1935 Calgary Bronks season explained

Team:Calgary Bronks
Year:1935
Record:2–0
Division Place:1st, ARFU
Coach:Carl Cronin
Stadium:Mewata Stadium
Playoffs:Lost Western Title Game
Previous:none
No Prevseason:true
Shortnavlink:Other seasons

The 1935 Calgary Bronks season was the first in franchise history where the team finished in first place in the Alberta Rugby Football Union with a 2–0 division record. The Bronks played in the Western Title game, but lost to the eventual Grey Cup champion, the Winnipegs.

Exhibition games

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Sept 4vs. Sarnia Imperials (ORFU)39-0Loss0–1
Sept 11vs. Sarnia Imperials (ORFU)17-2Loss0–2
Sept 21vs. Regina Roughriders7–1[1] Loss0–3
Oct 5at Regina Roughriders23–0[2] Loss0–4
Oct 24vs. Edmonton Hi-Grads31-3Win1–4

Regular season

Standings

Alberta Rugby Football Union! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Calgary Bronks 2 2 0 0 66 10 4
2 0 2 0 10 66 0

Schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Oct 9vs. University of Alberta26–0Win1–0
Oct 19at University of Alberta40–10[3] Win2–0

Playoffs

GameDateOpponentScoreResult
Western Semi-FinalNov 2vs. Vancouver Meralomas14–0[4] Win
Western Title GameNov 9at Winnipegs7–0[5] Loss

See also

List of Calgary Bronks (football) seasons

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MPVlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CokNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4968%2C2379535 The Vancouver Sun – Sep 23, 1935
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PPVlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CokNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5182%2C4024180 The Vancouver Sun – Oct 7, 1935
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kR1kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NXsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1663%2C5815029 The Calgary Daily Herald – Oct 21, 1935
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J4pTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2502%2C417200 The Leader-Post – Nov 4, 1935
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LYpTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1322%2C1261575 The Leader-Post – Nov 12, 1935