Canadian Football News in 1928 The Tri-City Rugby Football League was formed on August 25 and consisted of Moose Jaw, Regina and two teams from Winnipeg. The league played an unbalanced schedule. Provincial champions for the MRFU and SRFU were determined by head-to-head games of provincial rivals in the Tri-City League. The Union disbanded the following year because of travel expenses. Saskatchewan and Manitoba reverted to playing games within their respective provinces.
First radio play-by-play broadcast of a Grey Cup Game was on December 1.
Jack Hamilton served as president of the Western Interprovincial Football Union for the season.
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 6 0 0 90 22 12 Montreal AAA 6 3 3 0 62 34 6 Toronto Argonauts 6 1 4 1 30 45 3 Ottawa Senators 6 1 4 1 22 103 3+ Ontario Rugby Football Unionhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0m8uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4933%2C2698104 Ottawa Citizen - November 13, 1928 Team GP W L T PF PA PtsGroup No. 1 Sarnia Imperials 4 2 2 0 35 28 4 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 4 2 2 0 31 30 4 Kitchener Panthers 4 2 2 0 20 28 4Group No. 2 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 4 4 0 0 103 6 8 Camp Borden 4 2 2 0 52 46 4 Hamilton Tiger Cubs 4 0 4 0 11 114 0+ Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts McGill Redmen 4 3 1 0 39 20 6 Queen's Golden Gaels 4 2 2 0 29 24 4 Varsity Blues 4 1 3 0 38 52 2*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs + Tri-City Rugby Football League Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Regina Roughriders 6 6 0 0 125 11 12 Winnipeg St.John's 5 3 1 1 43 28 7 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 5 1 4 0 27 64 2Moose Jaw Maroons 6 0 5 1 12 104 1
+ Alberta Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Edmonton Eskimos 4 3 1 0 31 26 6 University of Alberta Polar Bears 4 2 2 0 44 36 4 Calgary Tigers 4 1 3 0 32 45 2 + BCRFU - BC Big Four Team GP W L T PF PA Pts University of British Columbia Varsity 6 6 0 0 114 25 12 Vancouver Meralomas 6 3 3 0 89 61 6 Victoria Travellers Football Club 6 2 4 0 59 66 4 New Westminster Wildcats 6 1 5 0 26 136 2
League Champions
Football Union League ChampionIRFUHamilton TigersWCRFURegina RoughridersCIRFUMcGill UniversityORFUUniversity of Toronto OrfunsTri-City Rugby Football LeagueRegina RoughridersMRFUsuspended playSRFUsuspended playARFUEdmonton EskimosBCRFUUniversity of British Columbia
Grey Cup playoffs Note: All dates in 1928 Western Inter-Collegiate Rugby Football Union - total points series Date Away HomeOctober 27 University of Manitoba 6 University of Alberta Polar Bears 20 November 21 University of Alberta Polar Bears 20 University of British Columbia Varsity 11November 24 University of Alberta Polar Bears 13 University of British Columbia Varsity 6 University of Alberta Polar Bears win series.
ORFU semifinals Date Away HomeNovember 12Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 1 Varsity advances to the ORFU Final.
ORFU tie-breaker Date Away HomeNovember 14 Sarnia Imperials 16 Kitchener Panthers 6 Sarnia advances to the ORFU Final.
ORFU final Date Away HomeNovember 17 Sarnia Imperials 0 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 6 Varsity advances to the East Final.
East final Date Away HomeNovember 24 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 5 Hamilton Tigers 28 Hamilton advanced to the East Final game due to McGill declining to participate.
Western final Date Away HomeOctober 27 Winnipeg St.John's 1 Regina Roughriders 12 Regina advances to the Grey Cup game due to the Alberta and BC champions declining to participate due to the length of their seasons.
Playoff bracket
Grey Cup Championship December 1 16th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario Regina Roughriders 0 Hamilton Tigers 30 The Hamilton Tigers are the 1928 Grey Cup Champions
1928 Canadian Football Awards Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Ernie Cox (C), Hamilton Tigers
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