Canadian Football League 1999 Season

87th Grey Cup Championship

Full 1999 Schedule and Results

1999 CFL Regular Season Standings

East Division
GP W L T PTS PF PA
MTL 18 12 6 0 24 495 395
HAM 18 11 7 0 22 603 378
TOR 18 9 9 0 18 386 373
WPG 18 6 12 0 12 362 601
West Division
GP W L T PTS PF PA
BC 18 13 5 0 26 429 373
CGY 18 12 6 0 24 503 393
EDM 18 6 12 0 12 459 502
SSK 18 3 15 0 6 370 592

Full 1999 Standings

League Scoring

19991998 +/-
Average Combined Score 50.10 0.33 +
Average Winning Score 31.85 0.42 +
Average Losing Score 18.25 0.08 +
Average Home Score 27.19 1.56 +
Average Visitor Score 22.90 1.22 -
Average Margin of Victory 13.60 0.53 +

1999 CFL Regular Season Attendance

More 1999 Attendance Numbers

Team Leaders

Offence Rankings
Team (GP)
1 HAM (18) 603 (33.50)
2 CGY (18) 503 (27.94)
3 MTL (18) 495 (27.50)
4 EDM (18) 459 (25.50)
5 BC (18) 429 (23.83)
6 TOR (18) 386 (21.44)
7 SSK (18) 370 (20.56)
8 WPG (18) 362 (20.11)
Defence Rankings
Team (GP)
1 HAM (18) 603 (33.50)
2 CGY (18) 503 (27.94)
3 MTL (18) 495 (27.50)
4 EDM (18) 459 (25.50)
5 BC (18) 429 (23.83)
6 TOR (18) 386 (21.44)
7 SSK (18) 370 (20.56)
8 WPG (18) 362 (20.11)

1999 Player Awards

1999 Most Outstanding
  • Player — Danny McManus (HAM)
  • Defensive Player — Calvin Tiggle (HAM)
  • Offensive Lineman — Uzooma Okeke (MTL)
  • Canadian Player — Mike O'Shea (TOR)
  • Rookie — Paul LaCoste (BC)
  • Special Teams Player — Jimmy “The Jet” Cunningham (BC)
1999 Other Awards
  • Tom Pate Memorial Award — Jamie Taras (BC)

1999 Canadian Football League All-Star Team

Offense

QB Danny McManus HAM
RB Kelvin Anderson CGY
RB Mike Pringle MTL
SB Allen Pitts* CGY
SB Darren Flutie HAM
WR Ben Cahoon MTL
WR Travis Moore CGY
C Jamie Taras BC
G Leo Groenewegen EDM
G Pierre Vercheval MTL
T Uzooma Okeke* MTL
T Rocco Romano CGY

Defense

DT Demetrious Maxie TOR
DT Johnny Scott BC
DE Daved Benefield BC
DE Joe Montford HAM
LB Maurice Kelly WPG
LB Mike O'Shea TOR
LB Calvin Tiggle HAM
DHB Barron Miles MTL
DHB Gerald Vaughn HAM
CB Willie Hampton, Jr. CGY
CB Adrion Smith TOR
S Rob Hitchcock HAM

Special Teams

P Noel Prefontaine TOR
K Mark McLoughlin CGY
ST Jimmy “The Jet” Cunningham BC

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1999 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

  • 3 – Dave Dickenson (CGY)
  • 2 – Mike Saunders (SSK)
  • 2 – Damon Allen (BC)
  • 2 – Danny McManus (HAM)
  • 2 – Kelvin Anderson (CGY)

Defensive Star

  • 3 – Barron Miles (MTL)
  • 2 – Adrion Smith (TOR)
  • 2 – Daved Benefield (BC)
  • 2 – Paul LaCoste (BC)
  • 1 – Eric Carter (HAM)

Lineman Star

  • 3 – Elfrid Payton (MTL)
  • 3 – Joe Montford (HAM)
  • 2 – Daved Benefield (BC)
  • 2 – Herman Smith, III (BC)
  • 1 – Chris Gioskos (TOR)

Special Teams Star

  • 2 – Mark McLoughlin (CGY)
  • 2 – Terry Baker (MTL)
  • 2 – Paul Osbaldiston (HAM)
  • 2 – Troy Westwood (WPG)
  • 1 – Henry “Gizmo” Williams (EDM)

1999 CFL Amateur Draft

PickTeam[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
First Round
1 BC [WPG] Robert Meier (DE) Washington State
2 TOR [SSK] David Perralle (OL) Kentucky
3 BC Greg Lotysz (OL) North Dakota
4 EDM Trevor Bollers (FB) Iowa
5 MTL [TOR] Sylvain Girard (WR) Concordia
6 MTL Davis Sanchez (CB) Oregon
7 HAM Corey Grant (WR) Wilfrid Laurier
8 CGY Bobby Singh (OL) Portland State

Complete 1999 CFL Amateur Draft Selections

Teams

Cities

Commissioner

John H. Tory* (Toronto)
Feb. 2, 1997 – Oct. 31, 2000