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Features
The Numbers Game
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4,012,000: average number of Canadian television viewers who
watched last year's Grey Cup on CBC, the third-most watched final
since the modern ratings system was adopted in 1989
139,456: number of fans that have attended this year's CFL
playoff games
68,318: record number of fans that attended the 1977 Grey Cup
in Montreal between the Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos. Montreal won
41-6
2,616.40: gross revenue in Canadian dollars of the first Grey
Cup in 1909 played at Toronto's Rosedale Field between the University
of Toronto and the Parkdale Canoe Club. U of T won 26-6
5,556: number of yards Montreal's Anthony Calvillo threw for
this season (tops in the league)
1,624: number of yards Winnipeg's Charles Roberts rushed for
this season (tops in the league)
1,411: number of yards Edmonton's Jason Tucker had in receptions
this season (tops in the league)
998: cost in dollars Alouettes fans will have to pay for airfare
from Montreal to Vancouver
434: cost in dollars Eskimos fans will have to pay for airfare
from Edmonton to Vancouver
225: cost in dollars of the most expensive ticket for this
year's Grey Cup
99: number of yards in Pat Woodcock's record TD reception in
the 2002 Grey Cup final
72: number of career Grey Cup points scored by Edmonton kicker
Dave Cutler
50: cost in Canadian cents to purchase a program at the 1960
Grey Cup in Vancouver between Edmonton and the Ottawa Roughriders
34: number of touchdowns Calvillo tossed this past season (tops
in the league)
31: number of years between Grey Cup victories for Toronto
from 1952 (when the Argos beat the Eskimos 21-11 at home) and 1983
(when the Argos trimmed the Lions 18-17 in Vancouver)
21: number of years it took quarterback Damon Allen to become
a finalist for the most outstanding player award (he became a finalist
this season for the first time in his career)
19: number of points the Eskimos trailed Ottawa in the 1981
Grey Cup (20-1) before making the greatest comeback in Grey Cup history
to win 26-23
15: number of Grey Cup victories by Toronto (CFL record)
14: number of times Vancouver has hosted the Grey Cup (2005,
1999, 1994, 1990, 1987, 1986, 1983, 1974, 1971, 1966, 1963, 1960,
1958, 1955)
11: number of times Edmonton and Montreal have met in the Grey
Cup (2005, 2003, 2002, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1975, 1974, 1956, 1955, 1954)
10: number of days people spent in jail after being arrested for
scalping tickets to the 1948 Grey Cup outside Toronto's Varsity Stadium.
Scalpers were reportedly charging $25 Cdn for $1 tickets.
7: number of total points scored in the 1933 and 1937 Grey
Cups
6: number of years since Vancouver last hosted the Grey Cup.
Hamilton beat Calgary 32-21 in the 1999 Grey Cup final at B.C. Place.
4: number of times the B.C. Lions have won the Grey Cup (1964,
1985, 1994 and 2000)
3: number of safety touches scored in the 1965 Grey Cup between
Hamilton and Winnipeg
2: number of days it took to complete the 1962 Grey Cup in
Toronto. The game was halted by fog on Dec. 1, forcing the final 9
minutes and 29 seconds to be played on Dec. 2. Winnipeg beat Hamilton
28-27.
1: number of times the Lions have won the Grey Cup at home
(1994)
0: number of Grey Cup games played between 1916-1918. No games
were held due to the First World War
-10: temperature in Celsius at the start of the 1996 Grey Cup
in Hamilton between the Eskimos and Argos
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