1904 in Canadian football explained

Canadian Football News in 1904

The value of a Try (touchdown) was increased to five points and Goals from a Try was reduced to one point in the ORFU. The QRFU adopted a rule by Tom (King) Clancy of Ottawa that a team must make five yards on its third scrimmage to keep possession of the ball.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

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

Ontario Rugby Football Union^[1] ! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts First District Peterborough Pets 4 2 2 0 61 57 4 Toronto Torontos 4 2 2 0 88 60 4 Toronto Argonauts 4 2 2 0 38 70 4 Second District Hamilton Tigers 4 4 0 0 208 21 8 London Kickers 4 2 2 0 41 110 4 Toronto Victorias 4 0 4 0 26 140 0

Quebec Rugby Football Union^[2] ! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts University of Ottawa 6 5 1 0 74 32 10 6 4 2 0 61 54 8 6 3 3 0 91 63 6 Montreal Westmounts 6 0 6 0 36 113 0

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts Queen's University 4 3 1 0 72 32 3 McGill Redmen 4 3 1 0 46 32 6 4 0 4 0 26 80 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	55	34	6
	4	3	1	0	43	20	6
	4	0	4	0	23	67	0

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
CIRFU	Queen's University
ORFU	Hamilton Tigers
QRFU	Ottawa College
MRFU	Winnipeg Rowing Club

Playoffs

MRFU Tie-Breaker

• Winnipeg Rowing Club wins the MRFU championship

ORFU First District Semi-Final

• Toronto Torontos advance to the ORFU First District Final.

ORFU First District Final

• Toronto advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU Final - Game 1

ORFU Final - Game 2

• Hamilton wins the ORFU Final.

CIRFU Final

• Queen's wins the CIRFU Final.

Dominion Championship

• No Dominion Final was played this year due to a rules dispute.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . cflapedia.com.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-06-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101218193052/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/24-01-919.pdf . 2010-12-18 .