56th 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 November 30, 1968, and the Ottawa Rough Riders

Ottawa Rough Riders

The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...

 defeated the 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...

 24 to 21 before 32,655 fans 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...

's Exhibition Stadium

Exhibition Stadium

Canadian National Exhibition Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, that formerly stood on the Exhibition Place grounds, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada....

. Vic Washington

Vic Washington

Victor Arnold Washington is a former American football running back/safety...

's 79 yard run is still a Grey Cup record, and he won the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player

Grey Cup Most Valuable Player

The Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award is awarded annually to the player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup Game, the Canadian Football League's championship game.-Grey Cup Most Valuable Player Award winners:...

 award.

Box score

First Quarter

Ottawa – Single – Don Sutherin

Don Sutherin

Donald Paul "Suds" Sutherin is a former Canadian Football League and National Football League defensive back and placekicker...

 00 yard kick

Second Quarter

Ottawa – FG – Don Sutherin

Don Sutherin

Donald Paul "Suds" Sutherin is a former Canadian Football League and National Football League defensive back and placekicker...

 27 yard field goal

Calgary – TD – Peter Liske

Peter Liske

Peter A. "Pete" Liske, is a former American football quarterback and later a university athletics administrator.-High school and college football careers:...

 1 yard run (Larry Robinson

Larry Robinson

Larry Clark Robinson is a former ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995 and is currently the defensive coach for the New Jersey Devils...

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Calgary – TD – Terry Evanshen

Terry Evanshen

Terrence Anthony "Terry" Evanshen is a motivational speaker and former star receiver in the Canadian Football League.-CFL:...

 21 yard pass from Peter Liske

Peter Liske

Peter A. "Pete" Liske, is a former American football quarterback and later a university athletics administrator.-High school and college football careers:...

 (Larry Robinson

Larry Robinson

Larry Clark Robinson is a former ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995 and is currently the defensive coach for the New Jersey Devils...

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Third Quarter

Ottawa – TD – Russ Jackson

Russ Jackson

Russell Stanley "Russ" Jackson, OC is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League...

 1 yard run (Don Sutherin

Don Sutherin

Donald Paul "Suds" Sutherin is a former Canadian Football League and National Football League defensive back and placekicker...

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Fourth Quarter

Ottawa – TD – Vic Washington

Vic Washington

Victor Arnold Washington is a former American football running back/safety...

 79 yard run (convert blocked)

Ottawa – TD – Margene Adkins

Margene Adkins

Margene Adkins is a former American college football, National Football League, and Canadian Football League player.-College:Margene Adkins played college football at Henderson County Junior College in Athens, Texas.-Rough Rider:...

 70 yard pass from Russ Jackson

Russ Jackson

Russell Stanley "Russ" Jackson, OC is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League...

 (Don Sutherin

Don Sutherin

Donald Paul "Suds" Sutherin is a former Canadian Football League and National Football League defensive back and placekicker...

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Calgary – TD – Terry Evanshen

Terry Evanshen

Terrence Anthony "Terry" Evanshen is a motivational speaker and former star receiver in the Canadian Football League.-CFL:...

 4 yard pass from Peter Liske

Peter Liske

Peter A. "Pete" Liske, is a former American football quarterback and later a university athletics administrator.-High school and college football careers:...

 (Larry Robinson

Larry Robinson

Larry Clark Robinson is a former ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995 and is currently the defensive coach for the New Jersey Devils...

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Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Ottawa Rough Riders	1	3	7	13	24
Calgary Stampeders	0	14	0	7	21

1968 Miss Grey Cup

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Miss BC Lions BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...	Valerie Bryan
Miss 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...	Patricia Cooper
Miss Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...	Barbara Casault
Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...	Kathy Cumming
Miss 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...	Lynn Jessop
Miss Ottawa Rough Riders Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...	Lee Donaldson
Miss Saskatchewan Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...	Donna Hardy
Miss Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...	Jacquie Perrin
Miss Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...	Diane Zuk

• Miss Edmonton Eskimos Barbara Casault was named Miss Grey Cup 1968, with Miss Toronto Argonauts Jacquie Perrin the first runner-up, and Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cats Kathy Cumming the second runner-up. A second-year education student at the University of Alberta, she received a new 1969 convertible, a trip for two to Mexico, a mink stole, a movie camera and a diamond watch set. Each contestant received $1,500 in prizes. Casault's prizes were worth $15,000, with those for the first-runner up worth $2,700 and the second runner-up worth $2,200.
• Miss Saskatchewan Roughriders Donna Hardy was chosen the inaugural Miss Personality Plus by the other contestants.
• Selection of Miss Grey Cup was done on the basis of personality and poise (30 points), carriage and figure (15 points), make-up and grooming (10 points), speech and projection (10 points), cheerleader costume (10 points) and overall impression (10 points).