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The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football [liɡ kanadjɛn də futbol], LCF) is a professional Canadian football league based in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five in the West Division. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football.
In the Canadian Football League, the three-minute warning is given when three minutes of game time remain on the game clock in the first and second halves of a game. third down conversion. The act of using a third down play to make a first down (also known as "going for it [on third down]"). These are comparatively uncommon.
In the Roughriders' first season in the newly formed Canadian Football League, the team finished with a respectable 7–7–2 record and a third-place finish. [31] However, the following season proved to be the worst in franchise history , as the team finished with just one win and 15 losses under head coach Frank Tripucka, the third-worst ...
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. Since then, all teams played 16 games per season until the season was expanded to 18 games in 1986.
The current format of the CPL playoffs utilizes a Page playoff system, where five of the league's eight teams have an opportunity to claim the league championship.The system was brought in for the 2023 Canadian Premier League season to replace the conventional Shaughnessy playoff system used in 2021 and 2022. [1]
The 2023 CFL season was the 69th season of modern professional Canadian football. Officially, it was the 65th season of the Canadian Football League. Hamilton hosted the 110th Grey Cup on November 19, 2023. [1] The regular season began on June 8, and ended on October 28, with 18 games played per team over 21 weeks. [2]
As the 1950s wore on, the Big Four and WIFU distanced themselves from the CRU, forming the Canadian Football Council in 1956 to administer the game at the professional level. [38] Two years later, on January 18, 1958, the CFC withdrew from the CRU and the Big Four & WIFU merged into the Canadian Football League (CFL). The new league formally ...
The CMFL was formed in 1999 by the Alberta Football League (AFL) and Manitoba Football League (MFL) in attempt to crown the amateur national champion of Canada, and replaced the Canadian Senior Intermediate championship game. Since 2002 the game has been played between the AFL and Northern Football Conference (NFC) league champions. The two ...