The 1968 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 15th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 11th Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 1968
J.G. (Jake) Gaudaur was appointed CFL Commissioner and the league adopted a new constitution.
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
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1968
Conference Semi-Finals
Conference Finals
- Calgary wins the best of three series 2-0. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
- Ottawa won 2 game total-point series by 47-27. The Rough Riders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Grey Cup Championship
- Attendance at CNE Stadium was 32,655, a sell-out.
1968 CFL All-Stars
OFFENCE
- QB - Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
- RB - George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- RB - Bill Symons, Toronto Argonauts
- RB - Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
- TE - Tommy Joe Coffey, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- TE - Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
- F - Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- C - Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG - Charlie Parker, Montreal Alouettes
- OG - Bill Danychuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OT - Bill Frank, Toronto Argonauts
- OT - Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DEFENCE
- DT - Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DT - John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
- DE - Billy Ray Locklin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DE - Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
- LB - Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
- LB - Wally Dempsey, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB - Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DB - Frank Andruski, Calgary Stampeders
- DB - Bob Kosid, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB - Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DB - Ed Learn, Toronto Argonauts
- DB - Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
1968 Miss Grey Cup
- Miss Edmonton Eskimos Barbara Casault was named Miss Grey Cup 1968, with Miss Toronto Argonauts Jacquie Perrin the first runner-up, and Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats Kathy Cumming the second runner-up. A second-year education student at the University of Alberta, she received a new 1969 convertible, a trip for two to Mexico, a mink stole, a movie camera and a diamond watch set. Each contestant received $1,500 in prizes. Casault's prizes were worth $15,000, with those for the first-runner up worth $2,700 and the second runner-up worth $2,200.
- Miss Saskatchewan Roughriders Donna Hardy was chosen the inaugural Miss Personality Plus by the other contestants.
- Selection of Miss Grey Cup was done on the basis of personality and poise (30 points), carriage and figure (15 points), make-up and grooming (10 points), speech and projection (10 points), cheerleader costume (10 points) and overall impression (10 points).[4]
References
- ^ Toronto Star, Tuesday 5 November 1968, page 11.
- ^ Toronto Star, Tuesday 19 November 1968, page 12.
- ^ Montreal Gazette, Thursday 28 November 1968, page 34.
- ^ Toronto Star, Wednesday 27 November 1968, page 65.
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