1972 CFL season

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1972 CFL season
East championsHamilton Tiger-Cats
West championsSaskatchewan Roughriders
60th Grey Cup
ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
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The 1972 CFL season is considered to be the 19th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 15th Canadian Football League season.

CFL news in 1972

The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was officially opened on November 28, 1972, in Hamilton. The Grey Cup game was played on AstroTurf at nearby Ivor Wynne Stadium.

The Western Conference Finals were now played under a single-elimination game. The Eastern Conference continued to play a two-game total-point series affair in their Conference Final round until the following season, when it adopted the West's single-game elimination in the Conference Final round as well.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 401 300 20
Edmonton Eskimos
16 10 6 0 380 368 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 8 8 0 330 283 16
Calgary Stampeders 16 6 10 0 331 394 12
BC Lions 16 5 11 0 254 380 10
Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 11 3 0 372 262 22
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 11 3 0 298 228 22
Montreal Alouettes 14 4 10 0 246 353 8
Toronto Argonauts 14 3 11 0 254 298 6
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Winnipeg and Hamilton have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1972

Conference Semi-Finals

Eastern Semi-Finals
Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Date Away Home
November 11 Montreal Alouettes 11 Ottawa Rough Riders 14
Western Semi-Finals
Edmonton Eskimos
Date Away Home
November 12 Saskatchewan Roughriders 8
Edmonton Eskimos
6

Conference Finals

Western Finals
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date Away Home
November 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24

This game was especially notable for its final play. The game was tied and Saskatchewan attempted a last-second field goal to win, or at least score a single. The kick missed wide, and was recovered by Winnipeg in the end zone. As they were unable to run it out, they punted. The Saskatchewan player who fielded the punt attempted to score a single (winning the game) by punting it through the end zone again, but was unsuccessful, and the punt was fielded by Winnipeg, who punted it out again. The Saskatchewan returner was tackled, ending the play and presumably the game, but a Winnipeg penalty negated the play and gave Saskatchewan another chance. The second Saskatchewan field goal attempt, with no time on the clock, was successful.[1][2]

Eastern Finals
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs. Ottawa Rough Riders
Game Date Away Home
1 November 18 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 7 Ottawa Rough Riders 19
2 November 26 Ottawa Rough Riders 8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23
Hamilton won total-point series 30–27

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals Division Finals 60th Grey Cup
         
E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30
(7+23)
East
E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 27
(19+8)
E2 Montreal Alouettes 11
E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 14
E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13
W3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 10
W1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24
West
W3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27
W2
Edmonton Eskimos
6
W3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 8

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Grey Cup Championship

December 3

60th Annual Grey Cup Game: Ivor Wynne StadiumHamilton, Ontario

Western Champion Eastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1972 Grey Cup Champions
  • Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player
    .
  • Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian
    .

CFL Leaders

  • CFL Passing Leaders
  • CFL Rushing Leaders
  • CFL Receiving Leaders[4]

1972 CFL All-Stars

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Defence

1972 Eastern All-Stars

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Defence

1972 Western All-Stars

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Defence

1972 CFL Awards

References

  1. ^ CFLfan#31 (19 September 2015). "SportsCentre: Top 10 Crazy CFL Moments". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 12 April 2018 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Wazny, Adam (30 September 2011). "Nov. 19, 1972 Abendschan boots Blue in stadium's greatest game". Retrieved 12 April 2018 – via www.winnipegfreepress.com.
  3. ^ "1972".
  4. ^ "CFLapedia".