List of neutral site Canadian Football League games


The Canadian Football League 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.
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.

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.
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeCityStadiumAttendanceRef
Playoff20 November 1909Ottawa Rough Riders14 – 8Hamilton TigersTorontoRosedale Field6,000
Exhibition11 December 1909Hamilton Tigers11 – 6Ottawa Rough RidersNew York City Van Cortlandt Park15,000
Playoff18 November 1933Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers4 – 5Toronto ArgonautsHamilton, OntarioHamilton AAA Grounds3,500
Regular season18 October 1941Toronto Argonauts12 – 1Montreal BulldogsKingston, OntarioRichardson Memorial Stadium6,000
Preseason11 August 1951Hamilton Tiger-Cats17 – 11Toronto ArgonautsBuffalo, New York Civic Stadium18,146
Preseason2 August 1957BC Lions8 – 29Edmonton EskimosPortland, Oregon Multnomah Stadium10,261
Preseason11 August 1957BC Lions6 – 9Edmonton EskimosSan Francisco Kezar Stadium16,000
Regular season14 September 1958Ottawa Rough Riders18 – 24Hamilton Tiger-CatsPhiladelphia Municipal Stadium15,110
Preseason29 July 1960BC Lions7 – 13Winnipeg Blue BombersCedar Rapids, Iowa Kingston Stadium12,583
Preseason29 July 1961BC Lions13 – 3Saskatchewan RoughridersSeattle Husky Stadium28,000
Preseason1 August 1961Calgary Stampeders14 – 7Saskatchewan RoughridersSpokane, Washington Memorial Stadium7,511
Preseason15 July 1965Saskatchewan Roughriders7 – 24Calgary StampedersVancouverEmpire Stadium20,184
Playoff19 November 1966Hamilton Tiger-Cats16 – 42Ottawa Rough RidersMontrealAutostade20,000
Preseason9 July 1967BC Lions7 – 2Edmonton EskimosEverett, Washington Everett Memorial Stadium6,248
Preseason7 June 1986Winnipeg Blue Bombers35 – 10Montreal AlouettesSaint John, New BrunswickCanada Games Stadium11,463
Preseason6 June 1987Hamilton Tiger-Cats14 – 13Montreal AlouettesSaint John, New BrunswickCanada Games Stadium8,000
Preseason26 June 1988Winnipeg Blue Bombers6 – 41Saskatchewan RoughridersSaskatoonGordie Howe Bowl5,100
Preseason25 June 1989Winnipeg Blue Bombers7 – 37Saskatchewan RoughridersSaskatoonGordie Howe Bowl1,500
Preseason24 June 1990Winnipeg Blue Bombers41 – 40Saskatchewan RoughridersSaskatoonGordie Howe Bowl4,000
Preseason23 June 1991Winnipeg Blue Bombers16 – 17Saskatchewan RoughridersSaskatoonGordie Howe Bowl3,500
Preseason25 June 1992Toronto Argonauts1 – 20Calgary StampedersPortland, Oregon Civic Stadium15,362
Preseason24 June 1995Baltimore CFLers37 – 0Birmingham BarracudasMiami Orange Bowl20,216
Preseason21 June 2002Hamilton Tiger-Cats37 – 17Toronto ArgonautsLondon, OntarioTD Waterhouse Stadium9,178
Preseason7 June 2003Ottawa Renegades23 – 54Montreal AlouettesQuebec CityPEPS Stadium10,358
Preseason11 June 2005Hamilton Tiger-Cats16 – 16Toronto ArgonautsHalifax, Nova ScotiaHuskies Stadium11,148
Preseason3 June 2006Montreal AlouettesCancelledOttawa RenegadesHalifax, Nova ScotiaHuskies Stadium–
Regular season26 September 2010Edmonton Eskimos24 – 6Toronto ArgonautsMoncton, New BrunswickMoncton Stadium20,725
Regular season25 September 2011Calgary Stampeders36 – 55Hamilton Tiger-CatsMoncton, New BrunswickMoncton Stadium20,153
Preseason20 June 2013Winnipeg Blue Bombers52 – 0Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium12,732
Regular season7 July 2013Edmonton Eskimos30 – 20Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium12,612
Regular season13 July 2013Winnipeg Blue Bombers20 – 25Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium13,085
Regular season27 July 2013Saskatchewan Roughriders32 – 20Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium13,002
Regular season24 August 2013Winnipeg Blue Bombers14 – 37Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium13,138
Regular season7 September 2013BC Lions29 – 37Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium13,101
Regular season21 September 2013Montreal Alouettes26 – 28Hamilton Tiger-CatsMoncton, New BrunswickMoncton Stadium15,123
Regular season28 September 2013Calgary Stampeders35 – 11Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium13,248
Regular season26 October 2013Montreal Alouettes24 – 27Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium13,012
Playoff10 November 2013Montreal Alouettes16 – 19 Hamilton Tiger-CatsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium13,320
Preseason13 June 2015Montreal Alouettes29 – 6Ottawa RedblacksQuebec CityTelus Stadium4,778
Preseason13 June 2015Saskatchewan Roughriders31 – 24Edmonton EskimosFort McMurray, AlbertaSMS Equipment Stadium11,825
Regular season27 June 2015Edmonton Eskimos11 – 26Toronto ArgonautsFort McMurray, AlbertaSMS Equipment Stadium4,900
Regular season17 October 2015Calgary Stampeders27 – 15Toronto ArgonautsHamilton, OntarioTim Hortons Field3,401
Regular season23 October 2015Montreal Alouettes34 – 2Toronto ArgonautsHamilton, OntarioTim Hortons Field3,741
Preseason7 June 2018Ottawa Redblacks32 – 17Toronto ArgonautsGuelph, OntarioAlumni Stadium3,921
Regular season25 August 2019Montreal Alouettes28 – 22Toronto ArgonautsMoncton, New BrunswickMoncton Stadium10,126
Regular season25 July 2020Saskatchewan RoughridersCancelledToronto ArgonautsHalifax, Nova ScotiaHuskies Stadium–

Future games

In 2018, Mexico was suggested by Commissioner Randy Ambrosie as a possible location for neutral site regular season games, as early as 2019.