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
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tigers6600902212
Montreal AAA633062346
Toronto Argonauts614130453
Ottawa Senators6141221033
Ontario Rugby Football Union[2]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Group No. 1
Sarnia Imperials422035284
Toronto Varsity Orfuns422031304
Kitchener Panthers422020284
Group No. 2
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers440010368
Camp Borden422052464
Hamilton Tiger Cubs4040111140
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union [3]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
McGill Redmen431039206
Queen's Golden Gaels422029244
Varsity Blues413038522

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Tri-City Rugby Football League
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Regina Roughriders66001251112
Winnipeg St.John's531143287
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers514027642
Moose Jaw Maroons6051121041
Alberta Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos431031266
University of Alberta Polar Bears422044364
Calgary Tigers413032452
BCRFU - BC Big Four
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
University of British Columbia Varsity66001142512
Vancouver Meralomas633089616
Victoria Travellers Football Club624059664
New Westminster Wildcats6150261362

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

DateAwayHome
October 27University of Manitoba 6University of Alberta Polar Bears 20
November 21University of Alberta Polar Bears 20University of British Columbia Varsity 11
November 24University of Alberta Polar Bears 13University of British Columbia Varsity 6
  • University of Alberta Polar Bears win series.

ORFU semifinals

DateAwayHome
November 12Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0Toronto Varsity Orfuns 1
  • Varsity advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU tie-breaker

DateAwayHome
November 14Sarnia Imperials 16 Kitchener Panthers 6
  • Sarnia advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU final

DateAwayHome
November 17Sarnia Imperials 0Toronto Varsity Orfuns 6
  • Varsity advances to the East Final.

East final

DateAwayHome
November 24Toronto Varsity Orfuns 5Hamilton Tigers 28
  • Hamilton advanced to the East Final game due to McGill declining to participate.[4]

Western final

DateAwayHome
October 27Winnipeg St.John's 1Regina 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 0Hamilton Tigers 30
The Hamilton Tigers are the 1928 Grey Cup Champions

1928 Canadian Football Awards

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.


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