58th Grey Cup
1970 Canadian Football championship game
The 58th Grey Cup was played on November 28, 1970, before 32,669 fans at CNE Stadium in Toronto. The Montreal Alouettes defeated the Calgary Stampeders 23–10. The 1970 Grey Cup marks the only time in CFL history that two third-place teams have met in the championship game. The contest itself was marred by woeful field conditions, as throughout the game several sections of the natural-grass surface came away in chunks.
Box Score
First quarter
Calgary – TD – Hugh McKinnis 5-yard run (Larry Robinson convert)
Montreal – TD – Ted Alflen 10-yard pass from Moses Denson (convert no good)
Second quarter
Montreal – FG – George Springate 21-yard field goal
Third quarter
Calgary – FG – Larry Robinson 21-yard field goal
Montreal – TD – Tom Pullen 7-yard run (George Springate convert)
Fourth quarter
Montreal – TD – Garry Lefebvre 10-yard pass from Sonny Wade (George Springate convert)
Trivia
Both teams finished the regular season third in their respective conferences. Montreal was third place in the Eastern Conference at 7-6-1, and Calgary was third in the Western Conference with a 9-7-0 record.
The Alouettes were coached by former Als great Sam Etcheverry, and would be the Eastern Conference representative in the Grey Cup six times during the 1970s. Montreal met both Alberta teams during that span. This was their only meeting with Calgary; the other five times, they met the Edmonton Eskimos.
In the fourth quarter, Als quarterback Sonny Wade demonstrated the condition of the turf when he hurled a huge chunk of grass out of the way so the officials could make a measurement.
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