CFL 2009 Grey Cup: Montreal 28, Saskatchewan 27

[@EPSGplayer]

One of the greatest CFL comebacks, the resiliency of Calvillo to complete those passes under pressure like that was absolutely incredible!

[@AvroBellow]

Yeah, and resiliency under pressure wasn't something he was known for in Grey Cups which is why the Als lost so many. I remember the Als losing four Grey Cups in a row and I kinda-sorta knew how Bills fans felt (but not really because I had seen the Als win before so it didn't sting so bad).

[@AvroBellow]

@bthang1 I'll try to explain: NFL: 11 players per side, field is 100x53yds, 4 downs, 10yd end zone, goal posts in the back of the end zone, touchback - ball goes to 20. CFL: 12 players per side, field is 110x65yds, 3 downs, 20yd end zone, goal posts in the front of the end zone, touchback - ball goes to 35 and kicking team gets 1 point. Also known as a "single" or "rouge" due to the red flag used to signal the 1 point in the early days. Rouge is French for red.

[@marqstheman]

One of the most insane endings to a championship I’ve ever seen 😱, wow.

[@PyramidOfBubbles777]

Yep. How do u spell choke? R-I-D-E-R-S

[@maryannemelenka9250]

Love the drama, the heartbreak, stupid reason for a win. But a anything can happen, bad , call, flag, turn overs d bad judgement as shown here

[@AvroBellow]

@@maryannemelenka9250I have to agree with the bad calls. That non-pass interference call when the Als were going for two points was critical because the game would've been tied. Chris Cuthbert was clearly shocked that there was no flag thrown.

[@kellenc_]

Watching this 10 years later doesn’t make it any easier. They were given every chance to seal the game in the 4th quarter and absolutely blew it.

[@antonboludo8886]

IKR. I was talking with a guy from Saskatchewan in a sports bar in Montreal. We were watching it together. I left too early because I was thinking that the Alouettes would lose again. By the time I got home the Alouettes had come back to win. I should have just stayed in the bar until the end.

[@AvroBellow]

@@antonboludo8886 My dad turned off his TV in disgust when Duval missed the first kick. He didn't know the Als won until I called him like two minutes later! I still rib him about it to this day.😁

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, I understand. I regretted leaving the bar too early. @@AvroBellow

[@0truckmafk]

Watching this after the Argos lost the Eastern final after tying the league record: 16-2. I feel the pain of SK.

[@0truckmafk]

@@antonboludo8886This is why Argo fans Go Down With The Ship.

[@EAmuels]

Im a CFL fan, but why can't people just enjoy it for what it is? its football. I love watching the NFL too, no need to hate on each other

[@Tazzoz54]

As an American I don't understand why anyone would hate on the CFL. It is a very well respected and fun league. Props to the CFL from a real American!

[@hockeyclown37]

WOW!!! i had never seen anything CFL before, and that was freakin cool! so much passion and energy in this game

[@scottbinns318]

Hi eight years ago. Yeah. It really is an awesome game.

[@thedeuce1374]

I remember that game so well because I had bet heavily on Montreal to win. The fellow who took my bet just had that kind of luck when it came to betting on sports - he'd lose on the most ridiculous conclusions to games just like this. We lost him last year and I really miss him - one of the best friends I ever had. Thanks for everything Tom!

[@richgannonrocks]

Crazy finish! I'm an NFL guy (I like the CFL too) but wow what a game! I wish they aired CFL games in the US because it would be nice to have football year round. I hope at least the Grey Cup this year will be on tv here.

[@KingAlanI]

CFL website streams most games now and a few early mid regular season games are on CBSSN

[@aquinnahjade8033]

still laughing at this in 2014 and i'm from saskatchewan

[@kfdyy]

Aquinnah Jade still laughing at this in 2017

[@KayyyThree]

still laughing about this in 2020

[@landolandolandolandolando]

@@KayyyThree still laughing about this in 2021

[@qexzy9803]

@@landolandolandolandolando still laughing about this in 2022

[@brotherleo4616]

As an American just learning the Canadian Game, I have great empathy for The Roughrider's Fans. Many years as a fan of the NFL's Cleveland Browns I've seen plenty of bitter defeats.

[@AvroBellow]

It's 2021 and this is STILL the greatest Grey Cup EVER PLAYED!!!

[@WTMNNJR]

1989 was the best grey cup.

