1996 CFL season

The 1996 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 43rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 39th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1996 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 1996 CFL All-Stars 4.1 Offence 4.2 Defence 4.3 Special teams 5 1996 Western All-Stars 5.1 Offence 5.2 Defence 5.3 Special teams 6 1996 Eastern All-Stars 6.1 Offence 6.2 Defence 6.3 Special teams 7 1996 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars 7.1 Offence 7.2 Defence 7.3 Special Teams 7.4 Head Coach 8 1996 CFL Awards 9 References

CFL News in 1996

At the CFL's Board of Governors Meetings, it was decided that the league would revert to its original All-Canadian team format in February, 1996.

The San Antonio Texans, Shreveport Pirates, Memphis Mad Dogs, and Birmingham Barracudas ceased operations and folded. In March, a dispersal draft was held for all players of U.S.-based teams, with the exception of one. The 1995 Grey Cup champion Baltimore Stallions were relocated to Montreal to become the new Montreal Alouettes. Up until this time, the city of Montreal had been without Canadian football for nine seasons.

With the removal of the American teams, the CFL realigned the divisions back to the original "East-West" format. With the return of the Alouettes, the team was placed in the East Division and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were placed back into the West Division, after 10 seasons.

The BC Lions and the Calgary Stampeders underwent ownership changes.

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

West Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Calgary Stampeders 18 13 5 0 608 375 26 Edmonton Eskimos 18 11 7 0 459 354 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 9 9 0 421 495 18 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 13 0 360 498 10 BC Lions 18 5 13 0 410 483 10

East Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Toronto Argonauts 18 15 3 0 556 359 30 Montreal Alouettes 18 12 6 0 536 467 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 8 10 0 426 576 16 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 3 15 0 352 524 6

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
• Calgary and Toronto both have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

The Toronto Argonauts are the 1996 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 43-37, at Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium. The Argonauts' Doug Flutie (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Mike Vanderjagt (K) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

November 9 & 10: Division Semifinals

November 16 & 17: Division Finals

November 24: 84th Grey Cup @ Ivor Wynne Stadium - Hamilton, ON

East

E2

Montreal Alouettes

7

E3

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

11

E1

Toronto Argonauts

43

E2

Montreal Alouettes

22

E1

Toronto Argonauts

43

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

37

West

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

15

W3

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

7

W1

Calgary Stampeders

12

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

68

1996 CFL All-Stars

1996 Western All-Stars

1996 Eastern All-Stars

1996 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars

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1996 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Doug Flutie (QB), Toronto Argonauts
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Leroy Blugh (DE), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Willie Pless (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Mike Kiselak (C), Toronto Argonauts
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Kelvin Anderson (RB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Mike "Pinball" Clemons (RB), Toronto Argonauts
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Ron Lancaster, Edmonton Eskimos

References

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