The 37th Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

was played on November 26, 1949 before 20,087 fans at Varsity Stadium

Varsity Stadium

Varsity Stadium is a collegiate football stadium that is home to the Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While the present structure was built in 2007, it is in fact the third major incarnation of the stadium that has occupied the same site...

 at Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...

 defeated Calgary Stampeders

Calgary Stampeders

The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...

 28-15. Though teams from Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 had won two Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

s, this was the first appearance and victory for the Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...

 franchise.

Box Score (partial)

First Quarter

Montreal - TD - Virgil Wagner

Virgil Wagner

Virgil Wagner is a former Canadian football left halfback for the Montreal Alouettes. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1980....

 00 yard run (Ches McCance

Chester McCance

Chester "Ches" McCance , was a wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional Canadian football, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and...

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Montreal - TD - Bob Cunningham 00 yard pass from Frank Filchock

Frank Filchock

Frank Joseph Filchock was an American and Canadian football tailback/quarterback and coach. As a consequence of a famous scandal regarding the 1946 NFL Championship game, he was suspended by the National Football League from 1947 to 1950 for associating with gamblers.-Early career:Born in 1916 in...

 (Ches McCance

Chester McCance

Chester "Ches" McCance , was a wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional Canadian football, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and...

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Calgary - Rouge

Calgary - TD - Harry Hood 2 yard run (convert good)

Second Quarter

Montreal - TD - Herb Trawick

Herb Trawick

Herb Trawick was a famous professional Canadian football player and was the first African American to play professional Canadian football...

 34 yard fumble return (convert no good)

Third Quarter

Montreal - TD - Virgil Wagner

Virgil Wagner

Virgil Wagner is a former Canadian football left halfback for the Montreal Alouettes. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1980....

 00 yard run (Ches McCance

Chester McCance

Chester "Ches" McCance , was a wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional Canadian football, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and...

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Montreal - FG - Ches McCance

Chester McCance

Chester "Ches" McCance , was a wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional Canadian football, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and...

Fourth Quarter

Calgary - Safety - Johnny Aguirre tackled Bob Cunningham in the end zone

Calgary - TD - Sugarfoot Anderson 00 yard fumble return (convert good)

Montreal - Rouge - Ches McCance

Chester McCance

Chester "Ches" McCance , was a wide receiver and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in professional Canadian football, mainly for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1976 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and...

 missed field goal

Montreal - Rouge - Fred Kijek

Fred Kijek

Bronislaus "Fred" Kijek was a Grey Cup champion and All-Star fullback in the early days of Canadian football. He was also an excellent punter and flying wing.The son of Joseph Kijek and Mary Buita, Kijek was a well traveled football player...

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Montreal Alouettes	12	5	9	2	28
Calgary Stampeders	7	0	0	8	15

Trivia

This was the third Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

 victory for a team from Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. In 1931 The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association won the 19th Grey Cup

19th Grey Cup

The 19th Grey Cup was played on December 5, 1931, before 5,112 fans at the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at Montreal. This marked the first time the Grey Cup was awarded to a club from outside of Ontario. This game also marked the first time that use of a forward pass was allowed by the Canadian...

 game. In 1944 Montreal HMCS Donnacona won the 32nd Grey Cup

32nd Grey Cup

The 32nd Grey Cup was played on November 25, 1944, before 3,871 fans at Civic Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario.The St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy defeated the Hamilton Flying Wildcats 7 to 6....

 game. The Montreal AAA

Montreal AAA

Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is Canada's oldest athletic association, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was renamed as the Club Sportif MAA or just MAA in 1999 after a brush with bankruptcy, but is still widely known as the MAAA...

 had also won hockey's Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

in 1893, 1894, 1902 and 1903.

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