[@collingreen1680]

2016 has to be close

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

1996

[@AvroBellow]

@@WTMNNJR Only if you're a Riders fan. Objectively this one was better because of all the drama at the end and the Als clawing their way back over the entire game. They only took the lead with :00 left on the clock so they technically had the lead for zero seconds all game but still won BY A SINGLE POINT. I would still put 1989 as a top-5 though.

[@AvroBellow]

@@collingreen1680 It was good but there was a 6-point difference in the final score. I would put it in the top though because it was just amazing to see the Ottawa win the cup after so much adversity. I started hating the Roughriders when they vetoed Ottawa from using the Rough Riders name when Ottawa had the name first. I won't lie, 2016 was a feel-good story so it's top-10 but the game itself wasn't a top-5 Grey Cup game.

[@StupidTeddybear]

CFL is Strong and Growing Stronger. Our Football Programs in Canada has Skyrocketed in the latest statics. Talent is Growing. CFL will be HUGE, its growing

[@AvroBellow]

I want to see teams in Halifax, Windsor and Victoria.

[@DaveBrodbeck]

@CDxTWal It is simply that the rules are different. Our field is wider, and longer. Anyone is the backfield is allowed to be in motion. Oh and the single point for kicking it through the end zone, that is a vestige of a long time ago, not unlike say Aussie rules, where if you miss the goal you get a point if you kick it through.

[@kellenc_]

This game will never not hurt

[@wheelzwheela]

Every few years I need to rewatch this. The irony of the 13th man 👨‍🍳 👌🏻

[@wheelzwheela]

Never gets old.

[@wheelzwheela]

Awesome.

[@AvroBellow]

I know, eh? 😁

[@athlete705]

LES ALOUETTES DE MONTRÉAL ARE THE CLASS OF THE CFL AND BACK TO BACK CHAMPS BABY YEAH! GO ALS GO! THE FACE OF RIDERS FANS AFTER THE PARKER INTERCEPTION WAS PRICELESS JUST LIKE LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE GAME WHEN THEY COULDN'T COUNT OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ

[@arwen2777]

Easily one of the most exciting CFL finals ever.

[@AvroBellow]

I would say that it's the most exciting final that I've seen in ANY SPORT. I've never seen anything like this game.

[@nolby1758]

12 years later and this still never gets old. Almost as good of a victory as the Bombers 2019 Grey Cup win.

[@richardlestor9643]

Almost as good as the 2007 Cup too. #fortheL

[@nolby1758]

@@richardlestor9643 the only L is the Riders not even making the playoffs as hosts....

[@kenkleinsasser8165]

@@nolby1758I very clearly remember them winning the Grey Cup as hosts.

[@nolby1758]

@kenkleinsasser8165 it's easy to remember 4 championships in 113 years 😜

[@AvroBellow]

I don't know how you came to that but, to me, this is the greatest championship game that I've seen IN ANY SPORT. You couldn't write a better script than what transpired that night.

[@andrewr7982]

As an American I personally think the CFL is better then Goodells NFL

[@selfmadeboss4506]

Bojo David why

[@DTMB35]

It's a superior game with inferior players.

[@jackdull5699]

It's a league that doesn't play any defense with players smaller than Tom Cruise.

[@idek84502]

self made boss well the officiating sucks, people whine about not being paid the money they want, the patriots practically win every, Goodell is a horrible commissioner. I mean I could go on

[@chrisbegetis3414]

self made boss because NFL is becoming more like flag Football😂😂😂

[@karnivorx]

Wow what an amazing comeback. I've never paid any attention to Canadian football before, but I just learned the differences today after visiting Vancouver and i find it pretty interesting.

[@govrom12]

In the states of course we love college football and the NFL, but the CFL is a really exciting brand of football. This is my first year watching it on ESPN3 and I'm getting hooked. I love the enthusiasm of the Roughrider fans. I"m guessing that it's an exciting environment at Mosaic for every Saskatchewan home game.

[@AvroBellow]

I'm sure it is. The Riders have a very devoted fan base because it's literally the only pro game in town out there.

[@sashaknoblauch9477]

As a Rider fan, rewatching this for college project hurts

[@AvroBellow]

I can just imagine.

[@McBucketHead]

Thats why its called Canadian football , the endzone is bigger to favorise the pass. And our receivers can moved behind the line , they cross the line at the perfect time to be faster at the beggining :) Sorry for my english im a french canadian

[@AvroBellow]

Ton anglais est plus bon de le francais de plus des Anglophones. I understood you perfectly!

