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{| class="infobox bordered" cellpadding="4" width="300" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Infobox Canadian football game
|+ style="margin-left: inherit; font-size: medium;" | '''84th Grey Cup'''
| number = 84
|- style="text-align: center; background: #ffffff;"
| type = Grey Cup
| colspan="2" | [[Image:96_logo.gif‎|160px]]
| image = 84th Grey Cup (emblem).png
|-
| image_size = 150
| align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #efefef;" |
| date = November 24, 1996
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"
| stadium = [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]]
|- style="text-align: center;"
| city = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
| '''Quarter'''
| halftime preformer = Robin Daggers
| style="width: 7%;" | '''1'''
| visitor name = Toronto Argonauts
| style="width: 7%;" | '''2'''
| visitor colour = Toronto Argonauts
| style="width: 7%;" | '''3'''
| home name = Edmonton Eskimos
| style="width: 7%;" | '''4'''
| home colour = Edmonton Eskimos
| style="width: 7%;" | '''Tot'''
| visitor coach = [[Don Matthews]]
|- style="text-align: center;"
| home coach = [[Ron Lancaster]]
| align="left" | [[Toronto Argonauts]]
| visitor record = 15–3
| 0
| home record = 11–7
| 27
| visitor1 = 0
| 3
| visitor2 = 27
| 13
| visitor3 = 3
| '''43'''
| visitor4 = 13
|- style="text-align: center;"
| home1 = 9
| align="left" | [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
| home2 = 14
| 9
| home3 = 0
| 14
| home4 = 14
| 0
| MVP = [[Doug Flutie]]
| 14
| MV2 = [[Mike Vanderjagt]]
| 37
| anthem =
|}
| referee = [[Jake Ireland]]
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| coin toss =
| '''Date''' || [[November 24]], [[1996]]
| halftime =
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| attendance = 38,595
| '''[[Stadium]]''' || [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]]
| network = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[Réseau des sports|RDS]], [[ESPN2]]
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| announcers = (CBC) [[Steve Armitage]], [[Chris Cuthbert]], [[Mark Lee (sportscaster)|Mark Lee]], [[Brian Williams (sportscaster)|Brian Williams]], [[Glen Suitor]], [[Brenda Irving]] (ESPN2) [[Gord Miller (sportscaster)|Gord Miller]], [[Danny Kepley]], [[Miles Gorrell]]
| '''City''' || [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
| ratings =
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
}}
| '''[[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player|Most Valuable Player]]''' || [[Doug Flutie]], Toronto
The '''84th Grey Cup''', also known as '''The Snow Bowl''', was the [[1996 CFL season|1996]] [[Grey Cup]] [[Canadian Football League]] championship game played between the [[Toronto Argonauts]] and the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] at [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. The Argonauts won the game by a score of 43–37 in controversial fashion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1996 |title=Grey Cup: 1996 |publisher=Canadian Football League |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213225956/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1996 |archive-date=2012-02-13 }}</ref> Financial problems nearly prevented the game from happening before [[Tim Hortons]] stepped in and provided the money needed to pay both teams' wages for the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-financial-assistance-federal-government-1.5548638|title=CFL asks federal government for $150 million to help cope with shutdown|first=Dan|last=Ralph|work=Canadian Press|date=April 28, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''[[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian|Most Valuable Canadian]]''' || [[Mike Vanderjagt]], Toronto
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''[[O Canada|National Anthem]]''' ||
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''[[Coin flipping|Coin toss]]''' ||
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''[[Halftime show]]''' ||
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''Attendance''' || 38,595
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=2 | '''TV in Canada'''
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''[[Television network|Network]]''' || [[CBC]], [[Réseau des sports|RDS]]
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''[[Sports announcer|Announcer]]s''' || (CBC) [[Steve Armitage]], [[Mark Lee (sportscaster)|Mark Lee]], [[Brian Williams (sportscaster)|Brian Williams]], [[Glen Suitor]], [[Brenda Irving]]
|- style="vertical-align: middle;"
| '''Television viewers''' ||
|}


==Game summary==
'''Toronto Argonauts''' (43) - TDs, [[Jimmy Cunningham]], [[Robert Drummond (gridiron football)|Robert Drummond]], [[Doug Flutie]], [[Adrion Smith]]; FGs, [[Mike Vanderjagt]] (5); cons., Vanderjagt (4).


