39th Grey Cup
1951 Canadian Football championship game
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| Date | November 24, 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Varsity Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Toronto | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 27,341 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 39th Grey Cup was the Canadian Football League's championship game of the 1951 season, played on November 24, 1951.
The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 21–14 at Toronto's Varsity Stadium 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 (2).
Ottawa Rough Riders (21) - TDs, Benny MacDonell, Pete Karpuk, Alton Baldwin; cons., Bob Gain (3); singles, Bruce Cummings (2), Tom O'Malley.
External links
- "Grey Cup: 1951". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2010-12-13.
- "The Grey Cup 1909-2009" (PDF). Canadian Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-02.
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Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Founded in 1910
- Based in Regina, Saskatchewan
- Taylor Field
- Mosaic Stadium
- Ron Atchison
- Roger Aldag
- Bill Baker
- Al Benecick
- "Gluey" Hugh Campbell
- Ken Charlton
- Bill Clarke
- Ray Elgaard
- Edwin "Eddie" "Dynamite" James
- Bobby Jurasin
- Ron Lancaster
- Ed McQuarters
- George Reed
- Dave Ridgway
- Martin Ruby
- N. J. "Piffles" Taylor
- Ted Urness
- 23 Ron Lancaster
- 34 George Reed
- 36 Dave Ridgway
- 40 Mel Becket
- 44 Roger Aldag
- 55 Mario DeMarco
- 56 Ray Syrnyk
- 73 Gordon Sturtridge
- Owners: "Community" owned
- General Manager: Jeremy O'Day
- Head Coach: Corey Mace
championships (4)
championships (25)
affiliations
- League: Canadian Football League
- Division: West
