1961 CFL season

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1961 Canadian Football League season
Preseason July 14-August 8, 1961
Regular Season August 7-November 5, 1961
Postseason November 11-December 2, 1961
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The 1961 CFL season was the eighth season in modern Canadian professional football, although officially it was the fourth season of the Canadian Football League. The season ended with the 49th Grey Cup, the league's championship game, which was won by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Publications

Programs
Week Date Teams Venue
Preseason August 8, 1961 Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs. Buffalo Bills Civic Stadium
Week 2 August 17, 1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Ottawa Rough Riders Winnipeg Stadium
Week 3 August 21, 1961 BC Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes Empire Stadium
Week 4 August 25, 1961 Montreal Alouettes vs. Toronto Argonauts Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Week 8 September 18, 1961 BC Lions vs. Toronto Argonauts Empire Stadium
Week 11 October 15, 1961 Toronto Argonauts vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Exhibition Stadium
October 16, 1961 BC Lions vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Empire Stadium
Week 13 October 29, 1961 Montreal Alouettes vs. Toronto Argonauts Exhibition Stadium
Week 14 November 5, 1961 BC Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders Empire Stadium
Postseason November 18, 1961 Toronto Argonauts vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Exhibition Stadium
December 2, 1961 Grey Cup (Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats) Exhibition Stadium
Media Guides and Yearbooks
Media Guides BC Lions • Hamilton Tiger-Cats • Montreal Alouettes

Publications by Team

1961 CFL season by team
Eastern Football Conference
Hamilton Tiger-Cats • Montreal Alouettes • Ottawa Rough Riders • Toronto Argonauts
Western Interprovincial Football Union
BC Lions • Calgary Stampeders • Edmonton Eskimos • Saskatchewan Roughriders • Winnipeg Blue Bombers


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