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Head-to-head CFL on CBC commentators Mark Lee and Chris Cuthbert breakdown the big game's combatants. Read The Numbers game: the 1-2-3 of the 91st Grey Cup Read The fans and the fanfare: Heroes, underdogs and last-minute shockers make the Grey Cup the most celebrated event in Canadian football. go to CBC's Archive Peacekeepers and pigskin: As it Happens talks to Canadian peacekeepers in Bosnia who will play their own football game in honour of the Grey Cup. Listen Grey Cup rivalry renewed Montreal and Edmonton clash for the ninth time. Read Small is beautiful John Avery may be small for the NFL, but he's put up some big numbers the CFL. Read Velcro hands Ben Cahoon's sticky hands have made him Anthony Calvillo's favourite target. Read

The Numbers Game
The 1-2-3s of the Grey Cup

8,118,000: number of viewers who watched the 1983 Grey Cup, the largest viewing audience in television history for a Canadian sports program at the time. Toronto edged B.C. 18-17.

68,318: number of fans that attended the 1977 Grey Cup in Montreal between the Alouettes and Eskimos. (xx) Montreal won 41-6.

2,616.40: gross revenue in Canadian dollars of the first Grey Cup in 1909 played at Toronto's Rosedale Field between the University of Toronto and the Parkdale Canoe Club. U of T won 26-6.

1957: year of the first Grey Cup game that was telecast live from coast to coast in Canada. Hamilton beat Winnipeg 32-7.

1,906: number of fans that attended the 1929 Grey Cup between Hamilton and Regina. (xx) Hamilton won 14-3.

508: number of passing yards in the 1955 Grey Cup by Montreal's Sam Etcheverry. (xx) Edmonton beat Montreal 34-19.

316: number of receiving yards in the 1954 Grey Cup by Montreal's Red O'Quinn. (xx) Edmonton beat Montreal 26-25.

171: number of rushing yards in the 1956 Grey Cup by Edmonton's Johnny Bright. (xx) Edmonton beat Montreal 50-27.

91: number of yards in Henry (Gizmo) Williams' kickoff return in the 1996 against the Argos. (xx) Toronto won 43-37.

83: number of points scored by Hamilton and Saskatchewan in the 1989 Grey Cup. (xx) Saskatchewan won 43-40.

72: number of career Grey Cup points scored by Edmonton kicker Dave Cutler. (xx)

54: number of points scored by Queens University in the 1923 Grey Cup. (xx) Queens beat Regina 54-0.

50: cost in Canadian cents to purchase a program at the 1960 Grey Cup in Vancouver between Edmonton and Ottawa.

45: number of times Toronto has hosted the Grey Cup. (xx)

34: number of appearances in the Grey Cup by Toronto. (xx)

31: number of years the Argos went between Grey Cup victories (1952 and 1983).

21: number of Grey Cup victories by Toronto. (xx)

19: number of points the Eskimos were down to Ottawa in the 1981 Grey Cup (20-1) before making the greatest comeback in Grey Cup history to win 26-23.

14: number of losses in the Grey Cup by Winnipeg and Hamilton. (xx)

11: number of touchdowns scored by Edmonton and Montreal in the 1956 Grey Cup. (xx)

10: number of days people spent in jail after being arrested for scalping tickets to the 1948 Grey Cup outside Toronto's Varsity Stadium. Scalpers were reportedly charging $25 Cdn for $1 tickets.

9: number of times Hamilton Tiger-Cats legend and Hall-of-Famer Angelo Mosca played in the Grey Cup during his 15-season career.

8: number of singles scored in the 1909 Grey Cup by Hugh Gall of the University of Toronto. (xx) 7: number of total points scored in the 1933 and 1937 Grey Cups. (xx)

6: number of seconds left on the clock when Edmonton's Dave Cutler booted a 27-yard field goal in the 1981 Grey Cup to give the Eskimos their fourth consecutive championship.

5: number of wins by the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1981 regular season. At 5-11, the '81 Rough Riders remain the worst finalists in Grey Cup history.

4: number of touchdown passes in the 1969 Grey Cup by Ottawa's Russ Jackson. (xx)

3: number of safety touches in the 1965 Grey Cup between Hamilton and Winnipeg. (xx)

2: number of days it took to complete the 1962 Grey Cup in Toronto. The game was halted by fog on Dec. 1, forcing the final 9 minutes and 29 seconds to be played on Dec. 2. Winnipeg beat Hamilton 28-27.

1: number of Grey Cup games decided in overtime (Dec. 2, 1961 -- Winnipeg 21, Hamilton 14 in Toronto)

0: number of Grey Cup games played between 1916-1918. No games were held due to World War 1.

-10: degrees in Celsius at the start of the 1996 Grey Cup in Hamilton between the Eskimos and Argos.

(xx) denotes Grey Cup record