1994 CFL season

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The 1994 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 41st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 37th Canadian Football League season.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1994 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 1994 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 4.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 5 1994 Western All-Stars 5.1 OFFENCE 5.2 DEFENCE 5.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 6 1994 Eastern All-Stars 6.1 OFFENCE 6.2 DEFENCE 6.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 7 1994 CFL Awards 8 External links

[edit] CFL News in 1994

The CFL admitted three more U.S.-based teams with the Las Vegas Posse, the Shreveport Pirates and the Baltimore Colts - making it 12 teams in total, six in each division. However, the Colts name was revoked from the Baltimore franchise due to NFL pressure and played the entire season as the "Baltimore CFLers". The new teams would start play in 1994, with Las Vegas joining the Sacramento Gold Miners in the West Division and with Baltimore and Shreveport joining the East Division.

In February, Bruce M. Firestone purchased the Ottawa Rough Riders from the Glieberman family. In May, the JLL Broadcast Group purchased the Toronto Argonauts.

BC Place Stadium played host to the Grey Cup game on Sunday, November 27th, making Vancouver the host city for the twelfth time-more than any other Western Canadian city. In the Grey Cup game, the hometown B.C. Lions were against the Baltimore CFLers, becoming the first ever Grey Cup game between a Canadian team and an American team. The Lions ended up defeating the Baltimore team by a score of 26-23, on Lui Passaglia's game-winning field goal in the final seconds of the game.

Records: In a July 14, 1994 matchup of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos, Matt Dunigan passed for a remarkable 713 yards, setting a CFL record.[1]

Allen Pitts set the record for receiving yards in one season with 2,036 yards.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] 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 Calgary Stampeders 18 15 3 0 698 355 30 Edmonton Eskimos 18 13 5 0 518 401 26 British Columbia Lions 18 11 6 1 604 456 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 11 7 0 512 454 22 Sacramento Gold Miners 18 9 8 1 436 436 19 Las Vegas Posse 18 5 13 0 447 622 10

East Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 13 5 0 651 572 26 Baltimore CFLers 18 12 6 0 561 431 24 Toronto Argonauts 18 7 11 0 504 578 14 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 4 14 0 480 647 8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 4 14 0 435 562 8 Shreveport Pirates 18 3 15 0 330 661 6

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Main Article: 82nd Grey Cup

The British Columbia Lions are the 1994 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Baltimore CFLers 26-23, in front of their home crowd at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. It was the first football championship game between Canadian and American teams. The CFLers' Karl Anthony (DB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Lions' Lui Passaglia (K/P) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] Playoff bracket

November 12 & 13: Division Semifinals

November 20: Division Finals

November 27: 82nd Grey Cup @ BC Place Stadium - Vancouver, BC

E3

Toronto Argonauts

15

E2

Baltimore CFLers

34

E2

Baltimore CFLers

14

East

E1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

12

E4

Ottawa Rough Riders

16

E1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

26

E2

Baltimore CFLers

23

W3

British Columbia Lions

26

W3

British Columbia Lions

24

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

23

W3

British Columbia Lions

37

West

W1

Calgary Stampeders

36

W4

Saskatchewan Roughriders

3

W1

Calgary Stampeders

36

[edit] 1994 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1994 Western All-Stars

[edit] 1994 Eastern All-Stars

[edit] 1994 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Doug Flutie (QB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Gerald Wilcox (SB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Willie Pless (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Shar Pourdanesh (OT), Baltimore CFLers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Matt Goodwin (DB), Baltimore CFLers
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - O. J. Brigance (LB), Baltimore CFLers
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Don Matthews, Baltimore CFLers

Preceded by 1993 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by 1995 CFL season

v • d • e Canadian Football League West Division: BC Lions • Calgary Stampeders • Edmonton Eskimos • Saskatchewan Roughriders East Division: Winnipeg Blue Bombers • Hamilton Tiger-Cats • Toronto Argonauts • Montreal Alouettes Expansion Team: Ottawa CFL (2010) East Division Awards: Evanshen • Hayman • McCaffrey • Gibson • Dandurand West Division Awards: Nicklin • Martin • Fieldgate • Parker • DeMarco-Becket • Dryburgh • James League Awards: Outstanding Player • Canadian • Defensive Player • Offensive Lineman • Rookie • Stukus • Pate • Agro • Rogers Playoff Awards: Grey Cup • Dixon • Taylor • Most Valuable Player • Suderman Stadiums: BC Place • Canad Inns • Commonwealth • Ivor Wynne • McMahon • Molson • Mosaic • Olympic • Rogers Centre Records • Seasons • Draft • Rough Riders • Renegades • Schooners • CFL USA • Hall of Fame • Top 50 Players CFL on TV • CFL on CBC • CFL on CTV • Friday Night Football • List of Grey Cup broadcasters • The Canadian Football Network

[edit] External links

• Dennis KC Parks' famous rendition of Oh Canada at the Las Vegas Posse's season opener against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. A moment of which to be proud