93rd Grey Cup

Quarter 1 2 3 4 OT Tot Edmonton Eskimos 3 7 10 8 10 38 Montreal Alouettes 1 0 17 10 7 35
Date	November 27, 2005
Stadium	BC Place Stadium
City	Vancouver
Most Valuable Player	Ricky Ray, Edmonton
Most Valuable Canadian	Mike Maurer, Edmonton
Parade Marshall	Pamela Anderson
National Anthem	Jully Black
Coin toss	Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
Halftime show	Black Eyed Peas
Attendance	59,157
TV in Canada
Network	CBC, RDS, CBCHD
Announcers	(CBC) Steve Armitage, Darren Flutie, Greg Frers, Mark Lee, Chris Walby, Brian Williams
Nielsen Ratings	2,764,000

The 93rd Grey Cup game was held on November 27, 2005 at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes, to decide the winner of the 2005 Canadian Football League season. The Western representative Eskimos had a magnificent game to clinch their 38-35 overtime victory. It was the first time in 44 years that a Grey Cup had gone into overtime. It was also the first Grey Cup ever to be presented on television in high-definition. Image File history File links GreyCup210x155. ... The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... The Montreal Alouettes (French, Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Festivities

A giant parade on the day before the Grey Cup wound through downtown Vancouver, with Pamela Anderson at the lead. The Black Eyed Peas appeared on scene and performed, marking the culmination of a large celebration to welcome the Grey Cup to BC. The teams had their own parties, and many others had private celebrations. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip-hop (musical styles crossover rap/hip hop and alternative rap/hip hop) group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed international pop success. ...

Grey Cup

The game opened with, as is traditional, a ceremonial coin toss by then-Prime Minister Paul Martin to determine who would start the game with possession of the football. Amusingly, as Martin came out to toss the coin, he was greeted with a rousing chorus of boos from the BC Place crowd (Martin was at the time embroiled in the sponsorship scandal), to which the prime minister responded with a shaky but good-natured smile and a wave to the hostile crowd. For other uses, see Paul Martin (disambiguation). ... The sponsorship scandal, AdScam, or Sponsorgate, is an ongoing scandal that came as a result of a Canadian federal government sponsorship program (sometimes capitalized) in the province of Quebec, originally rationalized as an effort to raise Canadian patriotic sentiments to counter Quebec separatism. ...

Edmonton came out fast and finished the first half with a 10-1 lead thanks to a Sean Fleming field goal for the game's first points and a Ricky Ray touchdown pass to Ed Hervey (Ray's first touchdown pass in seven games). A rouge by Montreal kicker Damon Duval accounted for the Alouettes' sole point. Sean Fleming (b. ... This article is about the American quarterback Ricky Ray. ... In Canadian football, a single or single point is scored when the ball is kicked into the end zone by any legal means, other than a successful field goal, and the receiving team does not return the ball out of the end zone. ... Damon Duval(Born:March 4, 1980, in Morgan City, LA) is a Canadian Football League punter/kicker for the Montreal Alouettes. ...

The second half was a back-and-forth affair that saw Montreal having another late surge reminiscent of the Eastern Final. The Alouettes came on strong in the third quarter, scoring on a pair of goal-line plunges by backup running back Eric Lapointe, with the Eskimos notching only a single Fleming field goal in reply. As the quarter ticked down, Ray fumbled away an Edmonton possession when the ball was knocked out of his hand by Montreal as he prepared to throw. The Alouettes took possession and ended up with a Duval field goal, giving them seventeen points in the quarter and a 18-13 lead. However, on the ensuing kickoff, diminutive Edmonton return man Tony Tompkins scampered through Montreal's special teams unit nearly untouched for a 96-yard touchdown, the longest such return in Grey Cup history. The third quarter ended with the Eskimos holding a 20-18 lead. Tony Tompkins (born November 21, 1982) is a Canadian Football League wide receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos. ...

Having come so far, the Alouettes had no intention of rolling over. Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo notched his first rushing touchdown of the year, on an impressive one-yard bootleg that caught Eskimos linebacker Marcus Winn out of position. With the Alouettes leading 25-20, the Eskimos attempted one last drive to take the lead. Facing third-and-four in Montreal territory, Ray hit Derrell Mitchell on a deep out pattern to get the big first down, and a trio of penalties left the Eskimos first-and-goal at the Alouettes' one yard line. Ricky Ray punched it in for his second touchdown of the night, and hooked up with Jason Tucker on the two-point conversation for a 28-25 Edmonton lead with only a minute left. Anthony Calvillo (born August 23, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is an CFL quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes. ... Marcus Winn (b. ... Derrell Mitchell is a Canadian Football League wide receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos. ... Jason Tucker (b. ...

