94th Grey Cup
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| Date | November 19, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Canad Inns Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Winnipeg | ||||||||||||||||||
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| National Anthem | Eva Avila | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Halftime show | Nelly Furtado | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, RDS, CBCHD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC) Steve Armitage, Darren Flutie, Greg Frers, Mark Lee, Elliote Friedman Chris Walby, Sean Millington, Khari Jones | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 94th Grey Cup will be held in Winnipeg at Canad Inns Stadium on November 19, 2006 and will feature the Montreal Alouettes against the B.C. Lions. The last Grey Cup Winnipeg hosted was the 86th Grey Cup in 1998.
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[edit] Grey Cup Festivities
The Grey Cup Festival consisted of four nights of entertainment at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, special events at the brand-new MTS Centre in the heart of the city, and a music festival in nightclubs around town. Regular fan favourite festivities include the CFL Player Awards at the Centennial Concert Hall, the Grey Cup Parade, the Grey Cup Gala Dinner, and the CFL Fan Experience – a family event featuring memorabilia, autographs, and interactive football. Famous musicians performed during the week long festival that included Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Sam Roberts Band, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. Also there was a Trailer Park Boys breakfast that included Randy and Mr. Lahey.
[edit] 2006 CFL playoffs
[edit] Division Semi-finals
[edit] Scotiabank East Semi-Finals
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 31 |
TORONTO - Michael Bishop spearheaded a late fourth quarter comeback, giving the Toronto Argonauts a 31-27 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in an East Division semifinal game at the Rogers Centre.
Bishop completed touchdown passes to Arland Bruce and R. Jay Soward in the final eight minutes, turning a 27-17 deficit into a chance to play in the Grey Cup. Toronto next faces the Montreal Alouettes in the East Final next week. The winner of that moves on to the Grey Cup.
Bishop came in for an ineffective Damon Allen. Bishop finished 3-of-5 for 110 yards. Allen went 15-of-28 for 219 yard with a TD and an interception. Toronto head coach Mike "Pinball" Clemons made the change under center to catch Winnipeg off guard and it worked.
Charles Roberts had two touchdown runs for the Blue Bombers, who failed to hold on to the 10-point fourth-quarter lead. He ended with 30 rushed for 179 yards. After Winnipeg went up 27-17 on Kevin Glenn's 27-yard TD pass to Chris Brazzell, the Argonauts began their comeback.
First, Bruce hauled in a 78-yard catch-and-run from Bishop, making it a 27-24 contest. Then, a little later, Bishop hit Soward for a 15-yard score to give the Argonauts the win. Winnipeg had one last chance, but Orlando Steinauer picked off Glenn inside the final minute at the Toronto 22. Glenn ended 12-of-22 for 224 yards with a TD and two picks.
Toronto led 6-3 after one quarter. The Argo's Noel Prefontaine hit 37 and 28 yard field goals after Troy Westwood opened the scoring with a 42-yarder for Winnipeg. Prefontaine made it a 7-3 game early in the second with a 25-yard single, but Westwood answered with a 23-yard field goal. Allen then hit Michael Palmer with a 23-yard TD strike to make it 14-6 heading into halftime.
Winnipeg then scored 14 third-quarter points thanks to one-yard and 11-yard TD runs by Roberts. Toronto though drew within 20-17 on a Prefontaine 38-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
[edit] Scotiabank West Semi-Finals
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
CALGARY - Kenton Keith's 14-yard touchdown run with 2:20 remaining cemented a second-half comeback, as the Saskatchewan Roughriders pulled out a gritty 30-21 win over the Calgary Stampeders in the Western Division Semifinal at a chilly McMahon Stadium.
Kerry Joseph threw for 180 yards on 17-of-31 completions and one touchdown, and Keith finished the day with 141 yards on 16 carries and two scores. Defensive back, James Johnson recorded two interceptions for the Roughriders, who ran off 25 unanswered points, 18 coming in the second-half. The Riders advanced to the West championship to take on the B.C. Lions at BC Place Stadium.
Henry Burris completed 16-of-32 passes for 198 yards, no touchdowns, and was picked off four times and fumbled once. He did run for Calgary's only offensive touchdown in the game. Marcus Howell also took a punt 57 yards for a touchdown for the Stampeders, who hurt their cause by committing six turnovers. Trailing by nine points with little more than two minutes left, Calgary could not score on either of their last two possessions. On the first chance, kicker Sandro DeAngelis pushed a 40-yard field goal attempt wide right. Their final charge saw Burris throw two balls into the end zone that were batted down by defenders, and the third-down attempt picked off to end the game.
Calgary led after one quarter, 4-3, on a DeAngelis 39-yard kick and a single. Things picked up in the second, as the Riders went ahead, 5-4, on a safety concession. The Stampeders regained the lead, 11-5, when Howell electrified the home crowd with his punt return touchdown. The lead was boosted to 14-5 on a successful 25-yard DeAngelis field goal attempt. Calgary increased the margin to 21-5 when Burris snuck over the goal line amidst a mass of bodies from two yards out, but the Riders closed out the first half strongly. Joseph led the charge from his own 35 yard line and hooked up with Matt Dominguez for a 22-yard strike, capping an eight-play, 75-yard drive which closed the gap to 21-12 at the break.
