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Canadian football Canadian Football DCHP-2 (June 2016)

• n. — Sports, Canadian Football

  a ball game played by two teams that is similar to American football (see Image 1, see Video).

  Type: 1. Origin — Canadian football developed from rugby and early quotations refer to a form of rugby. It developed its own set of rules that differ from those of American football. The biggest difference is that teams have three downs per possession and not four, as in American football. Since 1956 Canadian football has had its own national league. See Canadian Football League.

  See also: Grey Cup  import (meaning 2)  rouge ((n.))  rouge ((v.))  Canadian Football League  

  • Canadian football differs from American football in a number of respects (see the 1970 quotation for some differences).