The 62nd
Grey Cup
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was played on November 24, 1974 before 34,450 fans at
Empire Stadium in
Vancouver
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. The
Montreal Alouettes
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beat the
Edmonton Eskimos
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20–7 on a slick, wet field. Many balls were fumbled and passes dropped on a rainy Vancouver day.
Box Score
First Quarter
Edmonton – TD –
Calvin Harrell 8 yard pass from
Tom Wilkinson
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Dave Cutler
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Personal history
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Second Quarter
Montreal - Single –
Don Sweet
Don Sweet (born July 13, 1948) is a former star football placekicker for the Montreal Alouettes and Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College years
Sweet graduated from Washington State University in 1971. He was a Pacifi ...
50 yard missed field goal
Montreal - TD -
Larry Sherrer 5 yard run (
Don Sweet
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College years
Sweet graduated from Washington State University in 1971. He was a Pacifi ...
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Montreal - FG -
Don Sweet
Don Sweet (born July 13, 1948) is a former star football placekicker for the Montreal Alouettes and Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College years
Sweet graduated from Washington State University in 1971. He was a Pacifi ...
18 yards
Third Quarter
Montreal - FG -
Don Sweet
Don Sweet (born July 13, 1948) is a former star football placekicker for the Montreal Alouettes and Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College years
Sweet graduated from Washington State University in 1971. He was a Pacifi ...
27 yards
Fourth Quarter
Montreal - FG -
Don Sweet
Don Sweet (born July 13, 1948) is a former star football placekicker for the Montreal Alouettes and Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College years
Sweet graduated from Washington State University in 1971. He was a Pacifi ...
27 yards
Montreal - FG -
Don Sweet
Don Sweet (born July 13, 1948) is a former star football placekicker for the Montreal Alouettes and Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College years
Sweet graduated from Washington State University in 1971. He was a Pacifi ...
25 yards
Trivia
Both starting quarterbacks ended up leaving the game. The
CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award winner
Tom Wilkinson
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was injured when sacked by
Junior Ah You and was replaced by
Bruce Lemmerman
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Football career
After a star career at San Fernando Valley State College, where he led the Matadors to their first winning season and the Junior Rose B ...
.
Sonny Wade
Jesse Harold "Sonny" Wade (born April 1, 1947) is an American former professional football player for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1969 to 1978. He was an All-American at Emory & Henry College in Virginia.
...
came off the Alouettes' bench to replace starting quarterback
Jimmy Jones. In his Grey Cup career, Wade frequently came on in relief; he also did so in 1975 and 1978.
Sonny Wade
Jesse Harold "Sonny" Wade (born April 1, 1947) is an American former professional football player for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1969 to 1978. He was an All-American at Emory & Henry College in Virginia.
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won his second
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
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award (offence) while completing only 10 of 25 passes for 139 yards.
Junior Ah You won the
award
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on defence. This was the first year two separate Most Valuable Player awards were given out, one on offence, one on defence; this would be the case until 1990.
Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11
Grey Cup
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clashes. The Eskimos prevailed in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Alouettes were victorious in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002.
This was the last Grey Cup game played at
Empire Stadium; the next time Vancouver hosted a Grey Cup game nine years later in 1983, it would be indoors at the new
BC Place
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The venue is currently ...
Stadium.
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