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Canadian Football History
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 History
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...
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1990s in Canadian FootballCFL
Canadian Football History
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 History
Canadian Football HistoryJan 21, 2026
Winnipeg Leads Opposition to CFL American Expansion
When the Canadian Football League rolled out American expansion in the early 1990s, support for the idea was far from unanimous. Yes, proponents argued that U.S. expansion was the way forward to grow the league and to help stabilize the struggling Canadian teams. But detractors countered that the CFL simply stood too much to lose...
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