The
Canadian Football League (CFL) has played numerous
neutral site games in its history – i.e. games outside of both teams' home cities.
Several CFL games have been
staged in the United States – the earliest was in
1909 , and the most recent was in
1995 during the league's short-lived
US expansion .
In the
2005 preseason, and regular seasons of
2010 ,
2011 and
2013 , games in
Atlantic Canada were billed as
Touchdown Atlantic . The event was on hiatus from 2014 to 2018, but returned in 2019, 2022, and 2023.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
In 2013, the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats played most of
their season in
Guelph ,
Ontario , due to the reconstruction of
Tim Hortons Field at the former
Ivor Wynne Stadium . In 2015, games were moved to locations including
Fort McMurray, Alberta , as some CFL stadiums were used for the
Women's World Cup ,
Pan-American Games and
baseball playoffs .
[5]
[6] In 2024, the
BC Lions are scheduled to be the host team for a game in
Victoria, British Columbia against the
Ottawa Redblacks .
[7]
Location maps
Canadian cities which have hosted neutral site CFL games including:
Playoff games
Regular season games
Exhibition games
See enlargements below
American cities which have hosted neutral site CFL games including:
Regular season
Exhibition
Southern Ontario cities which have hosted neutral site CFL games including:
Playoffs
Regular season
Exhibition
Atlantic Canada cities which have hosted neutral site CFL games including:
Regular season
Exhibition
List of games
Below is a list of games played by teams from the CFL, and its predecessors the
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and
Western Interprovincial Football Union , outside the home city of both teams.
Note: Not included are
Grey Cup games,
which are played annually at a neutral site. Also not included are interleague games – for example,
games between American football and CFL teams , or games where CFL teams played against
Ontario Rugby Football Union ,
Quebec Rugby Football Union or
Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union . These Unions competed for the Grey Cup, or its predecessor the
Canadian Dominion Football Championship , in the early years.
Game
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
City
Stadium
Attendance
Ref
Playoff
20 November 1909
Ottawa Rough Riders
14 – 8
Hamilton Tigers
Toronto
Rosedale Field
6,000
[8]
Exhibition
11 December 1909
Hamilton Tigers
11 – 6
Ottawa Rough Riders
New York City
Van Cortlandt Park
15,000
[9]
[10]
[11]
Playoff
18 November 1933
Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers
4 – 5
Toronto Argonauts
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton AAA Grounds
3,500
[12]
[13]
Regular season
18 October 1941
Toronto Argonauts
12 – 1
Montreal Bulldogs
Kingston, Ontario
Richardson Memorial Stadium
6,000
[14]
[15]
[16]
Preseason
11 August 1951
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
17 – 11
Toronto Argonauts
Buffalo, New York
Civic Stadium
18,146
[17]
[18]
Preseason
2 August 1957
BC Lions
8 – 29
Edmonton Eskimos
Portland, Oregon
Multnomah Stadium
10,261
[19]
[20]
Preseason
11 August 1957
BC Lions
6 – 9
Edmonton Eskimos
San Francisco
Kezar Stadium
16,000
[21]
[22]
Regular season
14 September 1958
Ottawa Rough Riders
18 – 24
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Philadelphia
Municipal Stadium
15,110
[11]
[23]
[24]
[25]
Preseason
29 July 1960
BC Lions
7 – 13
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Kingston Stadium
12,583
[26]
[27]
Preseason
29 July 1961
BC Lions
13 – 3
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Seattle
Husky Stadium
28,000
[28]
Preseason
1 August 1961
Calgary Stampeders
14 – 7
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Spokane, Washington
Memorial Stadium
7,511
[29]
[30]
[31]
Preseason
15 July 1965
Saskatchewan Roughriders
7 – 24
Calgary Stampeders
Vancouver
Empire Stadium
20,184
[32]
[33]
Playoff
19 November 1966
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
16 – 42
Ottawa Rough Riders
Montreal
Autostade
20,000
[34]
Preseason
9 July 1967
BC Lions
7 – 2
Edmonton Eskimos
Everett, Washington
Everett Memorial Stadium
6,248
[35]
[36]
Preseason
7 June 1986
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
35 – 10
Montreal Alouettes
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada Games Stadium
11,463
[37]
[38]
Preseason
6 June 1987
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
14 – 13
Montreal Alouettes
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada Games Stadium
8,000
[38]
[39]
Preseason
26 June 1988
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
6 – 41
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatoon
Gordie Howe Bowl
5,100
[40]
[41]
Preseason
25 June 1989
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
7 – 37
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatoon
Gordie Howe Bowl
1,500
[41]
[42]
Preseason
24 June 1990
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
41 – 40
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatoon
Gordie Howe Bowl
4,000
[41]
[43]
Preseason
23 June 1991
