1929 in Canadian football explained
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
| Ontario Rugby Football Union[1] ! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts| Eastern Section | | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 27 | 12 | | Kitchener Panthers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 33 | 6 | | St. Michael's | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 103 | 4 | | Camp Borden | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 65 | 2 | | Western Section | | Sarnia Imperials | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 19 | 12 | | Windsor Greyhounds | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 73 | 6 | | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 66 | 4 | | Toronto Varsity Orphans | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 68 | 2 | | | | |
- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts| Regina Roughriders | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 7 |
| Saskatoon Quakers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 3 |
| Moose Jaw Maroons | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 2 |
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Alberta Rugby Football Union ! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts| Calgary Tigers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 28 | 10 |
| University of Alberta Polar Bears | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 2 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 127 | 2 |
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BCRFU - BC Big Four! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 24 | 9 |
| University of British Columbia Varsity | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 31 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 54 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 58 | 2 |
| New Westminster Wildcats | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 111 | 2 |
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League Champions
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1929
ARFU Edmonton City Championship
MRFU Tie-Breaker
- The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders
ORFU final
- Sarnia advances to the East Semifinal.
CIRFU final
- Queen's advances to the East Final.
East semifinal
- Hamilton advances to the East Final.
East final
- Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.
West semifinal
- Regina advances to the West Final.
West final
- Due to the BCRFU schedule being declared too long for the WCRFU playoffs Regina advances directly to the Grey Cup game.[3]
Grey Cup Championship
1929 Canadian Football Awards
Notes and References
- https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=TqguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kNoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334%2C6621940 Ottawa Citizen - 12 November 1929
- Web site: Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search. news.google.ca. 2017-03-06.
- Web site: The Calgary Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 2017-03-06.
