The Grey Cup is the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team. The trophy is named after Albert Grey , the Governor General of Canada from 1904 until 1911. He donated the trophy to the Canadian Rugby Union in 1909 to recognize the top amateur rugby football team in Canada. By this time Canadian football had become markedly different from the rugby football from which it developed. Although it was originally intended to be awarded only to amateur teams (like the Stanley Cup ), over time, the Grey Cup became the property of the Canadian Football League as it evolved into a professional football league. Amateur teams ceased competing for the Cup by 1954; since 1965, the top amateur teams, playing in U Sports , have competed for the Vanier Cup .[1]
The Grey Cup The Grey Cup game is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 4 million.[2] [3] Most Valuable Player and the Dick Suderman Trophy as most valuable Canadian player.[4] Winnipeg Blue Bombers , Andrew Harris was the first player to win both the Dick Suderman Trophy and the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player the same year, which he did in 2019.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have made the most appearances (26), while the Toronto Argonauts have won the most championships (18) and have the best record in the Grey Cup composite standings (18-6). Despite the CFL's brief U.S. expansion era in the mid-1990s , the Grey Cup has never been played outside of Canada. The Baltimore Stallions were the only American team to appear in the Grey Cup (twice, losing in 1994 and winning the following year).
Although the first Grey Cup game was in 1909, none were played from 1916 to 1919 or in 2020, thus the most recent final was the 110th Grey Cup game which was played on November 19, 2023, at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario . Appearing in their fourth-straight championship game, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were defeated for the second year in a row, this time by the Montreal Alouettes .
Results Numbers in parentheses indicate the cumulative number of times that a team has won the Grey Cup or that a city/venue has hosted the game. Game Date Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Attendance 1st December 4, 1909 University of Toronto Varsity Blues 26–6 Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club Rosedale Field Toronto 3,807 2nd November 26, 1910 University of Toronto Varsity Blues (2)16–7 Hamilton Tigers AAA Grounds Hamilton 12,000 3rd November 25, 1911 University of Toronto Varsity Blues (3)14–7 Toronto Argonauts Varsity Stadium Toronto (2) 13,687 4th November 30, 1912 Hamilton Alerts 11–4 Toronto Argonauts AAA Grounds (2)Hamilton (2) 5,337 5th November 29, 1913 Hamilton Tigers 44–2 Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club AAA Grounds (3)Hamilton (3) 2,100 6th December 5, 1914 Toronto Argonauts 14–2 University of Toronto Varsity Blues Varsity Stadium (2)Toronto (3) 10,500 7th November 20, 1915 Hamilton Tigers (2)13–7 Toronto Rowing Association Varsity Stadium (3)Toronto (4) 2,808 — 1916 Not held due to World War I — — — — 1917 — — — — 1918 — — — — 1919 Cancelled due to a rules dispute with the Canadian Rugby Union — — — 8th December 4, 1920 University of Toronto Varsity Blues (4)16–3 Toronto Argonauts Varsity Stadium (4)Toronto (5) 10,088 9th December 3, 1921 Toronto Argonauts (2)23–0 Edmonton Eskimos Varsity Stadium (5)Toronto (6) 9,558 10th December 2, 1922 Queen's University 13–1 Edmonton Elks Richardson Stadium Kingston 4,700 11th December 1, 1923 Queen's University (2)54–0 Regina Rugby Club Varsity Stadium (6)Toronto (7) 8,629 12th November 29, 1924 Queen's University (3)11–2 Toronto Balmy Beach Varsity Stadium (7)Toronto (8) 5,978 13th December 5, 1925 Ottawa Senators 24–1 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers Lansdowne Park Ottawa 6,900 14th December 4, 1926 Ottawa Senators (2)10–7 Toronto Varsity Blues Varsity Stadium (8)Toronto (9) 8,276 15th November 26, 1927 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 9–6 Hamilton Tigers Varsity Stadium (9)Toronto (10) 13,676 16th December 1, 1928 Hamilton Tigers (3)30–0 Regina Roughriders AAA Grounds (4)Hamilton (4) 4,767 17th November 30, 1929 Hamilton Tigers (4)14–3 Regina Roughriders