CFL

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Established
1958 (68 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-09-06

Current Season
2026

Current Round
20

Sport
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American Football

Location
Canada

Gender
Male

TV Rights
TSN - Canada
CBS Sports Network - United States

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		Upcoming
23 Oct 26	Toronto Toronto Argonauts	11:00pm	MontrealMontreal Alouettes
24 Oct 26	BC LionsBC Lions	2:00am	WinnipegWinnipeg Blue Bombers
24 Oct 26	SaskatchSaskatchewan Roughriders	7:00pm	EdmontonEdmonton Elks
24 Oct 26	HamiltonHamilton Tiger-Cats	7:00pm	Ottawa ROttawa Redblacks

		Results
17 Oct 26	Calgary SCalgary Stampeders	32 - 13	BC LionsBC Lions
17 Oct 26	SaskatcheSaskatchewan Roughriders	16 - 12	Montreal Montreal Alouettes
17 Oct 26	Edmonton Edmonton Elks	35 - 27	Winnipeg Winnipeg Blue Bombers
16 Oct 26	Ottawa ReOttawa Redblacks	40 - 39	Toronto AToronto Argonauts
12 Oct 26	Montreal Montreal Alouettes	44 - 24	SaskatcheSaskatchewan Roughriders
10 Oct 26	Winnipeg Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33 - 28	Calgary SCalgary Stampeders
10 Oct 26	BC LionsBC Lions	41 - 20	Ottawa ReOttawa Redblacks
09 Oct 26	Hamilton Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12 - 27	Edmonton Edmonton Elks
03 Oct 26	Montreal Montreal Alouettes	37 - 10	Winnipeg Winnipeg Blue Bombers
03 Oct 26	Toronto AToronto Argonauts	17 - 24	BC LionsBC Lions

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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