But the Alouettes struck back, turning an impressive return and some solid execution into a Duval field goal as time expired, resulting in a 28-28 tie at the end of regulation.

The first overtime was fairly routine. Montreal went first in the shootout format, and Calvillo nailed Dave Stala in the right corner of the endzone to give Montreal a 35-28 lead. But Edmonton had the right to match, and did so, Ray hooking up again with Jason Tucker on a 11-yard score that was almost a carbon copy of Calvillo and Stala's connection.

In the second overtime, the Eskimos were unable to convert on second and four and Eskimos kicker Fleming made a relatively simple 3-pointer to bring the score to 38-35, with Montreal's attempt in hand.

In the second overtime round, some interesting antics ensued. On first down, Calvillo faced a heavy Edmonton rush and tried to throw the ball away. Edmonton defensive end Joe Montford knocked the ball down at the line, but Calvillo was able to catch it. Calvillo then illegally threw the ball again into the endzone to a wide open receiver who, without an Eskimo within five yards, dropped the seemingly potential game winning (albeit illegal) pass. The play resulted in a 10 yard penalty against the Alouettes for an illegal forward pass, bringing them 45 yards from the goal line. On 1st and 20, Calvillo was sacked by Charles Alston for a 13 yard loss, which pushed the Alouettes behind the centre line and out of even Duval's considerable field goal range. An incomplete pass on second down and a long injury break set the stage for third and 33. The Eskimos brought in a massive blitz and forced Calvillo to scramble, sending him ten yards down the left sideline. Anticipating a tackle, Calvillo pooch-kicked the ball forward in order to keep Montreal's Grey Cup hopes alive, but the ball was snapped up by Eskimo linebacker A.J. Gass and would provide the Eskies with their second Grey Cup victory in three years. That important play is considered by some to epitomize the entire match-up; a fantastical-looking play that ends up all for nought. Joe Montford (b. ... A.J. Gass (b. ...

In the presentation ceremony after the game, the most valuable player award was given to Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray, who overcame significant criticism during previous playoff rounds to throw 35 of 45 passes complete for 359 yards and two touchdowns. The most valuable Canadian was Edmonton backup fullback Mike Maurer, substituting for the injured Mathieu Bertrand and, despite an embarrassing dropped pass earlier, picking up 41 hard-earned yards receiving on four catches. Mike Maurer (b. ...

• Eskimos quarterback Ricky Ray named Grey Cup Most Outstanding Player
• Eskimos fullback Mike Maurer named Outstanding Canadian

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2005 CFL playoffs

Division Semi-finals

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East:

The perennial powerhouse Alouettes had boasted four 1,000-yard receivers for the second consecutive season (and second time in CFL history), but had finished a mere second in the East Division behind the defending champion Toronto Argonauts. As a result, they were forced to defend the hard surface at Olympic Stadium against the fourth-place team in the West Division, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who took the third spot in the East Division for playoff purposes after finishing higher than the Ottawa Renegades. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. ... The Montreal Alouettes (French, Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. ...

A remarkably low crowd of 31,199 turned out to watch their Alouettes stomp on the Roughriders in the first half, leaping out to a 24-0 lead on three Anthony Calvillo touchdown passes to Terry Vaughn, Ben Cahoon, and Thyron Anderson and a Damon Duval field goal. By contrast, Saskatchewan quarterback Marcus Crandell struggled badly in the first half, after getting the start over Nealon Greene, and the Roughriders offense produced three turnovers to help the Alouettes. Anthony Calvillo (born August 23, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is an CFL quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes. ... Ben Cahoon is a slotback with the Montreal Alouettes. ... Damon Duval(Born:March 4, 1980, in Morgan City, LA) is a Canadian Football League punter/kicker for the Montreal Alouettes. ... Marcus Crandell (born June 1, 1974, in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American gridiron football player currently playing as a quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). ... Nealon Greene (b. ...

After the embarrassing first half, Saskatchewan head coach Danny Barrett opted to leave Crandell in to start the third quarter, Crandell finally began to get over his struggles as the Alouettes sat back on their big lead, and threw a touchdown pass to Jamel Richardson early in the third quarter to give Roughriders fans some marginal hope. But another touchdown pass to Jason French in the fourth quarter was the only other scoring the Roughriders could produce, and Duval hit two more field goals in the second half to salt the win and send Montreal to Toronto for the East Final. Danny Barrett is the current head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, a position he has held since the 2000 season. ...

