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https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/06/10/alouettes-beat-the-rough-riders-1-0-in-lowest-scoring-game-in-cfl-history/ · 10 Jun 2026
Most football fans like a lot of scoring. You really can’t beat seeing two teams going back and forth and lighting up the scoreboard. Of course, a good defensive matchup can still make for some entertaining football now and then. But back in 1966, a game...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/06/03/canadian-footballs-quirky-playoffs-part-ii-no-dominion-championship-in-1885-an-all-star-game-instead/ · 3 Jun 2026
This is the second in an ongoing series of articles looking back at some of Canadian football’s rather quirky playoff systems used over the years. A previous article examined how tie schedules and challenge cups were used on the road to the first Dominio...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/05/22/cfl-preseason-there-must-be-a-better-way-for-fans-sake-1985/ · 22 May 2026
The 2026 CFL preseason is underway with a full slate of games this weekend. I'm always happy to have football back - even if the games don't really matter much to us fans. It's safe to say that the coaches and players themselves get way more out of these m...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/05/13/canadian-footballs-quirky-playoffs-part-i-tie-schedules-and-challenge-cups-in-1884/ · 13 May 2026
With the recent announcement that the CFL is changing its playoff format in 2027, I thought it would be an interesting learning experience to revisit some of the old playoff systems used in Canadian football, starting in 1884. When the Canadian Rugby Footb...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/24/robokicker-dave-ridgway-retires/ · 24 Apr 2026
On April 24, 1996, one of the most prolific kickers to play the Canadian game announced his retirement. Dave Ridgway played every game throughout his 14-year career in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Born in England, his fam...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/09/calgary-tigers-first-winners-of-the-hugo-ross-trophy/ · 9 Apr 2026
On October 21, 1911, representatives from the Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba rugby football unions met at the King’s Hotel in Regina to form the Western Canada Rugby Football Union. The new league was considered to be the largest in the world in ter...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/01/tigers-quit-the-big-four/ · 1 Apr 2026
In the Spring of 1948, the Hamilton Tigers shocked the Canadian football world when they announced their withdrawal from the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. A founding member of the league also known as the Big Four, the Tigers traced their roots bac...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/03/26/the-cfls-early-websites/ · 26 Mar 2026
At high school in the mid 1990s we were asked to use a new technology called the "World Wide Web” for a research project. Yours truly balked and wanted to stick with the tried-and-true volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica. I told my friend that I would giv...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/03/11/1955-east-west-game-a-success/ · 11 Mar 2026
In the 1950s, the Shriners organization sponsored an East-West all-star game featuring the best players of Canadian football. The game was played the week after the Grey Cup between all-stars from the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Wes...
https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/03/05/cfl-ends-u-s-expansion-retreats-back-to-canada/ · 5 Mar 2026
On Friday February 2, 1996, the Canadian Football League officially ended its American expansion efforts. During the CFL’s annual winter meetings, the league announced that the Birmingham Barracudas, Memphis Mad Dogs, San Antonio Texans, and Shreveport P...