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Canadian Football League ... Canadian football: Founded: January 19, 1958 (67 years ago) () [1] [2] First season ... becoming the third Ottawa franchise in CFL history.
The fledgling ESPN cable network signed a deal in 1980 to broadcast 30 CFL regular season games and the playoffs (including the Grey Cup game) in the United States, and CFL games became a fixture of the early years of the network. Two years later, in 1982, after NFL players went on strike in September, the CFL got another chance at major ...
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, while Eastern Canadian teams played 14 games.
In 1994, the CFL decided to expand further into the United States after admitting the Sacramento Gold Miners as the first U.S. team a year earlier. This led to the addition of the two American -based teams in the East, the Shreveport Pirates and a team in Baltimore that would eventually be called the Stallions after the NFL successfully ...
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
Founded: October 4, 1873; 151 years ago ... in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Founded in ... quarterbacks in CFL history, ...
The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), its counterpart being the East Division.. With a few exceptions, a senior men's football championship has been contested in Western Canada since 1911, and with a few additional exceptions the Western champion has played the Eastern champion for the Grey Cup.
But the team was fortunate enough to have leadership from Archer and got great plays from Harris. In their first season, the Sacramento Gold Miners entered the CFL history books by: Becoming the first American team to play in the CFL. Becoming the first American team to host a CFL game, against the Calgary Stampeders (losing 38–36) on July 17.