Canadian Football News in 1926 The British Columbia Rugby Football Union was formed on September 1.
Records indicate that while there were exhibition and playoff games, there was no league play in the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union.
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 Unionhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DsUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2848%2C4857607 Ottawa Citizen - November 15, 1926 Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Ottawa Senators 6 5 1 0 72 57 10 Hamilton Tigers 6 3 3 0 67 45 6 Toronto Argonauts 6 3 3 0 53 55 6 Montreal AAA 6 1 5 0 48 83 2+ Ontario Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 5 5 0 0 47 18 10 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 6 3 3 0 75 66 6 Camp Borden 6 3 3 0 55 51 6 Hamilton Tiger Cubs 5 0 5 0 24 63 0*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs + Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Queen's Golden Gaels 4 2 2 0 34 25 4 Varsity Blues 4 2 2 0 26 20 4 McGill Redmen 4 2 2 0 25 40 4
+ Manitoba Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Winnipeg St.John's 6 4 2 0 63 27 8 Winnipeg Victorias 6 4 2 0 49 41 8 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 5 2 3 0 33 58 4 University of Manitoba Varsity 5 1 4 0 11 30 2* Final league game was cancelled + Western Inter-Collegiate Rugby Football Union - 2 game total points series Team GP W L T PF PA Pts University of Alberta Polar Bears 2 1 1 0 29 12 2 University of Saskatchewan Varsity 2 1 1 0 12 29 2 + British Columbia Rugby Football Union - BC Big Three Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Victoria Travellers Football Club 3 2 0 1 33 18 5 Vancouver Meralomas 3 1 1 1 24 15 3 University of British Columbia Varsity 3 0 0 0 6 30 0
League Champions
Football Union League ChampionIRFUOttawa SenatorsWCRFURegina RoughridersCIRFUUniversity of TorontoORFUToronto Balmy BeachMRFUWinnipeg St.John'sSRFURegina RoughridersARFUUniversity of AlbertaBCRFUVictoria Travellers Football Club
Grey Cup playoffs Note: All dates in 1926
MRFU Tie-Breaker Date Team 1 Team 2November 8 Winnipeg St.John's 14 Winnipeg Victorias 5 Winnipeg St.John's advance to western semi-final
WCRFU semifinal Date Away HomeNovember 13 Winnipeg St.John's 5 Regina Roughriders 13 In overtime, Regina advances to Final
WCRFU semifinal Date Away HomeNovember 13 University of Alberta Polar Bears 21 Victoria Travellers 2 University of Alberta advances to Final
WCRFU final Date Away HomeNovember 20 Regina Roughriders 13 University of Alberta Polar Bears 1 The Regina Roughriders qualified for the Grey Cup but with their season ending in mid November, did not want to wait for the eastern clubs to finish their playoffs
CIRFU semifinal Date Away HomeNovember 20 Varsity Blues 12 McGill Redmen 2 Varsity advances to the CIRFU Final.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FMUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7014%2C5677185 Ottawa Citizen - November 22, 1926
CIRFU final Date Away HomeNovember 27 Queen's Golden Gaels 0 Varsity Blues 8 Varsity advances to the Grey Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T44uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=94sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6458%2C3990707 Montreal Gazette - November 29, 1926
East final Date Away HomeNovember 20 Ottawa Senators 7 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 6 Ottawa advances to the Grey Cup game.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SY4uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=94sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6545%2C2982691 The Montreal Gazette - November 22, 1926 Playoff bracket
Grey Cup Championship December 4 14th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium - Toronto, Ontario Ottawa Senators 10 Toronto Varsity Blues 7 The Ottawa Senators are the 1926 Grey Cup Champions This was the final time a university team made it to the Grey Cup final. Clubs in the Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union continued to play for the title until 1937, but could not make it past the eastern playoffs.
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