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The Chicago Cardinals–Toronto Argonauts exhibition game of August 5 1959 was the inaugural game of Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium and the first game a National Football League team played in the city. It was also the first NFL-CFL exhibition match held since the establishment of the Canadian Football League in 1958 and marked the beginning of a three year four game exhibition series between the leagues.The game was played with a mixture of Canadian and American rules.