The
1993 Canadian
Football League season is considered to be the 40th
season in modern-day
Canadian
football, although it is officially the 36th Canadian Football
League season.
CFL news in 1993
On
February 23, the Sacramento Gold
Miners were announced as the CFL's ninth franchise, during the
league's annual meetings in Hamilton
. The
team began play in 1993 at Hornet Field in Sacramento, CA they
joined the
West Division.
Sacramento became the first U.S.-based team to play in the CFL, and
it was the first expansion team to be admitted in to the league
since 1954, when the
B.C. Lions became a franchise. A potential expansion
team to San Antonio, TX was put on hold for the 1993 season.
On March
6, The Canadian College Draft
was held in Calgary
at the
Jubilee Auditorium, becoming the first Western Canadian city to host the event,
since Winnipeg
in
1971. Calgary also played host to the
Grey Cup game for only the second time in history
on Sunday, November 28. In that game, the
Edmonton Eskimos defeated the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 33-23 before a
crowd of 50,035.
Records: Dave Ridgway set the CFL record for consecutive
field goals made with 28.
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Regular Season Standings
Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses,
T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts =
Points
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Winnipeg gets a first round bye.
Grey Cup playoffs
The
Edmonton Eskimos are the 1993
Grey Cup champions, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33-23, at
Calgary
's McMahon
Stadium
. The Eskimos'
Damon
Allen (QB) was named the
Grey Cup's Most Valuable
Player and
Sean
Fleming (K/P) was the
Grey Cup's Most Valuable
Canadian.
Playoff bracket
1993 CFL All-Stars
Offence
- QB - Doug Flutie, Calgary
Stampeders
- FB - Sean Millington, BC
Lions
- RB - Mike
Richardson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- SB - Ray Elgaard, Saskatchewan
Roughriders
- SB - Dave Sapunjis, Calgary
Stampeders
- WR - David
Williams, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- WR - Rod Harris, Sacramento Gold
Miners
- C - Rod Connop, Edmonton Eskimos
- OG - David Black,
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- OG - Rob Smith, BC
Lions
- OT - Bruce Covernton, Calgary
Stampeders
- OT - Chris Walby, Winnipeg Blue
Bombers
Defence
- DT - Jearld Baylis, Saskatchewan
Roughriders
- DT - Harald Hasselbach,
Calgary Stampeders
- DE - Will
Johnson, Calgary Stampeders
- DE - Tim Cofield, Hamilton
Tiger-Cats
- LB - Elfrid Payton, Winnipeg Blue
Bombers
- LB - Willie Pless, Edmonton
Eskimos
- LB - John Motton, Hamilton
Tiger-Cats
- CB - Karl Anthony, Calgary
Stampeders
- CB - Barry Wilburn, Saskatchewan
Roughriders
- DB - Don Wilson,
Edmonton Eskimos
- DB - Darryl
Sampson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DS - Glen Suitor, Saskatchewan
Roughriders
1993 CFL Awards