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  • 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 forth and lighting up the scoreboard. Of course, a good defensive matchup can still make for some entertaining football now and then. But back in 1966, a game between Montreal and Ottawa redefined the meaning of a…

  • 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 of articles looking back at some of Canadian football’s rather quirky playoff systems used over the years. A previous article examined how tie schedules and challenge cups were used on the road to the first Dominion championship game organized by the Canadian Rugby Football Union in 1884.…

  • 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 – even if the games don’t really matter much to us fans. It’s safe to say that the coaches and players themselves get way more out of these matchups than we do. Today, CFL…

  • Canadian Football’s Quirky Playoffs, Part I: Tie Schedules and Challenge Cups in 1884

    With the recent announcement that the CFL is changing its playoff format in 2027, I thought it would be an interesting learning experience to revisit some of the old playoff systems used in Canadian football, starting in 1884. When the Canadian Rugby Football Union was relaunched in 1884, one of its mandates was to establish…

  • Robokicker Dave Ridgway Retires

    On April 24, 1996, one of the most prolific kickers to play the Canadian game announced his retirement. Dave Ridgway played every game throughout his 14-year career in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Born in England, his family came to Canada in the 1970s. Ridgway played college football at the University of…