Thanksgiving Day Classic: Difference between revisions
m Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 67 templates: del empty params (54×); hyphenate params (16×); |
Updated for 2024 schedule |
||
(26 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{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}}
[[File:Thanksgiving Weekend Logo 2022.png|frameless|right|225px|upright=1]]
The '''Thanksgiving Day Classic''' ({{lang-fr|Classique de jour de l'Action de grâce}}) is an annual [[doubleheader (television)|doubleheader]] held on [[Thanksgiving (Canada)|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]]. Unlike the Labour Day Classic, the teams in the Thanksgiving Day Classic rotate each year.
The [[Montreal Alouettes]] have traditionally been given hosting duties for the opening game. This was originally started in 1997 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 Redblacks|Ottawa returned to the league]] in 2014. 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 a Thanksgiving matchup in 2013 due to stadium construction disrupting their hosting of the 2013 Labour Day Classic.
Line 7 ⟶ 9:
Since the CFL's creation in [[1958 CFL season|1958]] to the [[2018 CFL season|2018]], there have been 120 games played on Thanksgiving Day.<ref>[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]</ref> The [[2019 CFL season]] was the first in league history to feature no games on Thanksgiving Day.<ref name="2019 Schedule">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/?season=2019|title=2019 CFL season schedule|access-date=December 20, 2018|publisher=cfl.ca}}</ref> The league scheduled the Classic for the [[2020 CFL season]], with one game being played on Thanksgiving Day.<ref name="2020 Schedule">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/?season=2020|title=2020 CFL season schedule|access-date=December 16, 2019|publisher=cfl.ca}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Cancel>{{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}}</ref>
Despite Canadian Thanksgiving being a legal holiday in the United States (
==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 be held on the third weekend of October, as opposed to the fourth Sunday in November as it stands as of 2018. The change, designed to accommodate a potential U.S. television agreement with [[NFL Network]], has support among CFL owners and would, if approved, take effect for the [[2019 CFL season]]. If the proposal were to take effect, Thanksgiving Day weekend would overlap with the CFL's conference championship games.<ref>{{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|
==Results==
=== By year ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
Line 29 ⟶ 31:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|34
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
Line 51 ⟶ 53:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|12
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
Line 73 ⟶ 75:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|21
|rowspan=3|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
Line 90 ⟶ 92:
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|10
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[BC Lions]]
Line 102 ⟶ 104:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|24
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Edmonton Eskimos]]
Line 114 ⟶ 116:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|28
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
Line 126 ⟶ 128:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|23
|rowspan=3|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
Line 143 ⟶ 145:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|21
|rowspan=3|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]
Line 160 ⟶ 162:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|8
|rowspan=3|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
Line 177 ⟶ 179:
|'''[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]'''
|40
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
Line 189 ⟶ 191:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|4
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Calgary Stampeders]]
Line 201 ⟶ 203:
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|7
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
Line 213 ⟶ 215:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|24
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Calgary Stampeders]]
Line 225 ⟶ 227:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|36
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]'''
Line 237 ⟶ 239:
|'''[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]'''
|45
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
Line 249 ⟶ 251:
|''[[Edmonton Eskimos]]''
|14
|rowspan=3|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]'''
Line 266 ⟶ 268:
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|12
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Calgary Stampeders]]'''
Line 278 ⟶ 280:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|24
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Calgary Stampeders]]
Line 290 ⟶ 292:
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|9
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[BC Lions]]
Line 302 ⟶ 304:
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|2
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
Line 314 ⟶ 316:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|25
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[BC Lions]]'''
Line 326 ⟶ 328:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|42
|rowspan=3|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Calgary Stampeders]]'''
Line 343 ⟶ 345:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|30
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[BC Lions]]
Line 355 ⟶ 357:
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|12
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]
Line 367 ⟶ 369:
|''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]''
|24
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
Line 379 ⟶ 381:
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
|18
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[1984 CFL season|1984]]
Line 386 ⟶ 388:
|'''[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]'''
|46
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1985 CFL season|1985]]
Line 393 ⟶ 395:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|51
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
Line 405 ⟶ 407:
|[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]
|16
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
Line 417 ⟶ 419:
|'''[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]'''
|38
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[1988 CFL season|1988]]
Line 424 ⟶ 426:
|'''[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]'''
|21
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1989 CFL season|1989]]
Line 431 ⟶ 433:
|'''[[Toronto Argonauts]]'''
|49
