28th Grey Cup

Ottawa Rough Riders	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
(5-1)	(6-0)
8	2
Head coach: Ross Trimble	Head coach: Alex Ponton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ottawa Rough Riders	0	1	1	6	8
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	0	1	1	0	2

Date

November 30, 1940

Stadium

Varsity Stadium

Location

Toronto

Attendance

4,998

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28th Grey Cup

Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	Ottawa Rough Riders
(6-0)	(5-1)
5	12
	Head coach: Ross Trimble

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	5	0	0	0	5
Ottawa Rough Riders	1	0	7	4	12

Date

December 7, 1940

Stadium

Lansdowne Park

Location

Ottawa

Attendance

1,700

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The 28th Grey Cup was played as a two-game series with the first game played on November 30, 1940, before 4,998 fans at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. The second game was played on December 7, 1940, with cold weather and snow contributing to a small attendance of 1,700 fans, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. This two-game series format was set up as a result of the Canadian Rugby Union disallowing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers the right to play in the title game due to a rule dispute. Consequently, what would have been the Eastern Final game became a two-game Grey Cup series.

The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers by a total-points score of 20 to 7.

External links

"Grey Cup: 1940". Canadian Football League.
"The Grey Cup 1909-2009" (PDF). Canadian Football League.
"Ottawa Citizen - Dec 2, 1940". Ottawa Citizen.
"Ottawa Citizen - Dec 9, 1940". Ottawa Citizen.

Ottawa Rough Riders

Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario

The Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head Coaches

Stadiums	Frank Clair Stadium

Lore	Ottawa Trojans Labour Day Classic

Important Figures	Frank Clair Less Browne Tom Clements Tony Gabriel Russ Jackson Rudy Phillips

Retired Numbers	11 12 26 40 60 62 70 71 72 77

Grey Cup Championships (9)	1925 1926 1940 1951 1960 1968 1969 1973 1976

Eastern Division Championships (15)	1925 1926 1936 1939 1940 1941 1948 1951 1960 1966 1968 1969 1973 1976 1981

See also	Ottawa Renegades Ottawa Redblacks Jeff Hunt

Ottawa Rough Riders 28th Grey Cup Champions

Orville Burke
Arnie Charbonneau
Eric Chipper
Tommy Daley
Ted Edwards
George Fraser
Tony Golab
Murray Griffin
Bert Haigh
Tiny Herman
Pete Kaluski
Lloyd Langley
Tony McCarthy
Paul McGarry
Arnie McWatters
Curly Moynahan
Carl Norton
Pete O'Connor
Stan O'Neil
Rick Perley
Herve Pilon
Leo Seguin
Dave Sprague
Sammy Sward
Fred Syms
Jack Taylor
Andy Tommy
Wilf Tremblay
Bunny Wadsworth

Head coach: Ross Trimble

Grey Cup

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