76th Grey Cup

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76th Grey Cup

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Tot
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4	10	5	3	22
British Columbia Lions	7	8	4	2	21

Date

November 27, 1988

Stadium

Lansdowne Park

City

Ottawa

Most Valuable Player

Offence: James Murphy, Winnipeg

Defence: Michael Gray, Winnipeg

Most Valuable Canadian

Bob Cameron (K/P), Winnipeg

National Anthem

Coin toss

Halftime show

Attendance

50,604

Network

CBC, Canadian Football Network, Télévision de Radio-Canada

Announcers

CBC: Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Brian Williams, Steve Armitage, Scott Oake.
CFN: Dave Hodge, Neil Lumsden, Tom Larscheid.
SRC: N/A.

Television viewers

The 76th Grey Cup was the 1988 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, between the British Columbia Lions and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Blue Bombers defeated the favoured Lions 22-21. This was the first Grey Cup game between two teams from west of Ontario, and the first to be won by a team which had only a .500 season.

1 Game Summary
2 Trivia
3 1988 CFL Playoffs
- 3.1 West Division
- 3.2 East Division

[edit] Game Summary

Winnipeg Blue Bombers (22) - TDs, James Murphy; FGs, Trevor Kennerd (4); cons., Kennerd; singles, Trevor Kennerd, Bob Cameron (2).

British Columbia Lions (21) - TDs, Anthony Cherry, David Williams; FGs, Lui Passaglia; cons., Passaglia (2); singles, Passaglia (2); safety touch.

The Lions jumped to a 7-1 lead in the opening quarter as running back Anthony Cherry scored on a 14-yard run. Kennerd kicked a 22-yard field goal to pull the Bombers within one.

With the wind at his back in the second quarter, Kennerd tied the score with a 43-yard field goal. But Lions quarterback Matt Dunigan connected with David Williams on a 26-yard scoring play, giving B.C. a 14-7 advantage.

The Bombers got that one back on their next possession. Quarterback Sean Salisbury threw a 35-yard touchdown strike to James Murphy to pull Winnipeg even. B.C.’s Lui Passaglia failed on a 41-yard field goal attempt near the end of the half, but it did give the Lions a 15-14 lead at intermission.

Passaglia and Kennerd exchanged field goals in the third quarter. The game was deadlocked at 19 heading into the final 15 minutes.

With 2:55 remaining, Trevor Kennerd kicked a 30-yard field goal to put the Bombers in front for the first time in the game. With the score 22-19 in favour of the Bombers, the Lions marched 75 yards downfield to the Winnipeg seven-yard line. Dunigan’s pass was batted down and intercepted by Winnipeg’s Mike Gray to snuff out the drive.

The B.C. defence held and Winnipeg head coach Mike Riley elected to give up a safety in favour of better field position, cutting the margin to just one. The ensuing kickoff was returned by B.C.’s Anthony Drawhorn 38 yards to the B.C. 45-yard line, but the ball was brought back to the 30 when Cherry was flagged on a rough play penalty. The Lions couldn’t get anything going and the Bombers held on for the win.