West

Every advantage seemed to belong to the Calgary Stampeders in their Battle of Alberta playoff date against their fiercest rival, the Edmonton Eskimos. The Stampeders were playing at home and were on a roll, having won seven of their last eight. Moreover, they had humiliated the Eskimos the previous week in a game that could have allowed the Esks to finish first in the West. As if that weren't enough, Edmonton's star quarterback Ricky Ray was ice cold, having gone six games without a touchdown pass. The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... This article is for the CFL football team. ... The Battle of Alberta is a term applied to the intense rivalry between Edmonton and Calgary. ... This article is about the American quarterback Ricky Ray. ...

Sure enough, in front of a rabid home crowd, Calgary began to beat on Edmonton early. Three field goals by Calgary's leadfooted kicker Sandro Deangelis put Calgary up 9-0 through the first quarter, while running back Joffrey Reynolds ate the Eskimos defense for lunch. The Eskimos allowed another fourteen points in the second quarter, thanks to a massive 63-yard run by little-used Tony Stallings, who had 93 yards on only four carries in the game. Reynolds scored the touchdown that Stallings set up, and quarterback Henry Burris added another on a goal-line plunge before the half. Joffrey Reynolds (born November 26, 1979) is a Canadian Football League running back for the Calgary Stampeders. ... Henry Burris (born June 4, 1975 in Spiro, Oklahoma) is a Canadian Football League quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders. ...

The Eskimos would have been in deep trouble if not for kicker Sean Fleming, who nailed four field goals in the second quarter to give Edmonton a chance, but it was 23-12 Calgary at the break and things were not looking good. Edmonton quarterback Ray had continued to struggle getting into the end zone, but the deficit was not his doing: his defense had let him down, he had not turned the ball over, and he had been victimized by dropped passes, particularly a would-be touchdown pass dropped by Trevor Gaylor. However, Edmonton coach Danny Maciocia tried to change the momentum by putting backup quarterback, and former starter, Jason Maas in for the second half (in contrast to Saskatchewan coach Barrett's decision to leave his quarterback in during the previous game). Sean Fleming (b. ... Danny Maciocia (b. ... Jason Maas (b. ...

With Maas under centre, the Eskimos began to claw back into the game. Calgary was held off the scoresheet in the third quarter while Fleming pounded his fifth field goal and added a rouge on a punt into the endzone. In the fourth quarter, the Eskimos completed the comeback. The Eskimos started the fourth quarter with a devastating 93-yard clock-killing drive, finishing it up with a one-yard touchdown from fullback Mathieu Bertrand to tie the game at 23. The Stampeders began to roll on the next drive, but a fumble by Reynolds broke Calgary's back, and a touchdown pass from Maas to Jason Tucker gave the Eskimos their first lead. Deangelis and Fleming swapped field goals but Calgary could not come back, and the Eskimos advanced to the Western final. Jason Tucker (b. ...

Division finals

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East

During the 2004 CFL season, the Toronto Argonauts stunned Montréal at their own field, taking a 26-18 victory over the favoured Alouettes in the East final. The Argonauts went on to take the Grey Cup, and the Alouettes came into Toronto looking for revenge. The Montreal Alouettes (French, Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. ... The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... The 2004 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 51st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 47th Canadian Football League season. ...

Early on, it looked like they would not get it. Toronto had come to party, as a team which has suffered attendance problems in recent seasons drew a near-sellout crowd of 44,211 through the turnstiles. The unusual fan attention may have motivated the Argonauts early, as their grandfather of a quarterback Damon Allen started on a roll. First, Allen scored the first points on a game on a one-yard touchdown run. Then, he threw a strike to receiver R. Jay Soward, who went 43 yards to the endzone (and then went to the stands, grabbed a bag of popcorn, and shared it with teammate Robert Baker in a rather novel touchdown celebration). Damon Allen (b. ... Rodney (R.) Jay Soward (born January 16, 1978 in Rialto, California) currently plays for the CFLs Toronto Argonauts as a receiver. ... Robert Baker (born March 14, 1976 in Gainesville, Florida) is a wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. ...

That would be the high water mark of the game for the Argonauts. In the second quarter, Damon Duval hit two field goals to make the score 14-6 at the half. More importantly for the Alouettes, starting running back Robert Edwards went down in the second quarter with a rib injury. In came backup Éric Lapointe, who would become the key cog of Montréal's offense in the second half. Damon Duval(Born:March 4, 1980, in Morgan City, LA) is a Canadian Football League punter/kicker for the Montreal Alouettes. ... Robert Edwards (Born:October 2, 1974) is a current Canadian Football League and former National Football League running back who attended the University of Georgia. ...