'''Edmonton Eskimos''' (37) - TDs, [[Eddie Brown (Canadian football)|Eddie Brown]], [[Jim Sandusky]], [[Henry "Gizmo" Williams]], [[Eric Blount]], Marc Tolbert; cons., [[Sean Fleming (gridiron football)|Sean Fleming]] (5); safety touch
The '''84th Grey Cup''', also known as '''The Snow Bowl''', was the [[1996 CFL season|1996]] [[Grey Cup]] [[Canadian Football League]] championship game played between the [[Toronto Argonauts]] and the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] at [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. The Argonauts won the game by a score of 43-37.


'''First Quarter'''<br />
==Game Summary==
EDM—Safety Flutie concedes 3:37 <br />
'''Toronto Argonauts''' (43) - TDs, [[Jimmy Cunningham]], [[Robert Drummond (football player)|Robert Drummond]], [[Doug Flutie]], [[Adrion Smith]]; FGs, [[Mike Vanderjagt]] (5); cons., [[Mike Vanderjagt|Vanderjagt]] (4).
EDM—TD Brown 64-yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 11:48<br />
'''Second Quarter'''<br />
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 37-yard field goal 1:35<br />
TOR—TD Cunningham 80-yard punt return (Vanderjagt convert) 2:59<br />
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 32-yard field goal 7:09<br />
EDM—TD Sandusky 75-yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 7:34<br />
TOR—TD Drummond 1-yard run (Vanderjagt convert) 12:16<br />
EDM—TD Williams 91-yard kickoff return (Fleming convert) 12:31<br />
TOR—TD Flutie 10-yard run (Vanderjagt convert) 14:20<br />
'''Third Quarter'''<br />
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 17-yard field goal 4:22<br />
'''Fourth Quarter'''<br />
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 28-yard field goal 3:06<br />
EDM—TD Blount 5-yard run (Fleming convert) 7:53<br />
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 27-yard field goal 13:26<br />
TOR—TD Smith 49-yard interception return (Vanderjagt convert) 13:38<br />
EDM—TD Tolbert 7-yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 14:51


The temperature at game time was -10 °C, with 20 km/h winds and heavy snow. Tractors had to remove snow from the field prior to the game, as well as at halftime.
'''Edmonton Eskimos''' (37) - TDs, [[Eddie Brown]], [[Jim Sandusky]], [[Henry "Gizmo" Williams]], [[Eric Blount]], [[Marc Tolbert]]; cons., [[Sean Fleming]] (5).


Edmonton had all the points in the first quarter on a safety touch conceded by Toronto quarterback [[Doug Flutie]] and a 64-yard touchdown pass from [[Danny McManus]] to [[Eddie Brown (Canadian football)|Eddie Brown]], a shoestring catch that slipped through his hands then bounced off his right thigh and left shin before he caught it on the fly. It is considered to be of the most memorable plays in [[Grey Cup]] history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/grey-cup-2005/features/feature_tenplays.html|title=Ten plays to raise a Cup to|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=2008-08-11}}</ref>


