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| Date | November 30, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Autostade | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Montreal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Russ Jackson, QB (Rough Riders) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 33,172 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC, CTV, SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
57th Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League's championship game, was played November 30, 1969, and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–11 before 33,172 fans at Montreal's Autostade. It was the first time since 1931, a break of 38 years, that the CFL title match would be played in Montreal.[1]
The game is the focus of the "Playing a Dangerous Game" episode in TSN's 2012 documentary series Engraved on a Nation celebrating the 100th Grey Cup game. Concerns about ongoing FLQ separatist terrorist bombing activities in Quebec prompted the CFL and Montreal authorities to have police officers in full riot gear securing the stadium and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.[1] However, no incidents occurred during the course of the weekend.
This was the first Grey Cup game played in its entirety on a Sunday; all Grey Cup games since this one (except for 1970) have been played on a Sunday.