| 1966 CFL season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | June – October, 1966 |
| East champions | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| West champions | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 54th Grey Cup | |
| Date | November 26, 1966 |
| Venue | Empire Stadium, Vancouver |
| Champions | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
The 1966 CFL season was the Canadian Football League's ninth season since the 1958 merger of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Western Interprovincial Football Union to create a national league. It was the 13th season in modern-day Canadian football.
The Canadian Football League made several rule changes. The league started to legalize unlimited blocking on rushing plays and introduced their new goose-necked goal posts. The league rewrote its rule book and reduced it in size.
The Canadian Rugby Union, owners of the trophy, granted trusteeship of the Grey Cup to the Canadian Football League in exchange for annual financial support for amateur football.
One of the more notable games of the regular season was Montreal's 1–0 victory over Ottawa, the lowest scoring game in CFL history, and only the second 1–0 game since a 1949 win by Winnipeg over Calgary in the WIFU.[1]
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 351 | 318 | 19 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 264 | 230 | 17 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 251 | 328 | 13 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 227 | 459 | 13 |
| BC Lions | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 254 | 269 | 10 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 278 | 177 | 22 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 264 | 160 | 18 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 215 | 14 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 166 | 271 | 10 |
Note: All dates in 1966
| Edmonton Eskimos @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 6 | Edmonton Eskimos 8 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 |
| Montreal Alouettes @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 6 | Montreal Alouettes 14 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 13 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 14 |
| 2 | November 16 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 21 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 |
| Saskatchewan wins the best of three series 2–0 | |||
| Ottawa Rough Riders vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Date | Away | Home |
| 1 | November 13 | Ottawa Rough Riders 30 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1 |
| 2 | November 19 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 | Ottawa Rough Riders 42 |
| Ottawa won 2 game total-point series 72–17 | |||
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | 54th Grey Cup | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 72 (30+42) | ||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||
| E2 | Hamilton Tiger Cats | 17 (1+16) | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Hamilton Tiger Cats | 24 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 (14,21) | ||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||
| W2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 (7,19) | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 8 | ||||||||||||
| November 26
54th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia | |
|---|---|
| Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders 29 | Ottawa Rough Riders 14 |
| The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the 1966 Grey Cup Champions | |
