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Canadian Football HistoryNov 6, 2026

Advertisements During Grey Cup Week in 1996

It’s been thirty years since I attended my first Grey Cup. In 1996, the City of Hamilton welcomed Canadian football fans from across the country (and beyond) to what was billed as the “Showdown in Steeltown.” I thought it would be fun to share some of the great (and not so great) advertisements that ran...

1990s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryOct 30, 2026

Argonauts vs. Tiger-Cats in a Two Game Total Point Eastern Final

The Canadian Football League introduced some significant structural changes in 1986. Not only did the league move to an 18-game season, but it also tweaked its playoff format. Up until then, the top three teams in each of the Eastern and Western divisions qualified for the playoffs. Now, a fourth team in a division was...

1980s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryOct 16, 2026

1907 IRFU Debut Game Draws Controversy On and Off the Field

In 1907, four football clubs - Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders, and Montreal Football Club - formed a new league called the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. Up until then, the champions of the Ontario Rugby Football Union and the Quebec Rugby Football Union would usually square off for a Dominion championship. But there...

1900s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryOct 2, 2026

Ken Hinton Sets Record for Longest Kick Return in CFL History

They say records are made to be broken. But they aren’t talking about this one. The record I am writing about today is all but certain to remain in the books for as long as there’s a Canadian Football League. Ken Hinton Ken Hinton was born in Los Angeles, California and played his college football...

1970s in Canadian FootballBC Lions

Canadian Football HistorySep 18, 2026

The CFL Game on a Frozen Shrunken Field

Today I want to talk about fields. Canadian football fields, that is. There is still a lot of chatter about the CFL’s decision to adjust its field size in 2027, adopting a 100-yard-long field with 15-yard end zones. Previously, I have written about early Canadian football being played on 100-yard fields in the past. And...

1990s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistorySep 4, 2026

Argos Beat Lions 68-43 in CFL’s Highest Scoring Game

Previously I wrote about the lowest scoring game in Canadian Football League history. Yes, that 1-0 doozy back in 1966. But what about the CFL’s highest scoring game? Ever since I’ve been a fan, CFL offences have been known to really rack up the points. This was no truer than on September 1, 1990 when...

1990s in Canadian FootballBC Lions

Canadian Football HistoryAug 28, 2026

Grey Cup Stolen in Ottawa in 1969

Just weeks after beating Saskatchewan to win it the Ottawa Rough Riders lost the Grey Cup. To thieves. On December 20, 1969, a bandit (or bandits) snatched the Grey Cup trophy from the Riders’ offices at Lansdowne Park. News article in the Ottawa Citizen about the Grey Cup being stolen (22 December 1969). Ottawa police...

1960s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryAug 21, 2026

Matt Dunigan Passes for a Record 713 Yards

On July 14, 1994, fans attending the CFL game at Winnipeg Stadium were in for quite the night. In a rematch of the previous year’s Grey Cup, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hosted the Edmonton Eskimos. Edmonton had beaten Winnipeg in that game and were the defending Grey Cup champions. No doubt the Winnipeg faithful were...

1990s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryAug 13, 2026

New Canadian Football League Kicks Off in Winnipeg, No Interlocking Schedule Just Yet

On August 14, 1958, the Canadian Football League played its first-ever game with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hosting the Edmonton Eskimos at Winnipeg Stadium. The new CFL was founded earlier in the year when the Canadian Football Council withdrew from the Canadian Rugby Union to become a completely separate entity, renaming itself the “Canadian Football...

1950s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryJul 30, 2026

1921 Saskatchewan Provincial Championship Game Protested and Replayed

1921 was a significant year in Canadian football. With the Western Canadian Rugby Football Union joining the Canadian Rugby Union, western clubs were finally eligible to compete for the Grey Cup. Article in the Regina Leader-Post about Regina initially winning the SRFU championship (31 November 1921). The Regina Rugby Club was one of the favourites...

1920s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryJul 22, 2026

Advertisements for CFL Football at BC Place Stadium in 1983

My background is in sales and marketing. That’s what I studied at university, and that’s been my career for the last 25+ years. Coincidently, I discovered my interest in marketing around the same time I started following CFL football. That was back in Grade 10. As a marketer who likes history and nostalgia, I like...

1980s in Canadian FootballBC Lions

Canadian Football HistoryJul 15, 2026

Tiger-Cats Spoil Argos’ SkyDome Opener

In the aftermath of the 1982 Grey Cup, which was played in a rainstorm at Exhibition Stadium, football fans in Toronto were clamouring for an indoor stadium. They got their wish when the new SkyDome hosted the 1989 CFL season opener on July 12, 1989. No more football in the rain, wind, or snow. Fans...

1980s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryJun 17, 2026

Manitoba’s Unbalanced Schedule and Weighted Points System in 1906

Today, we’re going to go west and examine a rather peculiar set up for the 1906 season of the Manitoba Rugby Football Union. The MRFU was founded in 1892 and included a number of teams over the years. In 1906, four teams competed in the league’s senior competition: the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club (known as...

1900s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryJun 10, 2026

Alouettes Beat the Rough Riders 1-0 in Lowest Scoring Game in CFL History

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 between Montreal and Ottawa redefined the meaning of a...

1960s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryJun 3, 2026

No Dominion Championship in 1885, An All-Star Game Instead

A previous article examined how tie schedules and challenge cups were used on the road to the first Dominion championship game organized by the Canadian Rugby Football Union in 1884. News of the Canadian Rugby Football Union's new Inter-provincial Rugby Match. (Hamilton Spectator) It’s now a new year, and Canadian football is still finding its...

1880s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryMay 22, 2026

CFL preseason: There must be a better way, for fans’ sake (1985)

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 matchups than we do. Today, CFL...

1980s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryApr 24, 2026

Robokicker Dave Ridgway Retires

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 family came to Canada in the 1970s. Ridgway played college football at the University of...

1990s in Canadian Football36

Canadian Football HistoryApr 9, 2026

Calgary Tigers First Winners of the Hugo Ross Trophy

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 terms of geography, one that would eventually feature clubs from the entire territory...

1910s in Canadian FootballCalgary Tigers

Canadian Football HistoryApr 1, 2026

Tigers Quit the Big Four

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 back to 1869. They were undoubtedly the face of Hamilton football. Hamilton Spectator article...

1940s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryMar 26, 2026

The CFL’s Early Websites

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 give it a go but that the Internet was nothing...

1990s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryMar 11, 2026

1955 East-West Game a Success

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 Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). The first such game was played on December 3, 1955, at...

1950s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryMar 5, 2026

CFL Ends U.S. Expansion, Retreats Back to Canada

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 Pirates were ceasing operations. And the Baltimore Stallions, having just won the Grey Cup a few months earlier, were...

1990s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryFeb 27, 2026

Pirate Ball Comes to the CFL

Of all the U.S. cities that the CFL awarded teams to as part of its American expansion in the 1990s, Shreveport had to be the most obscure choice. Whereas the other cities had teams in the defunct World League of American Football (e.g., Sacramento, San Antonio, and Birmingham) or were brought onboard after failed NFL...

1990s in Canadian FootballCFL

Canadian Football HistoryFeb 11, 2026

A Fan Remembers the Baltimore Stallions

Baltimore Stallions logo (SportsLogos.Net) Doug Phillips was just five years old when his father took him to his first football game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. He got to see the Johnny Unitas, the legendary quarterback of the old Baltimore Colts NFL team. Sadly, the Colts left for Indianapolis in 1984, leaving the city...

1990s in Canadian FootballBaltimore Stallions