Montréal's defense began to catch on to Allen, especially in the second half, and the Toronto quarterback began taking hits and throwing ill-advised passes. He ended up with two interceptions and a fumble, while the Argonauts added three other fumbles to make a total of six turnovers. And Eric Lapointe just ran, scoring three second-half touchdowns for Montréal while quarterback Anthony Calvillo put in a solid but unremarkable 190 yards on a team renowned for aerial pyrotechnics. Allen's 273 yards left Calvillo in the dust, but Montréal did not commit a single turnover in the game. Only a single Noel Prefontaine field goal in the third quarter accounted for Toronto scoring after the first half, while Damon Duval hit four field goals to add to Lapointe's three touchdowns and giving Montréal a Grey Cup berth and a 33-17 victory. Anthony Calvillo (born August 23, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is an CFL quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes. ... Noel Prefontaine is a kicker with the Toronto Argonauts, and originally comes from Oakville, Ontario. ...

West

On the heels of his benching against Calgary, it seemed likely that Edmonton head coach Danny Maciocia would leave Ricky Ray as the backup for the West final against the British Columbia Lions. However, Maciocia said mid-week that Ray would start, leaving Jason Maas remaining as the backup. In B.C., Dave Dickenson unsurprisingly got the start over former Most Outstanding Player Casey Printers, leading some to joke that four of the CFL's best quarterbacks would be in this game. The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... The British Columbia Lions are a Canadian Football League team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Danny Maciocia (b. ... This article is about the American quarterback Ricky Ray. ... Jason Maas (b. ... Dave Dickenson (b. ... Casey Printers (born May 5, 1981 in DeSoto, Texas) is a quarterback with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. ...

In contrast to their previous game against Calgary, Edmonton started out strong against British Columbia, racking up two Sean Fleming field goals, a rouge on a punt through the endzone, and a one-yard touchdown plunge by Ray to notch fourteen first-quarter points against a single Mark McLoughlin field goal for B.C. Another Ray touchdown run in the second quarter gave the Eskimos a 21-3 lead before Casey Printers, sent in on short yardage situations, scored a one-yard touchdown run of his own to send it to the half at 21-7. Sean Fleming (b. ...

Ray had looked good in the first half, but ran into trouble not always of his own making. He threw an interception to Barron Miles that bounced off Edmonton receiver Trevor Gaylor's shoulder pads and lost a fumble on a bad exchange, two turnovers that produced ten points for the Lions. Meanwhile, Dickenson briefly got in a groove, nailing Geroy Simon with a ninety-yard touchdown toss, the longest in Lions playoff history. After another McLoughlin field goal and a rouge by punter Duncan O'Mahony, all of a sudden the game was tied at 21 after the third quarter. Geroy Simon Arguably the Canadian Football Leagues best reciever, Geroy Simon plays the position of slotback on the British Columbia Lions. ... Duncan OMahoney (b. ...

To start the fourth quarter, Maciocia decided to make a quarterback change for the third consecutive game, sending Jason Maas in to replace Ray, whose 17 of 28 for 207 yards, along with two rushing touchdowns, a fumble, and an interception, were acceptable but not fantastic.

Maas's arrival seemed to spur on the Edmonton defense, as they shut Dickenson down the rest of the way. Dickenson threw an interception directly into the hands of Edmonton linebacker Steven Marsh, only his sixth interception all season and setting up a Maas 15-yard pass to Trevor Gaylor to make it 28-21. The far-from-sellout but boisterous croud of 37,337 grew restless and British Columbia coach Wally Buono sent in his backup, Printers, to great applause. Wally Buono - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

However, aside from a dramatic 47-yard pass to Paris Jackson, Printers was ineffective. After the toss to Jackson, Printers promptly threw an interception to Keyou Craver at the goal line. The Eskimos went two-and-out and opted to have Derrell Mitchell concede a safety rather than have Sean Fleming punt out of his own endzone, thus pulling the Lions within five. However, after a pass interference call on Edmonton put the Lions within range of a Hail Mary, Printers overthrew Geroy Simon on the last play of the game, which sent Edmonton to the Grey Cup. Keyou Craver is a Canadian Football League defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos. ... Derrell Mitchell is a Canadian Football League wide receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos. ...

The game was marred by some refereeing controversy, as three debatable pass interference penalties and a few other missed calls drew the ire of fans of both sides. However, by and by large, both teams' fans agreed Edmonton had earned the victory.