1971 CFL season
East championsToronto Argonauts
West championsCalgary Stampeders
59th Grey Cup
ChampionsCalgary Stampeders
Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

The 1971 CFL season is considered to be the 18th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 14th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News for 1971

The Grey Cup Championship was played on artificial turf for the first time in Vancouver. The BC Lions also wore special "CCC"-logo helmets to commemorate the Canadian Confederation Centennial of British Columbia, the province having entered into Canadian Confederation a hundred years earlier, in 1871. The flower in the centre of the "CCC" logo is the pacific dogwood, the official provincial flower of British Columbia.

All CFL teams had their player's last names appearing on the jersey backs (at shoulder height, above the back number) beginning this season.

This would be the last year until 2006 that the Edmonton Eskimos would miss the playoffs; in the intervening years, they would reach the playoffs for 33 straight years.

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

Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders1696129021819
Saskatchewan Roughriders1696134731619
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1678136634915
BC Lions1669128236313
Edmonton Eskimos16610023730512
Eastern Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto Argonauts14104028924820
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1477024224614
Ottawa Rough Riders1468029127712
Montreal Alouettes1468022624812
  • Bold text indicates that the team clinched a playoff berth.
  • Calgary and Toronto had first round byes.

1971 Grey Cup Playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
DateAwayHome
November 6Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23Saskatchewan Roughriders 34
Eastern Semi-Finals
Ottawa Rough Riders @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DateAwayHome
November 7Ottawa Rough Riders 4Hamilton Tiger-Cats 23

Conference Finals

Western Finals
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders
Game DateAwayHome
1 November 13Saskatchewan Roughriders 21Calgary Stampeders 30
2 November 17 Calgary Stampeders 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21
Calgary won best-of-three series 2–0
Eastern Finals
Toronto Argonauts vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Game DateAwayHome
1 November 14Toronto Argonauts 23Hamilton Tiger-Cats 8
2 November 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17 Toronto Argonauts 17
Toronto won two-game total-point series 40–25

Playoff bracket

Division Semifinals Division Finals 59th Grey Cup
         
E1 Toronto Argonauts 40
(23+17)
East
E2 Hamilton Tiger Cats 25
(8+17)
E2 Hamilton Tiger Cats 23
E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 4
E1 Toronto Argonauts 11
W1 Calgary Stampeders 14
W1 Calgary Stampeders 2
(30,23)
West
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 0
(21,21)
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 34
W3 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23

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Grey Cup Championship

November 28

59th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia

Western ChampionEastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 14Toronto Argonauts 11
The Calgary Stampeders were 1971 Grey Cup Champions

1971 CFL All-Stars

Offence

Defence

1971 Eastern All-Stars

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Defence

1971 Western All-Stars

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Defence

1971 CFL Awards

References

  1. ↑ "1971".
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