OTTAWA – The Ottawa REDBLACKS will begin the 2014 Canadian Football League regular season on Thursday, July 3 at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg and make its eagerly-awaited home debut at TD Place at Lansdowne on Friday Night Football, July 18 against the Toronto Argonauts.
The CFL released each team’s 18-game 2014 regular season schedule today, in addition to each team’s two-game pre-season schedule and the league playoff schedule.
The REDBLACKS open its pre-season schedule as the home team at Mosaic Stadium in Regina on June 14 against the visiting and Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders. Ottawa will also play an exhibition game on June 20 in Montreal before having a bye in Week 1 of the regular season.
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After the first game in franchise history in Winnipeg followed by a visit to Edmonton to play the Eskimos on Friday, July 11, the REDBLACKS will take the field at the 24,000-seat TD Place stadium at Lansdowne for one of the most anticipated sports events in Ottawa-Gatineau sports history.
“The release of the CFL schedule marks yet another step toward the triumphant return of professional football to Ottawa and Gatineau,” said Jeff Hunt, President of OSEG Sports. “We’re excited that these tangible steps are leading us to our first game and our home opener, which is going to be spectacular.”
After meeting the Argos at home on July 17, the REDBLACKS will play home games on the following dates:
- Aug. 2 vs. Saskatchewan
- Aug. 15 vs. Edmonton
- Aug. 24 vs. Calgary
- Sept. 5 vs. B.C.
- Sept. 26 vs. Montreal
- Oct. 3 vs. Winnipeg
- Oct. 24 vs. Montreal
- Oct. 31 vs. Hamilton
“We can’t wait for training camp to begin and for that first game in Winnipeg and our first home game at the new stadium on July 17,” said REDBLACKS head coach Rick Campbell. “We know our fans are as excited as we are and the atmosphere is going to be tremendous.”
In addition to the bye during the opening week of the regular season, the REDBLACKS will also have a bye in Week 12. Ottawa plays B.C. at home on Sept. 5 and is back in action on Sept. 21 in Regina against Saskatchewan.
The REDBLACKS complete the regular season on Nov. 7 at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The league’s playoff schedule begins on Nov. 16 with divisional semi-finals followed by the division finals on Nov. 23 and the 102nd Grey Cup on Nov. 30 in Vancouver.
All REDBLACKS games will be broadcast on TSN. RDS will also carry select REDBLACKS contests.
Fans can be part of the action at TD Place and assure themselves the best available seats with season ticket packages, available at ottawaredblacks.com or by calling 613-232-6767 ext. 1.
Details on single-game tickets will be announced at a later date.
