| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | December 9, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadium | Lansdowne Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ottawa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 11,738 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 27th Grey Cup was played on December 9, 1939, before 11,738 fans at Lansdowne ParkatOttawa.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 8–7. The weekend of the match saw very low temperatures so the night before the game the groundskeepers attempted to warm the playing surface by lighting hundreds of litres of gasoline, nevertheless, the field was frozen again the next day.[1]
|
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Franchise |
|
| Stadiums |
|
| Lore |
|
| Important figures |
|
| Retired numbers |
|
| Dominion Championships (3) |
|
| Grey Cup Championships (9) |
|
| Eastern Division Championships (15) |
|
| See also |
|
|
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Franchise |
|
| Stadiums |
|
| Culture |
|
| Lore |
|
| Important figures |
|
| Key personnel |
|
| Grey Cup Championships (12) |
|
| Western Division Championships (18) |
|
| Eastern Division Championships (7) |
|
| Current league affiliations |
|
|
| |
|---|---|
|
 | This article about a Canadian football competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
