1929 in Canadian football

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.

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. 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.

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

Grey Cup Playoffs
Note: All dates in 1929

ORFU Final

 * Sarnia advances to the East Semi-Final.

ICRFU Final

 * Queen's advances to the East Final.

East Semi-Final

 * Hamilton advances to the East Final.

East Final

 * Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.

West Semi-Final

 * 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.