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1971 CFL season

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The 1971 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 18th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 14th Canadian Football League season.

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CFL News for 1971

The Grey Cup Championship was played on artificial turf for the first time in Vancouver. The BC Lions also wore special "CCC"-logo helmets to commemorate the Canadian Confederation Centennial of British Columbia, the province having entered into Canadian Confederation a hundred years earlier, in 1871. The flower in the centre of the "CCC" logo is the pacific dogwood, the official provincial flower of British Columbia.

All CFL teams had their player's last names appearing on the jersey backs (at shoulder height, below the number) beginning this season.

This would be the last year until 2006 that the Edmonton Eskimos would miss the playoffs; in the intervening years, they would reach the playoffs for 33 straight years.

Final regular season standings

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

  • Bold text indicates that the team clinched a playoff berth.
  • Calgary and Toronto had first round byes.

    • Conference Finals

  • Calgary won best-of-three series 2–0, advancing to the Grey Cup Championship game.
  • Toronto won two-game total-point series 40–25, advancing to the Grey Cup Championship game.

    • CFL Leaders

  • CFL Passing Leaders
  • CFL Rushing Leaders
  • CFL Receiving Leaders

    • 1971 CFL Awards

  • CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Don Jonas (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Terry Evanshen (WR), Montreal Alouettes
  • CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders
  • CFL's Coach of the Year – Leo Cahill, Toronto Argonauts
  • Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (Eastern MVP) – Mel Profit (TE), Toronto Argonauts
  • Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (Western MVP) - Don Jonas (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • Gruen Trophy (Eastern Rookie of the Year) - Jim Foley (SB), Montreal Alouettes
  • Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy (Western Rookie of the Year) - Bob Kraemer (DB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DeMarco–Becket Memorial Trophy (Western Outstanding Lineman) - Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders

    • References

    1971 CFL season Wikipedia
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