1911 in Canadian football

Overview of the events of 1911 in Canadian football

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* 1910–11
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The University of Toronto's Grey Cup dynasty continued in 1911, when they defeated their cross-town rival Toronto Argonauts at the new Varsity Stadium.[1]

## Canadian football news in 1911

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Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions formed the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on October 21. The Regina Rugby Club changed its colours to blue and white. Winnipeg realtor Hugo Ross donated the championship trophy bearing his name; he subsequently drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Titanic in April 1912.

The WCRFU, with the support of the Albertan and Manitoban unions, adopted a playoff format in which the MRFU champion would host the SRFU champion, with ARFU hosting the winner of that game in the Western final. Although this was done ostensibly to minimize travel the SRFU champion Regina Rugby Club balked at the prospect of traveling for two playoff games and boycotted the Western playoffs altogether. This conflict was resolved the following year by changing the format so that it was the union without a home game in the Western playoffs that would receive the bye to the Western final.

The Calgary Tigers of the ARFU won the Western Championship, and challenged for the Grey Cup, but the CRU would not accept the challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU. [2]

## Regular season

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### Final regular season standings

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

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union[3] | Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 31 | 10
Hamilton Tigers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 57 | 6
Ottawa Rough Riders | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 83 | 6
Montreal Football Club | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 78 | 2
Ontario Rugby Football Union[4] | Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Hamilton Alerts | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 25 | 10
Toronto Amateur Athletic Club | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 40 | 6
St. Michael's College | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 112 | 4
Dundas Rugby Club | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 96 | 0
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[4] | Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Varsity Blues | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 67 | 10
University of Ottawa | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 93 | 8
McGill Redmen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 93 | 6
Queen's University | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 124 | 0

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Winnipeg Rowing Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 24 | 6
St.John's Rugby Football Club | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 61 | 2
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Regina Rugby Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 27 | 6
Moose Jaw Tigers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 39 | 6
Saskatoon Rugby Club | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 0
Alberta Rugby Football Union Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Calgary Tigers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 13 | 11
Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 41 | 9
Edmonton YMCA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 85 | 4
Calgary Rough Riders | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 85 | 0

## League Champions

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Football Union  | League Champion

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IRFU | Toronto Argonauts
WCRFU | Calgary Tigers
CIRFU | University of Toronto
ORFU | Hamilton Alerts
MRFU | Winnipeg Rowing Club
SRFU | Regina Rugby Club
ARFU | Calgary Tigers

## Playoffs

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Note: All dates in 1911

### SRFU tie-breaker final

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| Date | Away | Home

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November 4 | Moose Jaw Tigers 11 | Regina Rugby Club 21

* Regina is SRFU champions

### Alberta Rugby Football Union final

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| Date | Away | Home

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November 4 | Edmonton Eskimos 0 | