1929 in Canadian football

Canadian Football News in 1929

CRU adopted use of the forward pass on a limited basis in Junior, Interscholastic, Western Canada Rugby Union, Western Intercollegiate Union and the Grey Cup final.

The first legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and the first reception was by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton on September 21. Jersey Jack Campbell of Regina threw the first forward pass in a Grey Cup game and Jerry Erskine made the first reception. The first touchdown pass was by Edmonton's Joe Cook to Pal Power in the second quarter of a game against the University of Alberta on September 28. The first interception return for a touchdown was by Joe Hess of the University of Alberta in the same game when he caught a pass by Cook.

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 5 1 0 120 20 10 Montreal AAA 6 4 2 0 41 40 8 Toronto Argonauts 6 3 3 0 50 35 6 Ottawa Senators 6 0 6 0 12 124 0

Ontario Rugby Football Union [1] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Eastern Section Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 6 6 0 0 104 27 12 Kitchener Panthers 6 3 3 0 59 33 6 St. Michael's 6 2 4 0 51 103 4 Camp Borden 6 1 5 0 14 65 2 Western Section Sarnia Imperials 6 6 0 0 85 19 12 Windsor Greyhounds 6 3 3 0 50 73 6 Hamilton Tiger Cubs 6 2 4 0 40 66 4 Toronto Varsity Orphans 6 1 5 0 50 68 2

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union [2] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Varsity Blues 6 5 1 0 72 23 10 Queen's Golden Gaels 6 5 1 0 92 14 10 McGill Redmen 6 1 5 0 14 80 2 Western Ontario Mustangs 6 1 5 0 23 84 2

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg St.John's	4	2	2	0	42	35	4
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers	4	2	2	0	35	42	4

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Regina Roughriders	4	3	0	1	41	6	7
Saskatoon Quakers	4	1	2	1	23	30	3
Moose Jaw Maroons	4	1	3	0	16	44	2

Alberta Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Tigers	5	5	0	0	117	28	10
University of Alberta Polar Bears	3	1	2	0	28	26	2
Edmonton Eskimos	6	1	5	0	36	127	2

BCRFU - BC Big Four

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves	6	4	1	1	76	24	9
University of British Columbia Varsity	6	4	2	0	57	31	8
Vancouver Meralomas	6	3	2	1	90	54	7
Victoria Capitals	4	1	3	0	21	58	2
New Westminster Wildcats	6	1	5	0	34	111	2

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
IRFU	Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU	Regina Roughriders
CIRFU	Queen's University
ORFU	Sarnia Imperials
MRFU	St John's College
SRFU	Regina Roughriders
ARFU	Calgary Tigers
BCRFU	Vancouver Athletic Club

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1929

ARFU Edmonton City Championship

Date Away Home November 16 University of Alberta Polar Bears 19 Edmonton Eskimos 3

MRFU Tie-Breaker

Date Away Home October 30 Winnipeg St.John's 10 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1

• The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders

ORFU final

Date Away Home November 11 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 Sarnia Imperials 3

• Sarnia advances to the East Semifinal.

CIRFU final

Date Away Home November 16 Varsity Blues 5 Queen's Golden Gaels 15

• Queen's advances to the East Final.

East semifinal

Date Away Home November 16 Sarnia Imperials 2 Hamilton Tigers 14

• Hamilton advances to the East Final.

East final

Date Away Home November 23 Hamilton Tigers 14 Queen's Golden Gaels 3

• Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.

West semifinal

Date Away Home November 2 Regina Roughriders 19 Winnipeg St.John's 3

• Regina advances to the West Final.

West final

Date Away Home November 11 Calgary Tigers 8 Regina Roughriders 15

• Due to the BCRFU schedule being declared too long for the WCRFU playoffs Regina advances directly to the Grey Cup game. ^[3]

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Grey Cup final

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

14

ORFU

Sarnia Imperials

2

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

14

EAST

CIRFU

Queen's University

3

CIRFU

University of Toronto

5

CIRFU

Queen's University

15

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

14

SRFU

Regina Roughriders

3

no game

no game

ARFU

Calgary Tigers

8

WEST

SRFU

Regina Roughriders [4]

15

SRFU

Regina Roughriders

19

MRFU

Winnipeg St.John's

3

Grey Cup Championship

November 30 17th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario Regina Roughriders 3 Hamilton Tigers 14 The Hamilton Tigers are the 1929 Grey Cup Champions

1929 Canadian Football Awards

• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Red Wilson (?), Toronto Argonauts

References

1. https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=TqguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kNoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334%2C6621940 Ottawa Citizen - 12 November 1929
2. "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
3. "The Calgary Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
4. Regina advances to final when BCRFU does not challenge them.