39th Grey Cup

The 39th Grey Cup was the Canadian Football League's championship game of the 1951 season, played on November 24, 1951.

39th Grey Cup

Saskatchewan Roughriders Ottawa Rough Riders (8–6) (7–5) 14 21 Head coach:  Harry Smith Head coach:  Clem Crowe
1 2 3 4 Total Saskatchewan Roughriders 2 0 0 12 14 Ottawa Rough Riders 6 6 7 2 21
Date	November 24, 1951
Stadium	Varsity Stadium
Location	Toronto
Attendance	27,341

The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 21–14 at Toronto's Varsity Stadium before a crowd of 27,341 fans in the first Grey Cup match-up between the two similarly named teams.

Game summary

Saskatchewan Roughriders (14) - TDs, Jack Nix, Sully Glasser; cons., Red Ettinger (2); singles, Glenn Dobbs (2).

Ottawa Rough Riders (21) - TDs, Benny MacDonell, Pete Karpuk, Alton Baldwin; cons., Bob Gain (3); singles, Bruce Cummings (2), Tom O'Malley.

External links

• "Grey Cup: 1951". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2010-12-13.
• "The Grey Cup 1909-2009" (PDF). Canadian Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-02.