The Langley Rams (formerly the South Surrey Rams and Big Kahuna Rams) are a Canadian Junior
Football
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team based in
Langley, British Columbia. The Rams play in the seven-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the
Canadian Junior Football League
The Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) is a national Canadian football league consisting of 19 teams playing in five provinces across Canada. The teams compete annually for the Canadian Bowl. Many CJFL players move on to professional footbal ...
(CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the
Canadian Bowl
The Canadian Bowl is the championship of the Canadian Junior Football League
The Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) is a national Canadian football league consisting of 19 teams playing in five provinces across Canada. The teams compete an ...
.
History
The Rams were founded in 1948, where they were based in
Surrey
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and known as the Surrey Rams and later the South Surrey Rams when the club briefly relocated to South Surrey. In 2006, the team was renamed the Big Kahuna Rams after a sponsorship deal was signed with Big Kahuna Sport Company. On December 5, 2010, the team was officially introduced as the Langley Rams as the team made the move to Langley to play in McLeod Athletic Park Stadium.
The Rams qualified for the
Canadian CJFL Championship against the
Saskatoon Hilltops in 2012, which was the team's first appearance in the title game since 1992. However, the Rams lost to the Hilltops by a score of 23–21, giving the Hilltops their third straight Championship. The Rams returned to the championship game in 2014, 2018, and 2019, but lost each time to the perennial powerhouse Hilltops.
In 2021, under the guidance of new head coach,
Cory Philpot, the Rams defeated the Hilltops in the national semi-final by a score of 17–14. The Rams then went on to dominate in the Canadian Bowl, defeating the
London Beefeaters by a score of 37–0 to win the first national championship in franchise history.
2021 National Championship season
References
External links
Langley Rams homepageCanadian Junior Football League
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Canadian Junior Football League teams
Sport in Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
Canadian football teams in Vancouver
Sports clubs and teams established in 1948
1948 establishments in British Columbia