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The2004 CFL season is considered to be the 51st season in modern-dayCanadian football, although it is officially the 47thCanadian Football League season.

Neil Payne retired from his position as Director of Officiating in February and was replaced by George Black. Former Eskimos Head Coach,Tom Higgins was named as the 2003 Coach of the Year. CFL CommissionerTom E. Wright, announced thatVancouver would host the93rd Grey Cup for 2005. Furthermore, Wright also announced in late October, thatWinnipeg would be the host of the94th Grey Cup for 2006.

Wayne Smith ofAppalachian State University was drafted first overall in the2004 CFL draft by theHamilton Tiger-Cats. Former player, broadcaster and football administrator,Mike Wadsworth died in April. In September, theCanadian Football Hall of Fame inductedLarry Highbaugh,Cal Murphy,Lui Passaglia,Dan Yochum andBen Zambiasi during the Induction Weekend ceremonies inHamilton.

CFL partner,Sun Microsystems added and launched real-time, in-game statistics entry with live play-by-play and scoring on cfl.ca. On June 2, the CFL announced a partnership withFSN and launched a player-based and team-based game for the 2004 season. In addition, the CFL also launched its first ever online kids section called — the Dare CFL KidsZone.

The CFL started a new international broadcasting agreement withTrajectory Sports & Media Group, to deliver Canadian Football to more than 50 million households in 176 countries for the 2004 season.U.S. television coverage of the92nd Grey Cup resulted in the largest international broadcast distribution of aGrey Cup game — when it was made available to more than 55 million television households. In addition,Rogers Sportsnet announced the start of "CFL Crunch", which is a 30-minute news segment concerning the league on June 24.

On October 18, theToronto Argonauts announced their agreement withYork University, to construct a new 25,000-seat stadium on the university's Keele campus.

League attendance increased by 8% over the2003 season, when more than 2.2 million fans were coming into CFL stadiums. TheBC Lions home attendance figures increased by 13% over the 2003 season, by averaging about 26,697 fans per game atBC Place Stadium. TheMontreal Alouettes continued their strong attendance figures by recording its fifth straight year of having sell out crowds at both,Percival Molson Memorial Stadium andOlympic Stadium. The CFL set a new playoff attendance record with a total of 181,717 postseason crowds attending playoff games inToronto,Edmonton,Montreal, Vancouver andOttawa. The Grey Cup game in Ottawa had a sell-out crowd of 51,242 atFrank Clair Stadium.

The attendance increases were likely caused at least in part by the lack ofNHL hockey in the wake of the2004–05 NHL lockout.

Records: Before he retired, Edmonton running back,Mike Pringle, established two new records in 2004. The first record was accomplished on July 12, when Pringle established a new CFL career record for yards from scrimmage with 20,254 yards in the Eskimos 25–9 win over the B.C. Lions. The second record was accomplished on September 19 against the same B.C. Lions, when Pringle became the all-time leading rusher in CFL history with 16,425 yards.

In addition, three CFL quarterbacks established new records as well. Edmonton'sJason Maas, entered the CFL record books by setting a new mark for most consecutive pass completions in a regular season game with 22 on July 30. On August 13, B.C.'sCasey Printers, sets a new CFL record for the highest pass completion percentage in a regular season game by completing 90.9% of his passes. Furthermore, Hamilton'sDanny McManus, joined the company ofDamon Allen andRon Lancaster by surpassing the milestone of passing for 50,000 or more career yards on October 21.^[1]

The Montreal Alouettes became the first team in CFL history to have four receivers on one team reach the 1000-yard receiving mark in one season: Ben Cahoon (1183 yards), Jeremaine Copeland (1154 yards), Thyron Anderson (1147 yards), and Kwame Cavil (1090 yards)

The Toronto Argonauts won their 15th Grey Cup by defeating the B.C. Lions 27–19 on November 21.

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.
• BC and Montreal both have first round byes.

TheToronto Argonauts are the 2004Grey Cup Champions, defeating theBC Lions 27–19, atOttawa'sFrank Clair Stadium. It was the first Grey Cup for Toronto since the85th Grey Cup in1997.The Argonauts'Damon Allen (QB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player and the Lions'Jason Clermont (SB) was theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

*-Team won in Overtime.

• CFL passing leaders
• CFL rushing leaders
• CFL receiving leaders^[2]

• P –Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts
• K –Sean Fleming, Edmonton Eskimos
• ST –Keith Stokes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

• P –Sean Fleming, Edmonton Eskimos
• K – Sean Fleming, Edmonton Eskimos
• ST –Keith Stokes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

• P –Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts
• K –Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts[
• ST –Bashir Levingston, Toronto Argonauts

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• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award –Casey Printers (QB), BC Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award –Jason Clermont (SB), BC Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award –Anwar Stewart (DE), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award –Gene Makowsky (OT), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award –Nikolas Lewis (WR), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award –Keith Stokes (WR), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award –Barron Miles (DB), Montreal Alouettes
• Rogers Fans' Choice Award –Danny McManus (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats /Anthony Calvillo (QB), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Coach of the Year –Greg Marshall, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Commissioner's Award -Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders

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