Saskatchewan Roughriders win 2007 Grey Cup
{{date|November 26, 2007}}
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[[Image:Grey Cup circa 2006.jpg|thumb|left|100px|The Grey Cup. {{Image source|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/316567153/ Roland Tanglao]}}]]
The [[w:Saskatchewan Roughriders|Saskatchewan Roughriders]] have won the [[w:95th Grey Cup|95th Grey Cup]] in [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Canada]] on Sunday after defeating the [[w:Winnipeg Blue Bombers|Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] by a 23-19 score. Saskatchewan last won [[w:77th Grey Cup|the Cup in 1989]], and their last appearance at the championship game was in [[w:85th Grey Cup|1997]] against the [[w:Toronto Argonauts|Toronto Argonauts]].

The [[w:Canadian Football League|Canadian Football League (CFL)]] championship game was held at Toronto's [[w:Rogers Centre|Rogers Centre]] before a crowd of 52,230. This is the first time these two western Canadian teams have met in a Grey Cup final. Despite Winnipeg's lead during the first and third quarters, Saskatchewan's offence proved too strong for the Blue Bombers in the end.

A half-time performance by rock musician [[w:Lenny Kravitz|Lenny Kravitz]] included the song "[[w:American Woman (song)|American Woman]]", originally performed by Winnipeg band [[w:The Guess Who|The Guess Who]].

On Thursday, Saskatchewan quarterback [[w:Kerry Joseph|Kerry Joseph]] was declared this year's CFL Outstanding Player at a player awards ceremony in Toronto.

The Cup is named after [[w:Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey|Earl Grey]] who donated the trophy to honour Canada's most successful amateur rugby team. By the time the [[w:Canadian Football League|Canadian Football League]] was formed in 1958, the Cup became the top prize for professional football in Canada.

Next year's CFL championship game is scheduled at [[w:Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Montreal's Olympic Stadium]].

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{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4
|-
| bgcolor=#0000aa colspan=6 align=center | <font color=#ffffff>'''CFL Grey Cup scoring'''</font>
|-
!Quarter
!Play
!Player
!Time
!Sask.
!Winn.
|-
|'''1st'''
|field goal
|[[w:Troy Westwood|Troy Westwood]]
|align=right|12:37
|align=right|0
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee |3
|-
|rowspan=5|'''2nd'''
|safety
|against [[w:Jamie Boreham|Jamie Boreham]]
|align=right|3:18
|align=right |0
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|5
|-
|safety
|against Jamie Boreham
|align=right|7:07
|align=right|0
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|7
|-
|touchdown
|[[w:James Johnston (football player)|James Johnston]]
|align=right|12:26
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|6
|align=right|7
|-
|convert
|[[w:Luca Congi|Luca Congi]]
|align=right|12:26
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|7
|align=right|7
|-
|field goal
|Luca Congi
|align=right|15:00
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|10
|align=right|7
|-
|rowspan=4|'''3rd'''
|field goal
|Luca Congi
|align=right|1:51
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|13
|align=right|7
|-
|touchdown
|[[w:Ryan Dinwiddie|Ryan Dinwiddie]]/[[w:Derick Armstrong|Derick Armstrong]]
|align=right|4:03
|align=right|13
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|13
|-
|convert
|Troy Westwood
|align=right|4:16
|align=right|13
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|14
|-
|field goal
|Luca Congi
|align=right|11:11
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|16
|align=right|14
|-
|rowspan=4|'''4th'''
|touchdown
|[[w:Kerry Joseph|Kerry Joseph]]/[[w:Andy Fantuz|Andy Fantuz]]
|align=right|3:30
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|22
|align=right|14
|-
|convert
|Luca Congi
|align=right|3:46
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|23
|align=right|14
|-
|safety
|against Jamie Boreham
|align=right|6:29
|align=right|23
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|16
|-
|field goal
|Troy Westwood
|align=right|11:13
|align=right|23
|align=right bgcolor=#eeeeee|19
|-
|colspan=4 align=right|'''FINAL'''
|align=right bgcolor=#ddddff|23
|align=right bgcolor=#ddddff|19
|}

==Related==
*{{wikinews|title=Finalists head for Canadian football's 2007 Grey Cup|date=November 19, 2007}}

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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/279756
|title=Roughriders win Grey Cup
|author=The Canadian Press
|pub=Toronto Star
|date=November 25, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/scores/gamelog/?id=761435
|title=Game Log: Grey Cup
|author=
|pub=The Sports Network
|date=November 25, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=sked&func=review&sked_id=292
|title=Recap (Grey Cup)
|author=
|pub=Canadian Football League
|date=November 25, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2007/11/22/joseph-cfl-awards.html
|title=Joseph named most outstanding player
|author=
|pub=CBC Sports
|date=November 22, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=21852&writer=0
|title=2007 Rogers CFL Player Awards
|author=
|pub=Canadian Football League
|date=November 22, 2007}}

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The Grey Cup. 
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won the 95th Grey Cup in Toronto, Canada on Sunday after defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers by a 23-19 score. Saskatchewan last won the Cup in 1989, and their last appearance at the championship game was in 1997 against the Toronto Argonauts.

The Canadian Football League (CFL) championship game was held at Toronto's Rogers Centre before a crowd of 52,230. This is the first time these two western Canadian teams have met in a Grey Cup final. Despite Winnipeg's lead during the first and third quarters, Saskatchewan's offence proved too strong for the Blue Bombers in the end.

A half-time performance by rock musician Lenny Kravitz included the song "American Woman", originally performed by Winnipeg band The Guess Who.

On Thursday, Saskatchewan quarterback Kerry Joseph was declared this year's CFL Outstanding Player at a player awards ceremony in Toronto.

The Cup is named after Earl Grey who donated the trophy to honour Canada's most successful amateur rugby team. By the time the Canadian Football League was formed in 1958, the Cup became the top prize for professional football in Canada.

Next year's CFL championship game is scheduled at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.

 'CFL Grey Cup scoring'

Quarter

Play

Player

Time

Sask.

Winn.

'1st'

field goal

Troy Westwood

12:37

0

3

'2nd'

safety

against Jamie Boreham

3:18

0

5

safety

against Jamie Boreham

7:07

0

7

touchdown

James Johnston

12:26

6

7

convert

Luca Congi

12:26

7

7

field goal

Luca Congi

15:00

10

7

'3rd'

field goal

Luca Congi

1:51

13

7

touchdown

Ryan Dinwiddie/Derick Armstrong

4:03

13

13

convert

Troy Westwood

4:16

13

14

field goal

Luca Congi

11:11

16

14

'4th'

touchdown

Kerry Joseph/Andy Fantuz

3:30

22

14

convert

Luca Congi

3:46

23

14

safety

against Jamie Boreham

6:29

23

16

field goal

Troy Westwood

11:13

23

19

'FINAL'

23

19
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