The 39th Grey Cup was the

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's championship game of the 1951 season, played on November 24, 1951. The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the

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21–14 at

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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,

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(2). Ottawa Rough Riders (21) - TDs, Benny MacDonell, Pete Karpuk, Alton Baldwin; cons.,

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(3); singles, Bruce Cummings (2), Tom O'Malley.

External links

* * {{1951 Canadian football season by team Grey Cup Grey Cup Grey Cups hosted in Vancouver 1951 in British Columbia Saskatchewan Roughriders Ottawa Rough Riders 1950s in Vancouver November 1951 sports events in Canada