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Thanksgiving Day Classic

{{Short description|Canadian Football League games held on the second Monday in October}}

{{about|Canadian Football League competition|the series of National Football League games|NFL on Thanksgiving Day}}

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The Thanksgiving Day Classic ({{langx|fr|Classique de jour de l'Action de grâce}}) is an annual doubleheader held on Thanksgiving in the Canadian Football League (CFL). It is typically one of two days in which the league plays on a Monday afternoon; the other is the Labour Day Classic. Purolator is the presenting sponsor of the event as of 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://press.cfl.ca/cfl-and-purolator-deepen-commitment-to-food-security |title=CFL and Purolator deepen commitment to food security |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=October 6, 2022}}

The Montreal Alouettes have hosted the Thanksgiving Day Classic most years since 1997 and every year since 2006. This was originally started to compensate for not being part of the Labour Day Classic festivities; Montreal and the various Ottawa franchises normally play on Labour Day when both franchises are active. The Alouettes' permanent hosting of Thanksgiving remained in place after Ottawa returned to the league in 2014, with the Ottawa Redblacks serving as the permanent away team since 2021. Through the 2013 season, there were two Thanksgiving Day Classics each year, with the second being hosted by a rotating team; Montreal has been the lone host all but once since 2015, and Ottawa vs. Montreal the lone matchup every year since 2022. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats played CFL games annually in all but three years between 1958 and 1982, hosting the vast majority of them; Hamilton also hosted three times in four years from 1990 to 1993 and again hosted Thanksgiving games in 2013 and 2021.

Since the CFL's creation in 1958 through 2025, there will have been 127 games played on Thanksgiving Day.[https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-CFL-Gm-Notes-73-Cgy-at-Mtl.pdf 2018 CFL Game Notes, Calgary at Montreal] The 2019 CFL season was the first and, to date, only time in league history to feature no games on Thanksgiving Day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/?season=2019|title=2019 CFL season schedule|access-date=December 20, 2018|publisher=cfl.ca}} The league scheduled the Classic for the 2020 CFL season, with one game being played on Thanksgiving Day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/?season=2020|title=2020 CFL season schedule|access-date=December 16, 2019|publisher=cfl.ca}} However, due to financial issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the entire 2020 CFL season was cancelled and this game was not played.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/08/17/cfl-not-play-shortened-season-fall/|title=CFL not to play shortened season in the fall|publisher=Canadian Football League|date=August 17, 2020}}

Despite Canadian Thanksgiving being a legal holiday in the United States (Columbus Day at the time), none of the CFL's American teams ever played the Thanksgiving Day Classic during the league's presence there in the mid-1990s.

Possible discontinuation or reformatting

In late 2017, a proposal emerged to move the start of the CFL season to five or six weeks earlier than it begins in the present day, so that the Grey Cup would have been held on the third weekend of October, as opposed to the fourth Sunday in November as it stands as of 2024. The change, designed to accommodate a potential U.S. television agreement with NFL Network, had support among CFL owners and would have, if approved, taken effect for the 2019 CFL season. If the proposal had taken effect, Thanksgiving Day weekend would have overlaped with the CFL's division championship games.{{cite web|url=http://ottawasun.com/sports/football/cfl/grey-cup-in-october-tv-deal-with-nfl-cfl-commish-speaks|first=Tim|last=Baines|title=Grey Cup in October? NFL Network TV deal could follow for CFL|work=Sun Media|date=November 24, 2017|access-date=May 24, 2018}} While this change was not implemented and the season schedule remained the same, the league did not schedule any Thanksgiving Day games in 2019. The league has indicated that such a schedule change would have needed to be negotiated in the league's collective bargaining agreement with the players' association. The CBA at the time expired in 2019; at the same time, the league renewed its existing agreement with ESPN, making a schedule change unnecessary, and the new CBA approved that year made no provision for a change.{{Cite web | publisher=cbc.ca | url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-collective-bargaining-solomon-elimimian-1.4591209 | title=CFL players search for unified voice as CBA talks loom | date=March 23, 2018 | access-date=September 12, 2018}}

