Winnipeg Rifles

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.

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.

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

Saskatoon Hilltops-Rifles playoff game on October 10, 2008

Rifles 9 Hilltops 43 on September 19, 2012

Winnipeg Rifles 13 - 43 Saskatoon Hilltops, Playoff game on October 19, 2014 at the Saskatoon Minor Football Field

Defensive Back Cam Penner of the Winnipeg Rifles

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