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B.C. Lions slotback Geroy Simon jumps up for a reception during CFL action earlier this season. Simon topped the league with 1,856 receiving yards. (Richard Lam/Canadian Press) B.C. Lions slotback Geroy Simon jumps up for a reception during CFL action earlier this season. Simon topped the league with 1,856 receiving yards. (Richard Lam/Canadian Press)

The Numbers Game

All the key figures from football's most-storied championship

Last Updated Nov. 14, 2006

John Molinaro, CBC Sports Online

2,764,000: average number of Canadian television viewers who watched last year's Grey Cup on CBC

147,555: number of fans that have attended this year's CFL playoff games

68,318: record number of fans that attended the 1977 Grey Cup in Montreal between the Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos. 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

5,010: number of yards Edmonton's Ricky Ray threw for this season (tops in the league)

1,856: number of yards B.C.'s Geroy Simon had in receptions this season (tops in the league)

1,609: number of yards Winnipeg's Charles Roberts rushed for this season (tops in the league)

1,163: cost in dollars Alouettes fans will have to pay for a plane ticket from Montreal to Winnipeg to attend Sunday's game

814: cost in dollars Lions fans will have to pay for a plane ticket from Vancouver to Winnipeg to attend Sunday's game

352.23: cost in dollars of the most expensive ticket for this year's Grey Cup

99: number of yards in Pat Woodcock's record TD reception in the 2002 Grey Cup final

72: number of career Grey Cup points scored by Edmonton kicker Dave Cutler

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

23: number of touchdowns Calgary's Henry Burris tossed this past season (tops in the league)

31: number of years between Grey Cup victories for Toronto from 1952 (when the Argos beat the Eskimos 21-11 at home) and 1983 (when the Argos trimmed the Lions 18-17 in Vancouver)

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

15: number of Grey Cup victories by Toronto (CFL record)

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

7: number of total points scored in the 1933 and 1937 Grey Cups

4: number of times the B.C. Lions have won the Grey Cup (1964, 1985, 1994 and 2000)

3: number of safety touches scored in the 1965 Grey Cup between Hamilton and Winnipeg

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 nine minutes and 29 seconds to be played on Dec. 2. Winnipeg beat Hamilton 28-27

2: number of times Winnipeg has hosted the Grey Cup (1998, 1991)

1: number of times B.C and Montreal have met in the Grey Cup (2000)

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

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

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