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The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football . The league consists of nine teams, each located in a city in Canada.
Ottawa Rough Riders. 1961. 16. Winnipeg Blue Bombers (13–3) 14. Hamilton Tiger-Cats (10–4) 49th. Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 1962.
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 ...
In 2000, the 8–10 BC Lions made history when they defeated the Montreal Alouettes, 28–26, becoming the first team in history to win the Grey Cup with a losing record in the regular season. In the game, 25-year veteran Lui Passaglia ended the longest career in CFL history by kicking what was ultimately the game-winning field goal. [80]
The official playing field in Canadian football is larger than the American, and similar to American fields before 1912. The Canadian field of play is 110 by 65 yards (100.6 by 59.4 m), compared to 100 by 531⁄3 yards (91.4 by 48.8 m) in American football. Since 1986, Canadian end zones are 20 yards (18.3 m) deep while the American end zones ...
Montreal Alouettes 20 (Nov 8, 1953 to Oct 20, 1956) Edmonton Eskimos 17 (Oct 4, 1954 to Sep 22, 1956) Toronto Argonauts 17 (Jul 17, 1996 to Oct 18, 1997) Calgary Stampeders 17 (Oct 31, 2015 to Sept 29, 2017) Longest winning streak, away. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20 (Aug 11, 1960 to Sep 24, 1962)
The 2019 CFL season was the 66th season of modern-day Canadian football.Officially, it was the 62nd Canadian Football League season. The regular season began on June 13 and concluded with the playing of the 107th Grey Cup in Calgary on November 24 —where the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–12 to win their first Grey Cup since 1990.
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 Ottawa Rough Riders, formed in 1876, were a founding member of the CFL in 1958 and played until 1996. A new Ottawa franchise was formed as the Renegades in 2002 and lasted ...