Winnipeg Rifles

Winnipeg Rifles
City	Winnipeg, Manitoba
League	Canadian Junior Football League
Division	Prairie Football Conference
Founded	1999
Colours	Blue and Black and Gold and White
Home field	Investors Group Field

Winnipeg Rifles are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Rifles are members of the Canadian Junior Football League and play their home games at Investors Group Field, home of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

History

Saskatoon Hilltops-Rifle playoff game October 10, 2008 Photo credit J. Adamson

Junior football in Winnipeg dates back to the 1920s, with the formation of the Manitoba Junior Football League. In 1953, teams from Winnipeg began playing in the CJFL, the most successful being the Winnipeg Rods, who won three championships. Those teams would eventually fold or merge. The Winnipeg Hawkeyes were the last Winnipeg-based team prior to the Rifles, folding in 1996.

In 1999, an effort to bring back a team to Winnipeg was headed by James Ladd (Manitoba Football Hall of Fame inductee). The team began play in the CJFL in 2002, playing out of Canad Inns Stadium. Beginning in 2013, the Rifles began to play out of Investors Group Field.

Rifles Catch Hilltops Playoff game between the Winnipeg Rifles and Saskatoon Hilltops on October 19, 2014 at the Saskatoon Minor Football Field SMF (was Gordie Howe Field). Game finalized with a 43 to 13 score in favour of the Hilltops. The Hilltops proceed to the Prairie Football Conference PFC finals on Sunday October 26, 2014 Photo credit J. Adamson

The team is named after the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment that was founded in 1883.

Rifles 9 Hilltops 43 Sept 19 2012 game Photo credit J. Adamson

External links

• Winnipeg Rifles official site

Canad Inns Stadium

Defensive Back 28 Penner, Cam Winnipeg Rifles Playoff game between the Winnipeg Rifles and Saskatoon Hilltops on October 19, 2014 at the Saskatoon Minor Football Field SMF (was Gordie Howe Field). Game finalized with a 43 to 13 score in favour of the Hilltops. The Hilltops proceed to the Prairie Football Conference PFC finals on Sunday October 26, 2014 Photo credit J. Adamson

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