Ottawa Redblacks tie Shreveport Pirates for worst start to season in CFL history
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Pirate Ball Comes to the CFL
Of all the U.S. cities that the CFL awarded teams to as part of its American expansion in the 1990s, Shreveport had to be the most obscure choice. Whereas the other cities had teams in the defunct World League of American Football (e.g., Sacramento, San Antonio, and Birmingham) or were brought onboard after failed NFL expansion efforts (e.g., Baltimore and Memphis), Shreveport seems so random when you think about it. Articles by Shreveport Times sports writer Kent Heitholt about the CFL […]https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/02/27/pirate-ball-comes-to-the-cfl/
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CFL Adds More American Teams
After the Sacramento Gold Miners joined the Canadian Football League in 1993 and despite some scepticism and opposition, the league sought to grow its footprint in the United States with additional teams in 1994 and 1995. Here is a look back at some of the CFL’s other American-based teams. Las Vegas Posse Article in the Sacramento Bee about the unveiling of the Gold Miners' new rival - the Las Vegas Posse. The CFL’s second U.S. team was the Las Vegas Posse. Owner Nick Mileti, who had a […]https://canadianfootballhistory.ca/2026/02/04/cfl-adds-more-american-teams/
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Curis Mayfield had a 6-year CFL career, playing 92 games & scoring 35% of his 266 points with the American expansion Posse & Pirates. 4 seasons with Riders. 1992 #WLAF alum with Frankfurt Galaxy.
Curtis Mayfield #ShreveportPirates - 1995 R.E.L. #CFL #216
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Curis Mayfield had a 6-year CFL career, playing 92 games & scoring 35% of his 266 points with the American expansion Posse & Pirates. 4 seasons with Riders. 1992 #WLAF alum with Frankfurt Galaxy. Curtis Mayfield #ShreveportPirates - 1995 R.E.L. #CFL #216 #CFLUSACards #TradingCards #Football
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Freeman joined the Pirates in 1995 after spending previous season with @bclions-official.bsky.social - who obtained him in a 1993 trade with the #SacramentoGoldMiners, where he began his CFL career. Freeman Baysinger Jr. #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #100 #CFLUSACards #TradingCards #Football
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Eldonta played 17 games for Shreveport in 1994, including five as a starter. He led the team in special-teams tackles with 29, third-most in the CFL. Eldonta Osbourne #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #316 #CFLUSACards #TradingCards #Football
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On June 25, 1994, the Edmonton Journal reported that Bernie & Lonie Glieberman were awarded the new Shreveport Pirates franchise. However, some players were less than enthused: "They already ran one team into the ground. Why give them another?"
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Williams played 16 games for the #ShreveportPirates over the 2 years they existed in #CFL's American expansion (94-5). Returned to the CFL in 2000 for 6 games with Edmonton.
In between he stopped off with #WLAF/#NFLE and the #Arena Football League before landing in the #NFL, playing for both the Vikings and Eagles. Career recorded 27 sacks & 114 tackles, earning CFL East All-Star honors in 1994.
Ben Williams - #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #202
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2 seasons for Pirates. After folding of U.S. #CFL teams, selected by #SaskatchewanRoughriders in dispersal draft, but later released. Shifted to #ArenaFootball for #ConnecticutCoyotes in 1996.
Mike Stowell #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #201
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Week 1 action has kicked off in the #CFL! Let's time travel back to the opening week of the 1994 season when the #OttawaRoughRiders beat their old owners - Bernie and Lonie Glieberman - when they crushed the expansion #ShreveportPirates, 40-10, in front of 18,134 in Canada's capital. #CFLUSA #LongLiveTheNight
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2x #GreyCup champion, played 189 regular season games for Stallions & #ShreveportPirates CFL American teams, as well as #WinnipegBlueBombers, #MontrealAlouettes, #TorontoArgonauts, & #EdmontonEskimos. With 154 career sacks holds 2nd highest total in league history, behind Glover Covington's 157.
Elfrid Payton #BaltimoreStallions - 1995 R.E.L. #CFL #77
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#CFL defensive back career included #ShreveportPirates, #MontrealAlouettes, #WinnipegBlueBombers, & #EdmontonEskimos. 3 time All-Star. Currently #DallasCowboys strength & conditioning coach in #NFL.
Harold Nash Jr. #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #200
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Beyond Memphis, spent time with #BaltimoreStallions & #ShreveportPirates. Horn had successful career with #NFL #NewOrleansSaints, selected to #ProBowl 4 years. Retired in 2010.
Joe Horn #MemphisMadDogs - 1995 R.E.L. #CFL #59
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Reggie had a solid 1994 season with the #HamiltonTigerCats before being obtained by Shreveport. Totaled 56 tackles & 11 QB sacks. Joined CFL after 6 years in #NFL.
Reggie Rogers #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #204
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Freeman joined the Pirates in 1995 after spending previous season with the #BCLions - who obtained him in a 1993 trade with the #SacramentoGoldMiners, where he began his CFL career. Caught 15 passes for 165 yards and 2 TDs in a limited role for BC. Strong start in 1993, catching 48 passes for 736 yards and 3 TDs with Sacramento. He also returned 52 punts for 405 yards and a TD.
Freeman Baysinger Jr. #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #100
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Mayfield was acquired by the #ShreveportPirates in 1995 as a free agent, through the #LasVegasPosse's dispersal draft. He caught 61 passes for 1,202 yards in 1994.
Curtis Mayfield #ShreveportPirates - 1995 R.E.L. #CFL #216
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Eldonta played 17 games for Shreveport in 1994, including five as a starter. He led the team in special-teams tackles with 29, third-most in the CFL.
Eldonta Osbourne #ShreveportPirates - 1995 JOGO #CFL #316
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@mendel Get in line behind the #ShreveportPirates
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In Week 11 back in 1995 there were more than 58,000 empty seats at the Liberty Bowl when the Mad Dogs edged the #ShreveportPirates by a point, 22-21 - giving Memphis a .500 record.
Gary Anderson #MemphisMadDogs - 1995 R.E.L. #CFL #67