Canadian Football League 2012 Season

100th Grey Cup Championship

  • Toronto defeated Calgary 35–22
  • (Local)
    at Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON
  • Attendance: 53,208
  • Broadcaster:
    • TSN in HD (5.5 million Viewer Avg.)
    • RDS in HD (300,000 Viewer Avg.)
    • NBCSN in HD

Full 2012 Schedule and Results

2012 CFL Regular Season Standings

East Division
GP W L T PTS PF PA
MTL 18 11 7 0 22 478 489
TOR 18 9 9 0 18 445 491
WPG 18 6 12 0 12 376 531
HAM 18 6 12 0 12 538 576
West Division
GP W L T PTS PF PA
BC 18 13 5 0 26 479 354
CGY 18 12 6 0 24 535 430
SSK 18 8 10 0 16 457 409
EDM 18 7 11 0 14 422 450

Full 2012 Standings

League Scoring

20122011 +/-
Average Combined Score 51.81 1.53 +
Average Winning Score 31.88 0.44 +
Average Losing Score 19.93 1.08 +
Average Home Score 28.18 1.74 +
Average Visitor Score 23.63 0.21 -
Average Margin of Victory 11.94 0.64 -

Team Leaders

Offence Rankings
Team (GP) PF (PG) YDS (PG) YDSP (PG) TDP (PG) YDSR (PG) TDR (PG)
1 HAM (18) 538 (29.89) 7149 (397.17) 5356 (297.56) 43 (2.39) 1793 (99.61) 6 (0.33)
2 CGY (18) 535 (29.72) 7046 (391.44) 4958 (275.44) 31 (1.72) 2088 (116.00) 20 (1.11)
3 BC (18) 479 (26.61) 7254 (403.00) 5006 (278.11) 32 (1.78) 2248 (124.89) 16 (0.89)
4 MTL (18) 478 (26.56) 6953 (386.28) 5277 (293.17) 33 (1.83) 1676 (93.11) 19 (1.06)
5 SSK (18) 457 (25.39) 6677 (370.94) 4670 (259.44) 26 (1.44) 2007 (111.50) 16 (0.89)
6 TOR (18) 445 (24.72) 6747 (374.83) 5135 (285.28) 25 (1.39) 1612 (89.56) 11 (0.61)
7 EDM (18) 422 (23.44) 6540 (363.33) 4841 (268.94) 25 (1.39) 1699 (94.39) 13 (0.72)
8 WPG (18) 376 (20.89) 6434 (357.44) 4511 (250.61) 16 (0.89) 1923 (106.83) 17 (0.94)
Defence Rankings
Team (GP) PA (PG) SK (PG) INT (PG) FF (PG) PDEF (PG)
1 BC (18) 354 (19.67) 47 (2.61) 18 (1.00) 21 (1.17) 47 (2.61)
2 SSK (18) 409 (22.72) 34 (1.89) 11 (0.61) 14 (0.78) 48 (2.67)
3 CGY (18) 430 (23.89) 43 (2.39) 17 (0.94) 17 (0.94) 40 (2.22)
4 EDM (18) 450 (25.00) 39 (2.17) 27 (1.50) 16 (0.89) 40 (2.22)
5 MTL (18) 489 (27.17) 42 (2.33) 16 (0.89) 11 (0.61) 42 (2.33)
6 TOR (18) 491 (27.28) 27 (1.50) 24 (1.33) 18 (1.00) 53 (2.94)
7 WPG (18) 531 (29.50) 43 (2.39) 11 (0.61) 26 (1.44) 39 (2.17)
8 HAM (18) 576 (32.00) 31 (1.72) 13 (0.72) 15 (0.83) 47 (2.61)

2012 Team Category League Leaders (CFL.ca)

2012 CFL Regular Season Attendance

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2012 CFL Regular Season TV Ratings

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2012 Player Awards

2012 Most Outstanding
  • Player — Chad Owens (TOR)
  • Defensive Player — J.C. Sherritt (EDM)
  • Canadian Player — Jon Cornish (CGY)
  • Offensive Lineman — Jovan Olafioye (BC)
  • Special Teams Player — Chris Williams (HAM)
  • Rookie — Chris Matthews (WPG)
2012 Other Awards
  • Tom Pate Memorial Award — Brian Bratton (MTL)
  • Jake Gaudaur Veteran's Award — Graeme Bell (SSK)

2012 Canadian Football League All-Star Team

Offense

QB Anthony Calvillo MTL
RB Jon Cornish CGY
RB Andrew Harris BC
R Weston Dressler SSK
R Nik Lewis CGY
R Chad Owens TOR
R Fred Stamps EDM
C Luc Brodeur-Jourdain MTL
G Scott Flory MTL
G Dimitri Tsoumpas CGY
T Josh Bourke MTL
T Jovan Olafioye BC

Defense

DT Armond Armstead TOR
DT Bryant Turner, Jr. WPG
DE Charleston Hughes CGY
DE Keron Williams BC
LB Adam Bighill BC
LB Shea Emry MTL
LB J.C. Sherritt EDM
DHB Korey Banks BC
DHB Ryan Phillips BC
CB Joe Burnett EDM
CB Patrick Watkins TOR
S Kyries Hebert MTL

Special Teams

P Rob Maver CGY
K Rene Paredes CGY
ST Chris Williams HAM

* – indicates unanimous selection

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2012 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

  • 4 – Henry Burris (HAM)
  • 2 – Brandon Whitaker (MTL)
  • 2 – Chad Owens (TOR)
  • 2 – Joey Elliott (WPG)
  • 1 – Hugh Charles (EDM)

Defensive Star

  • 4 – Adam Bighill (BC)
  • 4 – J.C. Sherritt (EDM)
  • 2 – Keon Raymond (CGY)
  • 1 – Jerald Brown (MTL)
  • 1 – Brock Campbell (HAM)

Canadian Star

  • 9 – Jon Cornish (CGY)
  • 3 – Andrew Harris (BC)
  • 2 – Shea Emry (MTL)
  • 2 – Henoc Muamba (WPG)
  • 1 – Andre Durie (TOR)

Special Teams Star

  • 4 – Chris Williams (HAM)
  • 2 – Larry Taylor (CGY)
  • 2 – Trent Guy (MTL)
  • 2 – Tim Brown (BC)
  • 2 – Grant Shaw (EDM)

2012 CFL Amateur Draft

PickTeam[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
First Round
1 SSK Ben Heenan (OL) Saskatchewan
2 BC [EDM, TOR] Jabar Westerman (DL) Eastern Michigan
3 WPG [HAM] Tyson Pencer (OL) Washington State
4 EDM [BC, MTL] Austin Pasztor (OL) Virginia
5 CGY Ameet Pall (DE) Wofford
6 EDM Shamawd Chambers (WR) Wilfrid Laurier
-- WPG Forfeited pick for 2011 Supplemental Draft Pick Kito Poblah - 1987
7 BC Kirby Fabien (OL) Calgary

Complete 2012 CFL Amateur Draft Selections

Teams

Cities

Commissioner

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