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2004 CFL season

The2004 CFL seasonis considered to be the 51st season in modern-dayCanadian football,although it is officially the 47thCanadian Football Leagueseason.

2004 CFL season
DurationJune 15 – October 30, 2004(2004-06-15–2004-10-30)
East championsToronto Argonauts
West championsBC Lions
92nd Grey Cup
VenueFrank Clair Stadium,Ottawa
ChampionsToronto Argonauts
MVPDamon Allen
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Canadian Football Leagueteam locations:West,East

CFL News in 2004

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Neil Payne retired from his position as Director of Officiating in February and was replaced by George Black. Former Eskimos Head Coach,Tom Higginswas named as the 2003 Coach of the Year. CFL CommissionerTom E. Wright,announced thatVancouverwould host the93rd Grey Cupfor 2005. Furthermore, Wright also announced in late October, thatWinnipegwould be the host of the94th Grey Cupfor 2006.

Wayne SmithofAppalachian State Universitywas drafted first overall in the2004 CFL Draftby theHamilton Tiger-Cats.Former player, broadcaster and football administrator,Mike Wadsworthdied in April. In September, theCanadian Football Hall of FameinductedLarry Highbaugh,Cal Murphy,Lui Passaglia,Dan YochumandBen Zambiasiduring the Induction Weekend ceremonies inHamilton.

CFL partner,Sun Microsystemsadded and launched real-time, in-game statistics entry with live play-by-play and scoring on cfl.ca. On June 2, the CFL announced a partnership withFSNand launched a player-based and team-based game for the 2004 season. In addition, the CFL also launched its first ever online kids section called — the Dare CFL KidsZone.

The CFL started a new international broadcasting agreement withTrajectory Sports & Media Group,to deliver Canadian Football to more than 50 million households in 176 countries for the 2004 season.U.S.television coverage of the92nd Grey Cupresulted in the largest international broadcast distribution of aGrey Cupgame — when it was made available to more than 55 million television households. In addition,Rogers Sportsnetannounced the start of "CFL Crunch", which is a 30-minute news segment concerning the league on June 24.

On October 18, theToronto Argonautsannounced their agreement withYork University,to construct a new 25,000-seat stadium on the university's Keele campus.

League attendance increased by 8% over the2003 season,when more than 2.2 million fans were coming into CFL stadiums. TheBC Lionshome attendance figures increased by 13% over the 2003 season, by averaging about 26,697 fans per game atBC Place Stadium.TheMontreal Alouettescontinued their strong attendance figures by recording its fifth straight year of having sell out crowds at both,Percival Molson Memorial StadiumandOlympic Stadium.The CFL set a new playoff attendance record with a total of 181,717 postseason crowds attending playoff games inToronto,Edmonton,Montreal,Vancouver andOttawa.The Grey Cup game in Ottawa had a sell-out crowd of 51,242 atFrank Clair Stadium.

The attendance increases were likely caused at least in part by the lack ofNHLhockey in the wake of the2004–05 NHL lockout.

Records:Before he retired, Edmonton running back,Mike Pringle,established two new records in 2004. The first record was accomplished on July 12, when Pringle established a new CFL career record for yards from scrimmage with 20,254 yards in the Eskimos 25–9 win over the B.C. Lions. The second record was accomplished on September 19 against the same B.C. Lions, when Pringle became the all-time leading rusher in CFL history with 16,425 yards.

In addition, three CFL quarterbacks established new records as well. Edmonton'sJason Maas,entered the CFL record books by setting a new mark for most consecutive pass completions in a regular season game with 22 on July 30. On August 13, B.C.'sCasey Printers,sets a new CFL record for the highest pass completion percentage in a regular season game by completing 90.9% of his passes. Furthermore, Hamilton'sDanny McManus,joined the company ofDamon AllenandRon Lancasterby surpassing the milestone of passing for 50,000 or more career yards on October 21.[1]

The Montreal Alouettes became the first team in CFL history to have four receivers on one team reach the 1000-yard receiving mark in one season: Ben Cahoon (1183 yards), Jeremaine Copeland (1154 yards), Thyron Anderson (1147 yards), and Kwame Cavil (1090 yards)

The Toronto Argonauts won their 15th Grey Cup by defeating the B.C. Lions 27–19 on November 21.

Regular season standings

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Final regular season standings

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Note:GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions 18 13 5 0 584 436 26 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 9 9 0 532 472 18 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 9 9 0 476 444 18 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 7 11 0 448 507 14 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 4 14 0 396 522 8 Details
East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 18 14 4 0 584 371 28 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18 10 7 1 422 414 21 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 9 8 1 455 542 19 Details
Ottawa Renegades 18 5 13 0 401 560 10 Details
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • BC and Montreal both have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

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Main article:92nd Grey Cup

TheToronto Argonautsare the 2004Grey CupChampions, defeating theBC Lions27–19, atOttawa'sFrank Clair Stadium.It was the first Grey Cup for Toronto since the85th Grey Cupin1997. The Argonauts'Damon Allen(QB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Playerand the Lions'Jason Clermont(SB) was theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

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November 5 & November 7: Division Semifinals November 14: Division Finals November 21:92nd Grey Cup
Frank Clair Stadium–Ottawa, ON
E2 Toronto Argonauts 26
East
E1 Montreal Alouettes 18
E3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 6
E2 Toronto Argonauts 24
E2 Toronto Argonauts 27
W1 BC Lions 19
W3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 25
West
W1 BC Lions 27*
W3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 14
W2 Edmonton Eskimos 6

*-Team won in Overtime.

CFL Leaders

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2004 CFL All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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2004 Western All-Stars

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Defence

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Special teams

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2004 Eastern All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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2004 CFLPA All-Stars

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Special teams

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Head coach

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2004 Rogers CFL Awards

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References

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  1. ^"Argos barely hold off Ticats".CBC Sports. October 22, 2004.RetrievedNovember 23,2009.
  2. ^"CFLapedia".
  3. ^"CFLPA | The Canadian Football League Players Association".cflpa.RetrievedMarch 6,2017.
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