AAA Grounds (5)Hamilton (5) 1,906 18th December 6, 1930 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers (2)11–6 Regina Roughriders Varsity Stadium (10)Toronto (11) 3,914 19th December 5, 1931 Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 22–0 Regina Roughriders Molson Stadium Montreal 5,112 20th December 3, 1932 Hamilton Tigers (5)25–6 Regina Roughriders AAA Grounds (6)Hamilton (6) 4,806 21st December 9, 1933 Toronto Argonauts (3)4–3 Sarnia Imperials Athletic Park Sarnia 2,751 22nd November 24, 1934 Sarnia Imperials 20–12 Regina Roughriders Varsity Stadium (11)Toronto (12) 8,900 23rd December 7, 1935 Winnipeg 'Pegs 18–12 Hamilton Tigers AAA Grounds (7)Hamilton (7) 6,405 24th December 5, 1936 Sarnia Imperials (2)26–20 Ottawa Rough Riders Varsity Stadium (12)Toronto (13) 5,883 25th December 11, 1937 Toronto Argonauts (4)4–3 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (13)Toronto (14) 11,522 26th December 10, 1938 Toronto Argonauts (5)30–7 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (14)Toronto (15) 18,778 27th December 9, 1939 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)8–7 Ottawa Rough Riders Lansdowne Park (2)Ottawa (2) 11,737 28th [A] November 30, 1940 Ottawa Rough Riders (3)8–2 Toronto Balmy Beach Varsity Stadium (15)Toronto (16) 4,998 December 7, 1940 Ottawa Rough Riders 12–5 Toronto Balmy Beach Lansdowne Park (3)Ottawa (3) 1,700 29th November 29, 1941 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)18–16 Ottawa Rough Riders Varsity Stadium (16)Toronto (17) 19,065 30th December 5, 1942 Toronto RCAF Hurricanes 8–5 Winnipeg RCAF Bombers Varsity Stadium (17)Toronto (18) 12,455 31st November 27, 1943 Hamilton Flying Wildcats 23–14 Winnipeg RCAF Bombers Varsity Stadium (18)Toronto (19) 16,423 32nd November 25, 1944 St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy 7–6 Hamilton Flying Wildcats Civic Stadium Hamilton (8) 3,871 33rd December 1, 1945 Toronto Argonauts (6)35–0 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (19)Toronto (20) 18,660 34th November 30, 1946 Toronto Argonauts (7)28–6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (20)Toronto (21) 18,960 35th November 29, 1947 Toronto Argonauts (8)10–9 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (21)Toronto (22) 18,885 36th November 27, 1948 Calgary Stampeders 12–7 Ottawa Rough Riders Varsity Stadium (22)Toronto (23) 20,013 37th November 26, 1949 Montreal Alouettes 28–15 Calgary Stampeders Varsity Stadium (23)Toronto (24) 20,087 38th November 25, 1950 Toronto Argonauts (9)13–0 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (24)Toronto (25) 27,101 39th November 24, 1951 Ottawa Rough Riders (4)21–14 Saskatchewan Roughriders Varsity Stadium (25)Toronto (26) 27,341 40th November 29, 1952 Toronto Argonauts (10)21–11 Edmonton Eskimos Varsity Stadium (26)Toronto (27) 27,391 41st November 28, 1953 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 12–6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (27)Toronto (28) 27,313 42nd November 27, 1954 Edmonton Eskimos 26–25 Montreal Alouettes Varsity Stadium (28)Toronto (29) 27,328 43rd November 26, 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (2)34–19 Montreal Alouettes Empire Stadium Vancouver 39,417 44th November 24, 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (3)50–27 Montreal Alouettes Varsity Stadium (29)Toronto (30) 27,425 45th November 30, 1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)32–7 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Varsity Stadium (30)Toronto (31) 27,051 46th November 29, 1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)35–28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Empire Stadium (2)Vancouver (2) 36,567 47th November 28, 1959 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5)21–7 Hamilton Tiger-Cats CNE Stadium Toronto (32) 33,133 48th November 26, 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders (5)16–6 Edmonton Eskimos Empire Stadium (3)Vancouver (3) 38,102 49th December 2, 1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6)21–14 [B] Hamilton Tiger-Cats CNE Stadium (2)Toronto (33) 32,651 50th December 1–2,[C] Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7)28–27 Hamilton Tiger-Cats CNE Stadium (3)Toronto (34) 32,655 51st November 30, 1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)21–10 