Do US an Canadian Football teams ever play games against each other, either in HS, or College?

Question

Further, why not a bowl game with the National champ from the CFL and the NFL? After the Super Bowl, and the Canadian Grey cup

Answer 1

No, the rules of Canadian and American football are actually different.  being that Canadian football only has three downs and is played on a larger field.

Answer 2

as far as i know it happens only in high school or maybe with very small colleges.  the main reason that they don't play more often is the rules are different, too different to grasp in just one week.  most cross-border games are season openers

Answer 3

There was a college bowl game, between Canadain all-stars and Div 2 all stars, I believe it was in the 80's.  I forget what is was called.

There is going to be an International Bowl, in January 2007, played in Toronto, but it is between US teams.

Answer 4

yea they WILL

On the off season the games will be

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Answer 5

No. h.S. and college Canadian football teams never play against one another. What rules do we follow, NFL or CFL, what country would we play in? Either way, the Americans would kick *** over the Canadians. CFL is a B league. There would really be no competition. More like humiliation for the CFL.

Answer 6

The rules are different in each league. The fair way to do it is have them play two games, one under each set of rules, and use

a combined score to determine the champion, like they do for home and away legs for soccer. As for the bozo who made the comment about the Super Bowl champion winning 115-0, Ricky

Williams wasn't nearly as effective in the CFL as he was in the NFL.

Answer 7

Here in Michigan, we have quite a few high school teams that play teams from Canada. I am not sure but I think they use Canadian rules when playing at the Canadian school's field and U.S. rules when playing in Michigan.

They did used to play an all-star game of U.S. college players vs. Canadian college players and from NFL teams have played CFL teams in exhibitiong games 7 times back in the 50s & 60s. Check the link out below for the scores.

Answer 8

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

CANADIAN TEAMS RULE

Answer 9

Well differences in the rules might be a problem.

not to mention the  Superbowl champion would win 115 to 0

Answer 10

A lot of high schools, and a decent number of universities do now and again. These are only exhibition/pre-season games, they never count towards anything. This ensures that the games are more friendly, instead of being filled with bad blood.

As for games between teams in the CFL and NFL in such, there are a few problems with this. First there are the rule differences. Second, although they are similar, the players in the leagues are very diffferent. NFL players are a lot more bigger and physical, while CFL players are a lot more smaller and usually more agile. Lastly and most importantly, is reputation. What would happen if the NFL lost to the CFL? You have to consider that.

Answer 11

they used to and now they dont to different league rules and such both in hs college and national. the only thing we actually share are the players most of the players from the edmonton eskimos are from the states only small percantage are canadian. kinda sad if you think about it.

Answer 12

As I recall, Simon Fraser University from Burnaby, British Columbia., once played in a U.S. college division.

A game between the Super Bowl and Grey Cup champions would be impractical and for several reasons, not the least the rules and field size difference. Also, it would be impossible to schedule a suitable date as the CFL season ends in November, while the Super Bowl is usually contested in January.

Answer 13

Aside from being a different game, the CFL players go home after the Grey Cup in November, so they couldn't really wait around to meet the winners of the Super Bowl. Back in the 1950s and early sixties CFL salaries were higher than NFL salaries (college football still being #1 in the US back in the day), but it's been a long time since then.