In the second quarter, Toronto's [[Mike Vanderjagt]] kicked a field goal and [[Jimmy Cunningham]] returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. Another Vanderjagt field goal put Toronto up 13–9. Edmonton regained the lead with a 75-yard pass and run from McManus to [[Jim Sandusky]] but lost it again when [[Robert Drummond (gridiron football)|Robert Drummond]] scored for Toronto from the one. Edmonton's [[Henry "Gizmo" Williams]] reversed that in one play as he returned the kickoff 91 yards for the touchdown, a Grey Cup record that stood until the Eskimos' [[Tony Tompkins]] topped it with a 95-yard kickoff return in the [[93rd Grey Cup]]. Flutie marched the Argos to the Edmonton 10 then ran in himself for the touchdown with 20 seconds left in the half to give Toronto the lead 27–23 at halftime, closing a quarter that saw the teams combine for 41 points.
'''First Quarter'''<br>
EDM -- Safety Flutie conceeds 3:37 <br>
EDM -- TD Brown 64 yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 11:48<br>
'''Second Quarter'''<br>
TOR -- FG Vanderjagt 37 yard field goal 1:35<br>
TOR -- TD Cunningham 80 yard punt return (Vanderjagt convert) 2:59<br>
TOR -- FG Vanderjagt 32 yard field goal 7:09<br>
EDM -- TD Sandusky 75 yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 7:34<br>
TOR -- TD Drummond 1 yard run (Vanderjagt convert) 12:16<br>
EDM -- TD Williams 91 yard kickoff return (Fleming convert) 12:31<br>
TOR -- TD Flutie 10 yard run (Vanderjagt convert) 14:20<br>
'''Third Quarter'''<br>
TOR -- FG Vanderjagt 17 yard field goal 4:22<br>
'''Fourth Quarter'''<br>
TOR -- FG Vanderjagt 28 yard field goal 3:06<br>
EDM -- TD Blount 5 yard run (Fleming convert) 7:53<br>
TOR -- FG Vanderjagt 27 yard field goal 13:26<br>
TOR -- TD Smith 49 yard interception return (Vanderjagt convert) 13:38<br>
EDM -- TD Tolbert 7 yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 14:51<br>


Two Vanderjagt field goals were all the scoring in the first 23 minutes of the second half as Toronto receiver Cunningham dropped certain touchdown passes in the third and fourth quarters.


Edmonton cut the Toronto lead to 33–30 on [[Eric Blount]]'s five-yard touchdown run with seven minutes remaining. But Flutie marched Toronto 71 yards, including a controversial third-down gamble in which Flutie fumbled the snap but was ruled not only to have retained possession but to have gained a first down. Their drive thus extended, the Argonauts increased their lead to 36–30 on Vanderjagt's 27-yard field goal at 13:26.


Toronto's [[Adrion Smith]] iced the win, returning a [[Danny McManus]] interception 49 yards for a touchdown with 1:22 remaining.
(November 24th) Blowing snow and swirling winds weren't enough to stop [[Doug Flutie]] on Sunday.


McManus hit [[Marc Tolbert]] with a seven-yard touchdown pass at 14:51 to round out the scoring at 43–37. A short kickoff attempt was recovered by Toronto to end any Edmonton comeback threat.
Flutie quashed talk that he couldn't play in cold weather Sunday, scoring a touchdown and keeping the CFL's top defence off balance in leading the [[Toronto Argonauts]] to an exciting 43-37 Grey Cup win over the [[Edmonton Eskimos]].

It was the second-highest scoring [[Grey Cup]] game, next to Saskatchewan's 43-40 win over Hamilton in 1989.

Flutie, who was the [[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player]] this season, was also named the game's top performer. Teammate [[Mike Vanderjagt]], who booted five field goals, was voted they [[Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian]].

Edmonton pulled to within 33-30 on [[Eric Blount]]'s five-yard touchdown run with seven minutes remaining. The Eskimos remained in the game because Toronto receiver [[Jimmy Cunningham]] dropped certain touchdown passes in the third and fourth quarters.

But Flutie marched Toronto 71 yards, including a controversial third-down gamble in which the ball came loose, setting up Vanderjagt's 27-yard field goal at 13:26.

Toronto's [[Adrion Smith]] iced the win, returning a [[Danny McManus]] interception 49 yards for a touchdown with 1:22 remaining. McManus threw a league-leading 27 interceptions this season.

McManus hit [[Marc Tolbert]] with a seven-yard touchdown pass at 14:51 to round out the scoring, but Toronto recovered the onside kick to end the threat.

The Grey Cup win was Toronto's first since 1991.

Tractors had to remove snow from the field prior to the game, as well as at halftime as the white stuff fell throughout the contest. The temperature at game time was minus 10 C, with 20 kilometre-an-hour winds.

Neither team had problems with footing, and amazingly there were no turnovers. At one point, Toronto scored on five successive possessions.

The dismal weather didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the raucous gathering of 38,595, which was the biggest ever at [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]] but still 1,805 short of a sellout. It was also the smallest announced Grey Cup attendance since 32,454 attended the 1975 game in Calgary.

[[Robert Drummond (football player)|Robert Drummond]] and Cunningham had Toronto's touchdowns. Vanderjagt had the converts and four field goals.

