1911 in Canadian football

The University of Toronto's Grey Cup dynasty continued in 1911, when they defeated their cross-town rival Toronto Argonauts at the new Varsity Stadium.[1]

Canadian football news in 1911 edit

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions formed the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on October 21. The Regina Rugby Club changed its colours to blue and white. Winnipeg realtor Hugo Ross donated the championship trophy bearing his name; he subsequently drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Titanic in April 1912.

The WCRFU, with the support of the Albertan and Manitoban unions, adopted a playoff format in which the MRFU champion would host the SRFU champion, with ARFU hosting the winner of that game in the Western final. Although this was done ostensibly to minimize travel the SRFU champion Regina Rugby Club balked at the prospect of traveling for two playoff games and boycotted the Western playoffs altogether. This conflict was resolved the following year by changing the format so that it was the union without a home game in the Western playoffs that would receive the bye to the Western final.

The Calgary Tigers of the ARFU won the Western Championship, and challenged for the Grey Cup, but the CRU would not accept the challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU. [2]

Regular season edit

Final regular season standings edit

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

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union[3]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 6 5 1 0 56 31 10
Hamilton Tigers 6 3 3 0 83 57 6
Ottawa Rough Riders 6 3 3 0 61 83 6
Montreal Football Club 6 1 5 0 49 78 2
Ontario Rugby Football Union[4]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Alerts 5 5 0 0 151 25 10
Toronto Amateur Athletic Club 5 3 2 0 102 40 6
St. Michael's College 5 2 3 0 42 112 4
Dundas Rugby Club 5 0 5 0 19 96 0
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[4]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Varsity Blues 6 5 1 0 112 67 10
University of Ottawa 6 4 2 0 85 93 8
McGill Redmen 6 3 3 0 121 93 6
Queen's University 6 0 6 0 59 124 0

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Rowing Club 4 3 1 0 61 24 6
St.John's Rugby Football Club 4 1 3 0 24 61 2
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Regina Rugby Club 4 3 1 0 51 27 6
Moose Jaw Tigers 4 3 1 0 60 39 6
Saskatoon Rugby Club 4 0 4 0 15 60 0
Alberta Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Tigers 6 5 0 1 109 13 11
Edmonton Eskimos 6 4 1 1 73 41 9
Edmonton YMCA 6 2 4 0 24 85 4
Calgary Rough Riders 6 0 6 0 18 85 0

League Champions edit

Football Union League Champion
IRFU Toronto Argonauts
WCRFU Calgary Tigers
CIRFU University of Toronto
ORFU Hamilton Alerts
MRFU Winnipeg Rowing Club
SRFU Regina Rugby Club
ARFU Calgary Tigers

Playoffs edit

Note: All dates in 1911

SRFU tie-breaker final edit

Date Away Home
November 4 Moose Jaw Tigers 11 Regina Rugby Club 21
  • Regina is SRFU champions

Alberta Rugby Football Union final edit

Date Away Home
November 4 Edmonton Eskimos 0 Calgary Tigers 14

Western final edit

Date Away Home
November 18 Winnipeg Rowing Club 6 Calgary Tigers 13
  • CRU would not accept Calgary's Grey Cup challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU

East semifinal edit

Date Away Home
November 18 Toronto Argonauts 9 Hamilton Alerts 2
  • Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.

Playoff bracket edit

Semifinals Grey Cup final
      
CIRFU University of Toronto
BYE
CIRFU University of Toronto 14
IRFU Toronto Argonauts 7
IRFU Toronto Argonauts 9
ORFU Hamilton Alerts 2

Grey Cup Championship edit

November 25

3rd Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity StadiumToronto, Ontario

Toronto Argonauts 4 Toronto Varsity Blues 11
Toronto Varsity Blues are the 1911 Grey Cup Champions

References edit

  1. ^ "Grey Cup Memories: 1911". CFL.ca. 2005-08-30. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  2. ^ "CFL Historical Timeline 1910s". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
  4. ^ a b "Home". cflapedia.com.