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1959
The hunt for a new Head Coach brought Wayne Robinson from Winnipeg. With a new rookie running back named Willie Fleming and a corps of veterans, a final game triumph at home over Calgary gave the Lions their first playoff spot and a winning record of 9-7. Two straight losses to Edmonton ended their playoff debut, but the future looked bright.

Western Interprovincial Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 12 4 0 418 272 24
Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 370 221 20
British Columbia Lions 16 9 7 0 306 301 18
Calgary Stampeders 16 8 8 0 356 301 16
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 1 15 0 212 567 2

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 10 4 0 298 162 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 8 6 0 275 217 16
Montreal Alouettes 14 6 8 0 193 305 12
Toronto Argonauts 14 4 10 0 192 274 8

SEMI-FINALS
Western Semi-Finals - Edmonton Eskimos 20 British Columbia Lions 8
Western Semi-Finals - British Columbia Lions 7 Edmonton Eskimos 41
Edmonton won the total-point series by 61-15. The Eskimos will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Finals.

Eastern Semi-Finals Montreal Alouettes 0 Ottawa Rough Riders 43
The Rough Riders will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Finals.

Western Finals - Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 Edmonton Eskimos 11
Western Finals - Edmonton Eskimos 8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16
Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2-0. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup game.

Eastern Finals - Hamilton Tiger-Cats 5 Ottawa Rough Riders 17
Eastern Finals - Ottawa Rough Riders 7 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21
Hamilton won the total-point series by 26-24. The Tiger-Cats will advance to the Grey Cup game.


Grey Cup Championship
November 28

47th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
WIFU Champion IRFU Champion
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 7
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1959 Grey Cup Champions
Charlie Shepard (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.

Articles that on the game that clinched the Lions' playoff spot. Against Joe Kapp who was with Calgary at the time, the Lions QB was Randy Duncan. Despite being the fact that he QB'd the Lions first playoff team, I'd say nobody remembers such a name of Randy Duncan.

Lions regular season final and it was very special in that the win allowed the Lions to qualify for the playoffs for the very first time in franchise history and since it was a home-and-home series, it also allowed the Lions to host a playoff game in franchise history as well.

October 24, 1959: Stampeders 8 at Lions 10