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They
were this close:
 A 30-yard field goal. One stinking yard, with three plays to
get it. A lousy 21-yard field goal. If any one had been
different, the MAD DOGS would have been in the 1995 CFL playoffs.
But the MAD DOGS blew all
three opportunities, so their 9 - 9 record is all there is.
Although Memphis
finished with the seventh-most victories (Eight of the 13
teams go to the playoffs) in the CFL during the 1995 season, the
MAD DOGS were left out of the playoff picture. You see,
the MAD DOGS competed in the South Division. The league
playoff structure for 1995 allowed only 3 teams from the South
to get into the playoffs. The remaining 5 teams were
from the North.
Blown chances... continue
reading
Comparing
Canadian and American
Rules:
Field Size
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Canadian
= 110 yd long,
plus two 20 yd end zones.
Width is 65 yards. Goal Posts located at the goal
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American
= 100 yd long,
plus two 10 yd end zones.
Width is 53.5 yards. Goal Posts located at the back of
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The 1995 CFL Season televised by the following:
 
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The
Memphis Mad Dogs competed in the South Division of the
CFL for just one season, 1995. The CFL retreated back
to Canada. Only the Baltimore Stallions survived,
moving to Montreal and becoming the Alouettes.
   
For more info on these
other South Division teams.... visit The
CFL in America
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Damon
Allen, CFL's Top Dog
D amon
Allen, the former MAD DOGS quarterback, leads the All-Time
Pro football passing chart with 70,596 passing yards; he
surpassed Warren Moon's total of 70,553 yards (in both the CFL
and NFL combined) on September 4, 2006 in the annual Labour
Day Classic. The 2006 season marks Allen's twenty-second
season in the CFL. He is the current starting quarterback
for the Toronto Argonauts. Allen is the younger brother of NFL
Hall of Famer Marcus Allen.
Allen has been mentioned as one of the greatest CFL
quarterbacks of all time, and though statistical comparisons are
difficult due to great CFL quarterbacks often leaving for the
NFL, Allen has over 40% more passing yardage than second-place
Ron Lancaster and his 50,535 yards over 19 seasons. In addition,
he stands fifteenth on the all time professional rushing list
(third on the all time CFL list behind Mike Pringle and George
Reed) and as of August 31, 2006, he stood only 464 yards behind
his brother Marcus. Damon is widely considered the best football
player to never play in the NFL.
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Mad
Dogs Logo Unveiled
Feb.
22, 1995 -- 15-year old Kathleen Smith thought of many
names for the new Memphis Canadian Football League
franchise, but something clicked when she offered
"MAD DOGS" as the new team name. Ms.
Smith, the daughter of majority owner Frederick W.
Smith, was one of a dozen or so young people ages 7 to
17 who served as a focus group to discuss contenders.
That group was comprised of her many brothers, sisters
and friends.
"We decided that
a focus group of young people was important as that
age group drives a majority of merchandise
purchasing," explained Pepper Rogers.
Mad
Dogs Load-Up Through Dispersal Draft
 April
18, 1995 -- In what was hailed as a blockbuster draft day
trade, the Memphis MAD DOGS came away from the CFL Dispersal
Draft of the Las Vegas Posse players with an arm load of
talent.
The MAD DOGS held the draft's
top choice by virtue of the CFL Waiver Policy, which gave the
first-year club first pick of the defunct Posse's roster
because Memphis was the senior member of this year's two-team
expansion class. Birmingham, the CFL's other expansion
franchise, chose second.
Just before the start of the
draft, Memphis worked out a trade with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
for defensive backs Don Odegard, Adrion Smith and Gary
Wilkerson. Later, the club used its first pick in round three
to take Las Vegas linebacker, David Maeva.
"It was a
blockbuster," a smiling Ehrhart said of the deal moments
after the draft's conclusion. "In one fell swoop, we
might have the nucleus of our defensive secondary."
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