[[Jim Sandusky]], [[Henry "Gizmo" Williams]] and [[Eddie Brown]] had Edmonton's touchdowns. [[Sean Fleming]] added the converts, but missed three field goals. The Eskimos recorded a safety.

Toronto led 27-23 at halftime as big plays were the order of the day. The teams combined for 41 points in the second quarter alone, with Toronto tying a Grey Cup record with 27 points in the quarter.

Williams returned a kickoff a Grey Cup-record 91 yards for a touchdown in the second after Cunningham took a punt 80 yards for a TD, two shy of the record Baltimore's [[Chris Wright (football player)|Chris Wright]] set last year.

Edmonton's Danny McManus had touchdown passes of 64 and 75 yards to Brown and Sandusky, respectively.

It was the Argonaut's first Cup win since 1991. Ironically, they did it in the stadium that had often been called "Never Win" by the Argo fans due to the team's consistent failure to beat the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] at that venue.


==1996 CFL Playoffs==
==1996 CFL Playoffs==
===West Division===
===West Division===
Semi-final ([[November 10]] @ [[Edmonton, Alberta]]) [[Edmonton Eskimos]] 68-7 [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
* Semi-final (November 10 @ [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]])<br>[[Edmonton Eskimos]] 68-7 [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
* Final (November 17 @ [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]])<br>[[Edmonton Eskimos]] 15-12 [[Calgary Stampeders]]
Final ([[November 17]] @ [[Calgary, Alberta]]) [[Edmonton Eskimos]] 15-12 [[Calgary Stampeders]]


===East Division===
===East Division===
Semi-final ([[November 9]] @ [[Montreal, Quebec]]) [[Montreal Alouettes]] 22-11 [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
* Semi-final (November 9 @ [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]])<br>[[Montreal Alouettes]] 22-11 [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
* Final (November 16 @ [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]])<br>[[Toronto Argonauts]] 43-7 [[Montreal Alouettes]]


==In popular culture==
Final ([[November 16]] @ [[Toronto, Ontario]]) [[Toronto Argonauts]] 43-7 [[Montreal Alouettes]]
The game serves as a key plot point to [[P.S. I Love You (How I Met Your Mother)|a 2013 episode]] of the American TV series ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2654452/|title=How I Met Your Mother, Season 8, Episode 15|publisher=IMDB|access-date=2013-05-14}}</ref> In the episode, teen idol [[Robin Scherbatsky|Robin Sparkles]] derails her music career during the game's halftime show by unveiling her new [[grunge]] persona, Robin Daggers, which triggers her move to the United States, entry into journalism and joining the program's core cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/02/05/hamilton-how-i-met-your-mother.html
|title=CBS's How I Met Your Mother comes to Hamilton's 1996 Grey Cup|publisher=CBC|access-date=2013-05-14}}</ref> In reality, the halftime act for the contest was [[The Nylons]].


==References==
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Revision as of 20:07, 10 April 2024

84th Grey Cup
Toronto Argonauts Edmonton Eskimos
(15–3) (11–7)
43 37
Head coach: 
Head coach: 
1234 Total
Toronto Argonauts 027313 43
Edmonton Eskimos 914014 37
DateNovember 24, 1996
StadiumIvor Wynne Stadium
StandortHamilton
Most Valuable PlayerDoug Flutie
Most Valuable CanadianMike Vanderjagt
RefereeJake Ireland
Attendance38,595
Broadcasters
NetworkCBC, RDS, ESPN2
Announcers(CBC) Steve Armitage, Chris Cuthbert, Mark Lee, Brian Williams, Glen Suitor, Brenda Irving (ESPN2) Gord Miller, Danny Kepley, Miles Gorrell

The 84th Grey Cup, also known as The Snow Bowl, was the 1996 Grey Cup Canadian Football League championship game played between the Toronto Argonauts and the Edmonton Eskimos at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. The Argonauts won the game by a score of 43–37 in controversial fashion.[1] Financial problems nearly prevented the game from happening before Tim Hortons stepped in and provided the money needed to pay both teams' wages for the game.[2]

Game summary

Toronto Argonauts (43) - TDs, Jimmy Cunningham, Robert Drummond, Doug Flutie, Adrion Smith; FGs, Mike Vanderjagt (5); cons., Vanderjagt (4).

