The CFL admitted three more United States-based teams, to add to the Sacramento Gold Miners, who were introduced in 1993.
The Las Vegas Posse, the Shreveport Pirates and the Baltimore CFLers made the league 12 teams in total, six in each division.
The Ottawa Rough Riders unveiled a new logo based on a head profile of a mustached lumberjack.
Their colours were also updated with light navy replacing black and the addition of metallic gold, red was kept.
In a July 14, 1994, matchup of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos, Matt Dunigan passed for a remarkable 713 yards, setting a CFL record that still stands.
The Lions ended up defeating the Baltimore team by a score of 26–23, on Lui Passaglia's game-winning field goal on the last play of the game.