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
Line 443 ⟶ 445:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|25
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[1991 CFL season|1991]]
Line 450 ⟶ 452:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|42
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[1992 CFL season|1992]]
Line 457 ⟶ 459:
|[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]
|47
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[1993 CFL season|1993]]
Line 464 ⟶ 466:
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
|28
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[1994 CFL season|1994]]
Line 471 ⟶ 473:
|'''[[Calgary Stampeders]]'''
|28
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1995 CFL season|1995]]
Line 478 ⟶ 480:
|[[BC Lions]]
|27
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
Line 490 ⟶ 492:
|[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]
|18
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
Line 502 ⟶ 504:
|'''[[Calgary Stampeders]]'''
|31
|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1998 CFL season|1998]]
Line 509 ⟶ 511:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|13
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Edmonton Eskimos]]'''
Line 521 ⟶ 523:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|43
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Edmonton Eskimos]]'''
Line 533 ⟶ 535:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|45
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl00">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules00/home.html |title=CFL Teams |date=2003-12-11 |
|-
|'''[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]'''
Line 545 ⟶ 547:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|7
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl01">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules01/home.html |title=CFL Teams |date=2004-02-03 |
|-
|'''[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]'''
Line 557 ⟶ 559:
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|28
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl02">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules02/home.html |title=CFL Teams |date=2004-02-03 |
|-
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
Line 569 ⟶ 571:
|'''[[Ottawa Renegades]]'''
|21
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl03">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules03/home.html |title=CFL Schedules |date=2003-12-04 |
|-
|[[Calgary Stampeders]]
Line 581 ⟶ 583:
|'''[[Toronto Argonauts]]'''
|22
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl04">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/CFLSchedules04/home.html |title=CFL Schedules |date=2004-12-04 |
|-
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
Line 593 ⟶ 595:
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
|13
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl05">{{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 |
|-
|[[BC Lions]]
Line 605 ⟶ 607:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|35
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl06">{{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 |
|-
|[[Edmonton Eskimos]]
Line 617 ⟶ 619:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|27
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl07">{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]'''
Line 629 ⟶ 631:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|42
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl08">{{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 |
|-
|[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
Line 641 ⟶ 643:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|32
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl09">{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]'''
Line 653 ⟶ 655:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|46
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl10">{{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 |
|-
|[[BC Lions]]
Line 665 ⟶ 667:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|29
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl11">{{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 |
|-
|[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
Line 677 ⟶ 679:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|22
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl12">{{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 |
|-
|'''[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]'''
Line 689 ⟶ 691:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|27
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl13">{{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 |
|-
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
Line 701 ⟶ 703:
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|40
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl14">{{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 |
|-
|[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
Line 713 ⟶ 715:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|17
|<ref name="cfl15">{{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 |
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2016 CFL season|2016]]
Line 720 ⟶ 722:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|20
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl16">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/ |title=2016 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |publisher=CFL.ca |
|-
|'''[[Calgary Stampeders]]'''
Line 732 ⟶ 734:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|24
|<ref name="cfl17">{{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 |
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2018 CFL season|2018]]
Line 739 ⟶ 741:
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|6
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl18">{{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 |
|-
|[[Edmonton Eskimos]]
Line 754 ⟶ 756:
|<ref name="2020 Schedule"/><ref name=Cancel/>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2021 CFL season|2021]]
|[[Ottawa Redblacks]]
|16
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|20
|rowspan=2|<ref name="cfl21">{{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}}</ref>
|-
|'''[[Toronto Argonauts]]'''
|24
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|23
|-
|[[2022 CFL season|2022]]
|'''[[Ottawa Redblacks]]'''
|24
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|18
|<ref name="cfl22">{{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}}</ref>
|-
|[[2023 CFL season|2023]]
|[[Ottawa Redblacks]]
|3
|'''[[Montreal Alouettes]]'''
|29
|<ref name="cfl23">{{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}}</ref>
|-
|[[2024 CFL season|2024]]
|[[Ottawa Redblacks]]
|
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|
|<ref name="
|}
Line 774 ⟶ 802:
! Streak
|-
|
|
|[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
|17
|
|1
|.
