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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). Starting play in 2014, the Redblacks are the third CFL team to play in the city of Ottawa.
The Redblacks initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 11 and ending on October 29. [4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the Canadian Football League delayed the start of the regular season to August 5, 2021 and the Redblacks began their 14-game season on August 7, 2021.
As defined in the 2016 CFL's Facts, Figures, and Records and the 2023 CFL Guide & Record Book, for historical record purposes and by the current Ottawa Redblacks' request, the Ottawa Football Clubs are considered to be a single entity since 1876 with two periods of inactivity (1997–2001 and 2006–2013).
After the merger of the Big Four and WIFU, the first 29 CFL seasons each consisted of nine teams playing in the same nine cities. [1] In 1961, inter-conference play began during the regular season. Until 1973, Western Canadian teams played 16 games, compared to 14 for Eastern Canada.
The Redblacks are scheduled to have seven selections in the eight-round draft. [6] The Redblacks had seven selections in the eight-round draft. Not including traded picks, the team selected second in each round of the draft after finishing second-last in the 2023 league standings (The Redblacks won the season series with Edmonton). [6] [7]
CFL: East: 1st: 8 9 1 Won East Final 35–23 Won Grey Cup 39–33: 2017 2017: CFL East 2nd 8 9 1 Lost East Semi-Final (Roughriders) 31–20 2018 2018: CFL East: 1st: 11 7 0 Won East Final 46–27 Lost Grey Cup 27–16 2019 2019: CFL East 4th 3 15 0 2020 2020: CFL East Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic: 2021 2021: CFL East
The 104th Grey Cup (branded as the 104th Grey Cup presented by Shaw for sponsorship reasons) [2] was a Canadian football game that was played on November 27, 2016, between the Calgary Stampeders and the Ottawa Redblacks, that decided the champion for the 2016 CFL season. In an upset, the Redblacks defeated the heavily favoured Stampeders 39 ...
The Redblacks improved upon their 8–9–1 record from 2017, winning their ninth game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in an October 19 game, and finished with an 11–7 record. The team clinched a playoff berth and home playoff game for the fourth season in a row following the Toronto Argonauts ' week 17 loss on October 6, 2018. [ 1 ]