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
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tigers65101202010
Montreal AAA642041406
Toronto Argonauts633050353
Ottawa Senators6060121243
Ontario Rugby Football Union [1]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Eastern Section
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers66001042712
Kitchener Panthers633059336
St, Michael's6240511034
Camp Borden615014652
Western Section
Sarnia Imperials6600851912
Windsor Greyhounds633050736
Hamilton Tiger Cubs624040664
Toronto Varsity Orphans615050682
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union [2]
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Varsity Blues6510722310
Queen's Golden Gaels6510921410
McGill Redmen615014802
Western Ontario Mustangs615023842

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Winnipeg St.John's422042354
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers422035424
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Regina Roughriders43014167
Saskatoon Quakers412123303
Moose Jaw Maroons413016440

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

MRFU Tie-Breaker

DateAwayHome
October 30Winnipeg St.John's 10Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1
  • The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders

ORFU Final

DateAwayHome
November 11Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0Sarnia Imperials 3
  • Sarnia advances to the East Semi-Final.

CIRFU Final

DateAwayHome
November 16Varsity Blues 5Queen's Golden Gaels 15
  • Queen's advances to the East Final.

East Semi-Final

DateAwayHome
November 16Sarnia Imperials 2Hamilton Tigers 14
  • Hamilton advances to the East Final.

East Final

DateAwayHome
November 23Hamilton Tigers 14Queen's Golden Gaels 3
  • Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.

West Semi-Final

DateAwayHome
November 2Regina Roughriders 19St. John's Royalists 3
  • Regina advances to the West Final.

West Final

DateAwayHome
November 11Calgary Tigers 8Regina 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

Quarter Finals Semi Finals 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
ARFU Calgary Tigers
BCRFU Vancouver Athletic Club Forfeit
ARFU Calgary Tigers 8
WEST
SRFU Regina Roughriders 15
SRFU Regina Roughriders 19
MRFU St. John's College 3

Grey Cup Championship

November 30

17th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario

Regina Roughriders 3Hamilton Tigers 14
The Hamilton Tigers are the 1929 Grey Cup Champions

1929 Canadian Football Awards

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.


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