2004 CFL season
2004 CFL season | ||
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Duration | June 15 – October 30, 2004 | |
East champions | MVP Damon Allen | |
The 2004 CFL season is considered to be the 51st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 47th Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 2004
Neil Payne retired from his position as Director of Officiating in February and was replaced by George Black. Former Eskimos Head Coach,
CFL partner,
The CFL started a new international broadcasting agreement with
On October 18, the Toronto Argonauts announced their agreement with York University, to construct a new 25,000-seat stadium on the university's Keele campus.
League attendance increased by 8% over the
The attendance increases were likely caused at least in part by the lack of
In addition, three CFL quarterbacks established new records as well. Edmonton's Jason Maas, entered the CFL record books by setting a new mark for most consecutive pass completions in a regular season game with 22 on July 30. On August 13, B.C.'s Casey Printers, sets a new CFL record for the highest pass completion percentage in a regular season game by completing 90.9% of his passes. Furthermore, Hamilton's Danny McManus, joined the company of Damon Allen and Ron Lancaster by surpassing the milestone of passing for 50,000 or more career yards on October 21.[1]
The Montreal Alouettes became the first team in CFL history to have four receivers on one team reach the 1000-yard receiving mark in one season: Ben Cahoon (1183 yards), Jeremaine Copeland (1154 yards), Thyron Anderson (1147 yards), and Kwame Cavil (1090 yards)
The Toronto Argonauts won their 15th Grey Cup by defeating the B.C. Lions 27–19 on November 21.
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
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
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BC Lions | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 584 | 436 | 26 | Details |
Edmonton Eskimos |
18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 532 | 472 | 18 | Details |
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 476 | 444 | 18 | Details |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 448 | 507 | 14 | Details |
Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 396 | 522 | 8 | Details |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
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Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 584 | 371 | 28 | Details |
Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 422 | 414 | 21 | Details |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 455 | 542 | 19 | Details |
Ottawa Renegades | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 401 | 560 | 10 | Details |
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- BC and Montreal both have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs
The
Playoff bracket
November 5 & November 7: Division Semifinals | November 14: Division Finals | November 21: Ottawa, ON
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E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 26 | ||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 18 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 24 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 27 | ||||||||||||
W1 | BC Lions | 19 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25 | ||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||
W1 | BC Lions | 27* | ||||||||||||
W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Edmonton Eskimos
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*-Team won in Overtime.
CFL Leaders
- CFL Passing Leaders
- CFL Rushing Leaders
- CFL Receiving Leaders[2]
2004 CFL All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Casey Printers, BC Lions
- RB – Troy Davis, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- RB – Charles Roberts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- SB – Ben Cahoon, Montreal Alouettes
- SB – Geroy Simon, BC Lions
- WR – D. J. Flick, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- WR – Jason Tucker, Edmonton Eskimos
- C – Bryan Chiu, Montreal Alouettes
- OG – Paul Lambert, Montreal Alouettes
- OG – Andrew Greene, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OT – Uzooma Okeke, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Gene Makowsky, Saskatchewan Roughriders
Defence
- DT – Noah Cantor, Toronto Argonauts
- DT – Nate Davis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DE – Tim Cheatwood, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DE – Anwar Stewart, Montreal Alouettes
- LB – John Grace, Calgary Stampeders
- LB – Kevin Eiben, Toronto Argonauts
- LB – Barrin Simpson, BC Lions
- CB – Almondo Curry, Montreal Alouettes
- CB – Malcolm Frank, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB – Eddie Davis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Clifford Ivory, Toronto Argonauts
- DS – Orlondo Steinauer, Toronto Argonauts
Special teams
- P – Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts
- K – Sean Fleming, Edmonton Eskimos
- ST – Keith Stokes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2004 Western All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Casey Printers, BC Lions
