Canadian Football League 2008 Season

96th Grey Cup Championship

Full 2008 Schedule and Results

2008 CFL Regular Season Standings

East Division
GP W L T PTS PF PA
MTL 18 11 7 0 22 610 443
WPG 18 8 10 0 16 435 490
TOR 18 4 14 0 8 397 627
HAM 18 3 15 0 6 441 593
West Division
GP W L T PTS PF PA
CGY 18 13 5 0 26 595 420
SSK 18 12 6 0 24 500 471
BC 18 11 7 0 22 559 479
EDM 18 10 8 0 20 512 526

Full 2008 Standings

League Scoring

20082007 +/-
Average Combined Score 56.24 7.11 +
Average Winning Score 34.86 4.19 +
Average Losing Score 21.38 3.92 +
Average Home Score 30.33 3.29 +
Average Visitor Score 25.90 3.82 +
Average Margin of Victory 13.49 0.64 +

Team Leaders

Offence Rankings
Team (GP) PF (PG) YDS (PG) YDSP (PG) TDP (PG) YDSR (PG) TDR (PG)
1 MTL (18) 610 (33.89) 7877 (437.61) 5829 (323.83) 46 (2.56) 2048 (113.78) 17 (0.94)
2 CGY (18) 595 (33.06) 7689 (427.17) 5270 (292.78) 39 (2.17) 2419 (134.39) 20 (1.11)
3 BC (18) 559 (31.06) 7375 (409.72) 5246 (291.44) 37 (2.06) 2129 (118.28) 14 (0.78)
4 EDM (18) 512 (28.44) 7564 (420.22) 6031 (335.06) 26 (1.44) 1533 (85.17) 20 (1.11)
5 SSK (18) 500 (27.78) 7047 (391.50) 4805 (266.94) 26 (1.44) 2242 (124.56) 24 (1.33)
6 HAM (18) 441 (24.50) 7015 (389.72) 4474 (248.56) 22 (1.22) 2541 (141.17) 25 (1.39)
7 WPG (18) 435 (24.17) 7025 (390.28) 5073 (281.83) 25 (1.39) 1952 (108.44) 11 (0.61)
8 TOR (18) 397 (22.06) 6790 (377.22) 5110 (283.89) 21 (1.17) 1680 (93.33) 15 (0.83)
Defence Rankings
Team (GP) PA (PG) SK (PG) INT (PG) FF (PG) PDEF (PG)
1 CGY (18) 420 (23.33) 33 (1.83) 19 (1.06) 17 (0.94) 72 (4.00)
2 MTL (18) 443 (24.61) 43 (2.39) 18 (1.00) 20 (1.11) 36 (2.00)
3 SSK (18) 471 (26.17) 28 (1.56) 17 (0.94) 19 (1.06) 42 (2.33)
4 BC (18) 479 (26.61) 68 (3.78) 27 (1.50) 27 (1.50) 54 (3.00)
5 WPG (18) 490 (27.22) 42 (2.33) 15 (0.83) 19 (1.06) 43 (2.39)
6 EDM (18) 526 (29.22) 35 (1.94) 23 (1.28) 16 (0.89) 50 (2.78)
7 HAM (18) 593 (32.94) 26 (1.44) 23 (1.28) 13 (0.72) 48 (2.67)
8 TOR (18) 627 (34.83) 27 (1.50) 18 (1.00) 9 (0.50) 53 (2.94)

2008 Team Category League Leaders (CFL.ca)

2008 CFL Regular Season Attendance

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2008 Regular Season TV Ratings

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2008 Player Awards

2008 Most Outstanding
  • Player — Anthony Calvillo (MTL)
  • Defensive Player — Cameron Wake (BC)
  • Canadian Player — Kamau Peterson (EDM)
  • Offensive Lineman — Scott Flory (MTL)
  • Special Teams Player — Dominique Dorsey (TOR)
  • Rookie — Weston Dressler (SSK)
2008 Other Awards
  • Tom Pate Memorial Award — Jeremy O'Day (SSK)

2008 Canadian Football League All-Star Team

Offense

QB Anthony Calvillo MTL
RB Wes Cates SSK
RB Joffrey Reynolds CGY
R Ben Cahoon MTL
R Ken-Yon Rambo CGY
R Jamel Richardson MTL
R Geroy Simon BC
C Bryan Chiu MTL
G Scott Flory MTL
G Gene Makowsky SSK
T Dan Goodspeed WPG
T Jason Jimenez BC

Defense

DT Doug Brown WPG
DT Aaron Hunt BC
DE Brent Johnson BC
DE Cameron Wake BC
LB Maurice Lloyd SSK
LB Anton McKenzie SSK
LB Zeke Moreno WPG
DHB Jason Goss EDM
DHB Chris Thompson HAM
CB Brandon Browner CGY
CB Dante Marsh BC
S Barron Miles BC

Special Teams

P Nick Setta HAM
K Sandro DeAngelis CGY
ST Dominique Dorsey TOR

* – indicates unanimous selection

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2008 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

  • 3 – Anthony Calvillo (MTL)
  • 3 – Ricky Ray (EDM)
  • 2 – Avon Cobourne (MTL)
  • 2 – Henry Burris (CGY)
  • 2 – Kerry Joseph (TOR)

Defensive Star

  • 3 – Cameron Wake (BC)
  • 1 – Ryan Phillips (BC)
  • 1 – Javier Glatt (BC)
  • 1 – Montez Murphy (EDM)
  • 1 – Dario Romero (EDM)

Canadian Star

  • 4 – Paris Jackson (BC)
  • 2 – Kamau Peterson (EDM)
  • 2 – Jesse Lumsden (HAM)
  • 2 – Ben Cahoon (MTL)
  • 2 – Calvin McCarty (EDM)

Special Teams Star

  • 4 – Dominique Dorsey (TOR)
  • 3 – Tristan Jackson (EDM)
  • 3 – Jason Armstead (WPG)
  • 2 – Larry Taylor (MTL)
  • 2 – Sandro DeAngelis (CGY)

2008 CFL Amateur Draft

PickTeam[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
First Round
1 HAM Dylan Barker (S) Saskatchewan
2 CGY [EDM] Dimitri Tsoumpas (OL) Weber State
3 CGY Jesse Newman (OL) Louisiana-Lafayette
4 SSK [TOR] Keith Shologan (DL) Central Florida
5 BC Justin Sorensen (OL) South Carolina
6 WPG Brendon LaBatte (OL) Regina
7 SSK Shea Emry (LB) British Columbia (UBC)
8 HAM [MTL] Samuel Giguére (WR) Sherbrooke

Complete 2008 CFL Amateur Draft Selections

Teams

Cities

Commissioner

Mark Cohon (Toronto)
April 17, 2007 – Jan. 9, 2015