97th Grey Cup
2009 Canadian Football championship game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 97th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 2009, at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, and decided the Canadian Football League (CFL) champion for the 2009 season.[2] The Montreal Alouettes came from behind to defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28–27, on a 33-yard field goal by Damon Duval as time ran out. Duval had actually missed a first attempt, but Saskatchewan was penalized for having too many men on the field, allowing Duval a second field goal attempt.
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Date | November 29, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | McMahon Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Calgary, Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Player | Avon Cobourne, Montreal RB | ||||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Canadian | Ben Cahoon, Montreal SB | ||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | Canadian Tenors | ||||||||||||||||||
Coin toss | Lt.-Gov. Norman Kwong | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Glen Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Blue Rodeo | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 46,020 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | TSN/TSN HD RDS/RDS HD | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | (TSN): Chris Cuthbert, Glen Suitor, Dave Randorf, Jock Climie, Matt Dunigan, Chris Schultz (RDS): Denis Casavant, Pierre Vercheval, David Arsenault, Mike Sutherland | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratings | 6.1 million[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Montreal running back Avon Cobourne was named the Most Valuable Player of the game. Alouettes slotback Ben Cahoon received the Dick Suderman Trophy as the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.