Labour Day Classic The Labour Day Classic is a particular week of the Canadian Football League schedule that is played over the Labour Day weekend . This particular weekend , typically the tenth or eleventh week in the season , is known for its matchups that do not change from year to year , unlike other weeks of the CFL schedule , which are also rivalry games ( with the exception of the BC - Montreal game which just takes place during the absence of Montreal ' s traditional rival Ottawa ( both the Rough Riders and Renegades played in it ) . It is also only one of two weeks ( the Thanksgiving Day Classic being the other ) in the CFL schedule that the league plays on a Monday . Scotiabank is the event ' s presenting sponsor as of 2011 . The traditional Labour Day weekend matchups involve the Winnipeg Blue Bombers visiting the Saskatchewan Roughriders on the day before Labour Day , while on Labour Day itself , the Hamilton Tiger - Cats are at home against the Toronto Argonauts while the Edmonton Eskimos visit the Calgary Stampeders . The Montreal Alouettes face Ottawa to round out the weekend . The BC Lions have no Labour Day rivals and have had a bye week on Labour Day in the past . Because Ottawa has been dormant since the 2006 season ( and will remain so until at least 2014 ) , the Alouettes have usually played the Lions during these times of dormancy , creating a " Coast - to - Coast " rivalry ; also during these times , the Alouettes have received an annual home game in the Thanksgiving Day Classic in most of these years . During the early 1980s , the Montreal Concordes instead played the Hamilton Tiger - Cats as their Labour Day rival instead of the Ottawa Rough Riders . Due to scheduling conflicts , the Tiger - Cats temporarily revived its rivalry with the current incarnation of the Alouettes in the Labour Day game for the 2011 season ; the change in opponents led Hamilton to dub the game the " Labour Day Classique " in reference to Montréal ' s Francophone community . While in 2011 , this automatically resulted in Toronto and BC facing each other , in the 1980s , the three teams ( Toronto , Ottawa and BC ) rotated each year . Ottawa and BC would face each other during the late 1980s and the first half of the 1990s . The Tiger - Cats ' hosting of the Labour Day Classic is in jeopardy for 2013 due to a schedule conflict at the team ' s home stadium . Some of the teams wear special third jersey s or throwback uniform s if they play at home . Although not associated with the Labour Day Classic , the week after Labour Day often has a repeat match - up of the Bombers vs Roughriders ( see Banjo Bowl ) , Stampeders vs Eskimos ( see Battle of Alberta ) , and Tiger - Cats vs Argonauts , ( a rivalry which began in 1873 ) with home field advantage now to the team that did not have it during the Labour Day weekend . While this did not occur for the 2008 Classics , it was brought back in 2009 . As the league has been increasing in popularity in recent years , print ads for the Labour Day Classic try to evoke the tradition of watching Canadian football on the last weekend of summer . Slogans include " Long Live the Rivalries " and " Watch the Team You Love Play the Team You Love to Hate " . The rivalries between these pairings are long - standing , based on both the physical proximity of the competing cities and the relatively small number of teams within a league that has existed for so long . Fans of each team regularly claim their matchup to be " the " Labour Day Classic , as if there was only one game . Past Results ( Since 1946 ) . Montreal vs Ottawa . 