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
Atlantic Canada 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

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 United States 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 United States Civic Stadium 18,146 [17][18]
Preseason 2 August 1957 BC Lions 8 – 29 Edmonton Eskimos Portland, Oregon United States Multnomah Stadium 10,261 [19][20]
Preseason 11 August 1957 BC Lions 6 – 9 Edmonton Eskimos San Francisco United States Kezar Stadium 16,000 [21][22]
Regular season 14 September 1958 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 – 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Philadelphia United States Municipal Stadium 15,110 [11][23][24][25]
Preseason 29 July 1960 BC Lions 7 – 13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States Kingston Stadium 12,583 [26][27]
Preseason 29 July 1961 BC Lions 13 – 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders Seattle United States Husky Stadium 28,000 [28]
Preseason 1 August 1961 Calgary Stampeders 14 – 7 Saskatchewan Roughriders Spokane, Washington United States 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 United States 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 United States Civic Stadium 15,362 [45][46]
Preseason 24 June 1995 Baltimore CFLers 37 – 0 Birmingham Barracudas Miami United States 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

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.[93]

See also

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