Results

= By year =

class="wikitable"
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!Year

!Visiting Team

!Score

!Home Team

!Score

!Source

rowspan=4|1958

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|13

|Montreal Alouettes

|34

|rowspan=4|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1958/time_zone/0 |title=1958 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|0

|Toronto Argonauts

|37

BC Lions

|34

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|16

Edmonton Eskimos

|19

|Calgary Stampeders

|14

rowspan=4|1959

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|28

|Montreal Alouettes

|12

|rowspan=4|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1959/time_zone/0 |title=1959 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Toronto Argonauts

|7

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|20

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|27

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|14

Calgary Stampeders

|41

|Edmonton Eskimos

|23

rowspan=3|1960

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|51

|Montreal Alouettes

|21

|rowspan=3|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1960/time_zone/0 |title=1960 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115122524/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1960/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Toronto Argonauts

|16

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|20

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|48

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|7

rowspan=2|1961

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|14

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|10

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1961/time_zone/0 |title=1961 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

BC Lions

|7

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|17

rowspan=2|1962

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|26

|Montreal Alouettes

|24

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1962/time_zone/0 |title=1962 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Edmonton Eskimos

|20

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|28

rowspan=2|1963

|Edmonton Eskimos

|17

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|28

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1963/time_zone/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410030422/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1963/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=1963 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 }}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|8

|Calgary Stampeders

|14

rowspan=3|1964

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|1

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|23

|rowspan=3|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1964/time_zone/0 |title=1964 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Montreal Alouettes

|21

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|20

Toronto Argonauts

|14

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|31

rowspan=3|1965

|Calgary Stampeders

|36

|Montreal Alouettes

|21

|rowspan=3|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1965/time_zone/0 |title=1965 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Ottawa Rough Riders

|23

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|25

Saskatchewan Roughriders

|20

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|21

rowspan=3|1966

|Toronto Argonauts

|9

|Montreal Alouettes

|8

|rowspan=3|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1966/time_zone/0 |title=1966 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|7

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|8

BC Lions

|19

|Edmonton Eskimos

|7

rowspan=2|1967

|Montreal Alouettes

|6

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|40

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1967/time_zone/0 |title=1967 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|21

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|22

rowspan=2|1968

|BC Lions

|13

|Montreal Alouettes

|4

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1968/time_zone/0 |title=1968 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Calgary Stampeders

|15

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|19

rowspan=2|1969

|Toronto Argonauts

|17

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|7

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1969/time_zone/0 |title=1969 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Montreal Alouettes

|14

|Edmonton Eskimos

|20

rowspan=2|1970

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|17

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|24

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1970/time_zone/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410113327/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1970/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=1970 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 }}

Calgary Stampeders

|13

|Edmonton Eskimos

|16

rowspan=2|1971

|BC Lions

|3

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|36

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1971/time_zone/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410031543/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1971/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=1971 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 }}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|24

|Calgary Stampeders

|17

rowspan=2|1972

|Calgary Stampeders

|30

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|45

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1972/time_zone/0 |title=1972 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|15

|Edmonton Eskimos

|24

rowspan=3|1973

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|14

|Edmonton Eskimos

|14

|rowspan=3|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1973/time_zone/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410032936/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1973/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=1973 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 }}

Ottawa Rough Riders

|16

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|13

Calgary Stampeders

|0

|Montreal Alouettes

|45

rowspan=2|1974

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|19

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|12

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1974/time_zone/0 |title=1974 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Calgary Stampeders

|24

|Edmonton Eskimos

|10

rowspan=2|1975

|Toronto Argonauts

|13

|Montreal Alouettes

|24

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1975/time_zone/0 |title=1975 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Calgary Stampeders

|12

|Edmonton Eskimos

|21

rowspan=2|1976

|Montreal Alouettes

|34

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|9

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1976/time_zone/0 |title=1976 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

BC Lions

|12

|Edmonton Eskimos

|16

rowspan=2|1977

|Toronto Argonauts

|43

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|2

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1977/time_zone/0 |title=1977 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|24

|Edmonton Eskimos

|31

rowspan=2|1978

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|5

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|25

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0 |title=1978 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121317/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

BC Lions

|15

|Edmonton Eskimos

|3

rowspan=3|1979

|Toronto Argonauts

|3

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|42

|rowspan=3|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1979/time_zone/0 |title=1979 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121349/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1979/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Calgary Stampeders

|16

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|13

Montreal Alouettes

|6

|Edmonton Eskimos

|47

rowspan=2|1980

|Calgary Stampeders

|28

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|30

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1980/time_zone/0 |title=1980 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213172641/http://cfl.ca/schedule/year/1980/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

