- 1961 CFL season
The 1961
Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 8th season in modern-dayCanadian football , although it is officially the 4th Canadian Football League season.CFL News in 1961
The Western Canada Intercollegiate Rugby Union merged with the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union.
The WIFU changed its name to become the Western Football Conference.
The CFL season schedule was partially interlocked to allow teams of the Eastern Football Conference to play the teams of the Western Football Conference.
The 49th edition of the
Grey Cup was played in overtime for the first time atToronto 's CNE Stadium. TheWinnipeg Blue Bombers won that game by defeating theHamilton Tiger-Cats by a score of 21-14, to win the championship.The CFL made some rule changes for the upcoming 1962 season by permitting four defensive backs from each team to have unlimited blocking in rushing plays, as long as they are lined up outside the ends. However, the CFL made the tackle-eligible play to become illegal.
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"
*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
* "Winnipeg and Hamilton have first round byes."
Grey Cup playoffs
"Note: All dates in 1961"
Conference Semi-Finals
* "Hamilton won 2 game total-point series by 55-27. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game."
