2003 CFL season
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The 2003 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 50th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 46th Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 2003
The Canadian Football League made a new five-year television deal with TSN and the CBC on February 27. Through the new agreement, TSN and CBC will be broadcasting 77 games, which is the most in CFL history. The CFL also introduced new specialty weekends that includes the Canada Day Bash, the Labour Day Classic and the Gridiron Thanksgiving. CFL.ca launched it's new website in July.The CFL also assumes control of the Toronto Argonauts on July 29 and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on August 15. The league appointed Paul Robson as the interim Operations Manager of the Argonauts and appointed Alan Ford to become interim Operations Manager of the Tiger-Cats. The CFL then announced the sale of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to Bob Young on October 7 and then announced the sale of the Toronto Argonauts on November 15 to Howard Sokolowski and David Cynamon.
The TSN achieved the second-highest viewership in CFL history. The CFL also had an (+2%) increase in attendance for the second straight season with more than 2 million fans filling the seats at Canadian football games. About 4.4 million Canadian homes viewed the 91st Grey Cup game between the Montreal Alouettes and the Edmonton Eskimos. Plus, the CFL signed long-term partnership deals with Reebok, Rogers and Sun Microsystems.
Regular Season Standings
Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
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- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
- Edmonton and Montreal both have first round byes.
- Due to the cross-over rule - the B.C. Lions will play the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern Semi-Final Game.
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 2003Divisional Semi-Finals
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Divisional Finals
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Grey Cup Championship
2003 CFL All-Stars
OFFENCE
- QB - Anthony Calvillo, Montreal Alouettes
- RB - Mike Pringle, Edmonton Eskimos
- RB - Charles Roberts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- SB - Jeremaine Copeland, Montreal Alouettes
- SB - Geroy Simon, British Columbia Lions
- WR - Tony Miles, Toronto Argonauts
- WR - Ed Hervey, Edmonton Eskimos
- C - Bryan Chiu, Montreal Alouettes
- OG - Andrew Greene, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- OG - Scott Flory, Montreal Alouettes
- OT - Bruce Beaton, Edmonton Eskimos
- OT - Uzooma Okeke, Montreal Alouettes
DEFENCE
- DT - Eric England, Toronto Argonauts
- DT - Joe Fleming, Calgary Stampeders
- DE - Daved Benefield, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- DE - Ray Jacobs, British Columbia Lions
- LB - Reggie Hunt, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- LB - Barrin Simpson, British Columbia Lions
- LB - Jackie Mitchell, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- CB - Omarr Morgan, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- CB - Adrion Smith, Toronto Argonauts
- DB - Donny Brady, Edmonton Eskimos
- DB - Clifford Ivory, Toronto Argonauts
- DS - Orlondo Steinauer, Toronto Argonauts
SPECIAL TEAMS
- P - Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts
- K - Lawrence Tynes, Ottawa Renegades
- ST - Bashir Levingston, Toronto Argonauts
2003 Rogers AT&T CFL Awards
- CFL's Outstanding Player Award - Anthony Calvillo (QB), Montreal Alouettes
- CFL's Outstanding Canadian Award - Ben Cahoon (SB), Montreal Alouettes
- CFL's Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Joe Fleming (DT), Calgary Stampeders
- CFL's Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Andrew Greene (OG), Saskatchewan Roughriders
- CFL's Outstanding Rookie Award - Frank Cutolo (WR), British Columbia Lions
- CFL's Outstanding Special Teams Award - Bashir Levingston (WR), Toronto Argonauts
- CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award - Steve Hardin (OT), British Columbia Lions
- Rogers AT&T Fans' Choice Award - Ricky Ray (QB), Edmonton Eskimos
- CFL's Coach of the Year - Tom Higgins, Edmonton Eskimos
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| Canadian Football League |
| East Division: Hamilton | Montreal | Toronto | Winnipeg |
| West Division: British Columbia | Calgary | Edmonton | Saskatchewan |
| Suspended for 2006 season: Ottawa |
| Trophies and awards: Grey Cup | Dixon | Taylor | Nicklin | Evanshen | Martin | Hayman | Fieldgate | McCaffrey | Parker | Gibson | DeMarco-Becket | Dandurand | Dryburgh | James | Stukus | Pate | Agro | Rogers | Outstanding Player | Outstanding Canadian |
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