1970 CFL season

The 1970 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 17th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 13th Canadian Football League season.

CFL news in 1970[]

3M Tartan Turf was installed at Vancouver's Empire Stadium, making it the first CFL venue to have artificial turf. The first sod was preserved and sent to Hamilton to be used as part of the future Canadian Football Hall of Fame building. The first CFL All-Star Game was held since 1958. The Montreal Alouettes are sold to former Ottawa Rough Rider owner Sam Berger, who changes their colours to green, white and red, and it is the beginning of a great dynasty in Montreal.

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	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	14	2	369	206	28
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	7	282	287	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	293	209	18
BC Lions	16	6	10	295	384	12
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	2	14	184	332	4

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	292	279	17
Toronto Argonauts	14	8	6	0	329	290	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	246	279	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	4	10	0	255	279	8

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Saskatchewan and Hamilton have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs[]

Note: All dates in 1970

Conference Semi-Finals[]

**Western Semi-Finals**
Calgary Stampeders @ Edmonton Eskimos
Date	Away	Home
November 8	Calgary Stampeders 16	Edmonton Eskimos 9

**Eastern Semi-Finals**
Montreal Alouettes @ Toronto Argonauts
Date	Away	Home
November 8	Montreal Alouettes 16	Toronto Argonauts 7

Conference Finals[]

**Western Finals**
Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 14	Calgary Stampeders 28	Saskatchewan Roughriders 11
2	November 18	Saskatchewan Roughriders 11	Calgary Stampeders 3
3	November 22	Calgary Stampeders 15	Saskatchewan Roughriders 14
Calgary wins the best of three series 2–1

**Eastern Finals**
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Montreal Alouettes
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 15	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 22	Montreal Alouettes 32
2	November 21	Montreal Alouettes 11	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 4
Montreal won the 2 game total-point series 43–26

Playoff bracket[]

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

58th Grey Cup

East

E1

Hamilton Tiger Cats

26
(22+4}

E2

Toronto Argonauts

7

E3

Montreal Alouettes

43
(32+11)

E3

Montreal Alouettes

16

E3

Montreal Alouettes

23

W3

Calgary Stampeders

10

West

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

1
(11,11,14)

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

9

W3

Calgary Stampeders

2
(28,3,15)

W3

Calgary Stampeders

16

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Grey Cup Championship[]

November 28 58th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 10	Montreal Alouettes 23
The Montreal Alouettes are the 1970 Grey Cup Champions
Sonny Wade (QB), Montreal Alouettes – Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.

1970 CFL All-Stars[]

Offense[]

QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Bill Symons, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Hugh McKinnis, Calgary Stampeders
RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
F – Jim Thorpe, Toronto Argonauts
C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
OG – Bill Danychuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OG – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
OT – Bill Frank, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence[]

DT – Angelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DT – Greg Pipes, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Steve Smear, Montreal Alouettes
DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Jerry Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Greg Findlay, BC Lions
DB – John Wydareny, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Al Phaneuf, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Al Marcelin, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts

1970 Eastern All-Stars[]

Offence[]

QB – Gary Wood, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Bill Symons, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Moses Denson, Montreal Alouettes
RB – Dave Fleming, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
SE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
F – Jim Thorpe, Toronto Argonauts
C – Gene Ceppetelli, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
OG – Bill Danychuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OT – Ed George, Montreal Alouettes
OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence[]

DT – Angelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DT – Marshall Shirk, Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – Steve Smear, Montreal Alouettes
DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
LB – Charlie Collins, Montreal Alouettes
LB – Jerry Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Mike Widger, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Jim Tomlin, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Al Phaneuf, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Al Marcelin, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts

1970 Western All-Stars[]

Offense[]

QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Silas McKinnie, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Hugh McKinnis, Calgary Stampeders
RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Rick Shaw, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
F – Mike Eben, Edmonton Eskimos
C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
OT – Bill Frank, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OT – Lanny Boleski, Calgary Stampeders

Defence[]

DT – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
DT – Greg Pipes, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Ron Forwick, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Ken Frith, Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Dave Gasser, Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Greg Findlay, BC Lions
DB – John Wydareny, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Paul Brule, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – Ted Dushinski, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Joe Hernandez, Edmonton Eskimos

1970 CFL Awards[]

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Jim Young (WR), BC Lions
CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders
CFL's Coach of the Year – Ray Jauch, Edmonton Eskimos
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Bill Symons (RB), Toronto Argonauts
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Jim Corrigall (DL), Toronto Argonauts
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - John Senst (WR), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Greg Pipes (DT), Edmonton Eskimos

1970 Miss Grey Cup[]

**Team Nominees**
Miss BC Lions	Shelley Schwartz
Miss Calgary Stampeders	Patricia Sundberg
Miss Edmonton Eskimos	Anita Urschel
Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Linda Endicott
Miss Montreal Alouettes	Nancy Durrell
Miss Ottawa Rough Riders	Wendy Thomas
Miss Saskatchewan Roughriders	Susan Pugsley
Miss Toronto Argonauts	Janice Boyd
Miss Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Shirley Richlew

Miss Montreal Alouettes Nancy Durrell was named Miss Grey Cup 1970, with Miss Edmonton Eskimos Anita Urschel the first runner-up, and Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats Linda Endicott the second runner-up. A fourth-year student at McGill University, she received a new 1971 Buick Opel, a mink stole, a diamond watch, a rhinestone tiara, a peignoir set, a stadium coat, a pant suit, boots, a shoulder bag, a Miss Grey Cup brooch, a two-year "keep fit" membership at a health club, and a professional beauty kit.^[2]

References[]

↑ "1970". http://www.cflapedia.com/.
↑ Toronto Star, Saturday 28 November 1970, page 11.

[1] "1970". http://www.cflapedia.com/.

[2] Toronto Star, Saturday 28 November 1970, page 11.

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