96th Grey Cup Match-Up
November 19, 2008 - Canadian Football League (CFL) News Release
Montreal, QC - (November 19, 2008) - On Sunday, November 23 the Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders will play for the 96th Grey Cup championship at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00pm ET and will be broadcast live on TSN HD and RDS HD. TSN's pregame coverage begins at 3:00pm ET and RDS's pregame coverage begins at 5:00pm ET.
The radio rights holder for the Grey Cup is The FAN Radio Network. The game will also be available on SIRIUS satellite.
In the United States, the Grey Cup will be broadcast on Voom HD, VERSUS and ESPN360.com.
Here is look at the match-up:
- This is the third time the Alouettes and Stampeders have met in the Grey Cup. The first time was in 1949 in Toronto when Montreal defeated Calgary 28-15. The two teams also met in 1970 in Toronto, with the Als winning that game by a score of 23-10.
- This is the first time since 1951 that two rookie head coaches have met in the Grey Cup (Ottawa Rough Riders, Clem Crowe vs Saskatchewan Roughriders, Harry Smith)
- The Alouettes will wear dark coloured jerseys and the Stampeders will wear white jerseys.
- The last time the Alouettes won the Grey Cup was in 2002.
- The last time the Stampeders won the Grey Cup was in 2001, which happened to be at Olympic Stadium.
- The Grey Cup has been played at Olympic Stadium five times.
- The Grey Cup record attendance is 68,318, set in 1977 at Olympic Stadium, the first Grey Cup played in that stadium.
- When team's compete in the Grey Cup in their home city, they have a record of 27-14 since 1909.
- Since 1958, when the Canadian Football League was officially formed, teams competing in the Grey Cup in their home city have a record of 3-5.
- Montreal is 1-1 in Grey Cup games played at Olympic Stadium. In 1977, they defeated the Eskimos 41-6. They also played the Eskimos at Olympic Stadium in 1979 and lost 17-9.
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