Currently the league only has canadian teams, but between 1993 and 1996 teams from the united states participated. The 1995 cfl season saw the league split teams into two new divisions. With five american teams in the south division and eight canadian teams in the north division, the playoffs would consist of the best three and five from each.
Several of the cfl's best players including david archer, mike pringle, matt dunigan and tracy ham landed on american teams, giving the new teams plenty of talent. Eight canadian teams played in the north division, while the five american teams played in the south division. The 1993 cfl season saw the addition of the first.
The top five canadian teams and top three american teams would qualify for the playoffs; Cfl owners were encouraged, even though the nfl’s attempt at a spring/summer football league, the world league of american football (wlaf), had just shuttered all its. The third game in 1961 was the first and last between a canadian football league and an american football league team (at least the version of the afl that later merged with. While each league has its.
The cfl has seen many different teams within the league at one time over the years. Without a major us television. In the three seasons in which us cities hosted cfl teams, fan support and interest was sparse at best. The gold miners were the first american team to play in the cfl.
Also, be sure to stop by the year by year section where stats for each year are going online. Expansion, how each of the separate teams did over the years, and the overall impact of the american era on the league, making a strong. For example, did you know that the cfl at one time had american teams in its ranks?. They changed their divisions to north (the canadian teams).
There are nine teams split between the east and west. From 1954 through 1986, the cfl remained stable with those nine classic teams. The baltimore football club, now called the stallions, was still. The top five canadian teams and top three american teams would qualify for the playoffs;
Willes thoroughly explores the cfl's weirdest era, looking at the factors that led the league to u.s. They were also the first american team to host a game against a cfl team. The montreal alouettes folded just prior to the start of the 1987 season, leaving the cfl with only eight.