Canadian Football’s Quirky Playoffs, Part IV: Three Leagues Compete for the New Grey Cup in 1909 This is the fourth article examining some of Canadian... https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/07/09/canadian-footballs-quirky-playoffs-part-iv-three-leagues-compete-for-the-new-grey-cup-in-1909/

Tomorrow is Canada Day. Our great Dominion turns 159. Remember to be Radically Canadian!! #cfl

Today in Canadian football history... June 29, 1995 The Memphis Mad Dogs made their CFL debut in a losing effort against the Calgary Stampeders. The Mad Dogs played just one season during the CFL's short-lived expansion into the United States. #cfl

Today in Canadian football history... June 25, 1992 The CFL staged an exhibition game in Portland, Oregon. The Calgary Stampeders defeated the Toronto Argonauts 20-1. #cfl canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/10/01/p...

Cal Murphy is being added to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Ring of Honour. Check out the article by @edtaitwfc.bsky.social about the legendary Winnipeg head coach. #cfl www.bluebombers.com/2026/06/18/h...

Canadian Football’s Quirky Playoffs, Part III: Manitoba’s Unbalanced Schedule and Weighted Points System in 1906 This is the third part... https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/06/17/canadian-footballs-quirky-playoffs-part-iii-manitobas-unbalanced-schedule-and-weighted-points-system-in-1906/

The Maple Leaf Forever: An Evolution of the CFL Logo canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/02/14/t... #cfl

Today in Canadian Football History... June 12, 1880 The original Canadian Rugby Football Union was founded. #cfl

Other low scoring Canadian football games from provincial & service leagues at the senior level. Prior to becoming classified as professional football, IRFU & WIFU were classified as senior football. CFL includes IRFU & WIFU in its history.

ICYMI. Here's yesterday's piece on the lowest scoring game in CFL history. #cfl

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... https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/06/10/alouettes-beat-the-rough-riders-1-0-in-lowest-scoring-game-in-cfl-history/

Tomorrow's article will look back at the lowest scoring game in CFL history. Anyone want to guess the score? #cfl

The CFL kicks off its 68th season tonight in Hamilton. I'll be there. This year marks my 31st year as a Tiger-Cat season ticket holder. - RF canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/05/22/r...

Canadian Football’s Quirky Playoffs, Part II: No Dominion Championship in 1885, An All-Star Game Instead This is the second in an ongoing series... https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/06/03/canadian-footballs-quirky-playoffs-part-ii-no-dominion-championship-in-1885-an-all-star-game-instead/

The CFL kicks off its 68th season this week. This graphic, which appeared in the Vancouver Sun in 1980, looks eerily similar to today's CFL logo especially cropped. If you zoom in, you can see the letters "cfl" repeated to create the background of the football. #cfl

I'm working on the second article in the series on Canadian football's quirky playoffs. It's 1885, the year the new Dominion championship isn't played. Instead, we get an Interprovincial Rugby Match (Ontario vs. Quebec) all-star game featuring players selected by the ORFU and QRFU. #cfl

Today in Canadian football history...May 25, 1990 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed Canadian receiver Richard Nurse, who they selected in the CFL draft a few months earlier. Nurse played six season with the Tiger-Cats. #cfl

Just a heads up. Am about to do some more testing here as I synchronize the canadianfootballhistory.ca blog posts with the AT Protocol. You may see some previously published posts show up that you've already seen. Happy Friday. - RF

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 -... https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/05/22/cfl-preseason-there-must-be-a-better-way-for-fans-sake-1985/

Today in Canadian Football History... May 14 and 15, 1874 The Harvard-McGill football games were played in Cambridge, Massachusetts. #cfl

Canadian Football’s Quirky Playoffs, Part I: Tie Schedules and Challenge Cups in 1884 Here is the first in a series of articles about some of the playoff formats used in the CFL and early Canadian football. canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/05/13/c... #cfl

If you think the new playoff system coming in 2027 is "interesting" wait until you get a load of the playoff systems used by the Canadian Rugby Football Union in 1884. I'm working on an article on the ORFU and QRFU 1884 competitions. A bit confusing and convoluted...and anti-climatic. #cfl

The new CFL playoff system coming in 2027 increases the chances of two eastern teams or two western teams playing in the Grey Cup championship. How important is it to have an East vs. West Grey Cup? I don't know the answer to that question.