[@42Torch]

@wbrycem I'm am American and I was looking for comments about the goal post being in front of the end zone. I couldn't find any, but regardless. CFL's goal post do seem to be a bit longer in length. So there is the difference in the NFL and the CFL's. Nothing wrong with it, like we don't have points in our standings. Good game though

[@AvroBellow]

Your goal posts USED to be in the front of the end zone. The NFL moved them to the back in 1974. Check out Super Bowl VIII and you'll see the posts at the goal line.

[@davidhugaert8006]

AC The Great!!! Best Wishes on your retirement, Anthony Calvillo!

[@flamingonmychest1234]

CFL, by far, I mean, by far the most exciting football league ever. Boy is this league an exemple for every sports league in this world. Athletes that win reasonable money, that play for pride and not for the money, that play for their cities. That's what football should be all about. Rarely you see a CFL game NOT exciting. This game is quite something. Keep it up Canada. Keep it up als, We got them for the 2nd year in a row! Les Alouettes Champions, une vraie dynasty! This is our league!

[@Magnifico35]

@CDxTWal First, the end zones are big because it allows kick returners to run the ball out of the end zone on a missed field goal (same reason as to why the field goals are on the goal line). Also, touchbacks result in 1 point given to the kicking team, which encourages kick returners to bring the ball out of the end zone if they feel that they're going to get decent field position out of it. Lastly, in the CFL, all offensive backfield players, except the QB, may be in motion before the snap.

[@FurlogTheGiant]

I don't understand the fight of American vs Canadian Football... who cares how big the field is, how many downs, how many players. Gridiron in general is IMO the greatest sport ever made because it's war with a ball. Most Canadians love Hockey (I love Hockey too). but Gridiron Football to me is the most fun to watch. This was a great game. 28-27 doesn't get much better than that. I like American college football the best but this CFL is a great game too.

[@timtwoface]

I still love watching these clips. What a great game for both teams. And the right team won...but only at the 60th minute. Whoo!

[@SuperVancouverBC]

@iTortalini its the championship game. its basically the super bowl of the cfl

[@xanthous0manticore]

I still get goosebumps everytime i watch this....i remember everything: the despair of thinking it was all lost, Duval's lousy kicks.....and seeing the flags drop during that last play....even one year later! And now we got 2 in a row! ALS FOREVER!

[@frankym69]

Dude. That stadium was explosive. Like the ground was practically shaking and rumbling. The fanfare was spectacular.

[@quinn013mm1]

@AGooeyCookie I agree I thought the same thing when I first saw a cfl game but it turns out its a really exciting game I wouldn't mind playing in that's league

[@Porquemicafe]

well it was a exiting football game overall no matter american or canadian, or indoor or outdoor at the end of the day it was a great FOOTBALL game.

[@AmaziinqVids]

@Eballaz00 This isn't a "variation of the NFL". This is the 97th Grey cup, how many superbowls is the NFL at?

[@jadou88]

LOL i went to an alouette game and i loved it and i got hooked but i fell in love when they won the grey cup with that spectacular game i am now a fan for life

[@Saint3188]

Eventhough 2009 was one of the absolute worst years of my life this was one of my all time favorite Grey Cup games

[@tigerarmyrule]

I'm from Europe and frankly a noob about gridiron but CFL looks fun. OK we all know the NFL is bigger, richer and has better players but the different rules and downhome athmosphere at the CFL seems fun.

[@halifaxmtl666]

Thats whats CFL IS ALL ABOUT....!!! Exiting!...

[@StupidTeddybear]

This is what football is about. playing for the love of the game. and the heart to win. Not some attention grabber/spoiled players.

[@paulinotou]

saints vs alouettes. is this the CFL championship game? great game.

[@Icemanrussian]

Montreal had the best comeback

[@loganater241]

The ending made me LOL! Go Alouettes!

[@Mathgodpi]

beautiful. this never gets old.

[@CODSNIPEXP]

The endzones are different than down here in america, but I find this better than the NFL

[@DJHarrison93]

I wish they had shown this game in the US

[@montrealredsox]

As an alouettes fan, you can't help but cry and feel bad for the riders, it was definitely an incredible comeback, but they had the game, too bad they don't know how to count

[@AvroBellow]

Meh, they had help from the officials with that non-call for pass interference on our two-point convert. You could hear the shock in Chris Cuthbert's voice when he said "There are no markers!".

