1949 Calgary Stampeders season

1949 Calgary Stampeders season
Head coach Les Lear
Home field Mewata Stadium
Results
Record 13–1–0
Division place 1st
Playoff finish Lost Grey Cup

The 1949 Calgary Stampeders finished in 1st place in the W.I.F.U. with a 13–1–0 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup and attempted to repeat as champions but they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. On October 22, 1949, the Stampeders recorded their first loss in almost two years (last loss was October 27, 1947) against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. They established a CFL record for the most consecutive regular season wins with a 22-game winning streak from August 25, 1948, to October 22, 1949.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Interprovincial Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders1413102707726
Saskatchewan Roughriders1495023510218
Edmonton Eskimos144100932358
Winnipeg Blue Bombers142120742584

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Season schedule

# Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Sept 5 at Edmonton Eskimos 20–6 Win 1–0
2 Sept 10 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 22–19 Win 2–0
3 Sept 12 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32–7 Win 3–0
4 Sept 17 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20–1 Win 4–0
5 Sept 19 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 13–1 Win 5–0
6 Sept 24 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 41–5 Win 6–0
7 Oct 1 at Edmonton Eskimos 12–8 Win 7–0
8 Oct 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 10–3 Win 8–0
9 Oct 10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3–0 Win 9–0
10 Oct 15 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 31–6 Win 10–0
11 Oct 22 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 9–6 Loss 10–1
12 Oct 24 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–11 Win 11–1
13 Oct 29 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 27–0 Win 12–1
14 Oct 31 at Edmonton Eskimos 11–1 Win 13–1

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Playoffs

Finals

WIFU Finals – Game 1
Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
DateAwayHome
November 5Calgary Stampeders 18Saskatchewan Roughriders 12
WIFU Finals – Game 2
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders
DateAwayHome
November 11Saskatchewan Roughriders 9Calgary Stampeders 4
  • Calgary won the total-point series by 22–21. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup game.

Grey Cup

November 26

37th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario

WIFU ChampionIRFU Champion
Calgary Stampeders 15Montreal Alouettes 28
The Montreal Alouettes are the 1949 Grey Cup Champions

References

  1. ↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2009-06-17.


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