1967 CFL season

The 1967 Canadian Football League season was the tenth Canadian Football League (CFL) season.

1967 CFL season
Regular season
DurationJune, 1967 – October, 1967
Playoffs
Start dateNovember 11, 1967
East ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats1967-11-25
West ChampionsSaskatchewan Roughriders1967-11-26
55th Grey Cup
DateDecember 2, 1958
SiteLansdowne Park, Ottawa
ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL seasons

CFL news in 1967

The offices of the CFL was set up at 11 King Street, inside the Montreal Trust Building in Toronto, with Senator Keith Davey as CFL Commissioner. Later on, Davey was succeeded on Thursday, February 23 by Ted Workman and then later, Allan McEachern.

The Committee on One League (COO) made recommendations to bring operating matters to be under the control of the league; it was later approved by the Board of Governors.

The Canadian Rugby Union changed their name to Canadian Amateur Football Association (now Football Canada) on Sunday, January 1 and turned over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL.

In addition, the CFL set up and establishes the Players' Pension Fund.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats wore special helmets to commemorate Canada's Centennial as the country turned 100 years old.

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
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders16124038221924
Saskatchewan Roughriders16124034628224
Edmonton Eskimos1696126624619
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1641202124148
BC Lions1631212393197
Eastern Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats14104025019520
Ottawa Rough Riders1494133720919
Toronto Argonauts1458125226611
Montreal Alouettes1421201663024
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Calgary and Hamilton have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1967

Conference Semi-Finals

Western Semi-Finals
Edmonton Eskimos @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
DateAwayHome
November 11Edmonton Eskimos 5Saskatchewan Roughriders 21
Eastern Semi-Finals
Toronto Argonauts @ Ottawa Rough Riders
DateAwayHome
November 12Toronto Argonauts 22Ottawa Rough Riders 38

Conference Finals

Western Finals
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders
Game DateAwayHome
1 November 18Saskatchewan Roughriders 11Calgary Stampeders 15
2 November 22 Calgary Stampeders 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders 11
3 November 26 Saskatchewan Roughriders 17 Calgary Stampeders 13
Saskatchewan wins the best of three series 2–1
Eastern Finals
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Ottawa Rough Riders
Game DateAwayHome
1 November 19Hamilton Tiger-Cats 11Ottawa Rough Riders 3
2 November 25 Ottawa Rough Riders 0 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26
Hamilton won 2 game total-point series 37–3

Playoff bracket

  Division Semifinals     Division Finals     55th Grey Cup
                           
  East     E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37
(11+26)
 
  E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 38     E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 3
(3+0)
   
  E3 Toronto Argonauts 22         E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24
      W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1
  West     W1 Calgary Stampeders 1
(15,9,13)
   
  W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21     W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 2
(11,11,17)
 
  W3 Edmonton Eskimos 5  

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Grey Cup Championship

December 2

55th Annual Grey Cup Game: Lansdowne ParkOttawa, Ontario

Western ChampionEastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 1Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1967 Grey Cup Champions

CFL Leaders

1967 CFL All-Stars

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1967 Eastern All-Stars

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1967 Western All-Stars

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1967 CFL Awards

References

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