BC Lions Empire Stadium (4)Vancouver (4) 36,545 52nd November 28, 1964 BC Lions 34–24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats CNE Stadium (4)Toronto (35) 32,655 53rd November 27, 1965 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)22–16 Winnipeg Blue Bombers CNE Stadium (5)Toronto (36) 32,655 54th November 26, 1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–14 Ottawa Rough Riders Empire Stadium (5)Vancouver (5) 36,553 55th December 2, 1967 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5)24–1 Saskatchewan Roughriders Lansdowne Park (4)Ottawa (4) 31,358 56th November 30, 1968 Ottawa Rough Riders (6)24–21 Calgary Stampeders CNE Stadium (6)Toronto (37) 33,185 57th November 30, 1969 Ottawa Rough Riders (7)29–11 Saskatchewan Roughriders Autostade Montreal (2) 33,172 58th November 28, 1970 Montreal Alouettes (2)23–10 Calgary Stampeders CNE Stadium (7)Toronto (38) 32,669 59th November 28, 1971 Calgary Stampeders (2)14–11 Toronto Argonauts Empire Stadium (6)Vancouver (6) 34,484 60th December 3, 1972 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6)13–10 Saskatchewan Roughriders Ivor Wynne Stadium (2)Hamilton (9) 35,950 61st November 25, 1973 Ottawa Rough Riders (8)22–18 Edmonton Eskimos CNE Stadium (8)Toronto (39) 36,653 62nd November 24, 1974 Montreal Alouettes (3)20–7 Edmonton Eskimos Empire Stadium (7)Vancouver (7) 34,450 63rd November 23, 1975 Edmonton Eskimos (4)9–8 Montreal Alouettes McMahon Stadium Calgary 32,454 64th November 28, 1976 Ottawa Rough Riders (9)23–20 Saskatchewan Roughriders CNE Stadium (9)Toronto (40) 53,467 65th November 27, 1977 Montreal Alouettes (4)41–6 Edmonton Eskimos Olympic Stadium Montreal (3) 68,205 66th November 26, 1978 Edmonton Eskimos (5)20–13 Montreal Alouettes CNE Stadium (10)Toronto (41) 54,695 67th November 25, 1979 Edmonton Eskimos (6)17–9 Montreal Alouettes Olympic Stadium (2)Montreal (4) 65,113 68th November 23, 1980 Edmonton Eskimos (7)48–10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats CNE Stadium (11)Toronto (42) 54,661 69th November 22, 1981 Edmonton Eskimos (8)26–23 Ottawa Rough Riders Olympic Stadium (3)Montreal (5) 52,478 70th November 28, 1982 Edmonton Eskimos (9)32–16 Toronto Argonauts CNE Stadium (12)Toronto (43) 54,741 71st November 27, 1983 Toronto Argonauts (11)18–17 BC Lions BC Place Vancouver (8) 59,345 72nd November 18, 1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (8)47–17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton 60,081 73rd November 24, 1985 BC Lions (2)37–24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Olympic Stadium (4)Montreal (6) 56,723 74th November 30, 1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7)39–15 Edmonton Eskimos BC Place (2)Vancouver (9) 59,579 75th November 29, 1987 Edmonton Eskimos (10)38–36 Toronto Argonauts BC Place (3)Vancouver (10) 59,478 76th November 27, 1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9)22–21 BC Lions Lansdowne Park (5)Ottawa (5) 50,604 77th November 26, 1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)43–40 Hamilton Tiger-Cats SkyDome Toronto (44) 54,088 78th November 25, 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10)50–11 Edmonton Eskimos BC Place (4)Vancouver (11) 46,968 79th November 24, 1991 Toronto Argonauts (12)36–21 Calgary Stampeders Winnipeg Stadium Winnipeg 51,985 80th November 29, 1992 Calgary Stampeders (3)24–10 Winnipeg Blue Bombers SkyDome (2)Toronto (45) 45,863 81st November 28, 1993 Edmonton Eskimos (11)33–23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers McMahon Stadium (2)Calgary (2) 50,035 82nd November 27, 1994 BC Lions (3)26–23 Baltimore Football Club BC Place (5)Vancouver (12) 55,097 83rd November 19, 1995 Baltimore Stallions 37–20 Calgary Stampeders Taylor Field Regina 52,564 84th November 24, 1996 Toronto Argonauts (13)43–37 Edmonton Eskimos Ivor Wynne Stadium (3)Hamilton (10) 38,595 85th November 16, 1997 Toronto Argonauts (14)47–23 Saskatchewan Roughriders Commonwealth Stadium (2)Edmonton (2)[D] [5] 60,431 86th November 22, 1998 Calgary Stampeders (4)26–24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Winnipeg Stadium (2)Winnipeg (2) 34,157 87th November 28, 1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (8)32–21 Calgary Stampeders BC Place (6)Vancouver (13) 45,118 88th