CFL

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Established
1958 (67 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-09-06

Current Season
2026

Current Round
200

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American Football

Location
Canada

Gender
Male

TV Rights
TSN - Canada
CBS Sports Network - United States

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Results
16 Nov	Montreal	17 - 25	Saskatche
08 Nov	Saskatche	24 - 21	BC Lions
08 Nov	Hamilton	16 - 19	Montreal
01 Nov	BC Lions	33 - 30	Calgary S
01 Nov	Montreal	42 - 33	Winnipeg
26 Oct	Saskatche	21 - 27	BC Lions
25 Oct	Winnipeg	19 - 10	Montreal
25 Oct	Edmonton	10 - 20	Calgary S
25 Oct	Hamilton	35 - 15	Ottawa Re
19 Oct	Calgary S	44 - 13	Toronto A

Description

The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football, LCF) 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.

As of 2019, it features a 21-week regular season in which each team plays 18 games with three bye weeks. This season traditionally runs from mid-June to early November. Following the regular season, six teams compete in the league's three-week playoffs, which culminate in the Grey Cup championship game in late November. The Grey Cup is one of Canada's largest annual sports and television events.

The CFL was officially named on January 19, 1958, upon the merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union or "Big Four" (founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded in 1936). Before the introduction of interlocking play in 1961, Eastern teams competed against Western teams only in pre-season and the Grey Cup Championship (similar to Major League Baseball in the United States prior to the 1997 season).

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