- 44th Grey Cup
The 44nd
Grey Cup game was played on November 24, 1956 before 27,425 fans atVarsity Stadium inToronto .The favoured
Edmonton Eskimos won their third straight Grey Cup over theMontreal Alouettes by the score of 50 to 27.Edmonton coachPop Ivy surprised many by starting sophomore Canadian quarterbackDon Getty . WithJackie Parker ,Johnny Bright ,Normie Kwong andRollie Miles in the backfield, they were record setters. Bright rushed for aGrey Cup record 171 yards, and Parker added another 129, and the Eskimos team total was a record 456 yards. Montreal rushed for 191 yards, so both teams set a singleGrey Cup game record of 647 yards.Montreal had the game tied as late as the third quarter (20 to 20) beforeEdmonton took total control. While Getty was superb, with 2 touchdowns, the greatSam Etcheverry had one of his most disappointing days as a Lark, completing only 15 of 38 passes for 293 yards and aGrey Cup record 4 interceptions.Scoring
Edmonton Eskimos - 50
Touchdowns -Jackie Parker (3);Don Getty (2);Johnny Bright (2)
Field Goal -Bob Dean
Converts -Bob Dean (4)
Single -Jackie Parker (1)Montreal Alouettes - 27
Touchdowns -Hal Patterson (2);Sam Etcheverry (1);Pat Abbruzzi (1)
Converts -Bill Bewley (3)Trivia
This was the first
Grey Cup game with 6 point touchdowns.The game scorer incorrectly recorded the final score as 51 to 27.
Jackie Parker scored a touchdown on the final play, and fans flooded the end zone and one stole the game ball. As most of the game officials had left the field, Edmonton could not convert the touchdown, for lack of a ball. The officials ended the game without the final convert.This was the third of 11
Grey Cup clashes between Edmonton and Montreal. 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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