|W1
|-
|
|
|[[Montreal Alouettes]]
|
|
|0
|.
|
|-
|29
Line 803 ⟶ 831:
|33
|19
|[[Edmonton Elks|Edmonton Eskimos/Elks]]
|19
|13
Line 819 ⟶ 847:
|W2
|-
|
|8
|[[Toronto Argonauts]]
|
|17
|0
|.
|
|-
|23
Line 837 ⟶ 865:
|W1
|-
|
|6
|[[Ottawa Rough Riders]]/[[Ottawa Renegades|Renegades]]
|
|
|0
|.
|
|-
|15
Line 867 ⟶ 895:
{{Montreal Alouettes}}
{{CFL on CBC}}
{{CFL on TSN}}
[[Category:Thanksgiving]]
|
Latest revision as of 18:09, 14 December 2023
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Thanksgiving_Weekend_Logo_2022.png/225px-Thanksgiving_Weekend_Logo_2022.png)
The Thanksgiving Day Classic (French: 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. Unlike the Labour Day Classic, the teams in the Thanksgiving Day Classic rotate each year. Purolator is the presenting sponsor of the event as of 2022.[1]
The Montreal Alouettes have traditionally been given hosting duties for the opening game. This was originally started in 1997 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. 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 a Thanksgiving matchup in 2013 due to stadium construction disrupting their hosting of the 2013 Labour Day Classic.
Since the CFL's creation in 1958 to the 2018, there have been 120 games played on Thanksgiving Day.[2] The 2019 CFL season was the first in league history to feature no games on Thanksgiving Day.[3] The league scheduled the Classic for the 2020 CFL season, with one game being played on Thanksgiving Day.[4] 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.[5]
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
[edit]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 be held on the third weekend of October, as opposed to the fourth Sunday in November as it stands as of 2018. The change, designed to accommodate a potential U.S. television agreement with NFL Network, has support among CFL owners and would, if approved, take effect for the 2019 CFL season. If the proposal were to take effect, Thanksgiving Day weekend would overlap with the CFL's conference championship games.[6] While this change was not implemented and the season schedule remained the same, the league did not schedule any Thanksgiving Day games in 2019.[3] The league has indicated that such a schedule change would need 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.[7]
Results
[edit]By year
[edit]By appearance
[edit]Appearances | Hosted | Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % | Streak |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
33 | 27 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17 | 15 | 1 | .530 | W1 |
37 | 29 | Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 19 | 0 | .486 | W1 |
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 |
22 | 6 | Ottawa Rough Riders/Renegades/Redblacks | 9 | 13 | 0 | .409 | L1 |
15 | 3 | BC Lions | 5 | 10 | 0 | .333 | L6 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CFL and Purolator deepen commitment to food security". Canadian Football League. October 6, 2022.
- ^ 2018 CFL Game Notes, Calgary at Montreal
- ^ a b c "2019 CFL season schedule". cfl.ca. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ a b "2020 CFL season schedule". cfl.ca. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "CFL not to play shortened season in the fall". Canadian Football League. August 17, 2020.
- ^ Baines, Tim (November 24, 2017). "Grey Cup in October? NFL Network TV deal could follow for CFL". Sun Media. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ "CFL players search for unified voice as CBA talks loom". cbc.ca. March 23, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ "1958 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1959 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1960 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1961 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1962 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1963 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1964 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1965 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1966 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1967 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1968 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1969 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1970 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1971 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1972 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1973 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1974 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1975 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1976 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1977 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1978 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1979 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1980 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1981 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1982 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1983 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1984 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1985 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1986 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1987 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1988 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1989 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1990 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1991 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1992 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1993 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1994 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1995 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1996 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1997 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1998 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "1999 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "CFL Teams". 2003-12-11. Archived from the original on December 11, 2003. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "CFL Teams". 2004-02-03. Archived from the original on February 3, 2004. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "CFL Teams". 2004-02-03. Archived from the original on February 3, 2004. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "CFL Schedules". 2003-12-04. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "CFL Schedules". 2004-12-04. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2005 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2006 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2007 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2008 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2009 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2010 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2011 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2012 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2013 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "2014 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ^ "2015 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ^ "2016 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ "2017 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "2018 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- ^ "2021 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ "2023 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ "2024 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved December 14, 2023.