1969 CFL season
The 1969 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 16th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 12th Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 1969
The 1969 Grey Cup game started play on a Sunday for the first time in CFL history. (The CFL did play a Grey Cup game before, in 1962, when the original Saturday Grey Cup game was delayed due to heavy fog that caused the final 9 minutes and 28 seconds to be played the following day.)
The Grey Cup was held in Montreal for the first time since 1931.
A new logo was introduced to the league: A white helmet with a one-bar face mask with a maple leaf in the centre and the word CFL in white in the maple leaf. It replaced the leaf/football/ribbon logo used since the league's formation in 1958, and would be used until 2002.
Records: The Rough Riders' Margene Adkins set the record for average gain per pass in a season with 25.0 yards. The record stood for 28 years, until Milt Stegall broke it.
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
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1969
Conference Semi-Finals
Conference Finals
- Saskatchewan won the best of three series 2–0, advancing to the Grey Cup Championship game.
- Ottawa won the 2 game total-point series by 46–25, to advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Playoff bracket
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Grey Cup Championship
CFL Leaders
1969 CFL All-Stars
OFFENCE
- QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
- RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- RB – Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
- RB – Dave Raimey, Toronto Argonauts
- TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
- SE – Margene Adkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
- F – Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
- OT – Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DEFENCE
- DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
- DT – Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
- LB – Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Phil Minnick, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DB – John Wydarney, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
- DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Don Sutherin, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DB – Larry Fairholm, Montreal Alouettes
1969 Eastern All-Stars
OFFENCE
- QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
- RB – Dennis Duncan, Montreal Alouettes
- RB – Vic Washington, Ottawa Rough Riders
- RB – Dave Raimey, Toronto Argonauts
- TE – Mel Profit, Toronto Argonauts
- SE – Margene Adkins, Ottawa Rough Riders
- F – Bobby Taylor, Toronto Argonauts
- C – Basil Bark, Montreal Alouettes
- OG – Charlie Parker, Montreal Alouettes
- OG – Charlie Bray, Toronto Argonauts
- OT – Danny Nykoluk, Toronto Argonauts
- OT – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DEFENCE
- DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DT – Marshall Shirk, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DE – Billy Joe Booth, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DE – Ed Harrington, Toronto Argonauts
- LB – Ken Lehmann, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Hanry Sorrell, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DB – Ed Learn, Toronto Argonauts
- DB – Marv Luster, Toronto Argonauts
- DB – Dick Thornton, Toronto Argonauts
- DB – Don Sutherin, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DB – Garney Henley, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1969 Western All-Stars
OFFENCE
- QB – Ron Lancaster, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- RB – George Reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- RB – Jim Evenson, BC Lions
- RB – Jim Young, BC Lions
- TE – Herman Harrison, Calgary Stampeders
- SE – Terry Evanshen, Calgary Stampeders
- F – Ken Nielsen, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- F – Hugh Campbell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- C – Ted Urness, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Jack Abendschan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Ken Sugarman, BC Lions
- OT – Clyde Brock, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OT – Lanny Boleski, Calgary Stampeders
DEFENCE
- DT – John LaGrone, Edmonton Eskimos
- DT – Ed McQuarters, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DE – Bill Whisler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DE – John Helton, Calgary Stampeders
- LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
- LB – Wayne Shaw, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB – Wally Dempsey, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – John Wydarney, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB – Frank Andruski, Calgary Stampeders
- DB – Bruce Bennett, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Jerry Bradley, BC Lions
- DB – Rich Robinson, BC Lions
1969 CFL Awards
References