The 1962 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the ninth season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the fifth Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 1962 [edit]
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was established in Hamilton.
The 50th Grey Cup game, nicknamed "The Fog Bowl", was postponed due to fog on Saturday, December 1. The final 9 minutes and 29 seconds was played on Sunday as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 28–27 to win their third championship in four years.
Regular season standings [edit]
Final regular season standings [edit]
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Winnipeg and Hamilton have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs [edit]
Note: All dates in 1962
Conference Semi-Finals [edit]
- Calgary won the total-point series by 43–7. The Stampeders will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Finals.
- The Alouettes will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Finals.
Conference Finals [edit]
- Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–1. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
- Hamilton won 2 game total-point series by 58–38. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Playoff bracket [edit]
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Grey Cup Championship [edit]
CFL Leaders [edit]
1962 CFL All-Stars [edit]
Offence [edit]
- QB – Eagle Day, Calgary Stampeders
- RB – Earl Lunsford, Calgary Stampeders
- RB – George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
- RB – Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- RB – Ray Purdin, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
- C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
- OG – Gerry Patrick, Toronto Argonauts
- OT – Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- OT – Bronko Nagurski Jr., Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Defence [edit]
- DT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
- DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DE – Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DE – Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- MG – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
- LB – Tom Brown, BC Lions
- LB – Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- LB – Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DB – Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders
- DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- S – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts
1962 Eastern All-Stars [edit]
Offence [edit]
- QB – Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough Riders
- RB – Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonauts
- RB – George Dixon, Montreal Alouettes
- RB – Ernie White, Ottawa Rough Riders
- F – Bobby Kuntz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OE – Hal Patterson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OE – Marv Luster, Montreal Alouettes
- C – Ron Watton, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OG – Hardiman Cureton, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OG – Ellison Kelly, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- OT – Moe Racine, Ottawa Rough Riders
- OT – Bronko Nagurski Jr., Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Defence [edit]
- DT – John Barrow, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- DT – Bobby Jack Oliver, Montreal Alouettes
- DE – Billy Ray Locklin, Montreal Alouettes
- DE – Mel Semenko, Ottawa Rough Riders
- MG – Kaye Vaughan, Ottawa Rough Riders
- LB – Zeno Karcz, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- LB – Jim Andreotti, Toronto Argonauts
- LB – Ed Nickla, Montreal Alouettes
- LB – Jim Conroy, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DB – Joe Poirier, Ottawa Rough Riders
- DB – Don Sutherin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- S – Jim Rountree, Toronto Argonauts
1962 Western All-Stars [edit]
Offence [edit]
- QB – Eagle Day, Calgary Stampeders
- RB – Earl Lunsford, Calgary Stampeders
- RB – Nub Beamer, BC Lions
- RB – Leo Lewis, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- RB – Ray Purdin, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OE – Pete Manning, Calgary Stampeders
- OE – Tommy Joe Coffey, Edmonton Eskimos
- C – Neil Habig, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG – Tony Pajaczkowski, Calgary Stampeders
- OG – Sherwyn Thorson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- OT – Frank Rigney, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- OT – Lonnie Dennis, BC Lions
Defence [edit]
- DT – Don Luzzi, Calgary Stampeders
- DT – Roger Savoie, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DE – Garner Ekstran, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DE – Herb Gray, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- MG – Ron Atchison, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB – Wayne Harris, Calgary Stampeders
- LB – Tom Brown, BC Lions
- LB – Gord Rowland, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- LB – Bill Burrell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- DB – Oscar Kruger, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB – Dick Thornton, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- S – Harvey Wylie, Calgary Stampeders
1962 CFL Awards [edit]
References [edit]
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