1949 : Alouettes 21 - Rough Riders 22 < br > 1952 : Rough Riders 32 - Alouettes 21 < br > 1953 : Alouettes 6 - Rough Riders 26 < br > 1954 : Alouettes 20 - Rough Riders 11 < br > 1955 : Rough Riders 22 - Alouettes 34 < br > 1956 : Rough Riders 10 - Alouettes 42 < br > 1957 : Rough Riders 21 - Alouettes 22 < br > 1958 : Rough Riders 9 - Alouettes 11 < br > 1959 : Alouettes 22 - Rough Riders 7 < br > 1960 : Rough Riders 22 - Alouettes 39 < br > 1961 : Alouettes 24 - Rough Riders 25 < br > 1963 : Rough Riders 37 - Alouettes 15 < br > 1967 : Alouettes 5 - Rough Riders 17 < br > 1971 : Alouettes 17 - Rough Riders 40 < br > 1975 : Rough Riders 18 - Alouettes 11 < br > 1978 : Rough Riders 23 - Alouettes 18 < br > 1996 : Alouettes 6 - Rough Riders 17 2003 : Alouettes 38 - Renegades 43 < br > 2004 : Alouettes 22 - Renegades 16 < br > 2005 : Renegades 18 - Alouettes 41 Montreal Alouettes 9 - 11 < br > Ottawa Rough Riders and Renegades 11 - 9 Did not play in following years : < br > 1946 , 1947 , 1948 , 1950 , 1951 , 1962 , 1964 , < br > 1965 , 1966 , 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1972 , 1973 , < br > 1974 , 1976 , 1977 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , < br > 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 2002 No Montreal team from 1987 to 1995 < br > No Ottawa team from 1997 to 2001 < br > No Ottawa team from 2006 to 2013 Montreal vs British Columbia . 1980 : Lions 14 - Alouettes 6 < br > 1997 : Lions 15 - Alouettes 26 < br > 1998 : Alouettes 26 - Lions 15 < br > 1999 : Alouettes 23 - Lions 44 < br > 2000 : Alouettes 35 - Lions 25 < br > 2001 : Lions 19 - Alouettes 23 < br > 2006 : Lions 48 - Alouettes 13 < br > 2007 : Alouettes 14 - Lions 46 < br > 2008 : Lions 25 - Alouettes 30 < br > 2009 : Alouettes 12 - Lions 19 < br > 2010 : Lions 38 - Alouettes 17 < br > 2012 : Lions 25 - Alouettes 30 < br > Montreal Alouettes 6 - 6 < br > B . 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Lions 6 - 6 Did not play the following years : < br > 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1996 , < br > 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2011 Winnipeg at Saskatchewan . 1949 : Blue Bombers 9 - Roughriders 20 < br > 1950 : Blue Bombers 2 - Roughriders 17 < br > 1951 : Blue Bombers 24 - Roughriders 22 < br > 1952 : Blue Bombers 16 - Roughriders 8 < br > 1953 : Blue Bombers 19 - Roughriders 23 < br > 1954 : Blue Bombers 14 - Roughriders 18 < br > 1961 : Blue Bombers 17 - Roughriders 11 < br > 1962 : Blue Bombers 30 - Roughriders 7 < br > 1963 : Blue Bombers 9 - Roughriders 15 < br > 1970 : Blue Bombers 11 - Roughriders 30 < br > 1972 : Blue Bombers 21 - Roughriders 32 < br > 1974 : Blue Bombers 20 - Roughriders 18 < br > 1975 : Blue Bombers 23 - Roughriders 27 < br > 1977 : Blue Bombers 18 - Roughriders 26 < br > 1978 : Blue Bombers 31 - Roughriders 29 < br > 1979 : Blue Bombers 28 - Roughriders 11 < br > 1980 : Blue Bombers 32 - Roughriders 29 < br > 1982 : Blue Bombers 36 - Roughriders 35 < br > 1983 : Blue Bombers 30 - Roughriders 32 < br > 1984 : Blue Bombers 25 - Roughriders 30 < br > 1985 : Blue Bombers 18 - Roughriders 10 < br > 1986 : Blue Bombers 30 - Roughriders 34 < br > 1987 : Blue Bombers 29 - Roughriders 25 < br > 1988 : Blue Bombers 19 - Roughriders 29 < br > 1989 : Blue Bombers 28 - Roughriders 20 < br > 1990 : Blue Bombers 11 - Roughriders 55 < br > 1991 : Blue Bombers 23 - Roughriders 56 < br > 1992 : Blue Bombers 20 - Roughriders 32 < br > 1993 : Blue Bombers 25 - Roughriders 24 < br > 1994 : Blue Bombers 31 - Roughriders 42 < br > 1995 : Blue Bombers 4 - Roughriders 56 < br > 1996 : Blue Bombers 23 - Roughriders 41 < br > 1997 : Blue Bombers 43 - Roughriders 12 < br > 1998 : Blue Bombers 18 - Roughriders 32 < br > 1999 : Blue Bombers 17 - Roughriders 42 < br > 2000 : Blue Bombers 29 - Roughriders 38 < br > 2001 : Blue Bombers 20 - Roughriders 18 < br > 2002 : Blue Bombers 19 - Roughriders 33 < br > 2003 : Blue Bombers 36 - Roughriders 18 < br > 2004 : Blue Bombers 17 - Roughriders 4 < br > 2005 : Blue Bombers 26 - Roughriders 45 < br > 2006 : Blue Bombers 12 - Roughriders 39 < br > 2007 : Blue Bombers 26 - Roughriders 31 < br > 2008 : Blue Bombers 6 - Roughriders 19 < br > 2009 : Blue Bombers 14 - Roughriders 29 < br > 2010 : Blue Bombers 23 - Roughriders 27 < br > 2011 : Blue Bombers 7 - Roughriders 27 < br > 2012 : Blue Bombers 0 - Roughriders 52 < br > Saskatchewan Roughriders 30 - 17 < br > Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17 - 30 Did not play the following years : < br > 1946 , 1947 , 1948 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , < br > 1959 , 1960 , 1964 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1968 , < br > 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1976 , 1981 Edmonton at Calgary . 1949 : Stampeders 20 - Eskimos 6 < br > 1950 : Eskimos 19 - Stampeders 13 < br > 1951 : Eskimos 18 - Stampeders 17 < br > 1952 : Stampeders 10 - Eskimos 17 < br > 1953 : Stampeders 5 - Eskimos 19 < br > 1959 : Eskimos 16 - Stampeders 10 < br > 1960 : Eskimos 27 - Stampeders 28 < br > 1961 : Eskimos 10 - Stampeders 9 < br > 1962 : Eskimos 17 - Stampeders 49 < br > 1963 : Eskimos 14 - Stampeders 16 < br > 1968 : Eskimos 10 - Stampeders 8 < br > 1969 : Eskimos 14 - Stampeders 16 < br > 1970 : Eskimos 13 - Stampeders 28 < br > 1971 : Eskimos 7 - Stampeders 23 < br > 1972 : Eskimos 31 - Stampeders 19 < br > 1974 : Eskimos 20 - Stampeders 16 < br > 1975 : Eskimos 35 - Stampeders 31 < br > 1976 : Eskimos 19 - Stampeders 17 < br > 1977 : Eskimos 22 - Stampeders 8 < br > 1978 : Eskimos 28 - Stampeders 28 < br > 1979 : Eskimos 27 - Stampeders 1 < br > 1980 : Eskimos 38 - Stampeders 23 < br > 1982 : Eskimos 20 - Stampeders 32 < br > 1983 : Eskimos 15 - Stampeders 18 < br > 1984 : Eskimos 30 - Stampeders 28 < br > 1985 : Eskimos 34 - Stampeders 28 < br > 1986 : Eskimos 42 - Stampeders 19 < br > 1987 : Eskimos 20 - Stampeders 29 < br > 1988 : Eskimos 27 - Stampeders 11 < br > 1989 : Eskimos 31 - Stampeders 14 < br > 1990 : Eskimos 38 - Stampeders 4 < br > 1991 : Eskimos 36 - Stampeders 48 < br > 1992 : Eskimos 34 - Stampeders 21 < br > 1993 : Eskimos 13 - Stampeders 33 < br > 1994 : Eskimos 13 - Stampeders 48 < br > 1995 : Eskimos 26 - Stampeders 51 < br > 1996 : Eskimos 13 - Stampeders 31 < br > 1997 : Eskimos 14 - Stampeders 27 < br > 1998 : Eskimos 8 - Stampeders 26 < br > 1999 : Eskimos 33 - Stampeders 30 < br > 2000 : Eskimos 30 - Stampeders 18 < br > 2001 : Eskimos 33 - Stampeders 32 < br > 2002 : Eskimos 28 - Stampeders 20 < br > 2003 : Eskimos 22 - Stampeders 28 < br > 2004 : Eskimos 25 - Stampeders 7 < br > 2005 : Eskimos 25 - Stampeders 23 < br > 2006 : Eskimos 23 - Stampeders 44 < br > 2007 : Eskimos 24 - Stampeders 35 < br > 2008 : Eskimos 37 - Stampeders 16 < br > 2009 : Eskimos 8 - Stampeders 32 < br > 2010 : Eskimos 5 - Stampeders 52 < br > 2011 : Eskimos 35 - Stampeders 7 < br > 2012 : Eskimos 30 - Stampeders 31 Edmonton Eskimos 30 - 20 - 1 < br > Calgary Stampeders 20 - 30 - 1 Did not play in following years : < br > 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1964 , < br > 1965 , 1966 , 1967 , 1973 , 1981 Toronto at Hamilton . 