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The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) [4] (French: Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) [5] are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Red stands for desire, black stands for power. One of the things I did not know, in the mid- to late-1870s, when the Rough Riders started, one of the thoughts is they were named after the...
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s new CFL team today announced that REDBLACKS will be the team’s official nickname and the logo will be a classic R on a background that represents a saw blade.
The REDBLACKS made their CFL debut on July 3, 2014, in Winnipeg. Running back Chevon Walker scored the franchise’s first touchdown early in the first quarter. The new TD Place Stadium at Lansdowne hosted the REDBLACKS’ first home game against the Toronto Argonauts on July 18, 2014.
The Ottawa Redblacks are a Canadian Football League (CFL) franchise located in Ottawa, Ontario. The team was founded in 2010 and began playing in 2014, with their first home game at TD Place Stadium. The Redblacks won the Grey Cup in 2016, their third season.
The French name of the team “Rouge-et-Noir”, translates literally to “Red and Black” rather than RedBlacks (“Rougenoirs” was actually originally registered by the club in January but sits unused), perhaps the new style of French naming is a nod to popular Quebec-based college football teams like the Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or (Green and Gold), and La...
The sequence of events that brought us to July 18, 2014 when the Ottawa Redblacks kick off against the Toronto Argonauts at TD Place stadium.
The worst-kept secret in Canadian football doesn't need to be kept any more, as the Ottawa expansion franchise set to start play in 2014 officially announced that they'd chosen "RedBlacks" (and...
After much deliberation the Ottawa ownership group felt the RedBlacks would give them the best opportunity to tie into Ottawa’s rich football history.
It’s been a remarkable ride so far … perhaps one that serves as the foundation for the next “golden age” of football and memories made at Lansdowne. Ottawa's CFL team is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in 2024. Roger Greenberg tells us what it took to make the CFL's capital city team a success.