs from mid-June to early November. Following the regular season, six teams compete in the league's three-week playoffs, which culminate in the Grey Cup championship game in late November. The Grey Cup is one of Canada's largest annual sports and television events. The CFL was officially named on January 19, 1958, upon the merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union or "Big Four" (founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded in 1936). History Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Baker (American Football)
Shannon Maurice Baker (born July 20, 1970) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in .... References 1971 births Living people American football wide receivers Canadian football wide receivers Indianapolis Colts players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Florida State Seminoles football players {{Widereceiver-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McCallum (Canadian Football)
Paul McCallum (born January 7, 1970) is a former Canadian football punter and placekicker. McCallum had been a member of four different CFL franchises, one XFL team, an NFL Europa team, and a Scottish third division club. At the time of his retirement, McCallum was the oldest active player in the CFL, having played in 23 seasons over the course of his career. Junior career McCallum played junior football with the Surrey Rams of the Canadian Junior Football League. Paul was a member of the BC Junior Football League Champion Surrey Rams who faced the Ottawa Sooners at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa for the Canadian Junior Football League Canadian Bowl Championship, losing 35-18. Professional career Soccer After a long youth soccer career in North Vancouver, Surrey and Delta BC, Paul went onto play for Team BC at the Canada Summer Games as well as national tournaments with the BC Provincial program U16 (1985) and U18 (1986–1987). Paul also suited up briefly for the Vancouve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Daniels (Canadian Football)
Shawn Daniels (born September 3, 1966) is a Canadian former Canadian football fullback who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Ottawa Rough Riders, Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts. He was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the third round of the 1988 CFL Draft. He played college football at Bowling Green State University. Professional career Daniels was selected by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL with the nineteenth pick in the 1988 CFL Draft. He was traded, along with a first round pick in the 1989 Draft, to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for Peter Giftopolous in August 1988. Shawn played in ten games for the Roughriders during the 1989 season. He played in fifty games for the CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders from 1990 to 1993. He played in twelve games for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1994. Daniels played in 24 games for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL from 1994 to 1995. He played in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Saunders (Canadian Football)
Mike Saunders (born October 3, 1969) is a former Canadian Football League running back who played eight seasons for five different teams. Biography Saunders was born in Milton, Wisconsin and attended the University of Iowa. He was named CFL All-Star in 1995. He retired on May 8, 2000, as the Saskatchewan Roughriders second all-time leading rusher with 872 carries for 4,396 yards and 39 touchdown A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. In Ameri ...s. Over eight CFL seasons, he rushed 1,160 times for 5,780 yards and 39 touchdowns. References 1969 births Living people American football running backs American players of Canadian football Canadian football running backs Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Iowa Hawkeyes football players Montreal Alouettes players People from Milt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggie Slack
Reginald Slack (born May 2, 1968) is an American former Canadian and American football quarterback. After spending his collegiate career with Auburn, Slack was selected in the 12th round (321st overall) in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. Slack also played in the WLAF for the New York/New Jersey Knights and then played in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, whom he led to a Grey Cup appearance in 1997. Since retiring from football, in 2014 Reggie opened a pizza restaurant in Navarre, Florida Navarre is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County in the northwest Florida Panhandle. It is a major bedroom community for mostly U.S. military personnel, federal civil servants, local population, retirees .... References 1968 births Living people African-American players of American football African-American players of Canadian football American football quarterb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Vanderjagt
Michael John Vanderjagt ( ; born March 24, 1970) is a Canadian former football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. He served as the Colts' placekicker from 1998 to 2005 and was a member of the Dallas Cowboys during his final NFL season in 2006. Vanderjagt also played for four seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he spent three seasons with the Toronto Argonauts and one with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. During his CFL career, Vanderjagt won two Grey Cups and received the Dick Suderman Trophy in 1996. His most successful NFL season was in 2003 when he became the first kicker to convert every field goal and point after touchdown during the regular season and playoffs, earning him Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors. Vanderjagt retired as the NFL's most accurate field goal kicker at 86.5%, which is the seventh-highest completion percentage in league history. He is also known for miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrell Mitchell
Derrell Lavoice "Mookie" Mitchell (born September 16, 1971) is a former Canadian Football League slotback with the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos and former wide receivers coach for the Edmonton Eskimos. Junior College Career Mitchell attended Joliet Junior College. As a sophomore, he was an NJCAA second-team All-American pick, and was his league's co-Player of the Year. College career After a stellar career at Joliet Junior College, Mitchell transferred to Texas Tech. He finished his two-year NCAA college football career with 91 receptions for 1312 yards (14.42 yards per rec. avg.) and 9 touchdowns. World League Career Mitchell spent the 1995 season with the Scottish Claymores of the World League of American Football, having been allocated there by the New Orleans Saints, catching 11 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown. CFL career Mitchell signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL in 1997 and immediately made a mark in the league with close to 1,500 yards an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike "Pinball" Clemons
Michael Lutrell "Pinball" Clemons (born January 15, 1965) is an American-Canadian sports executive and former running back and return specialist who serves as general manager for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is one of the greatest and most famous Argos players of all time, as well as one of the most popular professional athletes in the history of Toronto. A native of Dunedin, Florida, Clemons played college football at the College of William & Mary and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. After two years in the NFL, Clemons joined the Argonauts in 1989, playing with them for twelve seasons where he was a two-time All-Star and a three-time Grey Cup Champion. After retiring from playing, he twice served as their head coach before becoming an administrator, since winning three more Grey Cups. His no. 31 jersey is one of only four that have been retired by the Argonauts. Early life Clemons was born an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Drummond (gridiron Football)
Robert C. Drummond (born June 21, 1967 in Apopka, Florida) is a former gridiron football running back. Drummond played American football for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League between 1989 and 1991, before playing in the Canadian Football League from 1994 to 2002. He won four Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...s, in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2000. References External linksJust Sports Stats 1967 births Living people African-American players of American football African-American players of Canadian football American football running backs Baltimore Stallions players BC Lions players Canadian football running backs Philadelphia Eagles players Toronto Argonauts players Syracuse Orange football players Players of American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrion Smith
Adrion "Pee Wee" Smith (born September 29, 1971) was a football player in the CFL for twelve years. Smith played defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Memphis Mad Dogs and Toronto Argonauts from 1994–2005. He was a CFL All-Star four times and won three Grey Cup Championships (1996, 1997 and 2004) with the Argos. Smith was noted for occasionally playing quarterback as well as returning punts. As such, he was considered relatively versatile. He played college football at Southwest Missouri State University. In 2007, he was a radio analyst for the Argonauts. In 2008, Smith was a CFL analyst on Rogers Sportsnet Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then was r .... In 2011, Smith married Denise Warriner and they share three children together, Makayla, Kiondre and Charlize. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