The Riders came out blazing in the second half. After taking the opening kickoff to their own 34, Keith found a seam up the middle on the first play from scrimmage and bolted 76 yards for the score, cutting the Calgary lead to two at 21-19. The lead was trimmed closer to 21-20 when Howell decided to run out of the back of the end zone rather than fielding a Luca Congi punt, granting Saskatchewan a valuable point. When Congi split the uprights from 41 yards out with 10:26 left in the fourth, the Riders had their first lead since the second quarter. His three points were set up when Eddie Davis intercepted a Burris pass which gave Saskatchewan the ball in Calgary territory.
Joseph and the Roughriders then put the nail in the Stampeders' coffin. A four-play, 66-yard drive was highlighted by Corey Grant's 37-yard reception down to the Calgary 25. Two plays later, Keith's run provided insurance for the victory.
[edit] Division finals
[edit] Scotiabank East Championship
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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| Toronto Argonauts | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
MONTREAL - Robert Edwards rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown as Montreal advanced to the Grey Cup with a 33-24 victory over the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division final. The Alouettes will now face the B.C. Lions for the CFL championship.
Anthony Calvillo completed 14-of-22 passes for 252 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Montreal (11-8), who own a 4-1 record against the Argonauts in the last five East finals.Bishop replaced an ineffective Damon Allen in the second half and almost rallied Toronto to victory. The former Heisman Trophy finalist from Kansas State University completed 17-of-24 passes for 159 yards with two touchdowns and a pick for the Argonauts (11-9).
In what was most likely his last CFL action, Ricky Williams ran nine times for 57 yards and a touchdown, while also catching three passes for 34 yards. Williams signed with Toronto after he violated the NFL's substance abuse policy for the fourth time, resulting in a one-year suspension from the league.
Trailing 30-10 in the fourth quarter, Bishop orchestrated two late scoring drives to pull Toronto within six. Bishop first hooked up with Michael Palmer for an 11-yard touchdown that made it a 30-17 games. A pass-interference call in the end zone later in the fourth gave the Argonauts a first down on the one-yard and Williams dove across the goal line to cut Toronto's deficit to six, 30-24. However, Damon Duval nailed a 44-yard field goal to ice the game and send Montreal to the Grey Cup.
The Alouettes drew first blood on Duval's 37-yard boot in the first quarter, but Toronto answered with Noel Prefonatine's 22-yard kick. Montreal then outscored Toronto 13-0 in the second quarter to take a 16-3 lead into the break. Duval connected on a 41-yard kick before Edwards' TD run from four yards out. Duval's 22-yard field goal with two seconds left in the first half gave the Alouettes a 13-point lead.
Toronto appeared to build some momentum to start the second half, as Bashir Levingston returned the kickoff 50 yards deep into Montreal territory. However, on the Argonauts' first play from scrimmage, Mark Estelle stepped in front of an Allen pass and ran it back 78-yards for at touchdown.
Bishop then took over for Allen on Toronto's next possession and found Arland Bruce for a 23-yard touchdown reception that made it 23-10. The Argonauts then got the ball back with a chance to build off the momentum from Bruce's TD, but an overturned call on a Williams' fumble changed the complexion of the game. Williams was originally ruled down on a run, but Montreal challenged the call and the ruling was reversed.
On the next play, Calvillo hooked up with Thyron Anderson for a 57-yard touchdown that made it a 30-10 game.
[edit] Scotiabank West Championship
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| British Columbia Lions | 3 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 45 |
VANCOUVER - Dave Dickenson completed 27-of-37 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns, as the B.C. Lions destroyed the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 45-18, to score a franchise playoff-record points total and reach the Grey Cup against Montreal. The Lions will play the Montreal Alouettes, who beat the Toronto Argonauts 33-24 in the East Final. BC, who finished first in the West Division for the third straight season, lost the 2004 Grey Cup to Toronto and were downed by Edmonton in last season's West Final.
Joe Smith rushed for 116 yards on 19 carries for the Lions, who finished first in the West Division with the league's best record at 13-5. Paris Jackson caught two touchdowns with 66 receiving yards and Jason Clermont had 98 receiving yards on nine catches.
Kerry Joseph completed 15-of-23 passes for 210 yards with one interception and one touchdown for the Roughriders (9-9), who qualified for the division final by upsetting Calgary, 30-21. Kenton Keith scored a pair of third-quarter touchdowns.
British Columbia got going on a 21-yard field goal by Paul McCallum with 11:40 remaining in the first. Saskatchewan answered on a 40-yarder by Luca Congi with 2:39 to go for a 3-3 first quarter score. BC blew the game open with a 26-point second quarter. Dickenson hooked up with Jackson on a 14-yard touchdown pass with 11:55 left in the second. Congi then conceded a safety with 10:20 to go for a 12-3 BC lead. About five minutes later, Dickenson found Smith for a five-yard touchdown pass. McCallum kicked a 20-yard field goal with 1:26 remaining, and the Lions mustered another score when Dickenson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Jackson with just 21 seconds on the clock.
Saskatchewan finally got a point as Congi converted a 22-yard single as time expired for a 29-4 advantage. McCallum kicked a 37-yard field goal with 9:38 to go in the third before the Roughriders got going. First, Joseph hooked up with Keith on a 38-yard touchdown pass with a little over two minutes to go. Then, after Geroy Simon fumbled, Keith kept the ball on the ground next for a four-yard rushing touchdown as time expired for a 32-18 Saskatchewan deficit.
The Lions put the game away in the fourth. McCallum kicked a pair of field goals of 18 yards and 41 yards, respectively. Smith then scored a six-yard rushing touchdown with 2:30 remaining for the final margin.
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