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1970 CFL season

Canadian Football League season

Field	Value
title	1970 CFL season
conf1	East
conf1_champ	Montreal Alouettes
conf2	West
conf2_champ	Calgary Stampeders
finals	[58th Grey Cup](58th-grey-cup)
finals_champ	Montreal Alouettes
prevseason_year	[1969](1969-cfl-season)
nextseason_year	[1971](1971-cfl-season)
seasonslist	List of Canadian Football League seasons
seasonslistnames	CFL

The 1970 CFL season is considered to be the 17th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 13th Canadian Football League season.

CFL news in 1970

3M Tartan Turf was installed at Vancouver's Empire Stadium, making it the first CFL venue to have artificial turf. The first sod was preserved and sent to Hamilton to be used as part of the future Canadian Football Hall of Fame building. The first CFL All-Star Game was held since 1958. The Montreal Alouettes are sold to former Ottawa Rough Rider owner Sam Berger, who changes their colours to green, white and red, and it is the beginning of a great dynasty in Montreal.

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	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	14	2	369	206	28
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	7	282	287	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	293	209	18
BC Lions	16	6	10	295	384	12
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	2	14	184	332	4

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	292	279	17
Toronto Argonauts	14	8	6	0	329	290	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	246	279	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	4	10	0	255	279	8

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

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1970

Conference Semi-Finals

Calgary Stampeders @ Edmonton Eskimos	Date	Away	Home
November 8	Calgary Stampeders 16	Edmonton Eskimos 9

Montreal Alouettes @ Toronto Argonauts	Date	Away	Home
November 8	Montreal Alouettes 16	Toronto Argonauts 7

Conference Finals

Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders	Game	Date	Away
1	November 14	Calgary Stampeders 28	Saskatchewan Roughriders 11
2	November 18	Saskatchewan Roughriders 11	Calgary Stampeders 3
3	November 22	Calgary Stampeders 15	Saskatchewan Roughriders 14
Calgary wins the best of three series 2–1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Montreal Alouettes	Game	Date	Away
1	November 15	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 22	Montreal Alouettes 32
2	November 21	Montreal Alouettes 11	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 4
Montreal won the 2 game total-point series 43–26

Playoff bracket

Grey Cup Championship

November 28	Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 10	Montreal Alouettes 23
*The Montreal Alouettes are the 1970 Grey Cup Champions*

1970 CFL All-Stars

Offence

QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Bill Symons, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Hugh McKinnis, Calgary Stampeders
RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
F – Jim Thorpe, Toronto Argonauts
C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
OG – Bill Danychuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OG – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
OT – Bill Frank, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – Angelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DT – Greg Pipes, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Steve Smear, Montreal Alouettes
DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Jerry Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Greg Findlay, BC Lions
DB – John Wydareny, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Al Phaneuf, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Al Marcelin, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts

1970 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

QB – Gary Wood, Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Bill Symons, Toronto Argonauts
RB – Moses Denson, Montreal Alouettes
RB – Dave Fleming, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
SE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
F – Jim Thorpe, Toronto Argonauts
C – Gene Ceppetelli, Montreal Alouettes
OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
OG – Bill Danychuk, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OT – Ed George, Montreal Alouettes
OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Defence

DT – Angelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DT – Marshall Shirk, Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – Steve Smear, Montreal Alouettes
DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
LB – Charlie Collins, Montreal Alouettes
LB – Jerry Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Mike Widger, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Jim Tomlin, Toronto Argonauts
DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Al Phaneuf, Montreal Alouettes
DB – Al Marcelin, Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts

1970 Western All-Stars

Offence

QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Silas McKinnie, Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Hugh McKinnis, Calgary Stampeders
RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
SE – Rick Shaw, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
F – Mike Eben, Edmonton Eskimos
C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
OT – Bill Frank, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OT – Lanny Boleski, Calgary Stampeders

Defence

DT – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
DT – Greg Pipes, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Ron Forwick, Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Ken Frith, Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
LB – Dave Gasser, Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Greg Findlay, BC Lions
DB – John Wydareny, Edmonton Eskimos
DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Paul Brule, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – Ted Dushinski, Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Joe Hernandez, Edmonton Eskimos

1970 CFL awards

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Jim Young (WR), BC Lions
CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders
CFL's Coach of the Year – Ray Jauch, Edmonton Eskimos
Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Bill Symons (RB), Toronto Argonauts
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Jim Corrigall (DL), Toronto Argonauts
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - John Senst (WR), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Greg Pipes (DT), Edmonton Eskimos

1970 Miss Grey Cup

Miss Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Shirley Richlew

Miss Montreal Alouettes Nancy Durrell was named Miss Grey Cup 1970, with Miss Edmonton Eskimos Anita Urschel the first runner-up, and Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats Linda Endicott the second runner-up. A fourth-year student at McGill University, she received a new 1971 Buick Opel, a mink stole, a diamond watch, a rhinestone tiara, a peignoir set, a stadium coat, a pant suit, boots, a shoulder bag, a Miss Grey Cup brooch, a two-year "keep fit" membership at a health club, and a professional beauty kit.

References

"1970".
Toronto Star, Saturday 28 November 1970, page 11.

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