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.

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 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 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 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

BCRFU - BC Big Four

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
UBC Varsity	5	5	0	0	98	20	10
Vancouver	5	3	2	0	83	53	6
Victoria	5	2	3	0	54	50	4
New Westminster	5	0	5	0	18	130	0

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
IRFU	Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU	Regina Roughriders
CIRFU	McGill University
ORFU	University of Toronto Orfuns
Tri City	Regina Roughriders
MRFU	Winnipeg St.John's
SRFU	Regina Roughriders
ARFU	Edmonton Eskimos
BCRFU	University of British Columbia

Grey Cup Playoffs

Note: All dates in 1928

ORFU Semi-Finals

Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 1

• Varsity advances to the ORFU Final.

Kitchener Panthers 6 Sarnia Imperials 16

• Sarnia advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU Final

Date November 12 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 advances to the Grey Cup game due to McGill declining to participate.

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

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grey Cup Final

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

CIRFU

McGill University

Forfeit

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

28

EAST

ORFU

University of Toronto Orfuns

6

ORFU

University of Toronto Orfuns

6

ORFU

Sarnia Imperials

0

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

30

SRFU

Regina Roughriders

0

Tri City

Regina Roughriders

12

Tri City

St. John's College

1

Tri City

Regina Roughriders

WEST

BYE

ARFU

Edmonton Eskimos

Forfeit

BCRFU

UBC

Forfeit

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

Preceded by 1927 in Canadian football

Canadian football seasons

Succeeded by 1929 in Canadian football