CFL Announces 2007 Schedule

The Canadian Football League (CFL) announced today the game schedule for the 2007 season, introducing a 19-week schedule that includes 18 regular-season games and one bye week for each team. Bye weeks will be taken consecutively by each division beginning with the East in Week 8, creating two weeks of divisional rivalry games.

This year’s regular-season schedule kicks off on Canada Day weekend and includes the CFL’s annual traditional rivalries – highlighted by the Labour Day and Thanksgiving Classics. The Canadian Football Hall of Game, this year featuring the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on September 15, returns to Ivor Wynne Stadium on induction weekend as the CFL celebrates and honours its heroes and legends of the past.

The regular-season concludes with a triple-header on Saturday, November 3 as teams finalize post-season positioning before the Division Semi-Finals get underway eight days later on Sunday, November 11. The CFL’s Division Championships will qualify this season’s two Grey Cup competing teams one week later on November 18. The 2007 season will officially conclude with the 95^th Grey Cup on Sunday, November 25^th, returning to Toronto  for the first time since 1992.

The broadcast component of the 2007 CFL Schedule will be announced in the near future.

Key 2007 schedule highlights include:

Season Opener:

            BC at Toronto – Thursday, June 28 at 6:30pm ET 

West Division Showdown – East Division Bye Week:

            BC at Calgary – Friday, August 17 at 10:00pm ET

            Edmonton at Saskatchewan – Saturday, August 18 at 10:00pm ET

East Division Showdown – West Division Bye Week: 

            Toronto at Winnipeg – Friday, August 24 at 8:00pm ET 

            Hamilton at Montreal – Saturday, August 25 at 7:00pm ET 

Labour Day Classics:  

            Montreal at BC – Friday, August 31 at 10:30pm ET 

Winnipeg at Saskatchewan – Sunday, September 2 at 4:00pm ET 

Toronto at Hamilton – Monday, September 3 at 1:00pm ET 

Edmonton at Calgary – Monday, September 3 at 4:00pm ET

Canadian Football Hall of Fame Game:         

Winnipeg at Hamilton – Saturday, September 15 at 7:00pm ET

Thanksgiving Classics:  

            BC at Winnipeg – Friday, October 5 at 8:00pm ET

            Edmonton at Toronto – Saturday, October 6 at 3:00pm ET 

            Hamilton at Montreal – Monday, October 8 at 1:00pm ET 

            Saskatchewan at Calgary – Monday, October 8 at 4:00pm ET

Post-Season Weekends:

            Division Semi-Finals – Sunday, November 11 at TBD

Division Championships – Sunday, November 18 at TBD

95^th Grey Cup:

Sunday, November 25 at 6:00 PM ET