1971 CFL season

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The 1971 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 18th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 14th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1971 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Conference Semi-Finals 3.2 Conference Finals 3.3 Grey Cup Championship 4 1971 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 5 1971 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1971

The Grey Cup game was played on artificial turf for the first time in Vancouver. The B.C. Lions also wore special "CCC" helmets to commemorate the Canadian Confederation Centennial of British Columbia-when the province entered into Canadian Confederation, 100 years ago, in 1871. The flower on the centre of the "CCC" is the pacific dogwood, the official provincial flower of British Columbia.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] 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 T PF PA Pts Calgary Stampeders 16 9 6 1 290 218 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 9 6 1 347 316 19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 7 8 1 366 349 15 British Columbia Lions 16 6 9 1 282 363 13 Edmonton Eskimos 16 6 10 0 237 305 12

Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Toronto Argonauts 14 10 4 0 289 248 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 7 7 0 242 246 14 Ottawa Rough Riders 14 6 8 0 291 277 12 Montreal Alouettes 14 6 8 0 226 248 12

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

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1971

[edit] Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 34

Eastern Semi-Finals Ottawa Rough Riders @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 7 Ottawa Rough Riders 4 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23

[edit] Conference Finals

Western Finals - Game 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 13 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21 Calgary Stampeders 30

Western Finals - Game 2 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 17 Calgary Stampeders 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21

• Calgary wins the best of three series 2-0. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Eastern Finals - Game 1 Toronto Argonauts @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats Date Away Home November 14 Toronto Argonauts 23 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 8

Eastern Finals - Game 2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts Date Away Home November 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17 Toronto Argonauts 17

• Toronto won 2 game total-point series by 40-25. The Argonauts will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

[edit] Grey Cup Championship

November 28 59th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium - Vancouver, British Columbia
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 14	Toronto Argonauts 11
The Calgary Stampeders are the 1971 Grey Cup Champions
Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player. Dick Suderman (DE), Calgary Stampeders - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] 1971 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1971 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Don Jonas (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Terry Evanshen (WR), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Leo Cahill, Toronto Argonauts

Preceded by 1970 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by 1972 CFL season