BC Lions

|9

|Edmonton Eskimos

|33

rowspan=2|1981

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|28

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|12

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1981/time_zone/0 |title=1981 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115083930/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1981/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Ottawa Rough Riders

|6

|Edmonton Eskimos

|24

rowspan=2|1982

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|24

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|24

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1982/time_zone/0 |title=1982 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115172858/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1982/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Toronto Argonauts

|35

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|39

1983

|BC Lions

|30

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|18

|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1983/time_zone/0 |title=1983 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115093349/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1983/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

1984

|Calgary Stampeders

|8

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|46

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1984/time_zone/0 |title=1984 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

rowspan=2|1985

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|14

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|51

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1985/time_zone/0 |title=1985 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Toronto Argonauts

|17

|Calgary Stampeders

|28

rowspan=2|1986

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|18

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|16

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1986/time_zone/0 |title=1986 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Toronto Argonauts

|14

|Calgary Stampeders

|37

1987

|Edmonton Eskimos

|20

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|38

|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1987/time_zone/0 |title=1987 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115114911/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1987/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

1988

|Edmonton Eskimos

|17

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|21

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1988/time_zone/0 |title=1988 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

rowspan=2|1989

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|21

|Toronto Argonauts

|49

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1989/time_zone/0 |title=1989 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115082347/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1989/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|7

|Edmonton Eskimos

|45

1990

|Edmonton Eskimos

|23

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|25

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1990/time_zone/0 |title=1990 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

1991

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|21

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|42

|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1991/time_zone/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115110947/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1991/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=1991 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 }}

1992

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|49

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|47

|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1992/time_zone/0 |title=1992 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115085104/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1992/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

1993

|Toronto Argonauts

|20

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|28

|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1993/time_zone/0 |title=1993 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-01-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115075852/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1993/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

1994

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|24

|Calgary Stampeders

|28

|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1994/time_zone/0 |title=1994 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121559/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1994/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

rowspan=2|1995

|Calgary Stampeders

|41

|BC Lions

|27

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1995/time_zone/0 |title=1995 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121520/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1995/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|20

|Toronto Argonauts

|31

rowspan=2|1996

|Montreal Alouettes

|25

|Ottawa Rough Riders

|18

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1996/time_zone/0 |title=1996 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Toronto Argonauts

|23

|Calgary Stampeders

|30

1997

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|13

|Calgary Stampeders

|31

|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1997/time_zone/0 |title=1997 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-07-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722010217/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1997/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

rowspan=2|1998

|Toronto Argonauts

|40

|Montreal Alouettes

|13

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1998/time_zone/0 |title=1998 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-07-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722100316/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1998/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Edmonton Eskimos

|40

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|20

rowspan=2|1999

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|7

|Montreal Alouettes

|43

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1999/time_zone/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410030607/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1999/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=1999 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 }}

Edmonton Eskimos

|26

|BC Lions

|20

rowspan=2|2000

|Edmonton Eskimos

|15

|Montreal Alouettes

|45

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules00/home.html |title=CFL Teams |date=2003-12-11 |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031211213934/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules00/home.html |archive-date=December 11, 2003 }}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|40

|BC Lions

|33

rowspan=2|2001

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|13

|Montreal Alouettes

|7

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules01/home.html |title=CFL Teams |date=2004-02-03 |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203033504/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules01/home.html |archive-date=February 3, 2004 }}

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|35

|Calgary Stampeders

|33

rowspan=2|2002

|Toronto Argonauts

|29

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|28

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules02/home.html |title=CFL Teams |date=2004-02-03 |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203033504/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules02/home.html |archive-date=February 3, 2004 }} (OT)

Montreal Alouettes

|48

|Edmonton Eskimos

|30

rowspan=2|2003

|Toronto Argonauts

|15

|Ottawa Renegades

|21

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules03/home.html |title=CFL Schedules |date=2003-12-04 |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204183607/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules03/home.html |archive-date=December 4, 2003 }}

Calgary Stampeders

|22

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|24

rowspan=2|2004

|BC Lions

|16

|Toronto Argonauts

|22

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules04/home.html |title=CFL Schedules |date=2004-12-04 |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204072538/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules04/home.html |archive-date=December 4, 2004 }}

Montreal Alouettes

|19

|Edmonton Eskimos

|39

rowspan=2|2005

|Edmonton Eskimos

|17

|Toronto Argonauts

|13

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2005/time_zone/0 |title=2005 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2009-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419160402/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2005/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