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
16 – 17
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatoon
Gordie Howe Bowl
3,500
[41]
[44]
Preseason
25 June 1992
Toronto Argonauts
1 – 20
Calgary Stampeders
Portland, Oregon
Civic Stadium
15,362
[45]
[46]
Preseason
24 June 1995
Baltimore CFLers
37 – 0
Birmingham Barracudas
Miami
Orange Bowl
20,216
[47]
[48]
Preseason
21 June 2002
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
37 – 17
Toronto Argonauts
London, Ontario
TD Waterhouse Stadium
9,178
[49]
[50]
Preseason
7 June 2003
Ottawa Renegades
23 – 54
Montreal Alouettes
Quebec City
PEPS Stadium
10,358
[51]
[52]
Preseason
11 June 2005
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
16 – 16
Toronto Argonauts
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Huskies Stadium
11,148
[53]
[54]
[55]
Preseason
3 June 2006
Montreal Alouettes
Cancelled
[a]
Ottawa Renegades
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Huskies Stadium
–
[56]
[57]
[58]
Regular season
26 September 2010
Edmonton Eskimos
24 – 6
Toronto Argonauts
Moncton ,
New Brunswick
Moncton Stadium
20,725
[59]
[60]
Regular season
25 September 2011
Calgary Stampeders
36 – 55
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Moncton ,
New Brunswick
Moncton Stadium
20,153
[61]
[62]
Preseason
20 June 2013
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
52 – 0
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
12,732
[63]
Regular season
7 July 2013
Edmonton Eskimos
30 – 20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
12,612
[64]
Regular season
13 July 2013
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
20 – 25
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
13,085
[65]
Regular season
27 July 2013
Saskatchewan Roughriders
32 – 20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
13,002
[66]
Regular season
24 August 2013
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
14 – 37
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
13,138
[67]
Regular season
7 September 2013
BC Lions
29 – 37
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
13,101
[68]
Regular season
21 September 2013
Montreal Alouettes
26 – 28
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Moncton ,
New Brunswick
Moncton Stadium
15,123
[69]
[70]
[71]
Regular season
28 September 2013
Calgary Stampeders
35 – 11
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
13,248
[72]
Regular season
26 October 2013
Montreal Alouettes
24 – 27
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
13,012
[74]
Playoff
10 November 2013
Montreal Alouettes
16 – 19 (OT)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
13,320
[75]
Preseason
13 June 2015
Montreal Alouettes
29 – 6
Ottawa Redblacks
Quebec City
Telus Stadium
4,778
[76]
[77]
[78]
[79]
Preseason
13 June 2015
Saskatchewan Roughriders
31 – 24
Edmonton Eskimos
Fort McMurray ,
Alberta
SMS Equipment Stadium
11,825
[5]
[80]
[81]
Regular season
27 June 2015
Edmonton Eskimos
11 – 26
Toronto Argonauts
Fort McMurray ,
Alberta
SMS Equipment Stadium
4,900
[5]
[82]
Regular season
17 October 2015
Calgary Stampeders
27 – 15
Toronto Argonauts
Hamilton, Ontario
Tim Hortons Field
3,401
[6]
[83]
Regular season
23 October 2015
Montreal Alouettes
34 – 2
Toronto Argonauts
Hamilton, Ontario
Tim Hortons Field
3,741
[84]
Preseason
7 June 2018
Ottawa Redblacks
32 – 17
Toronto Argonauts
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
3,921
[85]
Regular season
25 August 2019
Montreal Alouettes
28 – 22
Toronto Argonauts
Moncton ,
New Brunswick
Moncton Stadium
10,126
[2]
Regular season
25 July 2020
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Cancelled
[b]
Toronto Argonauts
Halifax ,
Nova Scotia
Huskies Stadium
–
[86]
[87]
Regular season
10 July 2021
Calgary Stampeders
Cancelled
[b]
Toronto Argonauts
–
–
–
[88]
Preseason
3 June 2022
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
17 – 18
Toronto Argonauts
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
N/A
[89]
Regular season
16 July 2022
Saskatchewan Roughriders
24 – 30
Toronto Argonauts
Wolfville ,
Nova Scotia
Raymond Field
10,886
[90]
[91]
Preseason
1 June 2023
Ottawa Redblacks
34 – 23
Toronto Argonauts
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
2,230
[3]
Regular season
29 July 2023
Saskatchewan Roughriders
13 – 31
Toronto Argonauts
Halifax ,
Nova Scotia
Huskies Stadium
11,555
[4]
Preseason
1 June 2024
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Toronto Argonauts
Guelph ,
Ontario
Alumni Stadium
[92]
Regular season
31 August 2024
Ottawa Redblacks
BC Lions
Victoria ,
British Columbia
Royal Athletic Park
[7]
Notes
a Cancelled as a result of the
Ottawa Renegades suspending operations.
b The 2020 CFL season was canceled and 2021 season shortened due to the
COVID-19 pandemic , resulting in a cancellation of the originally scheduled neutral site games.
Future games
In 2018,
Mexico was suggested by Commissioner Randy Ambrosie as a possible location for neutral site regular season games (similar to the NFL's
Mexico Series ), as early as 2019.
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See also
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