Instead, it was the Burris and the Redblacks doing the unimaginable, pulling off one of the biggest upsets in Grey Cup lore inside BMO Field, with the 41-year-old quarterback brilliantly penning a storybook finish with 461 passing yards to lead his team to a stunning 39-33 overtime win. Said Burris following the Redblacks’ 39-33 Grey Cup overtime win over the Calgary Stampeders Sunday at BMO Field: “For all those that say, Good Hank, Bad Hank, what’s bad about winning a championship? "I didn't even know it was a completed pass, because it hit is hands and all of a sudden I see it bounce and I was thinking 'Awww,'

"Then all of a sudden I hear everyone go crazy and I was like 'Did it just happen? Burris hit on 35 of 46 passes to pile up 461 yards with five total touchdowns and become the first quarterback to surpass the 400-yard mark in a Grey Cup since Danny McManus did it in 1996 and win the first finale that needed overtime since the Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos needed free football to decide the season back in 2005. On the other side, just disappointment for Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, who threw three interceptions and couldn’t equal Burris’ deciding 18-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Jackson in overtime. It didn’t take long for the Stamps to close the gap even further, as Mitchell put together another impressive drive, helped out by a pass interference penalty on Redblacks Jonathan Rose at the goalline, which gave quarterback Andrew Buckley a chance to scamper off the right edge for a one-yard touchdown. Running through the middle of the field at full speed, he had his hands on the pass from Henry Burris, but couldn’t get immediate control. “Next thing you know, we come up short. Memorable it was, but for all the wrong reasons, and no one informed the Ottawa RedBlacks that playing spoiler wasn’t part of the original script. “I’m pretty sure the guys that are in our fantasy football league will be texting each other, and beaking each other,” said Burris, laughing. “We’ve got to play the game, we’re going to play it physical, and it’s going to be a good challenge for them if they want to go through the Ottawa Redblacks. “I was thinking of all the adversity we’ve been through and also that we had been through those situations and we knew how to handle it,” he said.
In Canadian football, the Ottawa Redblacks defeat the Calgary Stampeders 39–33. It is the first Grey Cup won by the Redblacks in franchise history. Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris is MVP and becomes the oldest player to win the MVP award in a Grey Cup.