This was the first Grey Cup game to be played under the aegis of the newly formed (and present-day) Canadian Football League.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers (35) - TDs, Jim Van Pelt (2), Norm Rauhaus, Charlie Shepard.

Tiger-Cats head coach Jim Trimble said before the game that his team would "waffle" the Blue Bombers.

The punt was blocked, and recovered in the end zone by Bomber Norm Rauhaus to give them a 20-14 half-time lead.

"We should have won the 1958 Grey Cup but there was a bad coaching error before halftime," said Hamilton defensive lineman Angelo Mosca.