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CFL NEWS IN 2004 Neil Payne retired from his position as Director of Officiating in February and was replaced by George Black. Former Eskimos Head Coach, Tom Higgins was named as the 2003 Coach of the Year. CFL Commissioner Tom E. Wright , announced that Vancouver would host the 93rd Grey Cup for 2005 . Furthermore, CFL Commissioner Tom E. Wright also announced in late October, that Winnipeg would be the host of the 94th Grey Cup for 2006 . Wayne Smith of Appalachian State University was drafted first overall in the 2004 CFL College Draft by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats . Former player, broadcaster and football administrator, Mike Wadsworth died in April. In September, the Canadian Football Hall Of Fame inducted Larry Highbaugh , Cal Murphy , Lui Passaglia , Dan Yochum and Ben Zambiasi during the Induction Weekend ceremonies in Hamilton . CFL partner, Sun Microsystems added and launched real-time, in-game statistics entry with live play-by-play and scoring on cfl.ca. On June 2 nd, the CFL announced a partnership with FSN and launched a player-based and team-based game for the 2004 season. In addition, the CFL also launched its first ever online kids section called - the Dare CFL KidsZone. The CFL started a new international broadcasting agreement with Trajectory Sports & Media Group , to deliver Canadian Football to more than 50 million households in 176 countries for the 2004 season. U.S. television coverage of the 92nd Grey Cup resulted in the largest international broadcast distribution of a Grey Cup game - when it was made available to more than 55 million television households. In addition, Rogers Sportsnet announced the start of "CFL Crunch", which is a 30-minute news segment concerning the league on June 24 th. On October 18 th, the Toronto Argonauts announced their agreement with York University , to construct a new 25,000-seat stadium on the university's Keele campus. League attendance increased by 8% over the 2003 Season , when more than 2.2 million fans were coming in to CFL stadiums. The B.C. Lions home attendance figures increased by 13% over the 2003 season, by averaging about 26,697 fans per game at BC Place Stadium . The Montreal Alouettes continued their strong attendance figures by recording it's fifth straight year of having sell out crowds at both, Percival Molson Memorial Stadium and Olympic Stadium . The CFL set a new playoff attendance record with a total of 181,717 postseason crowds attending playoff games in Toronto , Edmonton , Montreal , Vancouver and Ottawa . The Grey Cup game in Ottawa had a sell-out crowd of 51,242 at Frank Clair Stadium . The attendance increases were likely caused at least in part by the lack of NHL hockey in the wake of the 2004-05 NHL Lockout ''', established two new records in 2004. The first record was accomplished on July 12 th, when Pringle established a new CFL career record for yards from scrimmage with 20,254 yards in the Eskimos 25-9 win over the B.C. Lions. The second record was accomplished on September 19 th against the same B.C. Lions, when Pringle became the all-time leading rusher in CFL history with 16,425 yards. In addition, three CFL quarterbacks established new records as well. Edmonton's Jason Maas , entered the CFL record books by setting a new mark for most consecutive pass completions in a regular season game with 22 on July 30 th. On August 13 th, B.C.'s Casey Printers , sets a new CFL record for the highest pass completion percentage in a regular season game by completing 90.9% of his passes. Furthermore, Hamilton's Danny McManus , joined the company of Damon Allen and Ron Lancaster by passing a CFL milestone on October 21 st. The Toronto Argonauts won their 15th Grey Cup by defeating the B.C. Lions 27-19 on November 21 st. REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Final regular season standings ''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points''
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