ESPN: CFL 1994- Western Final- Vancouver Lions @ Calgary Stampeders: Short Video

Source:ESPN– Stampeders kicker celebrating something in this game.

“CFL 1994 WESTERN FINAL BC-LIONS AT CALGARY STAMPEDERS”

From CFL Video 

At risk of giving away who won this game: the 1994 CFL season was the first season ever in the CFL where they really were a Cam-Am league, as opposed to just a Canadian league. Because the winner of this game would go on to play the Baltimore Stallions in the Grey Cup. And this was also a great championship game between 2/3 best teams in all of the CFL that year, playing for the Western Championship.

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CBC Sports: CFL 1980- Calgary Stampeders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers: Short Video

Source:CBC Sports– the Stampeders and Blue Bombers from 1980.

“CFL 1980 CALGARY STAMPEDERS AT WINNIPEG BLUEBOMBERS”

From CFL Video

The Blue Bombers playing on grass with Dieter Brock as their QB. Dieter Brock was a very successful American QB in the CFL, with a big arm, who was very accurate. But somehow never caught on with an NFL club until the Los Angeles Rams signed him in 1985 when he was already in the 30s. But he could throw the football and you put him on a NFL club with a good passing game and offensive line, Dieter would’ve probably been successful in the NFL.

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CBC Sports: CFL 1979- West Final- Calgary Stampeders @ Edmonton Eskimos: Short Video

Source:CBC Sports– Edmonton Eskimos QB Warren Moon. That name should sound familiar to any pro football fan.

“CFL 1979 WEST FINAL CALGARY STAMPEDERS AT EDMONTON ESKIMOS”

From CFL Video

The Battle of Alberta to determine the West championship, with the QB for the Edmonton Eskimos being future Pro Football Hall of Fame (NFL) Warren moon, with the Houston Oilers.

The NFL didn’t even bother to draft Warren Moon, because they didn’t think he was good enough to be an NFL QB or wanted him to play another position, or perhaps there were racial reasons as well. Even though he played a major Pac 10 program at the University of Washington and had an excellent career there as a throwing QB.

The CFL gave not just Canadian football fans, but American football fans the opportunity to see how great of a QB that Warren Moon would become, because CFL games were broadcasted in America even in the 1970s. And without the CFL, we probably never see Warren Moon in the NFL, at least as a QB.

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CBC Sports: CFL 1993- Sacramento Goldminers @ Calgary Stampeders: Short Video

Source:CBC Sports– the Goldminers and Stampeders from 1993.

“CFL 1993 SACRAMENTO GOLDMINERS AT CALGARY STAMPEDERS”

From CFL Video

This game was part of the CFL American experience.

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