# 1962 CFL season

The 1962 CFL season is considered to be the ninth season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the fifth Canadian Football League season.

## CFL News in 1962

The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was established in Hamilton.
The 50th Grey Cup game, nicknamed "The Fog Bowl", was postponed due to fog on Saturday, December 1. The final 9 minutes and 29 seconds was played on Sunday as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 28–27 to win their third championship in four years.
This was the most recent CFL season with average attendance of under 20,000 spectators per game.

## 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 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 385 | 291 | 22 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 352 | 335 | 19 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 268 | 336 | 17 |
| BC Lions | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 346 | 342 | 14 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 310 | 346 | 13 |
Eastern Football Conference :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 358 | 286 | 19 |
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 339 | 302 | 13 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 308 | 309 | 11 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 259 | 378 | 8 |
* Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
* Winnipeg and Hamilton have first round byes.

## Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1962

### Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals :
| Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 10 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 | Calgary Stampeders 25 |
| 2 | November 12 | Calgary Stampeders 18 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 7 |
| Calgary won the total-point series 43–7 ||||
Eastern Semi-Finals :
| Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders |||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 10 | Montreal Alouettes 18 | Ottawa Rough Riders 17 |

### Conference Finals

Western-Finals :
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Calgary Stampeders ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 17 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 | Calgary Stampeders 20 |
| 2 | November 21 | Calgary Stampeders 11 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 |
| 3 | November 24 | Calgary Stampeders 7 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12 |
| Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–1 ||||
Eastern Finals :
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Montreal Alouettes ||||
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 17 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28 | Montreal Alouettes 17 |
| 2 | November 24 | Montreal Alouettes 21 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30 |
| Hamilton won total-point series 58–38 ||||

## Playoff bracket

| Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Division Finals | Division Finals | 50th Grey Cup | 50th Grey Cup | 50th Grey Cup |
| | | | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 58 (28+30) | | | |
| East | East | East | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 58 (28+30) | | | |
| East | East | East | E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 38 (17+21) | | | |
| E2 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 7 | E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 38 (17+21) | | | |
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 18 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 18 | | | | E1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28 |
| | | | W1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 (14,19,12) | | | |
| West | West | West | W1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 (14,19,12) | | | |
| West | West | West | W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 1 (20,11,7) | | | |
| W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 43 (25+18) | W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 1 (20,11,7) | | | |
| W3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 (0+7) | | | | | | |

### Grey Cup Championship

December 1 & December 2
50th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario :
| Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27 |
| The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1962 Grey Cup Champions ||
| Leo Lewis (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers – Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player. ||

## CFL Leaders

* CFL Passing Leaders
* CFL Rushing Leaders
* CFL Receiving Leaders

## 1962 CFL All-Stars
### Offence

* QB – Eagle Day, Calgary Stampeders
* RB – Earl Lunsford, Calgary Stampeders
* RB – George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
* RB – Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* RB – Ray Purdin, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* OE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
* C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
* OG – Gerry Patrick, Toronto Argonauts
* OT – Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* OT – Bronko Nagurski Jr., Hamilton Tiger-Cats

### Defence

* DT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
* DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DE – Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* DE – Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* MG – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
* LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
* LB – Tom Brown, BC Lions
* LB – Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* LB – Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders
* DB – Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders
* DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* S – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts

## 1962 Eastern All-Stars
### Offence

* QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
* RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
* RB – George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
* RB – Ernie White, Ottawa Rough Riders
* F – Bobby Kuntz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OE – Marv Luster, Montreal Alouettes
* C – Ron Watton, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OG – Hardiman Cureton, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OG – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* OT – Moe Racine, Ottawa Rough Riders
* OT – Bronko Nagurski Jr., Hamilton Tiger-Cats

### Defence

* DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* DT – Bobby Jack Oliver, Montreal Alouettes
* DE – Billy Ray Locklin, Montreal Alouettes
* DE – Mel Semenko, Ottawa Rough Riders
* MG – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
* LB – Zeno Karcz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* LB – Jim Andreotti, Toronto Argonauts
* LB – Ed Nickla, Montreal Alouettes
* LB – Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders
* DB – Joe Poirier, Ottawa Rough Riders
* DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* S – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts

## 1962 Western All-Stars
### Offence

* QB – Eagle Day, Calgary Stampeders
* RB – Earl Lunsford, Calgary Stampeders
* RB – Nub Beamer, BC Lions
* RB – Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* RB – Ray Purdin, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* OE – Pete Manning, Calgary Stampeders
* OE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
* C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
* OG – Sherwyn Thorson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* OT – Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions

### Defence

* DT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
* DT – Roger Savoie, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* DE – Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* DE – Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* MG – Ron Atchison, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
* LB – Tom Brown, BC Lions
* LB – Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* LB – Bill Burrell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* DB – Oscar Kruger, Edmonton Eskimos
* DB – Dick Thornton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
* S – Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders

## 1962 CFL Awards

* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – George Dixon (RB), Montreal Alouettes
* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Harvey Wylie (DB), Calgary Stampeders
* CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – John Barrow (DT), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* CFL's Coach of the Year – Steve Owen, Saskatchewan Roughriders
* Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – George Dixon (RB), Montreal Alouettes
* Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Eagle Day (QB), Calgary Stampeders
* Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Whit Tucker (WR), Ottawa Rough Riders
* Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Ted Frechette (DB/RB), Edmonton Eskimos
* DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Tom Brown (LB), BC Lions