2006 CFL season

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2006 CFL season
Regular season
Duration June 16, 2006 – October 28, 2006 2006-06-16 | 2006-10-28 | 2006 CFL season
Ottawa Renegades suspended operations in April
Playoffs
Start date November 5, 2006 2006-11-05 | 2006-11-19 | Playoffs
East champions Montreal Alouettes 2006-11-12
West champions BC Lions 2006-11-12
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94th Grey Cup
Date November 19, 2006
Site Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg
Champions BC Lions
2005 ← CFL seasons → 2007

The 2006 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 53rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 49th Canadian Football League season.

Contents

CFL News in 2006

It was announced on April 9, 2006 that the CFL had suspended the operations of the Ottawa Renegades for the 2006 season,[1] thus making the CFL an 8 team league and moving the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the East Division for at least the 2006 season. On April 12, 2006 a dispersal draft was held where the remaining 8 teams chose players from the Ottawa Renegades' roster.[2] On September 28, it was confirmed that Ottawa would return no sooner than the 2008 season, to give potential new owners enough time to set up the new franchise.[3]

The 2006 season is the first season where teams will be able to challenge officials' calls using instant replay. The CFL's replay system seems to be largely modelled on the one used in the NFL although there are some differences.[4]

A new salary cap and salary management system (SMS) was adopted for the 2006 season, although the enforcement part of the new system will not take effect until the 2007 season.[4] The cap for the 2007 season has been set at $4.05 million.[5]

It was announced on July 5, 2006 that Tom Wright, commissioner of the CFL, had informed the CFL that he would not be seeking a contract extension as league commissioner after this season, thus ending his tenure as the 11th CFL commissioner.[6]

On October 26, 2006 Hugh Campbell stepped down as CEO of the Eskimos.[7]

The number of TDs scored on kicking or punting plays dropped dramatically in 2006, which many attributed to stricter rules on blocking. There were 16 such TDs in 2005, and just 3 in the 2006 season.[8]

Records and Milestones

Damon Allen became pro-football's all-time passing yardage leader on September 4 by surpassing Warren Moon's total of 70,553 yards (in both the CFL and NFL combined) as the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 40-6.

Terry Vaughn became the all-time receptions leader, surpassing Darren Flutie with 973 on July 14. Then on September 22, Vaughn became the first football receiver in CFL history to record 1,000 all-time receptions.

On October 14, Byron Parker sets a new CFL single-season record for most interception return yardage with 342 on a 75-yard interception return for a touchdown in Edmonton.[9]

On October 20, Mike O'Shea becomes the first Canadian and third player (behind Willie Pless and Alondra Johnson) to have had 1,000 career tackles.

The Edmonton Eskimos' streak of 34 straight years in the playoffs came to an end in 2006.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions 18 13 5 0 555 355 26
Calgary Stampeders 18 10 8 0 477 426 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 9 9 0 465 434 18
Edmonton Eskimos 18 7 11 0 399 468 14
East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 18 10 8 0 451 431 20
Toronto Argonauts 18 10 8 0 359 343 20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 9 9 0 362 408 18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 4 14 0 292 495 8
  • Ottawa Renegades have suspended operations for the 2006 season.
  • Bold text indicates team has clinched a playoff spot
  • BC and Montreal both have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Main article: 94th Grey Cup

The BC Lions are the 2006 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 25-14 at Winnipeg's Canad Inns Stadium. It was the first Grey Cup for the Lions since they defeated the same Alouettes in the 88th Grey Cup game in 2000. The Lions' Dave Dickenson (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and the Lions' Paul McCallum (K) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

  November 5: Division Semifinals     November 12: Division Finals     November 19: 94th Grey Cup
Canad Inns Stadium - Winnipeg, MB
                           
  East     E2  Toronto Argonauts 24  
  E3  Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27     E1  Montreal Alouettes 33    
  E2  Toronto Argonauts 31         E1  Montreal Alouettes 14
      W1  BC Lions 25
  West     W3  Saskatchewan Roughriders 18    
  W3  Saskatchewan Roughriders 30     W1  BC Lions 45  
  W2  Calgary Stampeders 21  

2006 CFL All-Stars

OFFENCE

DEFENCE


SPECIAL TEAMS


2006 Western All-Stars

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SPECIAL TEAMS


2006 Eastern All-Stars

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SPECIAL TEAMS


2006 Rogers CFL Awards


References

  1. ^ "CFL suspends operations of Renegades". Tsn.ca. Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
  2. ^ "Riders take Joseph in dispersal draft". Tsn.ca. Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
  3. ^ http://tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=179110&hubname=cfl
  4. ^ a b http://tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=168675&hubname=cfl
  5. ^ http://tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=179287&hubname=cfl
  6. ^ http://tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=170585&hubname=cfl
  7. ^ http://tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=181939&hubname=cfl
  8. ^ http://tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=182418&hubname=cfl
  9. ^ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=180897&hubname=cfl
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