1968 CFL season

1968 CFL season
1968 CFL season
East champions	Ottawa Rough Riders
West champions	Calgary Stampeders
56th Grey Cup
Champions	Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL seasons
	1967 1969

800km
497miles

Alouettes

Rough Riders

Argonauts

Tiger-Cats

Blue Bombers

Roughriders

Eskimos

Stampeders

Lions

Canadian Football League team locations:

West,

East

The 1968 CFL 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. Gaudaur would serve in that position until 1984; he is the league's longest-tenured commissioner.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Ted Watkins was shot and killed while allegedly robbing a liquor store in California, shortly before the start of the CFL season.

Regular season standings

West Division
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Saskatchewan Roughriders (C, Q)	16	12	3	1	345	223	+122	25
2	Calgary Stampeders (Q)	16	10	6	0	412	249	+163	20
3	Edmonton Eskimos (Q)	16	8	7	1	228	288	−60	17
4	BC Lions	16	4	11	1	217	318	−101	9
5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	3	13	0	210	374	−164	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

East Division
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Ottawa Rough Riders (C, Q)	14	9	3	2	416	271	+145	20
2	Toronto Argonauts (Q)	14	9	5	0	284	266	+18	18
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q)	14	6	7	1	262	292	−30	13
4	Montreal Alouettes	14	3	9	2	234	327	−93	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1968

Conference Semi-Finals

**Eastern Semi-Finals**
Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts
Date	Away	Home
November 9	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21	Toronto Argonauts 33

**Western Semi-Finals**
Edmonton Eskimos @ Calgary Stampeders
Date	Away	Home
November 10	Edmonton Eskimos 13	Calgary Stampeders 29

Conference Finals

**Western Finals**
Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 16	Calgary Stampeders 32	Saskatchewan Roughriders 0
2 (OT)	November 20	Saskatchewan Roughriders 12	Calgary Stampeders 25
Calgary wins the best of three series 2–0

**Eastern Finals**
Ottawa Rough Riders vs Toronto Argonauts
Game	Date	Away	Home
1	November 17	Ottawa Rough Riders 11	Toronto Argonauts 13
2	November 24	Toronto Argonauts 14	Ottawa Rough Riders 36
Ottawa won 2 game total-point series 47–27

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

56th Grey Cup

E1

Ottawa Rough Riders

47
(11+36)

East

E2

Toronto Argonauts

27
(13+14)

E2

Toronto Argonauts

33

E3

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

21

E1

Ottawa Rough Riders

24

W2

Calgary Stampeders

21

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

0
(0,12)

West

W2

Calgary Stampeders

2
(32,25)

W2

Calgary Stampeders

29

W3

Edmonton Eskimos

13

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Grey Cup Championship

November 30 56th Annual Grey Cup Game: CNE Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 21	Ottawa Rough Riders 24
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1968 Grey Cup Champions
Vic Washington (RB), Ottawa Rough Riders – Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.

CFL leaders

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 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Bo Scott, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Bill Symons, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
TE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
F – Whit Tucker, Ottawa Rough Riders
C – Basil Bark, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Charlie Parker, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Bill Danychuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OT – Bill Frank, Toronto Argonauts
OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – Mike Wadsworth, Toronto Argonauts
DT – Marshall Shirk, Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – Billy Ray Locklin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
LB – Jerry Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Allen Ray Aldridge Sr., Toronto Argonauts
LB – Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Larry Fairholm, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Don Sutherin, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Ed Learn, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts

1968 Western All-Stars

Offence

QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Dave Raimey, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
SE – Terry Evanshen, Calgary Stampeders
TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
F – Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Bob Lueck, Calgary Stampeders
OG – John Atamian, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OT – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
OT – Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders

Defence

DT – Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Bill Whisler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DE – Dick Suderman, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wally Dempsey, Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Phil Minnick, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Greg Findlay, BC Lions
DB – Frank Andruski, Calgary Stampeders
DB – Bob Kosid, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Jerry Keeling, Calgary Stampeders
DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Ernie Pitts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1968 CFL awards

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Bill Symons (RB), Toronto Argonauts
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Ken Nielsen (F), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Ken Lehmann (LB), Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL's Coach of the Year – Eagle Keys, Saskatchewan Roughriders
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Larry Fairholm (DB), Montreal Alouettes
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Dave Knechtel (DL), Toronto Argonauts
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Dave Cranmer (RB), Calgary Stampeders
DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Ed McQuarters (DT), Saskatchewan Roughriders

References

↑ "1968".
↑ "CFLapedia".

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[2] "CFLapedia".

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v t e 1968 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1968 CFL draft 56th Grey Cup