Canadian Major Football League

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Canadian Major Football League
SportCanadian football
Founded1999
No. of teams15 (as of 2021 season;
AFL and NFC)
CountriesCanada
Most recent
champion(s)
Most titles (4)
TV partner(s)Local TV stations
Related
competitions		Alberta Football League, and Northern Football Conference

The Canadian Major Football League (CMFL) is the national governing body for semi-pro Canadian football (formally known as the Canadian Senior Football League), dedicated to advocating for the promotion of Canadian senior football.

The CMFL was formed in 1999 by the Alberta Football League (AFL) and (MFL) in attempt to crown the amateur national champion of Canada, and replaced the Canadian Senior Intermediate championship game. Since 2002 the game has been played between the AFL and Northern Football Conference (NFC) league champions. The two leagues cooperate but remain legally separate entities.[1]

Trophy[]

The participating teams compete for the Sid Forster Memorial Trophy, emblematic of the Canadian Major Football Championship. The permanent trophy was provided by the NFC in memory of long-time Sudbury Spartans head coach and Canadian Football Hall of Fame member ,[2] who died in 1994. The trophy stays in possession of the game winner for the year following their victory.

Rules[]

CMFL games are played under the host conference Canadian amateur rules.

When the AFL hosts

  • Three (3) downs
  • One (1) yard line of restraint
  • Cut block rule to include; running backs only, within the tackle box, 5 yards deep, on blitzing players though A and B gap, no engaged blitzing player may be cut.

When the NFC hosts

  • Four (4) downs
  • Zero (0) yard line of restraint
  • Cut block rule to include: The Canadian Amateur Rule Book for Tackle Football, which is blocking below the waist is allowed anywhere within the close line play area, which by rule is 2 yards on either side of the line of scrimmage and between the tackles.

Forster Memorial Trophy Games[]

Year AFL team Score NFC team
1999 Calgary Wolfpack 36-28 Thunder Bay Storm (MFL)
2000 Winnipeg Mustangs (MFL) 14-42 Oakville Longhorns
2001^ Calgary Thunder 0-25 Winnipeg Mustangs (MFL)
Calgary Wolfpack 0-41 Oakville Longhorns
2002 Calgary Wolfpack 46-54 Oakville Longhorns
2003 Calgary Wolfpack 39-28 Oakville Longhorns
2004 Calgary Wolfpack 27-40 Milton Marauders
2005 Calgary Wolfpack 20-14 Tri-City Outlaws
2006 Calgary Wolfpack 29-43 Oshawa Hawkeyes
2007 Edmonton Stallions 10-59 Sault Ste. Marie Steelers
2008 Calgary Wolfpack 35-7 Tri-City Outlaws
2009[3] Edmonton Stallions 6-65 Sault Ste. Marie Steelers
2010 Lloydminster Vandals 0-32 Sault Ste. Marie Steelers
2011 Calgary Wolfpack 14-31 Tri-City Outlaws
2012 Lloydminster Vandals 25-19 Toronto Titans
2013[4] Calgary Gators 28-50 Montreal Transit
2014 Calgary Wolfpack 26-49 Montreal Transit
2015 Calgary Gators 38-39 GTA All-Stars
2016[5] Fort McMurray Monarchs 59-45 GTA All-Stars
2017[6] Calgary Gators 17-18 GTA All-Stars
2018 Fort McMurray Monarchs 22-17 GTA All-Stars
2019[7] Calgary Wolfpack 0-28 GTA All-Stars
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19

* Home team in bold.
 ^ In 2001 the MFL champion Winnipeg Mustangs beat the AFL champion Calgary Thunder 25-0. The 3rd Place AFL team, the Calgary Wolfpack, traveled to Ontario to play the NFC champion and defending Canadian champion Oakville Longhorns.

Champions[]

Forster Memorial Trophy appearances[8]
Team League Wins Losses Total Last won
AFL 4 7 11 2008
[a] NFC 3 3 6 2019
NFC 3 1 4 2002
NFC 3 0 3 2010
NFC 2 0 2 2014
AFL 2 0 2 2018
NFC 1 2 3 2011
1 1 2 2001
[b] AFL 1 1 2 2012
NFC 1 0 1 2004
NFC 1 0 1 2006
Calgary Gators AFL 0 3 3
AFL 0 2 2
AFL 0 1 1
0 1 1

* Active franchise in bold.

  1. ^ Including one game as the Toronto Titans.
  2. ^ As the Lloydminster Vandals.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2015 CMFL Agreement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-06.
  2. ^ "Sidney Forster Class of 2001".
  3. ^ "Sault Steelers win second CMFL championship". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Calgary Gators @ Transit 2013 09 28". YouTube.
  5. ^ "TSN Original Documentary - The Fort McMurray Monarchs". YouTube.
  6. ^ "Calgary Gators @ GTA All-Stars". YouTube.
  7. ^ "Calgary Wolfpack @ GTA All Stars". YouTube.
  8. ^ "Canadian Men's Senior Football Championship; Sid Forster Memorial Trophy".
  9. ^ "Lloydminster Vandals re-brand, move to Cold Lake".
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