The 39th
Grey Cup was the
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 ci ...
's championship game of the
1951 season, played on November 24, 1951.
The
Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the
Saskatchewan Roughriders
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The Roughriders were founded in ...
21–14 at
Toronto
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's
Varsity Stadium
Varsity Stadium is an outdoor collegiate football stadium located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the Toronto Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto. Athletic events have been hosted on the site since 1898; the ...
before a crowd of 27,341 fans in the first Grey Cup match-up between the two similarly named teams.
Game summary
Saskatchewan Roughriders (14) - TDs,
Jack Nix,
Sully Glasser; cons.,
Red Ettinger (2); singles,
Glenn Dobbs
Glenn Dobbs Jr. (July 12, 1920 – November 12, 2002) was a professional American football player in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). A skilled running back, quarterback, and punter, Dobbs was named the AAFC's MVP in 1946. After sitti ...
(2).
Ottawa Rough Riders (21) - TDs,
Benny MacDonell,
Pete Karpuk,
Alton Baldwin; cons.,
Bob Gain
Robert Gain (June 21, 1929 – November 14, 2016) was an American football player who played 13 seasons for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), and also played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played in five Pro Bo ...
(3); singles,
Bruce Cummings (2),
Tom O'Malley.
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