1960 Canadian Football championship game
The
48th
Grey Cup
was the
Canadian Football League
's (CFL) championship game of the
1960 season
on November 26, 1960.
The
Ottawa Rough Riders
defeated the
Edmonton Eskimos
16?6 at Vancouver's Empire Stadium before a crowd of 38,102 fans.
Box Score
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First Quarter
Ottawa ? FG ?
Gary Schreider
16 yards
Second Quarter
Edmonton ? TD ?
Jim Letcavits
63 yard pass from
Jackie Parker
(convert failed)
Ottawa ? TD ?
Bill Sowalski
32 yard pass from
Russ Jackson
(convert failed)
Third Quarter
No Scoring
Fourth Quarter
Ottawa ? TD ?
Kaye Vaughan
fumble recovery (Gary Schreider convert)
Teams
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1 Q
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2 Q
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3 Q
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4 Q
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Final
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Ottawa Rough Riders
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3
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6
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0
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7
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16
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Edmonton Eskimos
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0
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6
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0
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0
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6
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Game summary
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The Empire Stadium field was slippery and favoured the defences.
Ottawa scored in the first quarter with a
Gary Schreider
16-yard field goal.
In the second quarter, Edmonton quarterback
Jackie Parker
passed to
Jim Letcavits
for a 63-yard touchdown. The Ottawa defender attempted to make the interception but Letcavits took the ball away from him and ran untouched into the end zone. The convert attempt failed.
Ottawa replied on the next series with a 72-yard drive. On the Eskimo 32-yard line, Ottawa quarterback
Russ Jackson
faked a hand-off and rolled to the weak side on a bootleg. Jackson found
Bill Sowalski
for a touchdown. Schreider missed the convert.
In the fourth quarter, Edmonton punt returner
Joe Bob Smith
fumbled on his own two-yard line after being hit by
Lou Bruce
. Ottawa's
Kaye Vaughan
recovered the ball as it rolled into the end zone. Schreider converted the score.
Parker ran back the ensuing kickoff 74 yards, but Edmonton could not take advantage.
With 41 seconds left to play and the Rough Riders facing a second-and-seven from their own 33-yard line, a fan raced across the field and stole the game ball. Simultaneously, fans had rushed the field and began ripping down the goal posts. After a brief conference and on the advice of CFL commissioner
Sydney Halter
, the officials called the game.
Ottawa running back
Ron Stewart
was named the game's
Most Valuable Player
. Edmonton finished the game with only 44 yards rushing. It was Ottawa's first Grey Cup appearance and victory since 1951. Kaye Vaughan's fumble recovery touchdown was his first touchdown in 14 years of football.
Videos
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Jackson TD pass to Sowalski
References
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2014 sports Illustrated yearook
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