November 26, 2000 BC Lions (4)28–26 Montreal Alouettes McMahon Stadium (3)Calgary (3) 43,822 89th November 25, 2001 Calgary Stampeders (5)27–19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Olympic Stadium (5)Montreal (7) 65,255 90th November 24, 2002 Montreal Alouettes (5)25–16 Edmonton Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium (3)Edmonton (3) 62,531 91st November 16, 2003 Edmonton Eskimos (12)34–22 Montreal Alouettes Taylor Field (2)Regina (2) 50,909 92nd November 21, 2004 Toronto Argonauts (15)27–19 BC Lions Frank Clair Stadium (6)Ottawa (6) 51,242 93rd November 27, 2005 Edmonton Eskimos (13)38–35 [E] Montreal Alouettes BC Place (7)Vancouver (14) 59,157 94th November 19, 2006 BC Lions (5)25–14 Montreal Alouettes Canad Inns Stadium (3)Winnipeg (3) 44,786 95th November 25, 2007 Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)23–19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rogers Centre (3)Toronto (46) 52,230 96th November 23, 2008 Calgary Stampeders (6)22–14 Montreal Alouettes Olympic Stadium (6)Montreal (8) 66,308 97th November 29, 2009 Montreal Alouettes (6)28–27 Saskatchewan Roughriders McMahon Stadium (4)Calgary (4) 46,020 98th November 28, 2010 Montreal Alouettes (7)21–18 Saskatchewan Roughriders Commonwealth Stadium (4)Edmonton (4) 63,317 99th November 27, 2011 BC Lions (6)34–23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers BC Place (8)Vancouver (15)[6] 54,313 100th November 25, 2012 Toronto Argonauts (16)35–22 Calgary Stampeders Rogers Centre (4)Toronto (47)[7] 53,208 101st November 24, 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)45–23 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Taylor Field (3)Regina (3)[8] 44,710 102nd November 30, 2014 Calgary Stampeders (7)20–16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats BC Place (9)Vancouver (16)[F] [9] 52,056 103rd November 29, 2015 Edmonton Eskimos (14)26–20 Ottawa Redblacks Investors Group Field Winnipeg (4)[10] 36,634 104th November 27, 2016 Ottawa Redblacks (1)39–33 [B] Calgary Stampeders BMO Field Toronto (48)[11] 33,421 105th November 26, 2017 Toronto Argonauts (17)27–24 Calgary Stampeders TD Place Stadium (7)Ottawa (7)[12] 36,154 106th November 25, 2018 Calgary Stampeders (8)27–16 Ottawa Redblacks Commonwealth Stadium (5)Edmonton (5)[13] 55,819 107th November 24, 2019 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (11)33–12 Hamilton Tiger-Cats McMahon Stadium (5)Calgary (5)[14] 35,439 — 2020 Cancelled along with the whole 2020 CFL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic — — — 108th December 12, 2021 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (12)33–25 [B] Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tim Hortons Field Hamilton (11)[15] [16] 26,324 109th November 20, 2022 Toronto Argonauts (18)24–23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Mosaic Stadium Regina (4)[17] 33,330 110th November 19, 2023 Montreal Alouettes (8)28–24 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tim Hortons Field (2)Hamilton (12)[18] 28,808 111th November 17, 2024 BC Place (10)Vancouver (17) 112th November 2025 Princess Auto Stadium (2)Winnipeg (5)[19]
Win/Loss records Although the official website of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats considers them as the same team,[20] Hamilton Alerts , Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Flying Wildcats are all listed separately because, when the latter three were active, the teams competed as separate franchises. The Tigers and Flying Wildcats merged in 1950 to create the Tiger-Cats.[21]
As defined in the 2016 CFL's Facts, Figures, and Records and the 2023 CFL Guide & Record Book, for historical record purposes and by the current Ottawa Redblacks ' request, the Ottawa Football Clubs are considered to be a single entity since 1876 with two periods of inactivity (1997–2001 and 2006–2013).[22] [23] Ottawa Rough Riders (1899–1919, 1931–1996), Ottawa Senators (1920–1930), Ottawa Renegades (2002–2005), and Ottawa Redblacks (2014–present) are included as one.[23]
Toronto is the city with the most wins, 25, followed by Hamilton (15), Edmonton (14), Winnipeg (12), Ottawa (10), Montreal (10), Calgary (8), Vancouver (6), Regina (4), Kingston (3), Sarnia (2) and Baltimore (1).
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