1991 CFL season

The 1991 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 38th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 34th Canadian Football League season.

1991 CFL season
Regular season
DurationJuly 11 – November 3, 1991
Playoffs
Start dateNovember 10, 1991
East ChampionsToronto Argonauts1991-11-17
West ChampionsCalgary Stampeders1991-11-17
79th Grey Cup
DateNovember 24, 1991
SiteWinnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
ChampionsToronto Argonauts
CFL seasons

CFL News in 1991

Harry Ornest sold the Toronto Argonauts to Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy on Monday, February 25. On Wednesday, July 24, the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Rough Riders resigned, causing the CFL to assume the ownership duties of the franchise, two days later. Three months later, the Rough Riders were sold by the CFL to Bernie and Lonie Glieberman on Saturday, October 19. Furthermore, the Calgary Stampeders was purchased by Larry Ryckman from Stampeder Football Club Limited on Friday, October 24.

All eight clubs combined for a record 64.2 points per game and attendance figures broke the 2 million mark for the 10th time in CFL history (2,001,858). The Grey Cup game was hosted by the city of Winnipeg for the first time on Sunday, November 24. In that game, the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders 36–21 in front of 51,985 football fans. The Grey Cup game was also the most-watched Canadian television show with an audience of 3,531,000 viewers.

J. Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner on Tuesday, December 31.

After the shutdown of the Canadian Football Network, this left the CFL with two television outlets: CBC Television, which had coverage for some regular season games and exclusive coverage of all CFL playoff games, including the Grey Cup game, and TSN on cable, airing some regular season games.

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

West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos18126067156924
Calgary Stampeders18117059655222
BC Lions18117066158722
Saskatchewan Roughriders18612060671012
East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto Argonauts18135064752626
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1899051649918
Ottawa Rough Riders18711052257714
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1831504005996
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Edmonton and Toronto have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs
Main article: 79th Grey Cup

The Toronto Argonauts are the 1991 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 36–21, at Winnipeg Stadium. This was the first championship for the Argonauts in eight years. The Argonaut's Raghib "Rocket" Ismail (WR) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Stampeder's Dave Sapunjis (SB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket
  November 10: Division Semifinals     November 17: Division Finals     November 24: 79th Grey Cup @ Winnipeg Stadium – Winnipeg, MB
                           
  East     E2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 3  
  E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 8     E1 Toronto Argonauts 42    
  E2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26         E1 Toronto Argonauts 36
      W2 Calgary Stampeders 21
  West     W2 Calgary Stampeders 38    
  W3 BC Lions 41     W1 Edmonton Eskimos 36  
  W2 Calgary Stampeders 43  

CFL Leaders
  • CFL Passing Leaders
  • CFL Rushing Leaders
  • CFL Receiving Leaders [1]

1991 CFL All-Stars

Special teams
  • P – Hank Ilesic, Toronto Argonauts
  • K – Lance Chomyc, Toronto Argonauts
  • ST – Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Edmonton Eskimos

1991 Eastern All-Stars

Special teams

1991 Western All-Stars

Special teams
  • P – Brent Matich, Calgary Stampeders
  • K – Dave Ridgway, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • ST – Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Edmonton Eskimos

1991 CFL Awards

References
  1. "CFLapedia".
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