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| Date | November 29, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | BC Place Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Vancouver | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Offence:Damon Allen, QB (Eskimos) Defence:Stewart Hill, DE (Eskimos) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Canadian | Milson Jones, RB (Eskimos) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | The Nylons | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jake Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,478 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBC,Canadian Football Network,SRC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | CBC:Don Wittman,Ron Lancaster,Brian Williams,Steve Armitage. CFN:Dave Hodge,Neil Lumsden,Bob Irving. SRC: N/A. | ||||||||||||||||||
The75th Grey Cup was the1987Canadian Football League championship game that was played atBC Place Stadium inVancouver, between theEdmonton Eskimos and theToronto Argonauts. The Eskimos defeated the Argonauts 38–36, onJerry Kauric's last-minute field goal.
Edmonton Eskimos - (38) TDs,Henry Williams,Marco Cyncar,Brian Kelly,Damon Allen; FGs,Jerry Kauric (3); cons.,Kauric (4), singles,Kauric.
Toronto Argonauts - (36) TDs,Gil Fenerty (2),Doug Landry,Danny Barrett; FGs,Lance Chomyc (3); cons.,Lance Chomyc (3).
TheEdmonton Eskimos andToronto Argonauts engaged in a back-and-forth battle forEarl Grey'sCup in 1987, which was determined with a late field goal.
The lead changed hands five times beforeJerry Kauric booted a 49-yard field goal to secure a two-point victory for the Eskimos.
The fireworks went off early whenHenry 'Gizmo' Williams fielded a missed field goal and out ran Toronto defenders for 112-yard return for a touchdown, setting a new Grey Cup record and giving the Eskimos the early lead. Toronto'sLance Chomyc missed on two field goals in the opening 15 minutes.
Trailing 10-3 in the second quarter, Argos fullbackGil Fenerty took a pass fromGilbert Renfroe and ran 61 yards down the sidelines for Toronto's first major. A costly interception set up Toronto's second touchdown drive when Fenerty followed his blockers for a five-yard score.
Another costly turnover by the Eskimos put the Argos in front 24-10. Toronto'sDoug Landry picked up a fumble and ran 54 yards to the end zone.
Things appeared to go from bad to worse when Eskimos starting quarterbackMatt Dunigan went down to a head injury. But Edmonton had a quality backup pivot inDamon Allen, who flipped a six-yard touchdown pass toMarco Cyncar prior to halftime, cutting the deficit to 24-17. The drive began following a blocked punt byStanley Blair.
After outscoring the Argos 4-3 in the third quarter Edmonton restored its lead on the first play of the fourth quarter when Allen hitBrian Kelly for a 15-yard touchdown pass, putting the Eskimos in front 28-27.
A Chomyc field goal put Toronto back in front. But Allen's mobility caused fits for the Argos defence, and may have been the difference in the game. He gave the Eskimos a five-point edge with 6:39 remaining in the game with a 17-yard run on a bootleg.
Toronto was also forced to go to its backup quarterback when Renfroe was forced out with a knee injury. But his replacement,Danny Barrett, was equal to the task. Barrett called his own number with 2:43 remaining, busting up the middle 25 yards for a major, giving the Argos a 36-35 lead.
But the Argos suffered a setback when they missed on an attempted two-point conversion. This allowed the Eskimos to win the game on Kauric's field goal.
After theCTV network ceased its relationship with the CFL the previous season, a new broadcast service was established this season in its place, called theCanadian Football Network (CFN), which was run by the league itself. For this and the next three Grey Cup games after this one, they broadcast the Grey Cup game, but unlike the previous practice in place from 1971 to 1986 when both CTV and CBC pooled their commentary teams to call the game, the CFN called the Grey Cup game in its entirety separate from the CBC.
Paul Graham produced the television coverage for CFN.[1]