Canadian Football League Canada Day games

Last updated

Canadian Football League Canada Day games are an occasional part of the league's schedule and occur only when the league schedule begins on or before July 1. The games are not an annual occurrence, unlike the Labour Day or Thanksgiving Day games. As of the 2022 CFL season, there have been 23 games played on Canada Day.

Contents

History

In 1984, the CFL played regular season games in June for the first time in league history. [1] Consequently, the league also had its first Canada Day regular season game that year, with the Toronto Argonauts defeating the host Saskatchewan Roughriders 25–10. After the league expanded to an 18-game schedule in 1986, the chances of a Canada Day game became greater with an earlier start to the season and a second one was played in 1987. When the Montreal Alouettes franchise folded after the 1987 pre-season and the league reverted to eight teams, the regular season schedule didn't start until the second week of July.

When the league expended to 13 teams in 1995, scheduling difficulties necessitated an earlier start to the season, on June 28, 1995. Two games, one involving Canadian teams, were held on July 1. (While the San Antonio Texans hosted the Shreveport Pirates on July 1, 1995, this game was held between American teams in the United States, where Canada Day is not observed; no games were hosted in the U.S. on the Fourth of July.) Following the collapse of the CFL American teams and the Ottawa Rough Riders, the CFL was once again an eight-team league and typically started after July 1. The league did, however, have its first true Canada Day doubleheader in 1998, which was also the first time that the league began the regular season on Canada Day. [2]

When the CFL returned to Ottawa in 2002, it again meant that the regular season schedule would begin in June and Canada Day games would return. Games were played on July 1 in 2003, 2005, and 2006, with the league originally scheduling the Montreal Alouettes and Ottawa Renegades to play in Ottawa in 2006. [3] However, the Ottawa franchise again ceased operations, leaving the league to again start the season later. Despite previous trends of a later schedule start, the CFL made more of an effort to include Canada Day games, promoting a Canada Day season opener in 2009 that also featured the first Canada Day Grey Cup rematch. [4] The league also played Canada Day games in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, with the Calgary Stampeders hosting for four consecutive years.

As of the 2022 CFL season, Calgary has been the most frequent home team having hosted nine of 23 Canada Day games while never being a visitor. The Alouettes, Argonauts, and Lions have never hosted a Canada Day game, but have been the visiting team on multiple occasions. Canada Day games have historically been played when Canada Day falls between Wednesday and Sunday, with the exception coming in 2003 when the Tuesday Canada Day game was played during a week that featured five games being played.

Results

By year

SeasonDayVisiting teamScoreHome teamSource
1984 Sunday Toronto Argonauts 25–10 Saskatchewan Roughriders [1]
1987 Wednesday BC Lions 40–15 Calgary Stampeders [5]
1995 Saturday Toronto Argonauts 23–45 Edmonton Eskimos [6]
San Antonio Texans 47–24 Shreveport Pirates
1998 Wednesday Montreal Alouettes 27–24 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [7]
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20–21 Calgary Stampeders
2003 Tuesday Edmonton Eskimos 12–14 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [8]
Ottawa Renegades 12–32 Calgary Stampeders
2005 Friday Montreal Alouettes 36–39 (OT) Ottawa Renegades [9]
Toronto Argonauts 22–16 Calgary Stampeders [10]
2006 Saturday Edmonton Eskimos 10–46 Winnipeg Blue Bombers [11]
2009 Wednesday Toronto Argonauts 30–17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [12]
Montreal Alouettes 40–27 Calgary Stampeders
2010 Thursday Montreal Alouettes 51–54 (OT) Saskatchewan Roughriders [13]
Toronto Argonauts 16–30 Calgary Stampeders
2011 Friday Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [14]
Toronto Argonauts 23–21 Calgary Stampeders
2012 Sunday Montreal Alouettes 10–38 Calgary Stampeders [15]
2016 Friday BC Lions 28–3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [16]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–36 Calgary Stampeders
2017 Saturday Winnipeg Blue Bombers 43–40 (2OT) Saskatchewan Roughriders [17]
2019 Monday Toronto Argonauts 7–32 Saskatchewan Roughriders [18]
2022 Friday Edmonton Elks 29–25 Hamilton Tiger-Cats [19]
2023 Saturday Winnipeg Blue Bombers Montreal Alouettes [20]

By appearance

AppearancesHostedTeamWinsLossesTiesWin %Streak
99 Calgary Stampeders 5400.556W2
70 Toronto Argonauts 4300.571L1
63 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4200.667W1
50 Montreal Alouettes 2300.400L2
44 Saskatchewan Roughriders 2200.500W1
54 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 0500.000L5
41 Edmonton Eskimos/Elks 2200.500W2
20 BC Lions 2001.000W2
21 Ottawa Renegades 1100.500W1
10 San Antonio Texans 1001.000W1
11 Shreveport Pirates 0100.000L1

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canadian Football League</span> Professional Canadian football league

The Canadian Football League 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. They are divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five teams in the West Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Labour Day Classic</span> Annual CFL rivalry games

The Labour Day Classic is a week of the Canadian Football League (CFL) schedule played over the Labour Day weekend. Labour Day weekend, roughly 12 or 13 weeks into the CFL season, is known for its matchups that do not change from year to year, unlike other "rivalry" weeks of the CFL schedule. Labour Day weekend is also one of typically two weeks in the CFL schedule that the league plays on a Monday. Multinational Balkrishna Industries' OK Tire brand is the presenting sponsor of the event as of 2022.

