The 43rd Grey Cup game was played on November 26, 1955, before 39,417 football fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver.

The game had typically been played in Toronto previously, however the then-recently-completed Empire Stadium was the largest venue in the country.

In a rematch of the previous year's Grey Cup, the Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Montreal Alouettes by the score of 34–19.

First Quarter Montreal - Single - Bud Korchak missed field goal Edmonton – TD – Normie Kwong 1-yard run (Bob Dean convert) Montreal – TD – Pat Abbruzzi 1-yard run (Bud Korchak convert) Montreal – TD – Hal Patterson 41-yard pass from Sam Etcheverry (Bud Korchak convert) Second Quarter Edmonton – TD – Johnny Bright 42-yard run (Bob Dean convert) Montreal – TD – Hal Patterson 15-yard pass from Sam Etcheverry (Bud Korchak convert) Edmonton – TD – Bob Heydenfeldt 15-yard pass from Jackie Parker (Bob Dean convert) Third Quarter Edmonton – TD – Normie Kwong 1-yard run (Bob Dean convert) Edmonton – TD – Johnny Bright 3-yard run (Bob Dean convert) Fourth Quarter Edmonton – Single – Bob Dean missed field goal Edmonton – FG – Bob Dean 20-yard field goal This was the last professional Canadian football game with touchdowns valued at five points - the value of this scoring play was changed to six points, thus making it identical with that of its long-standing value in American football, prior to the start of the following season.

Montreal Alouettes quarterback Sam Etcheverry set a Grey Cup record with 508 passing yards.