98th Grey Cup

98th Grey Cup
Montreal Alouettes Saskatchewan Roughriders
(12–6) (10–8)
21 18
Head coach: 
Head coach: 
1234 Total
Montreal Alouettes 80310 21
Saskatchewan Roughriders 7407 18
DateNovember 28, 2010
StadiumCommonwealth Stadium
LocationEdmonton, Alberta
Most Valuable PlayerJamel Richardson, SB (Alouettes)
Most Valuable CanadianKeith Shologan, DT (Roughriders)
National anthemThe Trews
Coin tossLt-Gov. Donald Ethell
RefereeBud Steen
Halftime showBachman & Turner
Attendance63,317
Broadcasters
NetworkEnglish: TSN/TSN HD
French: RDS/RDS HD
Announcers(TSN): Chris Cuthbert, Glen Suitor, Dave Randorf, Jock Climie, Matt Dunigan, Chris Schultz
(RDS): Denis Casavant, Pierre Vercheval, Marc Labrecque, Mike Sutherland, Claude Mailhot
Ratings6.04 million[1]

The 98th Grey Cup was a Canadian football game played between the East Division champion Montreal Alouettes and West Division champion Saskatchewan Roughriders to decide the champion of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the 2010 season. In a rematch of the 97th Grey Cup, the Alouettes defeated the Roughriders for the second year in a row, 21–18, becoming the first team in 13 years to win back-to-back Grey Cups.[2]

The game was played on November 28, 2010, at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. This marked the first time that the Grey Cup was played in the province of Alberta in two straight years. (Calgary hosted the previous Grey Cup game.)

Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo won his third Grey Cup, completing 29 of 42 pass attempts for 335 yards passing. Montreal wide receiver Jamel Richardson, who made eight catches and had a game-high 109 yards, was named Grey Cup MVP. Saskatchewan defensive lineman Keith Shologan was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.[3] Until the end of the 2022 CFL season, this is the most recent time an Eastern-based CFL team has won the Grey Cup in Western Canada.

  1. ^ "More than 6 million Canadians watched the Grey Cup on TSN". TSN.ca. November 29, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  2. ^ "CBC News – Montreal – Als repeat as Grey Cup champions". Canada: CBC. November 28, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "Richardson named Most Valuable Player". CFL.ca. November 28, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.