The 1999 CFL season is considered to be the 46th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 42nd Canadian Football League season.
CFL news in 1999
The CFL enters the final season of the 1900s with increased growth in attendance and television ratings after the '98 season.
The '98 season attendance figures showed a 6.1% increase, which surpassed '97 season figures. TSN television ratings grew by 26.6% in the ages 2+ demographic.
The 1998 Grey Cup game viewership increased to 20.5% as 3.06 million viewers watched the Calgary Stampeders defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 26–24, which surpassed the '97 Grey Cup game.
The 1999 CFL season, along with the 2001 CFL season, would be one of the closest times where an East Division team could have crossed over to the West Division for that division's last playoff spot since the introduction of the Cross over in 1997. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers had to only win one more game to go 7–11, to beat the Edmonton Eskimos final standings, both teams finishing with a tie of 6–12 instead, and under the current rule, even if the team in 4th place in the other division has a better season series record (most wins in the match ups between the teams, or most points scored in total in those games), in which case both were tied again and Edmonton still wins the tie with a 75–53 in two games, for a team to cross over it must have a better final standing win record than the 3rd placed team in the other division, so there was no cross over.
Regular season standings
BC and Montreal both have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1999 Grey Cup Champions, avenging last season's championship loss to the Calgary Stampeders with a 32–21 victory, at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. The Tiger-Cats have won their first championship since the 1986 CFL season. The Tiger-Cats' Danny McManus (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Mike Morreale (SB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.
Playoff bracket
CFL leaders CFL passing leaders CFL rushing leaders CFL receiving leaders
1999 CFL All-Stars
Offence QB – Danny McManus, Hamilton Tiger-Cats RB – Kelvin Anderson, Calgary Stampeders RB – Mike Pringle, Montreal Alouettes SB – Darren Flutie, Hamilton Tiger-Cats SB – Allen Pitts, Calgary Stampeders WR – Ben Cahoon, Montreal Alouettes WR – Travis Moore, Calgary Stampeders C – Jamie Taras, BC Lions OG – Leo Groenewegen, Edmonton Eskimos OG – Pierre Vercheval, Montreal Alouettes OT – Uzooma Okeke, Montreal Alouettes OT – Rocco Romano, Calgary Stampeders
Defence DT – Demetrious Maxie, Toronto Argonauts DT – Johnny Scott, BC Lions DE – Daved Benefield, BC Lions DE – Joe Montford, Hamilton Tiger-Cats LB – Calvin Tiggle, Hamilton Tiger-Cats LB – Mike O'Shea, Toronto Argonauts LB – Maurice Kelly, Winnipeg Blue Bombers CB – William Hampton, Calgary Stampeders CB – Adrion Smith, Toronto Argonauts DB – Gerald Vaughn, Hamilton Tiger-Cats DB – Barron Miles, Montreal Alouettes DS – Rob Hitchcock, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Special teams P – Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts K – Mark McLoughlin, Calgary Stampeders ST – Jimmy Cunningham, BC Lions
1999 Western All-Stars
Offence QB – Damon Allen, BC Lions RB – Kelvin Anderson, Calgary Stampeders RB – Robert Drummond, BC Lions SB – Terry Vaughn, Edmonton Eskimos SB – Allen Pitts, Calgary Stampeders WR – Eddie Brown, BC Lions WR – Travis Moore, Calgary Stampeders C – Jamie Taras, BC Lions OG – Leo Groenewegen, Edmonton Eskimos OG – Val St. Germain, Edmonton Eskimos OT – John Terry, Saskatchewan Roughriders OT – Rocco Romano, Calgary Stampeders
Defence DT – Doug Petersen, Edmonton Eskimos DT – Johnny Scott, BC Lions DE – Daved Benefield, BC Lions DE – Neil Smith, Saskatchewan Roughriders LB – Paul Lacoste, BC Lions LB – Terry Ray, Edmonton Eskimos LB – Willie Pless, Saskatchewan Roughriders CB – William Hampton, Calgary Stampeders CB – Eric Carter, BC Lions DB – Dale Joseph, BC Lions DB – Jack Kellogg, Calgary Stampeders DS – Greg Frers, Calgary Stampeders
Special teams P – Lui Passaglia, BC Lions K – Mark McLoughlin, Calgary Stampeders ST – Jimmy Cunningham, BC Lions
1999 Eastern All-Stars
Offence QB – Danny McManus, Hamilton Tiger-Cats RB – Ronald Williams, Hamilton Tiger-Cats RB – Mike Pringle, Montreal Alouettes SB – Darren Flutie, Hamilton Tiger-Cats SB – Milt Stegall, Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR – Ben Cahoon, Montreal Alouettes WR – Robert Gordon, Winnipeg Blue Bombers C – Carl Coulter, Hamilton Tiger-Cats OG – Chris Burns, Hamilton Tiger-Cats OG – Pierre Vercheval, Montreal Alouettes OT – Uzooma Okeke, Montreal Alouettes OT – Dave Hack, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Defence DT – Demetrious Maxie, Toronto Argonauts DT – Jason Richards, Montreal Alouettes DE – Elfrid Payton, Montreal Alouettes DE – Joe Montford, Hamilton Tiger-Cats LB – Calvin Tiggle, Hamilton Tiger-Cats LB – Mike O'Shea, Toronto Argonauts LB – Maurice Kelly, Winnipeg Blue Bombers CB – Irvin Smith, Montreal Alouettes CB – Adrion Smith, Toronto Argonauts DB – Gerald Vaughn, Hamilton Tiger-Cats DB – Barron Miles, Montreal Alouettes DS – Rob Hitchcock, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Special teams P – Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts K – Paul Osbaldiston, Hamilton Tiger-Cats ST – Wade Miller, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1999 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars
Offence QB – Damon Allen, BC Lions OT – Uzooma Okeke, Montreal Alouettes OT – Chris Perez, Winnipeg Blue Bombers OG – Fred Childress, Calgary Stampeders OG – Val St. Germain, Edmonton Eskimos C – Jamie Taras, BC Lions RB – Mike Pringle, Montreal Alouettes FB – Michael Soles, Montreal Alouettes SB – Allen Pitts, Calgary Stampeders SB – Darren Flutie, Hamilton Tiger-Cats WR – Milt Stegall, Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR – Travis Moore, Calgary Stampeders
Defence DE – Joe Montford, Hamilton Tiger-Cats DE – Elfrid Payton, Montreal Alouettes DT – Johnny Scott, BC Lions DT – Ed Philion, Montreal Alouettes LB – Alondra Johnson, Calgary Stampeders LB – Darryl Hall, Calgary Stampeders LB – Mike O'Shea, Toronto Argonauts CB – Adrion Smith, Toronto Argonauts CB – Eric Carter, BC Lions HB – Gerald Vaughn, Hamilton Tiger-Cats HB – Barron Miles, Montreal Alouettes S – Lester Smith, Montreal Alouettes
Special teams K – Mark McLoughlin, Calgary Stampeders P – Terry Baker, Montreal Alouettes ST – Jimmy Cunningham, BC Lions
Head coach Charlie Taaffe, Montreal Alouettes
1999 Intergold CFLPA All-Stars
1999 CFL awards CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Danny McManus (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Mike O'Shea (LB), Toronto Argonauts CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Calvin Tiggle (LB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Uzooma Okeke (OT), Montreal Alouettes CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Paul Lacoste (LB), BC Lions CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award – Jimmy Cunningham (RB), BC Lions CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – Jamie Taras (C), BC Lions CFL's Coach of the Year – Charlie Taaffe, Montreal Alouettes Commissioner's Award - No recipient
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