This was the last professional
Canadian football game with touchdowns valued at five points - the value of this scoring play was changed to six points, thus making it identical with that of its long-standing value in
American football, prior to the start of the following season.
Montreal Alouettes quarterback
Sam Etcheverry set a
Grey Cup record with 508 passing yards.
Normie Kwong rushed 30 times for 145 yards for
Edmonton. The game was held in
Vancouver for the first time, and outside of
Ontario for only the second time. The attendance was a record that would last until 1976. This was the second of 11
Grey Cup clashes between Edmonton and Montreal. The Eskimos have won in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2003 and 2005's overtime thriller. The Larks have prevailed in 1974, the Ice Bowl of 1977, and 2002. == External links ==