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The CFL plays Canadian football, a form of gridiron football which is somewhat different from the more common American football played in the United States and other parts of the world. The first American team, the Sacramento Gold Miners, joined in 1993. The league added three more American teams in 1994, after which two more teams joined, one ...
Ohio Independent Championship (Ohio League), 1903–1919 [ 20 ] Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, 1907–1959 [ 21 ] New York Pro Football League, c. 1913–1920 [ 22 ] American Football League, 1926, 1936–1937, and 1940–1941 (all unrelated, three separate leagues) California Winter League, [ 23 ] 1927–1928.
The CFL returned to an all-Canadian format in 1996 with nine teams; [7] the league conducted a dispersal draft to distribute players from the disbanded American-based teams; however, the Ottawa Rough Riders, in existence since 1876, folded after the 1996 season (another dispersal draft was conducted the next year to distribute the former Rough ...
89 Mike Hartley Jr. WR. 32 Kylin Hill RB. 82 Rysen John WR. 50 Marquel Lee LB. 39 Toshiki Sato K. 68 Eric Smith OL. 46 Ron Tiavaasue FB. 27 Chandler Worthy RB. Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 45 Roster, 16 Injured, 14 Practice.
This list combines the statistics and records of the seven CFL American teams from 1993 to 1995: Baltimore Stallions, Birmingham Barracudas, Las Vegas Posse, Memphis Mad Dogs, Sacramento Gold Miners, San Antonio Texans, and the Shreveport Pirates. Though no city lasted more than 2 years in the CFL, they combined for 10 seasons of team ...
Canadian football, or simply football (in Canada), is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone. American and Canadian football have shared origins and are closely related, but have ...
Overview of American and Canadian professional sports teams. Previously the Chicago Cardinals (1920–1959) and St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987). Previously the Boston Braves (1871–1952) and Milwaukee Braves (1953–1965). Previously the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1949–1951), Milwaukee Hawks (1951–1955) and St. Louis Hawks (1955–1968).
The Canadian Football League has teams in all seven current NHL markets, in addition to Hamilton, Ontario, and Regina, Saskatchewan. At least eight of these nine markets have hosted CFL teams every year since the league's officially listed inception in 1958, and no other Canadian market has ever had a CFL team of its own.