The 2008 CFL season was the 55th season of modern-day Canadian football, the 51st season for the Canadian Football League. It was also the first CFL season in which all of the league's regular season and post-season games, including the Grey Cup game, were aired on TSN. This meant the CFL was no longer aired on broadcast television in Canada. As of 2008, TSN was available in approximately 8.8 million of Canada's 13 million households. Montreal hosted the 96th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium on November 23, when the championship was won by the Calgary Stampeders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Touchdown Atlantic</span>

Touchdown Atlantic is a series of neutral site Canadian Football League games played in the Maritime provinces of Canada.

The 2011 CFL season was the 58th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 54th season of the Canadian Football League. The complete schedule was released on February 18 and featured the defending Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes opening the season against the visiting BC Lions on Thursday, June 30, 2011. The season was among the most notable in the modern era for the competitiveness of the teams; going into the final week, five teams were tied for first place in the league, a first in modern CFL history. It was also the first time since 1982 that all teams finished with fewer than 12 wins in the regular season. As well, for the first time since 1950, the start of the modern era, all four teams competing in the division finals were different from the four teams that had competed in the division finals the previous year. Newly renovated BC Place Stadium in Vancouver hosted the 99th Grey Cup on November 27, with the hometown Lions defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34–23 in front of a sold-out crowd.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trevor Harris</span> American gridiron football player (born 1986)

Trevor Harris is an American professional Canadian football quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Harris has also played in the Arena Football League and United Football League. He played college football at Edinboro University. As Edinboro's starting quarterback, he broke "every career passing record in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference" and was a two-time finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, awarded each year to the individual selected as the most valuable player in NCAA Division II.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thanksgiving Day Classic</span> Canadian Football League games held on the second Monday in October

The Thanksgiving Day Classic is an annual doubleheader held on Thanksgiving in the Canadian Football League (CFL). It is typically one of two days in which the league plays on a Monday afternoon; the other is the Labour Day Classic. Unlike the Labour Day Classic, the teams in the Thanksgiving Day Classic rotate each year. Purolator is the presenting sponsor of the event as of 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greg Ellingson</span> American gridiron football player (born 1988)

Greg Ellingson is an American professional Canadian football wide receiver for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Florida International. He has also been a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans VooDoo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Storm, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Redblacks, Edmonton Elks, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The 2012 CFL season was the 59th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 55th season for the Canadian Football League. The pre-season began on June 13, 2012, and the regular season started on June 29, 2012. Rogers Centre in Toronto hosted the 100th Grey Cup on November 25, with the hometown Toronto Argonauts defeating the Calgary Stampeders 35-22.

The 2013 CFL season was the 60th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 56th season of the Canadian Football League.

The 2014 CFL season was the 61st season of modern-day Canadian football. It was the 57th Canadian Football League season. Vancouver hosted the 102nd Grey Cup on November 30. The league expanded to nine teams with the addition of the Ottawa Redblacks, giving the CFL nine teams for the first time since the 2005 season. As a result of the expansion, the schedule shifted to a 20-week regular season plus three weeks of playoffs ; the season started on June 26, 2014.

The 2015 CFL season was the 62nd season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 58th Canadian Football League season. The Edmonton Eskimos won the 103rd Grey Cup on November 29, defeating the Ottawa Redblacks 26–20 in Winnipeg. The schedule was released February 13, 2015 and the regular season began on June 25, 2015.

The 2016 CFL season was the 63rd season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 59th Canadian Football League season. Toronto hosted the 104th Grey Cup on November 27. The regular season began on June 23 and ended on November 5.

The 2017 CFL season was the 64th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 60th season of the Canadian Football League. The regular season began on June 22 and concluded on November 4. The playoffs commenced on November 12 and concluded on November 26 with the Toronto Argonauts defeating the Calgary Stampeders to win the 105th Grey Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 CFL season</span> Sports season

The 2018 CFL season was the 65th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 61st Canadian Football League season. Edmonton hosted the 106th Grey Cup on November 25, 2018. The CFL announced that this season will move to a 21-week regular season to increase player rest time and reduce short turnaround-times for games. Given the change, the regular season began on June 14, 2018, one week earlier than usual, and concluded on November 3, 2018.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antonio Pipkin</span> American gridiron football player (born 1995)

Antonio Pipkin is a Canadian football quarterback who is a free agent. He most recently played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Tiffin. Pipkin has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals (NFL), the Montreal Alouettes (CFL), the Edmonton Football Team (CFL), and Toronto Argonauts (CFL).

The 2021 CFL season was the 67th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 63rd season of the Canadian Football League. The regular season began on August 5 and ended November 20. Each team played 14 regular season games over 16 weeks. Previously, the season was scheduled to begin on June 10 and end on October 30, with 18 games being played per team over 21 weeks, but this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Hamilton hosted the 108th Grey Cup on December 12, 2021.

The 2022 CFL season was the 68th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 64th season of the Canadian Football League. The regular season began on June 9 and ended on October 29, with 18 games played per team over 21 weeks. Regina hosted the 109th Grey Cup on November 20, 2022.

References

  1. 1 2 "Canadian Football League 1984 Season Schedule". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Football League 1998 Season Schedule". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  3. ↑ "20 Week Schedule to Kickoff on June 16 in Montreal". cfl.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  4. ↑ "Let the 2009 season begin". cfl.ca. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Football League 1987 Season Schedule". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  6. ↑ "1995 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  7. ↑ "1998 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  8. ↑ "2003 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  9. ↑ "2005 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  10. ↑ "2005 Toronto Argonauts". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  11. ↑ "2006 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  12. ↑ "2009 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  13. ↑ "2010 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  14. ↑ "2011 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  15. ↑ "2012 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  16. ↑ "2016 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  17. ↑ "2017 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  18. ↑ "2019 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  19. ↑ "2022 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  20. ↑ "2023 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.