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1969 CFL season

Canadian Football League season

Field	Value
title	1969 CFL season
conf1	East
conf1_champ	Ottawa Rough Riders
conf2	West
conf2_champ	Saskatchewan Roughriders
finals	[57th Grey Cup](57th-grey-cup)
finals_champ	Ottawa Rough Riders
prevseason_year	[1968](1968-cfl-season)
nextseason_year	[1970](1970-cfl-season)
seasonslist	List of Canadian Football League seasons
seasonslistnames	CFL

The 1969 CFL season is considered to be the 16th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 12th Canadian Football League season.

CFL news in 1969

The 1969 Grey Cup game started play on a Sunday for the first time in CFL history; all Grey Cup games since (except for 1970) have been played on a Sunday. (The CFL did play a Grey Cup game on Sunday before, in 1962, when the original Saturday Grey Cup game was delayed due to heavy fog that caused the final 9 minutes and 28 seconds to be played the following day.)

The Grey Cup was held in Montreal, Quebec for the first time since 1931.

A new logo was introduced to the league on November 26, four days before that year's Grey Cup game: A white helmet with a one-bar face mask with a maple leaf in the centre and the word CFL in white in the maple leaf. It replaced the leaf/football/ribbon logo used since the league's formation in 1958, and would be used until 2002.

Records: The Rough Riders' Margene Adkins set the record for average gain per pass in a season with 25.0 yards. The record stood for 28 years, until Milt Stegall broke it.

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

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	13	3	0	392	261	26
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	0	327	314	18
BC Lions	16	5	11	0	235	335	10
Edmonton Eskimos	16	5	11	0	241	246	10
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	3	12	1	192	359	7

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	11	3	0	399	298	22
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	406	280	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	307	315	17
Montreal Alouettes	14	2	10	2	304	395	6

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1969

Conference Semi-Finals

BC Lions @ Calgary Stampeders	Date	Away	Home
November 8	BC Lions 21	Calgary Stampeders 35

Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts	Date	Away	Home
November 9	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 9	Toronto Argonauts 15

Conference Finals

Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders	Game	Date	Away
1	November 15	Calgary Stampeders 11	Saskatchewan Roughriders 17
2	November 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders 36	Calgary Stampeders 13
Saskatchewan won the best of three series 2–0

Ottawa Rough Riders vs Toronto Argonauts	Game	Date	Away
1	November 16	Ottawa Rough Riders 14	Toronto Argonauts 22
2	November 22	Toronto Argonauts 3	Ottawa Rough Riders 32
Ottawa won the 2 game total-point series by 46–25

Playoff bracket

Grey Cup Championship

November 30	Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 11	Ottawa Rough Riders 29
*1969 Grey Cup Champions: Ottawa Rough Riders*

CFL leaders

CFL passing leaders
CFL rushing leaders
CFL receiving leaders

1969 CFL All-Stars==

Offence

QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Dave Raimey, Toronto Argonauts
TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Margene Adkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
F – Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
OT – Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
DT – Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
LB – Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Phil Minnick, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – John Wydarney, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Don Sutherin, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Larry Fairholm, Montreal Alouettes

1969 Eastern All-Stars==

Offence

QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Dennis Duncan, Montreal Alouettes
RB – Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Dave Raimey, Toronto Argonauts
TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
SE – Margene Adkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
F – Bobby Taylor, Toronto Argonauts
C – Basil Bark, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Charlie Parker, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
OT – Danny Nykoluk, Toronto Argonauts
OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DT – Marshall Shirk, Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
LB – Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Henry Sorrell, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Ed Learn, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Dick Thornton, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Don Sutherin, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1969 Western All-Stars==

Offence

QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
RB – Jim Young, BC Lions
TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Terry Evanshen, Calgary Stampeders
F – Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
F – Hugh Campbell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
OT – Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OT – Lanny Boleski, Calgary Stampeders

Defence

DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
DT – Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DE – Bill Whisler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DE – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wayne Shaw, Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Wally Dempsey, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – John Wydarney, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Frank Andruski, Calgary Stampeders
DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Jerry Bradley, BC Lions
DB – Rich Robinson, BC Lions

1969 CFL awards==

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – John LaGrone (DT), Edmonton Eskimos
CFL's Coach of the Year – Frank Clair, Ottawa Rough Riders
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Al Phaneuf (DB), Montreal Alouettes
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Dave Easley (DB), BC Lions
DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Ed McQuarters (DT), Saskatchewan Roughriders

References

"1969".
"CFLapedia".

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