The Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Elks will meet in the 113th Grey Cup in Calgary on Sunday after winning their East and West finals, respectively.
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The 113th Grey Cup features the East Division champions, the Montreal Alouettes, against the West Division champions, the Edmonton Elks, in Calgary.
Montreal enters the Grey Cup with a 14–4 record and after defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33–23 in the East Final. Edmonton enters with a 13–5 record and after defeating the BC Lions 28–16 in the West Final.
Edmonton and Montreal are meeting for the 12th time in Grey Cup history, and the second time they have met in Calgary. Edmonton leads the all-time series 8–3, including taking the 63rd Grey Cup in Calgary in 1975 by a score of 9–8.
The most recent Grey Cup meeting between the teams came in the 93rd Grey Cup at BC Place Stadium in 2005, when Edmonton won 38–35 in overtime.
The Grey Cup is also being played in mid-November following CFL schedule changes announced in 2024, and the source notes the weather in Calgary was warmer than normal.
Before kickoff, the Snowbirds conducted a pregame flyover, which the source describes as their final flight.
The source also says the Grey Cup weekend marks an end to Canadian football as it has been known, pointing to CFL changes that were implemented during the 2026 season, including a partial 35 running play clock, with additional changes planned for 2027.
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