The 55th Grey Cup was played between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders on December 2, 1967, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, before 31,358 fans and was won by the Tiger-Cats by a score of 24–1.
Box Score
First quarter
Hamilton – TD – Joe Zuger 3 yard run (Tommy Joe Coffey convert) Saskatchewan – Rouge – Alan Ford 87 yard punt
Second quarter
Hamilton – TD – Ted Watkins 72 yard pass from Joe Zuger (Tommy Joe Coffey convert) Hamilton - Rouge - Tommy Joe Coffey 42 yard missed field goal Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt
Fourth quarter
Hamilton - Rouge - Joe Zuger punt Hamilton – TD – Billy Ray Locklin 43 yard fumble return (convert missed)
Teams Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Hamilton Tiger Cats 7 10 0 7 24 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1 0 0 0 1
Game characteristics
Joe Zuger, Hamilton's quarterback, was named the game's Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.490, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA,
The game marked the sixth consecutive game in the season that the Ticats held their opponents without a touchdown.
Alan Ford's 87 yard punt, on a quick kick, is the longest in Grey Cup history.
References
External links
Grey Cup programmes (Archived 2009-10-22), an image of the souvenir programme from the 1967 game.