3.2.06

NFL coming to Canada?

NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue even weighed in on the prospect of the NFL coming to Canada. Tagliabue said during his state of the league address that the league has no plans to expand into Canada.

In October, Tagliabue did suggest Toronto might host a regular-season game next season, the way Mexico City did in 2005, but on Friday he also shot that down. Mexico City did host San Francisco and Arizona (home team).

He noted that it will be difficult to play a regular-season game outside of the United States in the 2006 season.

The most logical place is Toronto and the Rogers Centre. The other two stadiums that can handle an NFL crowd are B.C. Place in Vancouver and Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Vancouver (Seattle) and Toronto (Buffalo) have nearby NFL teams that could be a factor in expansion.

Still, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have hosted NFL exhibition games. Here’s a list of those games (info from nfl.com)


Exhibition NFL Games in Canada



CityDateResult
MontrealAugust 11, 1969Pittsburgh 17, N.Y. Giants 13
MontrealAugust 25, 1969Detroit 22, Boston 9
MontrealAugust 18, 1988N.Y. Jets 11, Cleveland 7
MontrealAugust 9, 1990Pittsburgh 30, New England 14
TorontoAugust 14, 1993Cleveland 12, New England 9
TorontoAugust 12, 1995Buffalo 9, Dallas 7
TorontoAugust 16, 1997Green Bay 35, Buffalo 3
VancouverAugust 15, 1998San Francisco 24, Seattle 21




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