55th Grey Cup
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| Date | December 2, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 55th Grey Cup was played between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders on December 2, 1967, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, before 31,358 fans and was won by the Tiger-Cats by a score of 24–1.
Box Score
First Quarter
Hamilton – TD – Joe Zuger 3 yard run (Tommy Joe Coffey convert)
Saskatchewan – Rouge – Alan Ford 87 yard punt
Second Quarter
Hamilton – TD – Ted Watkins 72 yard pass from Joe Zuger (Tommy Joe Coffey convert)
Hamilton - Rouge - Tommy Joe Coffey 42 yard missed field goal
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt
Fourth Quarter
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt
Hamilton – TD – Billy Ray Locklin 43 yard fumble return (convert missed)
| Teams | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
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| Hamilton Tiger Cats | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Game characteristics
Joe Zuger, Hamilton's quarterback, was named the game's Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.[1]
The game marked the sixth consecutive game in the season that the Ticats held their opponents without a touchdown.
Alan Ford's 87 yard punt, on a quick kick, is the longest in Grey Cup history.[2]
References
- ISBN 1-55041-855-6
- ^ "Grey Cup Almanac - Individual Kicking Records". CBC Sports. 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
Videos
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External links
- "Grey Cup: 1967". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.
- Grey Cup programmes (Archived 2009-10-22), an image of the souvenir programme from the 1967 game.
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