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{{short description|1949 Canadian Football championship game}}
{{Infobox Canadian football game
| number         = 37
| type           = Grey Cup
| image          =
| date           = November 26, 1949
| stadium        = [[Varsity Stadium]]
| city           = [[Toronto]]
| visitor name   = [[Montreal Alouettes]]|visitor colour=Montreal Alouettes
| home name      = [[Calgary Stampeders]]|home colour=Calgary Stampeders
| visitor coach  = [[Lew Hayman]]
| home coach     = [[Les Lear]]
| visitor record = 8–4
| home record    = 13–1
| visitor1       = 12
| visitor2       = 5
| visitor3       = 9
| visitor4       = 2
| home1          = 7
| home2          = 0
| home3          = 0
| home4          = 8
| MVP            =
| MV2            =
| anthem         =
| referee        =
| coin toss      =
| halftime       =
| attendance     = 20,087
| network        =
| announcers     =
| ratings        =
}}
The '''37th [[Grey Cup]]''' was played on November 26, 1949, before 20,087 fans at [[Varsity Stadium]] at [[Toronto]]. [[Montreal Alouettes]] defeated [[Calgary Stampeders]] 28–15. Though teams from [[Montreal]] had won two [[Grey Cup]]s, this was the first appearance and victory for the [[Montreal Alouettes]] franchise.

== Box Score (partial)==

'''First Quarter'''

Montreal - TD - [[Virgil Wagner]] 00 yard run ([[Chester McCance|Ches McCance]] convert)<br />
Montreal - TD - [[Bob Cunningham (Canadian football)|Bob Cunningham]] 00 yard pass from [[Frank Filchock]] ([[Chester McCance|Ches McCance]] convert)<br />
Calgary - Rouge<br />
Calgary - TD - [[Harry Hood (Canadian football)|Harry Hood]] 2 yard run (convert good)

'''Second Quarter'''

Montreal - TD - [[Herb Trawick]] 34 yard fumble return (convert no good)

'''Third Quarter'''

Montreal - TD - [[Virgil Wagner]] 00 yard run ([[Chester McCance|Ches McCance]] convert)<br />
Montreal - FG - [[Chester McCance|Ches McCance]]

'''Fourth Quarter'''

Calgary - Safety - [[Johnny Aguirre]] tackled [[Bob Cunningham (Canadian football)|Bob Cunningham]] in the end zone<br />
Calgary - TD - [[Sugarfoot Anderson]] 00 yard fumble return (convert good)<br />
Montreal - Rouge - [[Chester McCance|Ches McCance]] missed field goal<br />
Montreal - Rouge - [[Fred Kijek]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Teams
! 1 Q
! 2 Q
! 3 Q
! 4 Q
! Final
|-
| '''Montreal Alouettes'''
| 12
| 5
| 9
| 2
| '''28'''
|-
| '''Calgary Stampeders'''
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 8
| '''15'''
|}

== Facts ==

This was the third [[Grey Cup]] victory for a team from [[Montreal]]. In 1931 The [[Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers]] won the [[19th Grey Cup]] game. In 1944 [[St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy]] won the [[32nd Grey Cup]] game. The [[Montreal AAA]] had also won hockey's [[Stanley Cup]] in 1893, 1894, 1902 and 1903.

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1949|title=Grey Cup: 1949|publisher=Canadian Football League|access-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820011118/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1949|archive-date=2013-08-20|url-status=dead}}

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[[Category:November 1949 sports events in Canada]]


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