[@AvroBellow]

@Ireland615 Actually, the NFL used to have the uprights at the goal line as well. They moved it back. Take a look at footage from old Superbowls before 1974. The Canadian game is the older game. This year is Super Bowl XLV but it's Grey Cup XCVIII.

[@GuyInAChair3]

If your talking about the catch at 2:25 -ish. He was in bounds, the rules are different, it's not the NFL, you only need one foot in

[@swmartin1960]

@7up243 The question of whose football is "better" is a silly one. The CFL and NFL are different games, and one can enjoy each for what they are: entertainment.

[@list67]

The Saints/Colts Super Bowl is a classic too, just that the game wasn't decide on a crucial penalty rather that it was a critical interception thrown by the veteran Manning to Tracy Porter that sealed the win for the Saints.

[@gobucks2006]

Yes, having to move the huddle faster and throw more often makes it more stagically based, and dont forget you can recover your own punt in canadian football.

[@themarianthoula87]

just watching this again, gets me so excited! i cant wait until the 1st! go als!

[@tendresseak27]

This has to be one of the most epic football game ever! Down 27-11 with less then 8 minutes to play in the 4th quarter!

[@connorandersonmusic]

was cheering so loud after that feld goal missed then my friends dad said "shit. flags." ref: "too many men on the field, saskatchewan" and we were swearing after that lol

[@zoophobe1]

@SuperVancouverBC i find this in wikipedia: Lacrosse (in particular box lacrosse) is the national summer sport of Canada. its the summer national sport because football is played summer and fall so its a multi-season sport and i found this too in wikipedia by typing CFL : the most popular football league in Canada, and the second-most popular major sports league in Canada, after the National Hockey League

[@RM-mh6jc]

still laughing 2019

[@xKMKZxx]

Still laughing in 2021

[@Psythik]

You know, this Canadian football actually looks more exciting than the American football I'm used to...

[@AvroBellow]

They're both great games but yeah, the CFL is more exciting because it's a faster game.

[@greenallgriffingurl]

Even watching this now, it still hurts. But we got our redemption by winning it at home last year. Go Riders!

[@bitindiace14]

I'm an alouette's fan and I fell bad for all the rider's fan after the penalty on the first field goal attemp that we missed. I couldnt be happier coz I tought that we just lost the game but damn, so disapointing for you..

[@MTDfilms]

God damn too many men. I remember telling my friends we won! Then the penalty hit. I love the riders 2 great QBs such a great game.

[@tbow13gbr22]

Well, i'm not Canadian, but i do know that the reason a point is awarded for a missed field goal is that if the ball crosses the plain of the endzone and does not leave the endzone a point is rewarded

[@pokened]

alot of these guys are most likely good enough for the NFL

[@AvroBellow]

That's what Chad "Ocho-Cinco" Johnson said when he played up here. 😁

[@mrkackerwacker]

This is great football, don't care if it's Canadian.

[@megster0723]

This is the year that the riders will win the grey cup for 2 reasons 1: we have totally stack up our team with amazing players!!! 2: the grey cup is being held in our own backyard. When the riders make it to the grey cup, you will bot be able to hear ANYTHING making it much harder on the other team GO RIDERS GO

[@Gamebox27]

This looks more competitive than 95% of the Super Bowls in NFL history.

[@evanlaclaire5989]

Still heart broken by that loss in 2020.

[@AvroBellow]

The Ticats are snake-bitten against the Bombers in the Grey Cup. Every time I've seen them play each other, the Bombers always won.

[@rysw19]

not sure how a faster it makes it more strategic. with more time, you have a better opportunity to strategize. would you rather have 20 or 40 seconds to formulate a plan? it is quite possibly more exciting and more thinking on your feet, but not more strategic. also, i didn't know you could return your own punt in the cfl. i've actually always felt that it should be that way in the nfl. very nice rule. :)

[@OnlineAutoAuctions]

The endzone is explained below it comes from Rugby. Missed fieldgoals do get a point if kicked out of the endzone or not returned to +1 yard. We have motion in the CFL with slotback unlike NFL with TE's or WR's

[@gab1159]

You know that's the best game of football I've ever seen! Oh my goodness reminds me how excited I was when we won this war!

[@underarmour123abc]

that was the sickest and best grey cup ever!!!!

