96th Grey Cup

DateNovember 23, 2008StadiumOlympic StadiumLocationMontrealMost Valuable PlayerHenry Burris, QB (Stampeders)Most Valuable CanadianSandro DeAngelis, K (Stampeders)National anthemNikki Yanofsky with Royal 22 Régiment BandCoin tossGeneral Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence StaffRefereeJake IrelandHalftime showTheory of a Deadman, Suzie McNeil, and Andrée WattersAttendance66,308BroadcastersNetworkEnglish:TSN/TSN HD, Versus (U.S. station)
French:RDS/RDS HDAnnouncers(TSN): Chris Cuthbert, Glen Suitor, Dave Randorf, Jock Climie, Matt Dunigan, Chris Schultz
(RDS): , Pierre Vercheval, , Mike SutherlandRatings3,654,000 in Canada

The 96th Grey Cup was held in Montreal, Quebec at Olympic Stadium on November 23, 2008. The East Division champion Montreal Alouettes hosted the West Division champion Calgary Stampeders. The Stampeders won the game 22–14, with quarterback Henry Burris winning the MVP award. It was the first time Montreal had hosted the Grey Cup since 2001, the first time since the 2002 Grey Cup that the host city played for the Grey Cup, and the first time since the 58th Grey Cup in 1970 that the Alouettes and Stampeders had met for the national championship. Hoping to break the record for highest attendance for a Grey Cup game, the organizers expanded Olympic Stadium to almost 70,000 seats. A crowd of 66,308 attended the game, failing to break the record of 68,318 set in 1977, but good enough to be the second-highest attended Grey Cup game of all time. Montreal has now played host to the four highest-attended Grey Cup games in history. It was the last time a Western-based team has won the Grey Cup in Eastern Canada until the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the 108th Grey Cup against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton in 2021.