# 1969 CFL season

The 1969 CFL 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; all Grey Cup games since (except for 1970) have been played on a Sunday. (The CFL did play a Grey Cup game on Sunday 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, Quebec for the first time since 1931.
A new logo was introduced to the league on November 26, four days before that year's Grey Cup game: 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
Western Football Conference :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 392 | 261 | 26 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 327 | 314 | 18 |
| BC Lions | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 235 | 335 | 10 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 241 | 246 | 10 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 192 | 359 | 7 |
Eastern Football Conference :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 399 | 298 | 22 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 406 | 280 | 20 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 307 | 315 | 17 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 304 | 395 | 6 |
* 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

Western Semi-Finals :
| BC Lions @ Calgary Stampeders |||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 8 | BC Lions 21 | Calgary Stampeders 35 |
Eastern Semi-Finals :
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts |||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 9 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 9 | Toronto Argonauts 15 |

### Conference Finals

Western Finals :
| Calgary Stampeders vs Saskatchewan Roughriders ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 15 | Calgary Stampeders 11 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 17 |
| 2 | November 19 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 36 | Calgary Stampeders 13 |
| Saskatchewan won the best of three series 2–0 ||||
Eastern Finals :
| Ottawa Rough Riders vs Toronto Argonauts ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 16 | Ottawa Rough Riders 14 | Toronto Argonauts 22 |
| 2 | November 22 | Toronto Argonauts 3 | Ottawa Rough Riders 32 |
| Ottawa won the 2 game total-point series by 46–25 ||||

## Playoff bracket

| Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | 57th Grey Cup | 57th Grey Cup | 57th Grey Cup |
| | | | E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 46 (14+32) | | | |
| East | East | East | E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 46 (14+32) | | | |
| East | East | East | E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 25 (22+3) | | | |
| E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 15 | E2 | Toronto Argonauts | 25 (22+3) | | | |
| E3 | Hamilton Tiger Cats | 9 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Hamilton Tiger Cats | 9 | | | | E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11 |
| | | | W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 (17,36) | | | |
| West | West | West | W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 (17,36) | | | |
| West | West | West | W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 0 (11,13) | | | |
| W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 35 | W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 0 (11,13) | | | |
| W3 | BC Lions | 21 | | | | | | |

### Grey Cup Championship

November 30
57th Annual Grey Cup Game: Autostade—Montreal, Quebec :
| Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders 11 | Ottawa Rough Riders 29 |
| 1969 Grey Cup Champions: Ottawa Rough Riders ||
| Grey Cup Most Valuable Player: Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders ||

## CFL Leaders

* CFL Passing Leaders
* CFL Rushing Leaders
* CFL Receiving 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 – Henry 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

* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
* CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – John LaGrone (DT), Edmonton Eskimos
* CFL's Coach of the Year – Frank Clair, Ottawa Rough Riders
* Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders
* Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Ron Lancaster (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
* Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Al Phaneuf (DB), Montreal Alouettes
* Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Dave Easley (DB), BC Lions
* DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Ed McQuarters (DT), Saskatchewan Roughriders