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CFL belt drought clocks

10 teams · counting from the last reign's end

Ottawa Renegades have waited longest: 7,678 days since November 5, 2005. Every team that has held the lineal CFL belt, by how long it has been without it. The clocks keep counting on this page; the belt only moves when someone beats the holder.

TeamDays without itLast heldLongest wait everReigns
Ottawa Renegades longest ever7,678Nov 5, 200515ended by Argonauts, Nov 5, 20052
Ottawa Redblacks longest ever1,525Sep 10, 20221,428ended by Alouettes, Sep 2, 20225
Hamilton Tiger-Cats770Oct 4, 20241,424ended by Edmonton, Sep 30, 200524
Edmonton Elks426Sep 13, 20251,826ended by Argonauts, Oct 25, 202424
Montreal Alouettes77Aug 28, 20261,054ended by Stampeders, Jul 1, 200929
Saskatchewan Roughriders62Sep 12, 20261,362ended by Lions, Aug 2, 200730
Winnipeg Blue Bombers49Sep 25, 20262,077ended by Alouettes, Jul 10, 201525
Toronto Argonauts41Oct 3, 20261,163ended by Blue Bombers, Aug 21, 202127
BC Lions27Oct 17, 20261,400ended by Stampeders, Aug 12, 202329
Calgary Stampedersholding—1,140ended by Roughriders, Oct 2, 202138

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