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The 1997 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 44th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 40th Canadian Football League season. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling)

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CFL News in 1997

The CFL entered the 1997 season with eight teams, instead of nine. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Ottawa Rough Riders ceased operations and folded after the 1996 season. The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa Ontario, founded in 1876 The 1996 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 43rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 39th Canadian Football In February, a dispersal draft was held for the players who were under contract with the Ottawa franchise. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.

The Montreal Alouettes began the 1997 season under new ownership, which was headed by Robert C. Wetenhall. The Montreal Alouettes ( French: les Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. Robert Wetenhall is the owner of the Montreal Alouettes Football Club of the Canadian Football League. Wetenhall and his ownership group retained the Alouette name and logo.

With the Rough Riders departure, the CFL returned the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the East Division. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian Football League team based in Winnipeg Manitoba. The East Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League.

The CFL also started implementing the cross-over rule, which enables one 4th place team from a division to qualify for the playoffs, as long as, they have earned more points than the 3rd place team from the oppossing division. If qualified the 4th place team would then cross-over to the other division in the playoffs and play the 2nd place team.

Regular Season Standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 18 12 6 0 479 400 24
Calgary Stampeders 18 10 8 0 522 442 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 8 10 0 413 479 16
British Columbia Lions 18 8 10 0 429 536 16
East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 18 15 3 0 660 327 30
Montreal Alouettes 18 13 5 0 509 532 26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 4 14 0 443 548 8
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 2 16 0 362 549 4


Grey Cup playoffs

Main article: 85th Grey Cup

The Toronto Argonauts won their second-straight Grey Cup championship in 1997, defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 47-23, at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. Game Summary Toronto Argonauts (47 - TDs Doug Flutie, Adrion Smith, Robert Drummond, Mike "Pinball" Clemons, The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Grey Cup (in Coupe Grey is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, founded in 1910. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. For the stadium of the same name in Kentucky, see Commonwealth Stadium (Kentucky. The Argonauts' Doug Flutie (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Paul Masotti (WR) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian. Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football Quarterback. The Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award is awarded annually to the player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup Game the Canadian Football League 's Paul Masotti (born March 10, 1965 in Hamilton Ontario) is a former professional Canadian football player and current Front office The Dick Suderman Trophy for the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian is awarded annually to the Canadian-born player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup

Playoff bracket

  November 2: Division Semifinals     November 9: Division Finals     November 16: 85th Grey Cup @ Commonwealth Stadium - Edmonton, AB
                           
  East     E2  Montreal Alouettes 30  
  W4  British Columbia Lions 35     E1  Toronto Argonauts 37    
  E2  Montreal Alouettes 45         E1  Toronto Argonauts 47
      W3  Saskatchewan Roughriders 23
  West     W3  Saskatchewan Roughriders 31    
  W3  Saskatchewan Roughriders 33     W1  Edmonton Eskimos 30  
  W2  Calgary Stampeders 30  


1997 CFL All-Stars

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SPECIAL TEAMS


1997 CFL Awards

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1996 CFL season		 CFL seasons Succeeded by
1998 CFL season
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