1968 CFL season
Canadian Football League season
Sports season
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Alouettes
Rough Riders
Argonauts
Tiger-Cats
Blue Bombers
Roughriders
Eskimos
Stampeders
Lions
Canadian Football League team locations:
West,
East
The 1968 CFL season is considered to be the 15th season in modern-day Canadian football , although it is officially the 11th Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 1968
J.G. (Jake) Gaudaur was appointed CFL Commissioner and the league adopted a new constitution. Gaudaur would serve in that position until 1984; he is the league's longest-tenured commissioner.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Ted Watkins was shot and killed while allegedly robbing a liquor store in California, shortly before the start of the CFL season.
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.
Saskatchewan and Ottawa have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1968
Conference Semi-Finals
Conference Finals
Playoff bracket
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Grey Cup Championship
CFL Leaders
1968 CFL All-Stars
Offence
QB – Russ Jackson , Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – George Reed , Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Bill Symons , Toronto Argonauts
RB – Vic Washington , Ottawa Rough Riders
TE – Tommy Joe Coffey , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
TE – Herman Harrison , Calgary Stampeders
F – Ken Nielsen , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – Ted Urness , Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Charlie Parker , Montreal Alouettes
OG – Bill Danychuk , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OT – Bill Frank , Toronto Argonauts
OT – Clyde Brock , Saskatchewan Roughriders
Defence
DT – Ed McQuarters , Saskatchewan Roughriders
DT – John LaGrone , Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Billy Ray Locklin , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Ed Harrington , Toronto Argonauts
LB – Wayne Harris , Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wally Dempsey , Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Ken Lehmann , Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Frank Andruski , Calgary Stampeders
DB – Bob Kosid , Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Garney Henley , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Ed Learn , Toronto Argonauts
DB – Marv Luster , Toronto Argonauts
1968 Eastern All-Stars
Offence
QB – Russ Jackson , Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Bo Scott , Ottawa Rough Riders
RB – Bill Symons , Toronto Argonauts
RB – Vic Washington , Ottawa Rough Riders
TE – Tommy Joe Coffey , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
TE – Mel Profit , Toronto Argonauts
F – Whit Tucker , Ottawa Rough Riders
C – Basil Bark , Montreal Alouettes
OG – Charlie Parker , Montreal Alouettes
OG – Bill Danychuk , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OT – Bill Frank , Toronto Argonauts
OT – Ellison Kelly , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Defence
DT – Mike Wadsworth , Toronto Argonauts
DT – Marshall Shirk , Ottawa Rough Riders
DE – Billy Ray Locklin , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Ed Harrington , Toronto Argonauts
LB – Jerry Campbell , Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Allen Ray Aldridge Sr. , Toronto Argonauts
LB – Ken Lehmann , Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Larry Fairholm , Montreal Alouettes
DB – Don Sutherin , Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Garney Henley , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Ed Learn , Toronto Argonauts
DB – Marv Luster , Toronto Argonauts
1968 Western All-Stars
Offence
QB – Ron Lancaster , Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – George Reed , Saskatchewan Roughriders
RB – Dave Raimey , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – Jim Evenson , BC Lions
SE – Terry Evanshen , Calgary Stampeders
TE – Herman Harrison , Calgary Stampeders
F – Ken Nielsen , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – Ted Urness , Saskatchewan Roughriders
OG – Bob Lueck , Calgary Stampeders
OG – John Atamian , Saskatchewan Roughriders
OT – Ken Sugarman , BC Lions
OT – Clyde Brock , Saskatchewan Roughriders
Defence
DT – Ed McQuarters , Saskatchewan Roughriders
DT – John LaGrone , Edmonton Eskimos
DE – Bill Whisler , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DE – Dick Suderman , Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wayne Harris , Calgary Stampeders
LB – Wally Dempsey , Saskatchewan Roughriders
LB – Phil Minnick , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Greg Findlay , BC Lions
DB – Frank Andruski , Calgary Stampeders
DB – Bob Kosid , Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Jerry Keeling , Calgary Stampeders
DB – Bruce Bennett , Saskatchewan Roughriders
DB – Ernie Pitts , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1968 CFL Awards
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