BC Lions

|23

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|44

rowspan=2|2006

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|8

|Montreal Alouettes

|35

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2006/time_zone/0 |title=2006 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524002312/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2006/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Edmonton Eskimos

|23

|Toronto Argonauts

|28

rowspan=2|2007

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|19

|Montreal Alouettes

|27

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2007/time_zone/0 |title=2007 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2012-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527203324/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2007/time_zone/0 |url-status=dead }}

Saskatchewan Roughriders

|33

|Calgary Stampeders

|21

rowspan=2|2008

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|11

|Montreal Alouettes

|42

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2008/time_zone/0 |title=2008 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Saskatchewan Roughriders

|5

|Calgary Stampeders

|42

rowspan=2|2009

|Calgary Stampeders

|11

|Montreal Alouettes

|32

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2009/time_zone/0 |title=2009 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720160624/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2009/time_zone/0 |archive-date=2013-07-20 }}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|38

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|28

rowspan=2|2010

|Calgary Stampeders

|19

|Montreal Alouettes

|46

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2010/time_zone/0 |title=2010 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

BC Lions

|35

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|47

rowspan=2|2011

|Toronto Argonauts

|19

|Montreal Alouettes

|29

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2011/time_zone/0 |title=2011 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29}}

Saskatchewan Roughriders

|1

|Edmonton Eskimos

|17

rowspan=2|2012

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|27

|Montreal Alouettes

|22

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2012/time_zone/0 |title=2012 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003953/http://cfl.ca/schedule/year/2012/time_zone/0 |archive-date=2013-12-03 }}

Saskatchewan Roughriders

|36

|Toronto Argonauts

|10

rowspan=2|2013

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|34

|Montreal Alouettes

|27

|rowspan=2|{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2013/time_zone/0 |title=2013 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228020720/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2013/time_zone/0 |archive-date=2013-12-28 }}

Toronto Argonauts

|18

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|24

rowspan=2|2014

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|9

|Montreal Alouettes

|40

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2014/time_zone/0 |title=2014 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2014-02-12}}

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|9

|Edmonton Eskimos

|41

2015

|Toronto Argonauts

|25

|Montreal Alouettes

|17

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2015/time_zone/0 |title=2015 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2015-10-12}}

rowspan=2|2016

|Edmonton Eskimos

|40

|Montreal Alouettes

|20

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/ |title=2016 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2016-02-21}}

Calgary Stampeders

|48

|Toronto Argonauts

|20

2017

|Edmonton Eskimos

|42

|Montreal Alouettes

|24

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/?season=2017 |title=2017 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2017-02-08}}

rowspan=2|2018

|Calgary Stampeders

|12

|Montreal Alouettes

|6

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/?season=2018 |title=2018 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=2017-12-14}}

Edmonton Eskimos

|12

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|19

2019

| ALIGN="center" colspan="4" | None

|

2020

| ALIGN="center" colspan="4" | Toronto Argonauts vs. Montreal Alouettes cancelled

|

rowspan=2|2021

|Ottawa Redblacks

|16

|Montreal Alouettes

|20

|rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2021/ |title=2021 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=June 15, 2021}}

Toronto Argonauts

|24

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|23

2022

|Ottawa Redblacks

|24

|Montreal Alouettes

|18

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2022/ |title=2022 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=December 16, 2021}}

2023

|Ottawa Redblacks

|3

|Montreal Alouettes

|29

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2023/ |title=2023 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=December 13, 2022}}

2024

|Ottawa Redblacks

|12

|Montreal Alouettes

|19

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2024/ |title=2024 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=December 14, 2023}}

2025

|Ottawa Redblacks

|

|Montreal Alouettes

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2025/ |title=2025 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=January 16, 2025}}

=By appearance=

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Appearances

! Hosted

! Team

! Wins

! Losses

! Ties

! Win %

! Streak

33

|27

|Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|17

|15

|1

|.530

|W1

38

|30

|Montreal Alouettes

|19

|19

|0

|.500

|W2

29

|11

|Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|18

|10

|1

|.638

|L1

33

|19

|Edmonton Eskimos/Elks

|19

|13

|1

|.591

|L1

28

|11

|Calgary Stampeders

|14

|14

|0

|.500

|W2

28

|8

|Toronto Argonauts

|11

|17

|0

|.393

|W1

23

|10

|Saskatchewan Roughriders

|11

|11

|1

|.500

|W1

23

|6

|Ottawa Rough Riders/Renegades/Redblacks

|9

|14

|0

|.391

|L2

15

|3

|BC Lions

|5

|10

|0

|.333

|L6

See also

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