CFL - Back in the Day... vs. America

Segment from CBC. Highlights the history of CFL vs. NFL(AFL) competition.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• CFL
• Hamilton
• Tiger-cats
• Ticats
• Toronto
• Argos
• Argonauts
• Steelers
• Bills

[bws1football]

He is a simple answer to this. How many CFL players have done well in the NFL? I think of current players Cameron Wake and Brandon Browner. Now... How many NFL players would OWN it in the CFL? Not to be rude but CFL could put their best team against this past seasons colts w/o manning and would still lose.

[louielovett]

The NFL would never play the CFL because they know they could lose.

[SariwangBata]

this was before there was any black people in the game. so it doesnt count haha

[wonderblue22]

what field did they play on if it's different type of fields

[hardcorehouse]

@EricSHinton Actually genius, the first game was between a Canadian and American university, and the rules were a mix of soccer from the Americans and rugby from the Canadians, that had come from the british stationed in Montreal. Camp's influence came much, much later.

[darian1819]

Did they combine rules???

[l33t0wnzy00]

I've watched both countries play and I can honestly say, the NFL just has that X-Factor when it comes to the sport. I feel like they just play with so much more intensity and dedication. On a side note, the NFL players look 4X larger than CFL players, I'm not saying that's important, but you could take that any way you wanted to haha.

[EricSHinton]

@louielovett you left out New York Giants 20, Ottawa Rough Riders 6 1951: New York Giants 38, Ottawa Rough Riders 6 1959: Chicago Cardinals 55, Toronto Argonauts 26 1960: Pittsburgh Steelers 43, Toronto Argonauts 26 1961: St. Louis Cardinals 36, Toronto Argonauts 7

1961: Chicago Bears 34, Montreal Alouetts 16

[EricSHinton]

gridiron football started in the united states in the late 19th century out of the older games related to the games now known as rugby football and association football. The predominant form of gridiron football is "American" football, American Walter Camp is credited with creating the rules that differentiate gridiron football from its older counterparts, The international governing body for all forms of gridiron football is the International Federation of "American" Football (IFAF).

[pspboy7]

NFL and CFL are different but similar leagues. However, as a Canadian, I'm dedicated to my country's game. Nuff said.