Canadian football
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Canadian football, or simply football, is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone.
Calgary Stampeders (in red) vs Montreal Alouettes game in 2007
A game between the Hamilton Tigers and the Ottawa Rough Riders, 1910
A game between the 4th Canadian Armoured Division Atoms and First Canadian Army Red and Blue Bombers, in Utrecht, Netherlands, October 1945
Touchdown monument outside the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in Hamilton, Ontario
American and Canadian football are gridiron codes of football that are very similar; both have their origins partly in rugby football, but some key differences exist between the two codes.
Harvard v McGill football game, played in 1874 under an adaptation of the rugby union rules
The 1944 "Tea Bowl" at White City Stadium in London: first half played under U.S. rules, second under Canadian rules. The Canadian Army "Mustangs" beat the US Army Central Base Section "Pirates" 16–6, but lost the "Coffee Bowl" rematch 18–0.
These are the player positions for both offensive and defensive. Note that eleven players per side are used, as opposed to twelve.
Image: Football Spiel Berlin Kobra Ladies gegen Berlin Knights Ladies in Berlin, 2019 06 01 0067