2013 was a very competitive year for the Canadian Football League. Five of the eight teams won between 8 and 11 games, with the Calgary Stampeders leading the way at 14-4. The Stampeders would take the Western Division by three games over the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the BC Lions, both at 11-7, while the Toronto Argonauts would take the Eastern Division by a game over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (10-8), followed by the Montreal Alouettes (8-10). But, as the old saying goes,"That is why they play the games", it once again holds true, as the Saskatchewan Roughriders would eliminate the Stampeders in the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, it was the Tiger-Cats
over the Alouettes in overtime 19-16, while the Roughriders got by the Lions 29-25. In the second round, it was the Tiger-Cats over the Argonauts 36-24, while the Roughriders roughed up the Stampeders 35-13, setting up the match-up for the 101st Grey Cup. The game took place on November 24, 2013, at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders won their fourth championship with a score of 45 to 23 against the Tiger-Cats.  Hamilton opened the scoring early in the first with a field goal by Luca Congi, but Saskatchewan quickly responded with a touchdown pass from Durant to Geroy Simon to make it 7–3 for the Roughriders at the end of the
first. Saskatchewan opened the second quarter with a field goal to make it 10–3, and Saskatchewan running back Jock Sanders scored a touchdown to put the Roughriders up 17-3. Following a turnover by Hamilton quarterback Henry Burris, who missed a snap and allowed the football to shoot past him, Sheets scored his first touchdown for Saskatchewan to extend their lead to 24–3. While Hamilton would score another field goal before the end of the quarter, a 42-yard pass from Durant to Simon at the end of the quarter put the Riders up 31–6 at half-time. The 24-point performance by the Saskatchewan offence ranks as one of the best single-quarter performances in Grey Cup
history. The third quarter opened with neither team able to sustain a meaningful drive until near the end of the quarter, when Burris ran the ball 18 yards for Hamilton's first touchdown of the game. That would turn out to be the only score of the quarter, although Hamilton scored a field goal in the first play of the fourth quarter to make it 31–16 for the Roughriders with fifteen minutes left to play. However, Hamilton was unable to translate its momentum into another touchdown, and with five minutes remaining in the game Kory Sheets scored another touchdown for the Roughriders to extend the Riders' lead to 38-16. Saskatchewan forced a turnover on the following Tiger-Cats' possession which quickly led to a touchdown by Weston Dressler to make the score 45-16. The Tiger-Cats would close the scoring with a touchdown by C.J. Gable, but it proved to be too little as the Roughriders allowed the clock to run down and won the game with a final score of 45–23. Roughriders running back Kory Sheets was named the Most Valuable Player after setting a Grey Cup record by rushing for 197 yards and scoring two touchdowns. Slotback Chris Getzlaf, also of the Roughriders, was awarded the Dick Suderman Trophy as the Most Valuable Canadian.