1986 CFL season

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As originally written by Tim Brulia:

If this can work out, this may be the first in a series.

This thread will be a complete season of CFL TV crews for 1986. I chose 1986 mostly because it was the last year CTV did CFL games, it was the last season of the dual CBC-CTV feed of the Grey Cup and, there were relatively few crews working these games. CBC normally employed one crew in '86, but would split them in half when called upon for regional telecasts; Don Wittman (pxp), Ron Lancaster and Chuck Ealey (analysts) and Steve Armitage on the sidelines. CTV normally used two crews, one for games played in the East (Pat Marsden on pxp, Leif Pettersen as analyst and Bill Stephenson as SLR) and a crew for Western games (Dale Isaac pxp, Frank Rigney analyst and Al McCann prowling the sidelines). As well, not every game was televised and these will be noted also.

In actuality, the years from 1987-2009 or so will be more difficult to gather crews for specific games (if not impossible) as Canadian newspapers by and large never monitored this information. But the networks televising these games should be easy to gather.

As always, please notify if you should spot errors or omissions. Thanks to djob (and others) for his insight.

WEEK 1

Tuesday 6/24:

Eskimos-Stampeders, 9:30, Not televised

Thursday 6/26:

TigerCats-Argonauts, 7:30, Not televised

Blue Bombers-Lions, 10:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey

Friday 6/27:

Alouettes-Rough Riders, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Sunday 6/29:

Stampeders-Roughriders, 5:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

WEEK 2

Thursday 7/3:

Rough Riders-TigerCats, 7:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster

Lions-Eskimos, 9:30, CBC. Steve Armitage, Chuck Ealey

Friday 7/4:

Argonauts-Alouettes, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Saturday 7/5:

Roughriders-Blue Bombers, 8:30, CBC. Dom Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Stampeders

WEEK 3

Thursday 7/10:

Stampeders-Rough Riders, 7:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Friday 7/11:

Argonauts-Lions, 10:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Saturday 7/12:

Blue Bombers-TigerCats, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Roughriders-Eskimos, 9:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Alouettes

WEEK 4

Thursday 7/17:

Roughriders-Argonauts, 7:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster

Rough Riders-Eskimos, 9:30, CBC. Steve Armitage, Chuck Ealey

Friday 7/18:

TigerCats-Stampeders, 9:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Saturday 7/19:

Alouettes-Lions, 10:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Blue Bombers

WEEK 5

Thursday 7/24:

Alouettes-Rough Riders, 7:30, CBC. Steve Armitage, Chuck Ealey

Stampeders-Blue Bombers, 8:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster

Friday 7/25:

Lions-TigerCats, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Saturday 7/26:

Argonauts-Roughriders, 9:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Bye: Eskimos

WEEK 6

Thursday 7/31:

Lions-Stampeders, 9:30, Not televised

Friday 8/1:

Blue Bombers-Alouettes, 7:30, Not televised

Argonauts-Eskimos, 9:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Monday 8/4:

Rough Riders-Roughriders, 3:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Tiger-Cats

WEEK 7

Thursday 8/7:

Eskimos-Alouettes, 7:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

TigerCats-Blue Bombers, 8:30, Not televised

Friday 8/8:

Stampeders-Argonauts, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Saturday 8/9:

Roughriders-Lions, 10:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Rough Riders

WEEK 8

Thursday 8/14:

Alouettes-Stampeders, 9:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Friday 8/15:

Lions-Rough Riders, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Blue Bombers-Eskimos, 9:30, Not televised

Saturday 8/16:

Roughriders-TigerCats, 7:30, Not televised

Bye: Argonauts

WEEK 9

Thursday 8/21:

TigerCats-Alouettes, 7:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster

Stampeders-Lions, 10:00, CBC. Steve Armitage, Chuck Ealey

Friday 8/22:

Rough Riders-Blue Bombers, 8:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Saturday 8/23:

Eskimos-Argonauts, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Bye: Roughriders

WEEK 10

Friday 8/29:

