The Edmonton Elks and Montreal Alouettes will meet in the 113th Grey Cup on Sunday at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, a championship rematch that puts the CFL title on the line. It is the first Grey Cup between the teams since Edmonton beat Montreal 38-35 in overtime in 2005.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. ET, with Montreal entering at 14-4 and Edmonton at 13-5. Montreal opened as a 3.5-point favorite, but the number has not made the road any simpler for the Alouettes, because underdogs have covered the spread in eight of the past 10 Grey Cups.
This is the 12th Grey Cup clash between Edmonton and Montreal, the most frequent title-game pairing in CFL history. For Montreal, it is a shot at a ninth championship and a second title in four seasons after winning the 110th Grey Cup in 2023 and falling to Saskatchewan in last year's game. Edmonton is chasing its 15th championship and trying to end an 11-year drought since its last Grey Cup win in 2015.
The matchup carries a strange split screen. Montreal looked like the stronger team all season and Davis Alexander was sharp against Edmonton, throwing for 708 yards and accounting for six touchdowns across the two regular-season meetings. Yet Edmonton won the first game 32-29 in Week 3, Montreal took the rematch 48-30 in Week 10, and the Elks have won their last three appearances in the championship game. That leaves the favorite with the better record and the more recent form, but also the burden of proving it can finish one that has already gone Edmonton’s way before.
Weather could add another wrinkle. The forecast calls for cloudy conditions in Calgary, with a daytime high of 11 degrees C and overnight temperatures around 3 C. Grey Cup Sunday also comes with the usual pageantry, including a pregame performance by Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, Sarah McLachlan on the national anthem, Riley Green in halftime, and the James Barker Band for the kickoff show. But when the game starts, the question is narrower than the stage around it: whether Montreal can turn a stronger season into another title, or whether Edmonton can keep a championship streak alive one more time.
