Toronto, Calgary to battle it out for the 105th Grey Cup title

Sunday, November 19, 2017 ā€” TORONTOĀ ā€“ For the fourth time in league history, the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders will meet in the CFLā€™s championship game. The clubsā€™ previous Grey Cup appearances against each other were in 1971, 1991 and 2012.

105TH GREY CUP PRESENTED BY SHAW

Sunday, November 26th at 6:30 p.m. ET
Calgary Stampeders vs. Toronto Argonauts
Televised on TSN, RDS, ESPN2

  • The Toronto Argonauts will be making their 23rd Grey Cup appearance, going 16-6 in those games. The last time they made it to the game was the 100th Grey Cup in 2012 when they beat the Calgary Stampeders 35-22.
  • The Calgary Stampeders are making their 16th Grey Cup appearance, going 7-8 in those games. This will be their second consecutive Grey Cup appearance. The last time they won the Grey Cup was in the 101st Grey Cup when they defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20-16.
  • Toronto and Calgary have met three times in the Grey Cup: 2012 (Toronto won 35-22), 1991 (Toronto won 36-21) and 1971 (Calgary won 14-11).
  • Calgary swept the season series versus Toronto winning in Week 7 (41-24) and in Week 10 (23-7).
  • This will be Dave Dickensonā€™s second Grey Cup game (0-1) as a head coach. This will be Bo Levi Mitchellā€™s third appearance as a starter (1-1).
  • This will be Marc Trestmanā€™s fourth Grey Cup game (2-1) as a head coach. This will be Ricky Rayā€™s fifth Grey Cup game as a starter (3-1).
  • This will be the sixth Grey Cup Ottawa has hosted: 2004, 1988, 1967, 1940, 1939 and 1925.

CFL 2017 Gm #94 EDM at CGY Final StatsĀ 

CFL 2017 Gm #93 SSK at TOR Final Stats

 

Source: CFL.ca

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