[@StupidTeddybear]

Funny how football players that come from the CFL are well developed and are alot tougher and can actually catch a ball. uunlike many NFLer's

[@893160007]

even though i am a Sask fan this was still one of the best games ever

[@r.dunkley9625]

I sold our tickets to that game to some Riders fans and watched the game from a bar in Calgary. As a Stamps season ticket holder, why would I want to be there? What a laugh we had in that bar when that missed field goal got called back and the Alouettes ripped the heart out of Saskatchewan when they made that second attempt. I know just how they felt having had my heart ripped out in similar ways but it was f'ing funny just the same. Oh how we love our teams. 🥰

[@Amisbro]

@greghmn you can sign me up for that group for sure! I saw this game on TV and the ending was absolutely CRAZY! I didn't think that Montreal was going to win the game but sadly on this day Saskatchewan had an extra man and I felt REALLY bad for them! This was a really good game and I'm glad to be seeing the highlights again for sure My name is Amisbro...and I'm an American that loves the CFL!

[@youtuubba010]

greatest cfl finish ever

[@mattboland7063]

Just curious....when Montreal failed to score at about 1:45, couldn't the Roughriders have just run out the clock? Take a knee or two; ballgame over!

[@PyramidOfBubbles777]

I never get tired of watching this! Biggest choke in the history of the CFL.

[@AvroBellow]

When you think about it, both teams choked badly. The difference was that the Riders just couldn't accurately count to 12. 😁

[@creedencebakken4148]

6:32 I don’t get why they’re allowed to run a play (even if they missed the FG) when the clock is run out to zeros

[@Am-Not-Jarvis]

If you are in your endzone and hit the crossbar with a pass and it bounces out the back of the endzone, it's a safety by former NFL rules. Happened in the NFL Championship Game, and the game was decided by one point.

[@adamgarcia4179]

so if u dont get past second down u have to punt?

[@MWB18]

Those were the good days. Hopefully we’ll get back to that success soon

[@timtwoface]

This might have been the great comeback win (if not game, period) in CFL history.

[@StupidTeddybear]

Saskatchewan RoughRider Fans Are The Craziest fans in the world...ive been to many different sporting event. Raiders Game,Yankees Game,even a Liverpool FC game. But when i recently went to a rider game in Regina. I was blown by the fans and how dedicated they are to their team. and the stadium is fricken loud ESPecially!! in the fourth quarter. And also they wear watermelons on there head. Oya my friend got Heckled so so so bad lmao he was wearing a montreal jersey.

[@bengals12125]

@TubeTripping why it doesnt really effect anything except field goal distance it gets hit with a pass maybe like once or twice a season

[@Slayer5551]

I wasn't cheering either way, but this was still a gripping Grey Cup. Nothing short of fantastic.

[@brendenxayavongsa]

y is the fieldgoal post in front?

[@Jred657]

what will they do for an encore?

[@ShizzyMcCreepy]

The most memorable Grey Cup in CFL history. We’ll never forget the 13th man

[@jacobmalin1338]

2023 and Mtl made a comeback and won within 13 seconds to go.. not as epic as this game but still good

[@gravino555]

How many eggs in a dozen in Saskatchewan?

[@gobucks2006]

They scored a "rouge" which is 1 point, you can score a single by punting a ball that is returnable, that the opposing team does not return, it basically gives you a point for a touchback the other team couldve returned. It only counts if it goes out of the end zone.

[@thegreig]

could someone give me a quick rundown of the differences between this and American football. thanks.

[@BookemDeno]

@CnoteMCMXCVII then why are you watching the highlights of the 97th Grey Cup that happened two years ago?

[@Rednasyl28]

@applehead255 So a team gets 1 point for kicking it into the endzone, even if they miss the FG?

[@Rednasyl28]

How did Montreal go from 10 points to 11 @ 3:45? I'm not very familiar with CFL sorry

[@bunktuzzi44]

Great year In the CFL cant wait for 2010 GO LIONS GO!

[@Skyblaze137]

We won again

[@robertarnott8848]

I don't think any CFL fan will forget this one!!! Being a Bomber fan, I really enjoyed seeing the Riders choke. Now that the Bombers are the joke of the league, I've almost become in different to them. I actually the Riders win tomorrow. Stay warm everybody!

[@AvroBellow]

Your Bombers were the class of the CFL last year. Congrats on winning the cup! 😁

[@zoophobe1]

@SuperVancouverBC so why you tell me that lacrosse is 2nd national sport?

[@bubbabear244]

This is the Wrestlemania X7 of Grey Cups.