The Grey Cup is here: Toronto Argonauts set to take on Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers conflict for the Grey Cup connected Sunday.

After a 2-4 start, the Blue Bombers finished atop the West Division and earned their spot successful the title crippled by beating the Saskatchewan Roughriders successful the West final.

The Argos weathered backmost woes to decorativeness 2nd successful the East earlier upsetting the league-leading Montreal Alouettes successful the part final.

That triumph proved costly, though, arsenic backmost Chad Kelly broke his ankle. That leaves Toronto relying connected backup Nick Arbuckle connected Sunday.

A look astatine the 111th Grey Cup by the numbers:

1: Arbuckle makes his archetypal Grey Cup start. The past 2 QBs to play successful the title for the archetypal clip each won (Cody Fajardo with the Montreal Alouettes successful 2023, MacLeod Bethel-Thompson with Toronto successful 2022).

2: The Argos bushed the Bombers doubly during regular-season play, but some games were tightly contested. Toronto won 16-14 astatine BMO Stadium connected July 24, past took a 14-11 triumph successful Winnipeg connected Oct. 11.

4: Fourth-quarter comebacks person go a regularity astatine the Grey Cup. Six of the past 8 were won by teams trailing successful the last frame.

5: The Blue Bombers marque their 5th consecutive Grey Cup quality and Zach Collaros becomes the archetypal backmost to commencement 5 successful a row.

8: This volition beryllium the eighth clip the 2 sides person met successful the title game. Toronto won the archetypal 7 matchups.

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9: Toronto trailed by 9 points with 14:38 near successful the 2022 Grey Cup successful Regina The Argos held the Bombers scoreless crossed the 4th fourth and rallied for a 24-23 win.

15: The fig of Argonauts playing successful their archetypal CFL title game, including prima moving backmost Ka’Deem Carey.

17: The fig of times Vancouver has hosted the Grey Cup with the past held successful 2014.

18: The fig of Blue Bombers with Grey Cup experience. Offensive lineman Stanley Bryant makes his seventh appearance.

50,000: Spectators expected astatine B.C. Place connected Sunday. The 41-year-old stadium has a capableness of astir 55,000.