The 62nd

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 ...

was played on November 24, 1974 before 34,450 fans at Empire Stadium in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...

. The

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes ( French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the East Division of the Cana ...

beat the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Comm ...

20–7 on a slick, wet field. Many balls were fumbled and passes dropped on a rainy Vancouver day.

Box Score

First Quarter Edmonton – TD – Calvin Harrell 8 yard pass from Tom Wilkinson ( Dave Cutler convert) Second Quarter Montreal - Single – Don Sweet 50 yard missed field goal
Montreal - TD - Larry Sherrer 5 yard run ( Don Sweet convert)
Montreal - FG - Don Sweet 18 yards Third Quarter Montreal - FG - Don Sweet 27 yards Fourth Quarter Montreal - FG - Don Sweet 27 yards
Montreal - FG - Don Sweet 25 yards

Trivia

Both starting quarterbacks ended up leaving the game. The

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award The Most Outstanding Player Award is annually awarded to the best player in the Canadian Football League. The two nominees for the award are the Terry Evanshen Trophy winner from the East Division, and the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy winner from ...

winner Tom Wilkinson was injured when sacked by

Junior Ah You Miki "Junior" Ah You (born December 30, 1948) is a former college and professional Canadian and American football player who played primarily at the defensive end position. Ah You enjoyed most of his professional career success with the CFL Montr ...

and was replaced by

Bruce Lemmerman Bruce Lemmerman (born October 4, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional American football player. Football career After a star career at San Fernando Valley State College, where he led the Matadors to their first winning seas ...

Sonny Wade Jesse "Sonny" Wade (born April 1, 1947) is a former All-American football player at Emory & Henry College in Virginia. He played professionally for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League from 1969 to 1978. High school Wade attend ...

came off the Alouettes' bench to replace starting quarterback Jimmy Jones. In his Grey Cup career, Wade frequently came on in relief; he also did so in 1975 and 1978.

won his second

Grey Cup Most Valuable Player The Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is awarded annually since 1959 to the player of the winning team who deemed to have had the best performance in the Grey Cup Game, the Canadian Football League's championship game. This award is pre ...

award (offence) while completing only 10 of 25 passes for 139 yards.

won the

award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An awar ...

on defence. This was the first year two separate Most Valuable Player awards were given out, one on offence, one on defence; this would be the case until 1990. Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11

clashes. The Eskimos prevailed in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Alouettes were victorious in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. This was the last Grey Cup game played at Empire Stadium; the next time Vancouver hosted a Grey Cup game nine years later, it would be indoors at the new

BC Place BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province. The venue is currently ...

Stadium.

External links

* Grey Cup

Grey Cups hosted in Vancouver

Montreal Alouettes Edmonton Elks 1970s in Vancouver

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