The 28th Grey Cup was played as a two-game series with the first game played on November 30, 1940, before 4,998 fans at

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. The second game was played on December 7, 1940, with cold weather and snow contributing to a small attendance of 1,700 fans, at

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in Ottawa. This two-game series format was set up as a result of the Canadian Rugby Union disallowing the

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the right to play in the title game due to a rule dispute. Consequently, what would have been the Eastern Final game became a two-game Grey Cup series. The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the

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by a total-points score of 20–7.

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