While the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union first held a formal draft for Canadian players in 1953, the first national draft was held in 1956. Canadians from six universities were selected by teams in both the IRFU and the Western Interprovincial Football Union. #cfl

The First Canadian Football Drafts Today is draft day in the CFL. Here's a look back at the 1953 Canadian football draft held by the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. #cfl canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/04/29/t...

Tomorrow, the CFL will hold its annual Canadian draft. The first "official" Canadian draft was held in 1953 by the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. Doug McNichol, from the University of Western Ontario, was the first pick overall. He was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes. #cfl

The #Alouettes will be celebrating their 80th anniversary in 2026. The team was founded on May 20, 1946. #AlsMTL #CFL

Thirty years ago today, Dave Ridgway aka Robokicker retired after playing 14 seasons in the Canadian Football League. He played a whopping 238 games in the CFL, all with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. #cfl #riders canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/24/r...

One of the ideas I had back in 2012 was to have a message from The Queen in the 100th Grey Cup program. 2012 was the 100th Grey Cup and The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. I was ecstatic when everyone agreed to make it happen. #cfl

Today would have been Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday. Here are some photos of Her Majesty enjoying some Canadian football. (1) WIFU game in Edmonton 1951 (2) CFL game in Ottawa 1977 (3) With Tiger-Cat Terry Evanshen 1977. Photos courtesy of City of Edmonton Archives and Cdn FB Research Soc.

It's Dave Ridgway week here at Canadian Football History, marking 30 years since the man they called "Robokicker" retired. Here's an account in the Regina Leader-Post from the Roughriders' training camp in 1982 about newcomer Ridgeway earning praise from head coach Joe Faragalli. #cfl #riders

Happy Friday. I'm working on a story for next week about Dave Ridgeway. It's been 30 years since Robokicker retired. He played in 238 games over 14 years as the kicker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. #cfl

On this day in 1912, the Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg the night before. 1600 people lost their lives in the disaster including Hugo Ross, who was the honorary president of the Western Canadian Rugby Football Union. #titanic #cfl

The legendary Wally Buono, keeping in shape in preparation for training camp, along with his Great Dane. (Montreal Gazette, 24 April 1976) #cfl

QB/P Jack Jacobs played 5 seasons for the Blue Bombers (1950-1954) He was the Bombers' first true passing QB He retired in August 1955 to become an advance scout for the Blue Bombers #ForTheW

In 1945, the Western Interprovincial Football Union resumed play. Calgary's new team was named the "Stampeders" instead of the Bronks, their former WIFU entry. #cfl canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/02/22/s...

In April 1997, the CFL entered into a multiyear partnership with the National Football League. #cfl

Calgary Tigers First Winners of the Hugo Ross Trophy canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/09/c... #cfl

As the CFL preseason approaches, and discussion of new rules heats up, my latest Substack piece looks at Thrift Burnside and the "Burnside rules". open.substack.com/pub/jamesefr...

Calgary Tigers First Winners of the Hugo Ross Trophy canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/09/c... #cfl

In 1948, when the Hamilton Wildcats left the Ontario Rugby Football Union for the Big Four, it could've been the death knell for the ORFU. Reduced to just three teams, the country's oldest football league was in trouble. Then, the Hamilton Tigers took the Wildcats' place. The ORFU carried on.

A look back at the CFL's first commissioner... #cfl canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/04/23/c...

Five teams in the Big Four? Not an April Fool's joke. In 1948 the Hamilton Tigers quit the IRFU, setting off a dramatic chain of events that would find the IRFU in the embarrassing position of inadvertently having two Hamilton teams in the league. #cfl canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/04/01/t...

Here's an ad from 2001 for Canoe/Slam Sports promoting the websites for the CFL, Tiger-Cats, Alouettes, and Argonauts. #cfl

Let's explore the early days of the CFL on the World Wide Web... canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/03/26/t... #cfl #oldinternet #nostalgia

This week, we're going back to the CFL's early days on the World Wide Web. New blog post coming tomorrow. #cfl

Time to revisit the series of posts I did last year on the stories behind the names of each of the CFL's nine teams. First up - the British Columbia Lions. “Lions” New Moniker of B.C.’s WIFU Team canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/02/21/l... #cfl

Here's the latest article on Canadian Football History: "1955 East-West Game a Success" canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/03/11/1... #cfl

This week, we're going back to 1955 and the very first East-West all-star game in Canadian football. Sponsored by the Shriners, the game was played between all-stars from the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). #cfl

ICYMI, here's the latest article on Canadian Football History. "CFL Ends U.S. Expansion, Retreats Back to Canada" canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/03/05/c... #cfl