1968 Calgary Stampeders season

1968 Calgary Stampeders season
General manager	Rogers Lehew
Head coach	Jerry Williams
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup

The 1968 Calgary Stampeders finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup where they lost to the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	12	3	1	345	223	25
Calgary Stampeders	16	10	6	0	412	249	20
Edmonton Eskimos	16	8	7	1	228	288	17
BC Lions	16	4	11	1	217	318	9
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	3	13	0	210	374	6

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
	1		Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 24–25	0–1
	2		BC Lions	W 41–7	1–1
	3		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 43–8	2–1
	4		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 31–0	3–1
	5		Toronto Argonauts	L 7–19	3–2
	6		Edmonton Eskimos	W 12–7	4–2
	7		BC Lions	W 26–6	5–2
	8		Edmonton Eskimos	L 8–10	5–3
	9		Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 35–14	6–3
	10		Ottawa Rough Riders	W 27–24	7–3
	11		Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 38–35	8–3
	12		Montreal Alouettes	W 26–10	9–3
	13		Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 15–19	9–4
	14		Edmonton Eskimos	L 3–14	9–5
	15		BC Lions	W 42–23	10–5
	16		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 24–28	10–6

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Western Semi-Finals

Edmonton Eskimos @ Calgary Stampeders
Date	Away	Home
November 10	Edmonton Eskimos 13	Calgary Stampeders 29

West Final

Western Finals – Game 1 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 16 Calgary Stampeders 32 Saskatchewan Roughriders 0

Western Finals – Game 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 12 Calgary Stampeders 25 OT

• Calgary wins the best of three series 2–0. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Grey Cup

Main article: 56th Grey Cup

November 30 56th Annual Grey Cup Game: CNE Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 21	Ottawa Rough Riders 24
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1968 Grey Cup Champions
Vic Washington (RB), Ottawa Rough Riders – Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.

Awards and records

1968 CFL All-Stars

• TE – Herman Harrison, CFL All-Star
• LB – Wayne Harris, CFL All-Star
• DB – Frank Andruski, CFL All-Star

References

1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
2. "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-06-17.