112th Grey Cup
The 112th Grey Cup was played between the East Division champion Montreal Alouettes and the West Division champion Saskatchewan Roughriders to decide the Canadian Football League championship for the 2025 season. The game was played on November 16, 2025, at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba, making it the fifth time that Winnipeg has hosted the Grey Cup, with the previous being in 2015. The Roughriders defeated the Alouettes 25–17 to win their fifth Grey Cup and first since 2013.
The game was nationally televised in Canada on CTV, TSN, and RDS; in the United States on CBS Sports Network; and internationally on CFL+.
Host
In October 2022, it was reported that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were bidding to host either the 2024 or 2025 Grey Cup game, with the Manitoba government offering to contribute up to $5.5 million for the bid. After the 2024 Grey Cup was awarded to the city of Vancouver and the BC Lions, it was later reported on March 3, 2023, that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers had won the right to host the 2025 Grey Cup. On March 14, 2023, it was officially announced that Winnipeg would be the host of this game. On November 4, 2025, the game was announced as a sell-out.Date
The date for this game was not initially announced and, as per the collective bargaining agreement, the league had the option of moving the start of the season up to 30 days. However, the league revealed on August 16, 2024, that this game would be played on the third Sunday of November for the fourth consecutive season, on November 16, 2025. This tied the 85th Grey Cup and 91st Grey Cup games as the earliest to be played in a calendar year.Entertainment
Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace performed the SiriusXM Kickoff show. American singer MGK performed the Bud Light halftime show and local Métis country singer Catie St. Germain performed "O Canada". MGK performed the following songs: "Starman", "Don't Wait Run Fast", "Bloody Valentine", "Lonely Road", "My Ex's Best Friend", "Vampire Diaries", and "Cliché".Teams
The game featured the Montreal Alouettes, playing in their 20th Grey Cup game, and their second in three years, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who were also playing in their 20th Grey Cup game but their first since 2013. The Alouettes were attempting to win their ninth championship while the Roughriders attempted to win their fifth.Montreal Alouettes
The Alouettes finished in second place in the East Division with a record and qualified for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. Prior to the season, the Alouettes decided to move on from 110th Grey Cup MVP Cody Fajardo and anoint Davis Alexander as the team's starting quarterback for this season after he showed promise with a 4–0 record as a starter in 2024. Alexander rewarded the team's faith in him by leading the team to a 3–0 start to the season before suffering a hamstring injury that forced him to miss the following two games which were both losses. He returned after the team's bye week to face the Toronto Argonauts, but re-injured his hamstring on a touchdown run in the week 7 victory. Backup quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson started three games before also suffering an injury which led to the Alouettes starting Caleb Evans, who was injured in his start, and then fourth-stringer James Morgan who started two games amidst a five-game losing streak. With the Alouettes sitting at a 5–7 record, Bethel-Thompson returned from injury and led the team to two victories, including one against the Roughriders. Alexander then also returned from injury and won his three starts, finishing the regular season with a 7–0 record as a starter and setting a CFL record for most consecutive regular season wins to start a career with 11. Tyler Snead finished as the team's leading receiver with 1,129 yards and Darnell Sankey led the team in defensive tackles with 101. Placekicker José Maltos Díaz set a franchise record with 58 field goals in one season, which was also tied for the third-most in CFL history.In the East Semi-Final, the Alouettes faced the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who had been West Division champions in the previous five seasons. The Alouettes had a 19-point lead at halftime, but the Blue Bombers scored 21 straight points to make the game competitive. The Alouettes re-took the lead on a Stevie Scott touchdown, who finished the game with 18 carries for 133 yards to make the score 32–27 before Scott scored again after a Blue Bombers field goal to make the score 39–30. After exchanging field goals, the Alouettes' defence held strong to help the team to a 42–33 win. Alexander completed 24 of 34 pass attempts for 384 yards with one touchdown pass, one interception, and one touchdown run. In the East Final against the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Alouettes engaged in a much more defensive contest with the teams scoring a few field goals and the Alouettes leading 6–3 at the half. With the teams locked at 16–16 with under two minutes left to play, Alexander drove the team down the field, highlighted by a Charleston Rambo 19-yard catch on second down, to set up a Maltos Díaz 45-yard field goal on the last play of the game, winning 19–16. Maltos Díaz was successful on all four of his field goal attempts and Sankey led the team with 10 defensive tackles.
Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Roughriders were a dominant force during the 2025 season after starting and coasting to a record, which was the best in the league. The team started with four straight wins before losing to the Calgary Stampeders after their bye. After twelve games and just two losses, the team was in control of the West Division. However, the Roughriders endured injuries to the receiving corps as former 1000-yard receivers Samuel Emilus, Kian Schaffer-Baker, and Shawn Bane missed most of the season. Nonetheless, the team demonstrated their depth at the position with KeeSean Johnson and Dohnte Meyers both posting their first 1000-yard seasons. Starting quarterback Trevor Harris had 4,549 passing yards in 16 starts and running back A. J. Ouellette was a steadying force on the ground with 1,222 yards and eight touchdowns. After a slow start to the season, the team's defence was stalwart as they allowed a league-low 409 points. The Roughriders also had a league-high nine CFL All-Stars which were the most in franchise history, besting the seven selections in 1967. In their 16th game of the season, the Roughriders secured first place in the West Division for the ninth time in franchise history after their victory over the Toronto Argonauts and clinched the top record in the league for the fifth time. The team lost the last two games of the year to finish 12–6 as they rested starters in both games.After enjoying a bye during the semi-finals, the Roughriders faced the BC Lions and league MOP Nathan Rourke. The Roughriders struggled to score in the first half with just four points as the Lions led 7–4 at halftime. Saskatchewan took the lead on a touchdown reception by Schaffer-Baker in the third quarter and a Marcus Sayles interception helped to secure the third-quarter shutout as the Roughriders led 14–7 entering the fourth. The Lions responded with touchdowns on both of their possessions to start the fourth quarter to take the lead 21–14. With under three minutes to play, head coach Corey Mace opted for a Brett Lauther field goal facing third and goal from the five-yard line. The Roughriders were able to hold the Lions to a set of two-and-outs and Harris led the team on a 76-yard scoring drive capped by a Tommy Nield three-yard touchdown catch with 11 seconds left to play with a 24–21. The Lions were unable to move the ball and the Roughriders won their first West Final since 2013. Notably, the Roughriders have won the Grey Cup after finishing first place in their division just once in their history, in 1966.
Head-to-head
The two teams split their two regular season meetings in 2025 with the Roughriders winning 34–6 on August 2 in Montreal, and the Alouettes returned the favour on September 13, when they defeated the Roughriders 48–31 in Regina. In their first meeting, Trevor Harris completed 19 of 27 passes for 289 yards and two touchdowns with Dohnte Meyers recording five catches for 136 yards. Saskatchewan's defence was dominant as they allowed just 169 yards of offence by Montreal and they recorded three takeaways. The Alouettes started backup McLeod Bethel-Thompson who had 15 completions on 26 pass attempts for 126 yards and an interception. In the second meeting, the Alouettes were riding a five-game losing streak, but their offence exploded as Bethel-Thompson completed 21 of 27 pass attempts for 369 yards and three touchdowns. Receiver Tyson Philpot had the second-most single-game receiving yards in Montreal history as he had 238 receiving yards along with two touchdowns. Saskatchewan's Harris was 23 of 32 on pass attempts for 252 yards with one touchdown pass and one interception before giving way to backup Jake Maier with the Alouettes leading by three touchdowns. Harris played his former team, as he was the starter with the Alouettes in 2021 and 2022 and faced his former teammate, Davis Alexander, who was a rookie in 2022.This was the third Grey Cup meeting between the two teams with the other contests occurring in 2009 and 2010 which were both wins for the Alouettes. The Alouettes also defeated the Roughriders in their lone playoff meeting in the 2005 East Semi-Final as Saskatchewan was the crossover team that year. Including the 1931 Grey Cup, where the Roughriders lost to the Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers, the Roughriders had yet to defeat a team from Montreal in the post-season to this point.