1968-10-26 MONTREAL ALOUETTES AT OTTAWA Rough Riders

[@johnhorn3344]

Great stuff. I started following the CFL and NFL that season. It’s good to hear Don Chevrier’s voice again. He was a true professional.

[@relic69]

Great history, thanks for posting. BTW, CFL fan for over 60 years!

[@charliejdk]

Thank you for posting!!! From an American CFL fan.

[@emeek91]

Love it! Thank you!

[@markdemell8056]

I was two days old ,It is a look into the rear view mirror.That stadium was pretty new.

[@edwardjoyner9344]

Ha! I was ten days old and spotted my Dad sitting on the bench 1:48:22! Mom I am sure had me and my sister back at their apartment in Kanata while Pop went to play football.

[@saladgoat]

Just a teeny tiny correction of something that's bugging me: it's Rough Riders - two words. Roughriders play in Regina. Otherwise, I love this! 😁

[@maxprescott9371]

Yes absolutely correct ! before CFL was formed, it was the Big Four conference (in the east) and the Western Football conference,, and both had a team named Ruffriders. :) 👋

[@saladgoat]

Ah, looks like they fixed it. Excellent! 👍

[@maxprescott9371]

@@saladgoat Peace Bro 🥗

[@FraserMitchell-k4j]

I loved that we had two teams named 1. Ottawa Rough Riders and 2. Saskatchewan Roughriders. Uniquely CFL and Canadian. Loved it.

[@michaelowens3507]

Ted Darling? The voice of the Buffalo Sabres!

[@RetroRider6689]

1:49:11 Future L.A. Rams placekicker David Ray hits a 54 yard field goal (barely) ...

[@ianfirth9300]

I was at this game 🏈Jack

[@peterdoucet7974]

Picked up a G.M. advertisement from this game...& guess who was the voice? None other than...John Facenda, the legendary voice of N.F.L. Films. Check out the ad at 1:19:56.

[@alexandrebegin3951]

The heck with the first anthem? Was Britannia playing? I was just months old. I just love the respectful way people interact. The player’s intro that was great.

[@ShmuelWeintraub]

O Canada did not officially become the National Anthem until the passing of the National Anthem act in 1980. Prior to that Canada had both an unofficial National anthem and a Royal Anthem (God Save the Queen). It was not uncommon for both to be sung at public events in the 60s, 70s and sometimes into the 80s. They played both here...

[@davidpridham3741]

Where are the beer ads for labatts ....just CP commercials. I would have been 7 years old living about 1 mile from Lansdowne Park when this game was played...wonder what I was doing....maybe watching with my dad on tv?

[@kenkur27]

Weren't home games still blacked out on tv in the cfl?

[@elvicare35]

@@kenkur27 Into the 70s...I remember going to games and upon returning home, watching it late at night/early in the morning on TV...I BELIEVE it was early in the morning, one or two??? It was SO awesome to watch the TELEVISED game after I had JUST seen it LIVE!!!!!!!

[@orbyfan]

The final score was 19-19. Please fix the sound synchronization for the second half.

[@carlkolchak4437]

people dont want to know the final score. you are like the guy who tells somebody the end of the movie before the movie is over. we all have the technology to look it up ourselves.

[@eoinwhiteside9832]

@@carlkolchak4437 actually I wanted the final score because the last 10 minutes are missing. Say hello to Vincenzo for me.

[@davidpridham3741]

Pontiac commercial - bald guy in lab coat played “Mel”. on the Dick Van Dyke show which had probably just gone off the air by 68....

[@elvicare35]

1966

[@mrbond59]

1:13:00 no sound. 1:16:11 sound returns 1:19:34 sound out of sync by 10 seconds.

[@davidcarson3842]

Horrible stadium! The hash marks looked stupid with the line in between each mark. It was hard to tell where the marks were!