- 62nd Grey Cup
The 62nd
Grey Cup was played on November 24, 1974 before 32,454 fans at Empire Stadium atVancouver . TheMontreal Alouettes beat theEdmonton Eskimos 20 to 7 on rain soaked field. Many balls were fumbled and passes were dropped in the wet Vancouver weather.Box Score
First Quarter
Edmonton – TD –
Calvin Harrell 8 yard pass from Tom Wilkinson (Dave Cutler convert)Second Quarter
Montreal - Single –
Don Sweet 50 yard missed field goal
Montreal - TD -Larry Sherrer 5 yard run (Don Sweet convert)
Montreal - FG -Don Sweet 18 yardsThird Quarter
Montreal - FG -
Don Sweet 27 yardsFourth Quarter
Montreal - FG -
Don Sweet 27 yards
Montreal - FG -Don Sweet 25 yardsTrivia
Both starting quarterbacks ended up leaving the game. The
CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award winner Tom Wilkinson was injured when sacked byJunior Ah You and was replaced byBruce Lemmerman .Sonny Wade came off the Alouettes bench to replace Alouettes starting quarterbackJimmy Jones . Wade made almost a trademark of coming on in relief, something he did not only in this game but also in the 1975 and 1978Grey Cup s, almost winning both games.Sonny Wade won his secondGrey Cup Most Valuable Player award (Offence) while completing only 10 of 25 passes for 139 yards.Junior Ah You won the award on Defence.Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11
Grey Cup clashes. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Larks have prevailed in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002.sequence
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