Argonauts-Rough Riders, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Sunday 8/31:

Blue Bombers-Roughriders, 3:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Monday 9/1:

Eskimos-Stampeders, 4:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Alouettes-TigerCats, 7:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Lions

WEEK 11

Thursday 9/4:

Rough Riders-Lions, 10:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Friday 9/5:

Roughriders-Blue Bombers, 8:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Sunday 9/7:

TigerCats-Argonauts, 1:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Alouettes-Eskimos, 4:00, Not televised

Bye: Stampeders

WEEK 12

Thursday 9/11:

Blue Bombers-Stampeders, 9:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Friday 9/12:

Rough Riders-Alouettes, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Sunday 9/14:

Lions-Argonauts, 1:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

TigerCats-Roughriders, 3:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Eskimos

WEEK 13

Thursday 9/18:

Alouettes-Blue Bombers, 8:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Friday 9/19:

Eskimos-Lions, 10:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Saturday 9/20:

Roughriders-Rough Riders, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Sunday 9/21:

Stampeders-TigerCats, 1:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Argonauts

WEEK 14

Friday 9/26:

Lions-Eskimos, 9:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Saturday 9/27:

TigerCats-Rough Riders, 7:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Sunday 9/28:

Blue Bombers-Argonauts, 1:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Stampeders-Roughriders, 3:30, Not televised

Bye: Alouettes

WEEK 15

Friday 10/3:

Rough Riders-Stampeders, 9:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Saturday 10/4:

Eskimos-TigerCats, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Sunday 10/5:

Lions-Alouettes, 1:30, CBC. Steve Armitage, Chuck Ealey

Argonauts-Blue Bombers, 3:00, CBC (JIP in the West and Ottawa). Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster

Bye: Roughriders

WEEK 16

Friday 10/10:

TigerCats-Eskimos, 9:30, Not televised

Sunday 10/12:

Alouettes-Roughriders, 3:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Monday 10/13:

Blue Bombers-Rough Riders, 1:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Argonauts-Stampeders, 4:00, Not televised

Bye: Lions

WEEK 17

Friday 10/17:

Roughriders-Alouettes, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Saturday 10/18:

TigerCats-Lions, 10:00, Not televised

Sunday 10/19:

Rough Riders-Argonauts, 1:30, Not televised

Stampeders-Eskimos, 4:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Bye: Blue Bombers

WEEK 18

Friday 10/24:

Stampeders-Alouettes, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Saturday 10/25:

Eskimos-Blue Bombers, 8:30, Not televised

Sunday 10/26:

Argonauts-TigerCats, 1:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Lions-Roughriders, 3:30, Not televised

Bye: Rough Riders

WEEK 19

Friday 10/31:

Roughriders-Stampeders, 9:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Saturday 11/1:

Eskimos-Rough Riders, 1:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Sunday 11/2:

Alouettes-Argonauts, 1:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Lions-Blue Bombers, 3:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Bye: Tiger-Cats

WEEK 20

Friday 11/7:

Rough Riders-TigerCats, 7:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Saturday 11/8:

Blue Bombers-Lions, 10:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Sunday 11/9:

Argonauts-Alouettes, 1:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Roughriders-Eskimos, 4:00, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

Bye: Stampeders

PLAYOFFS

Conference Semi-Finals

Saturday 11/15:

Blue Bombers-Lions, 4:00, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Sunday 11/16:

Argonauts-TigerCats, 1:30, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Bill Stephenson

Stampeders-Eskimos, 4:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Conference Finals

Sunday 11/23:

TigerCats-Argonauts, 1:30, CBC. Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey, Steve Armitage

Lions-Eskimos, 4:30, CTV. Dale Isaac, Frank Rigney, Al McCann

GREY CUP in Vancouver

Sunday 11/30:

TigerCats-Eskimos, 4:30, CBC, CTV. Pat Marsden, Leif Pettersen, Frank Rigney (all first half), Don Wittman, Ron Lancaster, Chuck Ealey (all second half), Steve Armitage, Bill Stephenson