Thanksgiving Day Classic

This article is about Canadian Football League competition. For the similarly named National Football League competition, see Thanksgiving Classic.

The Thanksgiving Day Classic is an annual doubleheader held on Thanksgiving in the Canadian Football League. It is 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; however, the Montreal Alouettes have typically hosted the early game in years there is no team in Ottawa (1997-2001 and 2007-2012), much in the same way the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys host the NFL's Thanksgiving games. Ottawa (in its various forms, the Rough Riders, Renegades, and a third team yet to be named) is Montreal's traditional Labour Day rival. The games also lack a presenting sponsor as the Labour Day Classic games have.

Despite Canadian Thanksgiving being a legal holiday in the United States (Columbus Day), none of the CFL's American teams ever played the Thanksgiving Day Classic.

Results

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Year Visiting Team Score Home Team Score Source
1970 Ottawa Rough Riders 17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24 [1]
Calgary Stampeders 13 Edmonton Eskimos 16 [2]
1971 BC Lions 3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 36 [3]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24 Calgary Stampeders 17 [4]
1972 Calgary Stampeders 30 Ottawa Rough Riders 45 [5]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 15 Edmonton Eskimos 24 [6]
1973 Ottawa Rough Riders 16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13 [7]
Calgary Stampeders 0 Montreal Alouettes 45 [8]
1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 12 [9]
Calgary Stampeders 24 Edmonton Eskimos 10 [10]
1975 Toronto Argonauts 13 Montreal Alouettes 24 [11]
Calgary Stampeders 12 Edmonton Eskimos 21 [12]
1976 Montreal Alouettes 34 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 9 [13]
BC Lions 12 Edmonton Eskimos 16 [14]
1977 Toronto Argonauts 43 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2 [15]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24 Edmonton Eskimos 31 [16]
1978 Ottawa Rough Riders 5 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25 [17]
BC Lions 15 Edmonton Eskimos 3 [18]
1979 Toronto Argonauts 3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 42 [19]
Calgary Stampeders 16 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13 [20]
1980 Calgary Stampeders 28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30 [21]
BC Lions 9 Edmonton Eskimos 33 [22]
1981 Saskatchewan Roughriders 28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 12 [23]
Ottawa Rough Riders 6 Edmonton Eskimos 24 [24]
1982 Saskatchewan Roughriders 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24 [25]
Toronto Argonauts 35 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 39 [26]
1983 BC Lions 30 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 [27]
1984 Calgary Stampeders 8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 46 [28]
1985 Saskatchewan Roughriders 14 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 51 [29]
Toronto Argonauts 17 Calgary Stampeders 28 [30]
1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 Ottawa Rough Riders 16 [31]
Toronto Argonauts 14 Calgary Stampeders 37 [32]
1987 Edmonton Eskimos 20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38 [33]
1988 Edmonton Eskimos 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21 [34]
1989 Ottawa Rough Riders 21 Toronto Argonauts 49 [35]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 Edmonton Eskimos 45 [36]
1990 Edmonton Eskimos 23 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25 [37]
1991 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 42 [38]
1992 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 49 Ottawa Rough Riders 47 [39]
1993 Toronto Argonauts 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28 [40]
1994 Ottawa Rough Riders 24 Calgary Stampeders 28 [41]
1995 Calgary Stampeders 41 BC Lions 27 [42]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20 Toronto Argonauts 31 [43]
1996 Montreal Alouettes 25 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 [44][45][46]
Toronto Argonauts 23 Calgary Stampeders 30
1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13 Calgary Stampeders 31 [47][48]
1998 Toronto Argonauts 40 Montreal Alouettes 13 [49][50][51]
Edmonton Eskimos 40 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20
1999 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7 Montreal Alouettes 43 [52]
Edmonton Eskimos 26 BC Lions 20
2000 Edmonton Eskimos 15 Montreal Alouettes 45 [53]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 40 BC Lions 33
2001 Saskatchewan Roughriders 13 Montreal Alouettes 7 [54]
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35 Calgary Stampeders 33
2002 Toronto Argonauts 29 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28 [55] (OT)
Montreal Alouettes 48 Edmonton Eskimos 30
2003 Toronto Argonauts 15 Ottawa Renegades 21 [56]
Calgary Stampeders 22 Saskatchewan Roughriders 24
2004 BC Lions 16 Toronto Argonauts 22 [57]
Montreal Alouettes 19 Edmonton Eskimos 39
2005 Edmonton Eskimos 17 Toronto Argonauts 13 [58]
BC Lions 23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 44
2006 Saskatchewan Roughriders 8 Montreal Alouettes 35 [59]
Edmonton Eskimos 23 Toronto Argonauts 28
2007 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19 Montreal Alouettes 27 [60]
Saskatchewan Roughriders 33 Calgary Stampeders 21
2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 11 Montreal Alouettes 42 [61]
Saskatchewan Roughriders 5 Calgary Stampeders 42
2009 Calgary Stampeders 11 Montreal Alouettes 32 [62]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28
2010 Calgary Stampeders 19 Montreal Alouettes 46 [63]
BC Lions 35 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 47
2011 Toronto Argonauts 19 Montreal Alouettes 29 [64]
Saskatchewan Roughriders 1 Edmonton Eskimos 17
2012 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Montreal Alouettes [65]
Saskatchewan Roughriders Toronto Argonauts

See also

Trivia

Milt Stegall caught 4 touchdown passes from Kevin Glenn in their 2005 matchup against the B.C. Lions

References

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