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| Date | November 19, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Taylor Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Regina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Tracy Ham, QB (Stallions) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Most Valuable Canadian | Dave Sapunjis, SB (Stampeders) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Jack Semple | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 52,064 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Canada: CBC,RDS USA: ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (CBC)Steve Armitage,Don Wittman,Dan Kepley,Brian Williams,Chris Cuthbert,Glen Suitor (ESPN2)Gus Johnson,Mike Mayock,Lisa Bowes | ||||||||||||||||||
The83rd Grey Cup a.k.a.The Wind Bowl was the1995Canadian Football League championship game played between theBaltimore Stallions and theCalgary Stampeders atTaylor Field inRegina, Saskatchewan. The Stallions won the game by a score of 37–20. It marked the only time that an American-based team won the Grey Cup.
Baltimore Stallions (37) - TDs,Chris Wright,Alvin Walton,Tracy Ham; FGs,Carlos Huerta (5); cons.,Huerta (3); singles,Josh Miller (1).
Calgary Stampeders (20) - TDs,Marvin Pope,Doug Flutie; FGs,Mark McLoughlin (2); cons.,McLoughlin (2).
First Quarter
BAL - TD Wright 82-yard punt return (Huerta convert) 2:26
CAL - FG McLoughlin 35-yard field goal 7:19
CAL - FG McLoughlin 32-yard field goal 14:21
Second Quarter
CAL - TD Pope 2-yard pass from Flutie (McLoughlin convert) 0:39
BAL - FG Huerta 30-yard field goal 2:51
BAL - TD Walton 4-yard fumble return (Huerta convert) 7:21
BAL - FG Huerta 45-yard field goal 9:49
BAL - FG Huerta 53-yard field goal 13:30
Third Quarter
BAL - Single Miller 70-yard punt through end zone 1:06
CAL - TD Flutie 1-yard run (McLoughlin convert) 7:58
BAL - TD Ham 13-yard run (Huerta convert) 12:47
Fourth Quarter
BAL - FG Huerta 41-yard field goal 7:29
BAL - FG Huerta 18-yard field goal 13:40
The winds at Taylor Field were particularly strong and gusted up to 85 km/h (50 mph) during the game. Indeed, they were so strong that CFL officials seriously considered postponing the game to the following night. They feared that the temporary stands built at one end at the stadium would not be safe.
The Stallions opened the game with a Grey Cup record 82-yard punt return byChris Wright just 2:20 into the game. Calgary responded scoring the next 13 points, including a rare touchdown forMarvin Pope on a three-yard pass fromDoug Flutie early in the second quarter giving the Stampeders a 13–7 lead.
Baltimore responded with four consecutive scores including threeCarlos Huerta field goals against the wind, the longest from a Grey Cup record 53 yards.O. J. Brigance blocked aTony Martino punt with just under eight minutes to go in the half which was scooped up byAlvin Walton at the five. He dove over for Baltimore's lone touchdown of the half.In the third quarter after a Baltimore single, Flutie scored a touchdown on a one-yard plunge but it was the last scoring for Calgary. Stallions quarterbackTracy Ham responded with a touchdown of his own and Huerta kicked two field goals to round out Baltimore's scoring.
Tracy Ham was named the game'sMost Valuable Player. Ham threw for 213 yards and rushed for a touchdown. Stamps slotback Dave Sapunjis was the game'soutstanding Canadian hauling in eight passes for 113 yards.
Stallions linebackerO.J. Brigance would later winSuper Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 as a member of theNational Football League'sBaltimore Ravens, becoming the only football player in history to ever win a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl with teams based out of the same city.
This was the first Grey Cup to be played in the province ofSaskatchewan.
Shortly after the first round of the 1995 CFL playoffs, theCleveland Browns announced they weremoving to Baltimore. Knowing he could not compete with an NFL team, Stallions ownerJim Speros opted to cancel his franchise and used his organization and players as the basis for reactivating the dormantMontreal Alouettes franchise. As a result, the Stallions along with theOttawa Rough Riders, are officially the only Grey Cup champions in the modern era to fold.
It also marked the final time "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung before the Grey Cup game (before the customary playing of "O Canada"), or any CFL game as the CFL ceased its American operations after the end of the season. However, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung at the89th Grey Cup in 2001 (in mark of respect of lives lost due to the9/11 attacks).