Sacramento Goldminers and San Antonio Texans were added as the first US franchises with the Texans soon folding,due to financial problems,with the Goldminers going it alone for the 1993 season.

In 1994,Goldminers were joined by Las Vegas Posse,Shreveport Pirates and Baltimore CFL Colts (changed to Stallions,due to the NFL's Indianapolis Colts). Goldminers and Posse were placed in the West Division whereas the Pirates and the Stallions were put in the East Division. In that same year,the Stallions lost to the British Columbia Lions,by a mere three points,in that year's Grey Cup.

In 1995,the Goldminers became the San Antonio Texans. The Posse failed to move to relocate to Jackson,Mississippi,with their owners deciding to rename the team,the Miami Manatees. But after an exhibition game, it became apparent that it would not be possible as fans were finding it difficult to adapt to the new rules. Instead,Birmingham Barracudas and Memphis Mad Dogs were added,and therefore the CFL introduced a new league alignment. The Canadian teams were put in the Northern Division and the American teams were placed in the Southern Division. Also that year,the Baltimore Stallions beat the Calgary Stampeders in the 1995 83rd Grey Cup by a score of 37-20 and becoming the first and last American team to win a Grey Cup.

It was apparent that the CFL's experiment was failing,and by 1996 the Barracudas and Mad Dogs had folded due to considerable financial losses. Pirates owner Glieberman tried to move the franchise to Norfolk,VA but failed and then admitted defeat. With the NFL being the bigger league,the 'defunct' Cleveland Browns would be moving to Baltimore to become the Ravens and would take away the crowds of the Stallions. Stallions owner tried to move the franchise to Houston,TX and Norfolk,VA before moving the franchise to become the Montreal Alouettes once more. This put an end to the CFL's expansion into the United States.

In 1993,it added teams in North America split into North Division (Canadian teams) and South Division (American Teams) with the Baltimore Stallions being the only team to win the 83rd Grey Cup. In 1995,the league returned to Canada-based teams and has remained like that ever since.

NORTH DIVISION
BRITISH COLUMBIA
LIONS
BC PLACE
(VANCOUVER,BC)
CALGARY
STAMPEDERS
MCMAHON STADIUM
(CALGARY,AB)
EDMONTON
ESKIMOS
COMMONWEALTH
STADIUM
(EDMONTON,AB)
HAMILTON
TIGER-CATS
IVOR WYNNE STADIUM
(HAMILTON,ON)
OTTAWA
ROUGH RIDERS
TD BANK STADIUM
(OTTAWA,ON)
SASKATCHEWAN
ROUGHRIDERS
MOSAIC STADIUM
(REGINA,SK)
WINNIPEG
BLUE BOMBERS
CANAD INNS
STADIUM
(WINNIPEG,MB)
TORONTO
ARGONAUTS
ROGERS CENTRE/
SKYDOME
(TORONTO,ON)

DIVISION CHAMPIONS

SEASON
TEAM
1995 CALGARY STAMPDERS
SOUTH DIVISION
BALTIMORE
STALLIONS
MEMORIAL STADIUM
(BALTIMORE,MD)
BIRMINGHAM
BARRACUDAS
LEGION FIELD
(BIRMINGHAM,AL)
MEMPHIS
MAD DOGS
LIBERTY STADIUM
(MEMPHIS,TN)
SAN ANTONIO
TEXANS
ALAMODOME
(SAN ANTONIO,TX)
SHREVEPORT
PIRATES
INDEPENDENCE STADIUM
(SHREVEPORT,LA)

DIVISION CHAMPIONS

SEASON
TEAM
1995 BALTIMORE STALLIONS

DEFUNCT TEAMS

This is a list of the defunct CFL USA expansion teams only.

DEFUNCT TEAMS
SACRAMENTO
GOLD MINERS
(1993-1994)
HORNET STADIUM
(SACRAMENTO,CA,USA)
LAS VEGAS
POSSE
(1994)
SAM BOYD STADIUM
(LAS VEGAS,NV,USA)
BALTIMORE
STALLIONS
(1994-1995)
MEMORIAL STADIUM
(BALTIMORE,MD,USA)
BIRMINGHAM
BARRACUDAS
(1995)
LEGION FIELD
(BIRMINGHAM,AL,USA)
MEMPHIS
MAD DOGS
(1995)
LIBERTY STADIUM
(MEMPHIS,TN,USA)
SAN ANTONIO
TEXANS
(1995)
ALAMODOME
(SAN ANTONIO,TX,USA)
SHREVEPORT
PIRATES
(1994-1995)
INDEPENDENCE STADIUM
(SHREVEPORT,LA,USA)
PROPOSED TEAMS
ATLANTIC
SCHOONERS
(DARTMOUTH,NS)