Edmonton Eskimos (37) - TDs, Eddie Brown, Jim Sandusky, Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Eric Blount, Marc Tolbert; cons., Sean Fleming (5); safety touch

First Quarter
EDM—Safety Flutie concedes 3:37
EDM—TD Brown 64-yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 11:48
Second Quarter
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 37-yard field goal 1:35
TOR—TD Cunningham 80-yard punt return (Vanderjagt convert) 2:59
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 32-yard field goal 7:09
EDM—TD Sandusky 75-yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 7:34
TOR—TD Drummond 1-yard run (Vanderjagt convert) 12:16
EDM—TD Williams 91-yard kickoff return (Fleming convert) 12:31
TOR—TD Flutie 10-yard run (Vanderjagt convert) 14:20
Third Quarter
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 17-yard field goal 4:22
Fourth Quarter
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 28-yard field goal 3:06
EDM—TD Blount 5-yard run (Fleming convert) 7:53
TOR—FG Vanderjagt 27-yard field goal 13:26
TOR—TD Smith 49-yard interception return (Vanderjagt convert) 13:38
EDM—TD Tolbert 7-yard pass from McManus (Fleming convert) 14:51

The temperature at game time was -10 °C, with 20 km/h winds and heavy snow. Tractors had to remove snow from the field prior to the game, as well as at halftime.

Edmonton had all the points in the first quarter on a safety touch conceded by Toronto quarterback Doug Flutie and a 64-yard touchdown pass from Danny McManus to Eddie Brown, a shoestring catch that slipped through his hands then bounced off his right thigh and left shin before he caught it on the fly. It is considered to be of the most memorable plays in Grey Cup history.[3]

In the second quarter, Toronto's Mike Vanderjagt kicked a field goal and Jimmy Cunningham returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. Another Vanderjagt field goal put Toronto up 13–9. Edmonton regained the lead with a 75-yard pass and run from McManus to Jim Sandusky but lost it again when Robert Drummond scored for Toronto from the one. Edmonton's Henry "Gizmo" Williams reversed that in one play as he returned the kickoff 91 yards for the touchdown, a Grey Cup record that stood until the Eskimos' Tony Tompkins topped it with a 95-yard kickoff return in the 93rd Grey Cup. Flutie marched the Argos to the Edmonton 10 then ran in himself for the touchdown with 20 seconds left in the half to give Toronto the lead 27–23 at halftime, closing a quarter that saw the teams combine for 41 points.

Two Vanderjagt field goals were all the scoring in the first 23 minutes of the second half as Toronto receiver Cunningham dropped certain touchdown passes in the third and fourth quarters.

Edmonton cut the Toronto lead to 33–30 on Eric Blount's five-yard touchdown run with seven minutes remaining. But Flutie marched Toronto 71 yards, including a controversial third-down gamble in which Flutie fumbled the snap but was ruled not only to have retained possession but to have gained a first down. Their drive thus extended, the Argonauts increased their lead to 36–30 on Vanderjagt's 27-yard field goal at 13:26.

Toronto's Adrion Smith iced the win, returning a Danny McManus interception 49 yards for a touchdown with 1:22 remaining.

McManus hit Marc Tolbert with a seven-yard touchdown pass at 14:51 to round out the scoring at 43–37. A short kickoff attempt was recovered by Toronto to end any Edmonton comeback threat.

1996 CFL Playoffs

West Division

East Division

The game serves as a key plot point to a 2013 episode of the American TV series How I Met Your Mother.[4] In the episode, teen idol Robin Sparkles derails her music career during the game's halftime show by unveiling her new grunge persona, Robin Daggers, which triggers her move to the United States, entry into journalism and joining the program's core cast.[5] In reality, the halftime act for the contest was The Nylons.

References

  1. ^ "Grey Cup: 1996". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13.
  2. ^ Ralph, Dan (April 28, 2020). "CFL asks federal government for $150 million to help cope with shutdown". Canadian Press. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Ten plays to raise a Cup to". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  4. ^ "How I Met Your Mother, Season 8, Episode 15". IMDB. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  5. ^ "CBS's How I Met Your Mother comes to Hamilton's 1996 Grey Cup". CBC. Retrieved 2013-05-14.