- RB – Kenton Keith, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- RB – Charles Roberts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- SB – Jason Clermont, BC Lions
- SB – Geroy Simon, BC Lions
- WR – Ryan Thelwell, BC Lions
- WR – Jason Tucker, Edmonton Eskimos
- C – Angus Reid, BC Lions
- OG – Jay McNeil, Calgary Stampeders
- OG – Andrew Greene, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OT – Seth Dittman, Calgary Stampeders
- OT – Gene Makowsky, Saskatchewan Roughriders
Defence
- DT – Joe Fleming, Calgary Stampeders
- DT – Nate Davis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DE – Brent Johnson, BC Lions
- DE – Tom Canada, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- LB – John Grace, Calgary Stampeders
- LB – Reggie Hunt, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB – Barrin Simpson, BC Lions
- DB – Wes Lysack, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DB – Malcolm Frank, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB – Eddie Davis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Joey Boese, Calgary Stampeders
- DS – Sam Young, BC Lions
Special teams
- P – Sean Fleming, Edmonton Eskimos
- K – Sean Fleming, Edmonton Eskimos
- ST – Keith Stokes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2004 Eastern All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Anthony Calvillo, Montreal Alouettes
- RB – Troy Davis, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- RB – Josh Ranek, Ottawa Renegades
- SB – Ben Cahoon, Montreal Alouettes
- SB – Jeremaine Copeland, Montreal Alouettes
- WR – D. J. Flick, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- WR – Kwame Cavil, Montreal Alouettes
- C – Bryan Chiu, Montreal Alouettes
- OG – Paul Lambert, Montreal Alouettes
- OG – Scott Flory, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Uzooma Okeke, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Dave Hack, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Defence
- DT – Noah Cantor, Toronto Argonauts
- DT – Ed Philion, Montreal Alouettes
- DE – Tim Cheatwood, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DE – Anwar Stewart, Montreal Alouettes
- LB – Kevin Johnson, Montreal Alouettes
- LB – Kevin Eiben, Toronto Argonauts
- LB – Tim Strickland, Montreal Alouettes
- CB – Almondo Curry, Montreal Alouettes
- CB – Davis Sanchez, Montreal Alouettes
- DB – Kelly Malveaux, Montreal Alouettes
- DB – Clifford Ivory, Toronto Argonauts
- DS – Orlondo Steinauer, Toronto Argonauts
Special teams
- P – Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts
- K – Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts[
- ST – Bashir Levingston, Toronto Argonauts
2004 CFLPA All-Stars
Offence
- QB – Casey Printers, BC Lions
- OT – Uzooma Okeke, Montreal Alouettes
- OT – Cory Mantyka, BC Lions
- OG – Andrew Greene, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Dan Comiskey, Edmonton Eskimos
- C – Jamie Crysdale, Calgary Stampeders
- RB – Troy Davis, Hamilton Tiger Cats
- FB – Julian Radlein, Hamilton Tiger Cats
- SB – Geroy Simon, BC Lions
- SB – Derrell Mitchell, Edmonton Eskimos
- WR – Jason Tucker, Edmonton Eskimos
- WR – David Flick, Hamilton Tiger Cats
Defence
- DE – Joe Montford, Hamilton Tiger Cats
- DE – Timothy Cheatwood, Hamilton Tiger Cats
- DT – Joe Fleming, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DT – Nate Davis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB – Barrin Simpson, BC Lions
- LB – John Grace, Calgary Stampeders
- LB – Kevin Johnson, Montreal Alouettes
- CB – Malcolm Frank, Edmonton Eskimos
- CB – Omarr Morgan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- HB – Clifford Ivory, Toronto Argonauts
- HB – Eddie Davis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- S – Orlondo Steinauer, Toronto Argonauts
Special teams
- K – Paul McCallum, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- P – Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts
- ST – Keith Stokes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Head coach
- Greg Marshall, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2004 Rogers CFL Awards
- CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Casey Printers (QB), BC Lions
- CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Jason Clermont (SB), BC Lions
- CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Anwar Stewart (DE), Montreal Alouettes
- CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Gene Makowsky (OT), Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Nikolas Lewis(WR), Calgary Stampeders
- CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award – Keith Stokes (WR), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – Barron Miles (DB), Montreal Alouettes
- Rogers Fans' Choice Award – Danny McManus (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats / Anthony Calvillo (QB), Montreal Alouettes
- Greg Marshall, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- Commissioner's Award - Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
References
- ^ "Argos barely hold off Ticats". CBC Sports. October 22, 2004. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- ^ "CFLapedia".
- ^ "CFLPA.com | The Canadian Football League Players Association". cflpa.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.