1957 in Canadian football

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Grey Cup.

1957 in Canadian football
Playoffs
IRFU ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
WIFU ChampionsWinnipeg Blue Bombers
45th Grey Cup
ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
Canadian Football Seasons

Canadian Football News in 1957

In March 1957, the CRU officially adopted a resolution allowing the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) to retain its constitutional right to challenge for the Grey Cup but left it up to the Western Interprovincial Football Union and the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union to decide when the ORFU had sufficiently improved its calibre of play.[1]

The Canadian Football Council (CFC) allowed interference to be legal up to third 5-yard stripe by eligible blockers.

The 45th annual Grey Cup game was televised live from coast to coast in Canada for the first time. TV rights brought in $125,000 for the CFC.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Interprovincial Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16142047514228
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16124040630024
Calgary Stampeders16610022141312
BC Lions1641112843699
Saskatchewan Roughriders1631212764387
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats14104025018920
Ottawa Rough Riders1486032623716
Montreal Alouettes1468028730112
Toronto Argonauts1441002744108
Ontario Rugby Football Union[2]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
London Lords1282232011018
Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen1283128015317
Sarnia Golden Bears1265136716913
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers120120355700
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Edmonton and Hamilton both have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1957

Semifinals

WIFU
DateAwayHome
November 9Calgary Stampeders 13Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13
November 11 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 15 Calgary Stampeders 3
  • Winnipeg won the total-point series by 28–16. The Blue Bombers will play the Edmonton Eskimos in the WIFU Finals.

IRFU
DateAwayHome
November 13Montreal Alouettes 24Ottawa Rough Riders 15
  • The Alouettes will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the IRFU Finals.

Finals

WIFU
DateAwayHome
November 16Edmonton Eskimos 7Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19
November 20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4 Edmonton Eskimos 5
November 23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17 (OT) Edmonton Eskimos 2
  • Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–1. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup game.

IRFU
DateAwayHome
November 16Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17Montreal Alouettes 10
November 23 Montreal Alouettes 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39
  • Hamilton won the total-point series by 56–11. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup game.

Playoff Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     45th Grey Cup
                           
  IRFU     1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 56
(17+39)		  
  2 Ottawa Rough Riders 15     3 Montreal Alouettes 11
(10+1)		    
  3 Montreal Alouettes 24         I1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32
      W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7
  WIFU     1 Edmonton Eskimos 1
(7,5,2)		    
  2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28
(13+15)		     2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2
(19,4,17)		  
  3 Calgary Stampeders 16
(13+3)		  

Grey Cup Championship
November 30

The 45th Grey Cup – Toronto, Ontario

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1957 Grey Cup Champions

Canadian Football Leaders
  • CFL Passing Leaders
  • CFL Rushing Leaders
  • CFL Receiving Leaders[3]

1957 Eastern (Interprovincial Rugby Football Union) All-Stars

Offence

Defence

1957 Western (Western Interprovincial Football Union) All-Stars

Offence

Defence

1957 Canadian Football Awards

1957 Miss Grey Cup
  • Miss BC Lions Carol Lucas was named Miss Grey Cup 1957
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References
  1. The Calgary Herald. The Calgary Herald. 1974. p. 31. 1957 orfu.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CsExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rOIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6179%2C766480 Ottawa Citizen – Nov 4, 1957
  3. "CFLapedia".
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