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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

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tigers 6 5 1 0 120 20 10
Montreal AAA 6 4 2 0 41 40 8
Toronto Argonauts 6 3 3 0 50 35 6
Ottawa Senators 6 0 6 0 12 124 0
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
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union [2]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Varsity Blues 6 5 1 0 72 23 10
Queen's Golden Gaels 6 5 1 0 92 14 10
McGill Redmen 6 1 5 0 14 80 2
Western Ontario Mustangs 6 1 5 0 23 84 2

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg St.John's 4 2 2 0 42 35 4
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 4 2 2 0 35 42 4
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

League Champions[]

Football Union League Champion
IRFU Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU Regina Roughriders
CIRFU Queen's University
ORFU Sarnia Imperials
MRFU St John's College
SRFU Regina Roughriders
ARFU Calgary Tigers
BCRFU Vancouver Athletic Club

Grey Cup Playoffs[]

Note: All dates in 1929

MRFU Tie-Breaker[]

Date Away Home
October 30 Winnipeg St.John's 10 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1
  • The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders

ORFU Final[]

Date Away Home
November 11 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 Sarnia Imperials 3
  • Sarnia advances to the East Semi-Final.

CIRFU Final[]

Date Away Home
November 16 Varsity Blues 5 Queen's Golden Gaels 15
  • Queen's advances to the East Final.

East Semi-Final[]

Date Away Home
November 16 Sarnia Imperials 2 Hamilton Tigers 14
  • Hamilton advances to the East Final.

East Final[]

Date Away Home
November 23 Hamilton Tigers 14 Queen's Golden Gaels 3
  • Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.

West Semi-Final[]

Date Away Home
November 2 Regina Roughriders 19 St. John's Royalists 3
  • Regina advances to the West Final.

West Final[]

Date Away Home
November 11 Calgary Tigers 8 Regina Roughriders 15
  • Due to the BCRFU schedule being declared too long for the WCRFU playoffs Regina advances directly to the Grey Cup game.[3]

Playoff Bracket[]

  Quarter Finals Semi Finals Grey Cup Final
                           
  IRFU  Hamilton Tigers 14  
ORFU  Sarnia Imperials 2  
  IRFU  Hamilton Tigers 14  
EAST
  CIRFU  Queen's University 3  
CIRFU  University of Toronto 5
  CIRFU  Queen's University 15  
    IRFU  Hamilton Tigers 14
  SRFU  Regina Roughriders 3
  ARFU  Calgary Tigers  
BCRFU  Vancouver Athletic Club Forfeit  
  ARFU  Calgary Tigers 8
WEST
  SRFU  Regina Roughriders 15  
SRFU  Regina Roughriders 19
  MRFU  St. John's College 3  

Grey Cup Championship[]

November 30

17th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario

Regina Roughriders 3 Hamilton Tigers 14
The Hamilton Tigers are the 1929 Grey Cup Champions

1929 Canadian Football Awards[]

References[]


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