1928 in Canadian football

Canadian Football News in 1928

The Tri-City Rugby Football League was formed on August 25 and consisted of Moose Jaw, Regina and two teams from Winnipeg. The league played an unbalanced schedule. Provincial champions for the MRFU and SRFU were determined by head-to-head games of provincial rivals in the Tri-City League. The Union disbanded the following year because of travel expenses. Saskatchewan and Manitoba reverted to playing games within their respective provinces.

First radio play-by-play broadcast of a Grey Cup Game was on December 1.

Jack Hamilton served as president of the Western Interprovincial Football Union for the season. ^[1]

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tigers 6 6 0 0 90 22 12 Montreal AAA 6 3 3 0 62 34 6 Toronto Argonauts 6 1 4 1 30 45 3 Ottawa Senators 6 1 4 1 22 103 3

Ontario Rugby Football Union [2] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Group No. 1 Sarnia Imperials 4 2 2 0 35 28 4 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 4 2 2 0 31 30 4 Kitchener Panthers 4 2 2 0 20 28 4 Group No. 2 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 4 4 0 0 103 6 8 Camp Borden 4 2 2 0 52 46 4 Hamilton Tiger Cubs 4 0 4 0 11 114 0

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union [3] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts McGill Redmen 4 3 1 0 39 20 6 Queen's Golden Gaels 4 2 2 0 29 24 4 Varsity Blues 4 1 3 0 38 52 2

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Tri-City Rugby Football League

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Regina Roughriders	6	6	0	0	125	11	12
Winnipeg St.John's	5	3	1	1	43	28	7
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers	5	1	4	0	27	64	2
Moose Jaw Maroons	6	0	5	1	12	104	1

Alberta Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	4	3	1	0	31	26	6
University of Alberta Polar Bears	4	2	2	0	44	36	4
Calgary Tigers	4	1	3	0	32	45	2

BCRFU - BC Big Four

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
University of British Columbia Varsity	6	6	0	0	114	25	12
Vancouver Meralomas	6	3	3	0	89	61	6
Victoria Travellers Football Club	6	2	4	0	59	66	4
New Westminster Wildcats	6	1	5	0	26	136	2

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
IRFU	Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU	Regina Roughriders
CIRFU	McGill University
ORFU	University of Toronto Orfuns
Tri-City Rugby Football League	Regina Roughriders
MRFU	suspended play
SRFU	suspended play
ARFU	Edmonton Eskimos
BCRFU	University of British Columbia

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1928

Western Inter-Collegiate Rugby Football Union - total points series

Date Away Home October 27 University of Manitoba 6 University of Alberta Polar Bears 20 November 21 University of Alberta Polar Bears 20 University of British Columbia Varsity 11 November 24 University of Alberta Polar Bears 13 University of British Columbia Varsity 6

• University of Alberta Polar Bears win series.

ORFU semifinals

Date Away Home November 12 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 1

• Varsity advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU tie-breaker

Date Away Home November 14 Sarnia Imperials 16 Kitchener Panthers 6

• Sarnia advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU final

Date Away Home November 17 Sarnia Imperials 0 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 6

• Varsity advances to the East Final.

East final

Date Away Home November 24 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 5 Hamilton Tigers 28

• Hamilton advanced to the East Final game due to McGill declining to participate. ^[4]

Western final

Date Away Home October 27 Winnipeg St.John's 1 Regina Roughriders 12

• Regina advances to the Grey Cup game due to the Alberta and BC champions declining to participate due to the length of their seasons.

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Grey Cup final

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

CIRFU

McGill University

Forfeit

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

28

EAST

ORFU

Toronto Varsity Orfuns

6

ORFU

Toronto Varsity Orfuns

6

ORFU

Sarnia Imperials

0

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

30

SRFU

Regina Roughriders

0

Tri City

Regina Roughriders

12

WEST

Tri City

Winnipeg St.John's

1

ARFU

Edmonton Eskimos

no game

BCRFU

UBC

no game

Grey Cup Championship

December 1 16th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario Regina Roughriders 0 Hamilton Tigers 30 The Hamilton Tigers are the 1928 Grey Cup Champions

1928 Canadian Football Awards

• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Ernie Cox (C), Hamilton Tigers

References

1. Ferguson, Bob (2005). Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. p. 184. ISBN   1-55041-855-6.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0m8uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4933%2C2698104 Ottawa Citizen - November 13, 1928
3. "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
4. "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.