1948 : Argonauts 14 - Wildcats 7 < br > 1949 : Argonauts 36 - Wildcats 14 < br > 1950 : Argonauts 6 - Tiger - Cats 13 < br > 1951 : Argonauts 6 - Tiger - Cats 27 < br > 1952 : Argonauts 33 - Tiger - Cats 13 < br > 1953 : Argonauts 10 - Tiger - Cats 14 < br > 1954 : Argonauts 21 - Tiger - Cats 7 < br > 1955 : Argonauts 12 - Tiger - Cats 37 < br > 1956 : Argonauts 21 - Tiger - Cats 31 < br > 1957 : Argonauts 8 - Tiger - Cats 35 < br > 1958 : Argonauts 24 - Tiger - Cats 31 < br > 1959 : Argonauts 3 - Tiger - Cats 37 < br > 1960 : Argonauts 32 - Tiger - Cats 21 < br > 1961 : Argonauts 19 - Tiger - Cats 21 < br > 1963 : Argonauts 1 - Tiger - Cats 7 < br > 1964 : Argonauts 8 - Tiger - Cats 24 < br > 1967 : Argonauts 9 - Tiger - Cats 12 < br > 1968 : Argonauts 18 - Tiger - Cats 15 < br > 1971 : Argonauts 17 - Tiger - Cats 30 < br > 1975 : Argonauts 11 - Tiger - Cats 20 < br > 1978 : Argonauts 16 - Tiger - Cats 19 < br > 1980 : Argonauts 2 - Tiger - Cats 23 < br > 1987 : Argonauts 25 - Tiger - Cats 19 < br > 1988 : Argonauts 28 - Tiger - Cats 56 < br > 1989 : Argonauts 18 - Tiger - Cats 23 < br > 1991 : Argonauts 24 - Tiger - Cats 48 < br > 1992 : Argonauts 24 - Tiger - Cats 27 < br > 1993 : Argonauts 21 - Tiger - Cats 23 < br > 1994 : Argonauts 31 - Tiger - Cats 19 < br > 1996 : Argonauts 38 - Tiger - Cats 7 < br > 1997 : Argonauts 46 - Tiger - Cats 3 < br > 1998 : Argonauts 7 - Tiger - Cats 26 < br > 1999 : Argonauts 28 - Tiger - Cats 35 < br > 2000 : Argonauts 12 - Tiger - Cats 42 < br > 2001 : Argonauts 13 - Tiger - Cats 26 < br > 2002 : Argonauts 14 - Tiger - Cats 22 < br > 2003 : Argonauts 19 - Tiger - Cats 11 < br > 2004 : Argonauts 30 - Tiger - Cats 30 < br > 2005 : Argonauts 30 - Tiger - Cats 33 < br > 2006 : Argonauts 40 - Tiger - Cats 6 < br > 2007 : Argonauts 32 - Tiger - Cats 14 < br > 2008 : Argonauts 34 - Tiger - Cats 31 < br > 2009 : Argonauts 15 - Tiger - Cats 34 < br > 2010 : Argonauts 13 - Tiger - Cats 28 < br > 2012 : Argonauts 33 - Tiger - Cats 30 Toronto Argonauts 15 - 29 - 1 < br > Hamilton Tiger - Cats and Wildcats 29 - 15 - 1 Did not play the following years : < br > 1946 , 1947 , 1962 , 1965 , 1966 , 1969 , 1970 , < br > 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1976 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981 , < br > 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1990 , 1995 , < br > 2011 Montreal at Hamilton . Currently , Hamilton has played and hosted the Labour Day Classic against Montreal ( aka Labour Day Classique ) nine times in CFL history . According to a Hamilton Spectator article , 2011 marked 25 years since Montreal had battled Hamilton in this Classic at home . In previous years , Montreal has played as either the Alouettes or Concordes . 1962 : Alouettes 25 - Tiger - Cats 25 < br > 1965 : Alouettes 2 - Tiger - Cats 17 < br > 1970 : Alouettes 12 - Tiger - Cats 17 < br > 1982 : Concordes 9 - Tiger - Cats 28 < br > 1983 : Concordes 30 - Tiger - Cats 35 < br > 1984 : Concordes 11 - Tiger - Cats 30 < br > 1985 : Concordes 16 - Tiger - Cats 19 < br > 1986 : Alouettes 7 - Tiger - Cats 42 < br > 2011 : Alouettes 21 - Tiger - Cats 44 < br > Montreal Alouettes and Concordes 0 - 8 - 1 < br > Hamilton Tiger - Cats 8 - 0 - 1 References .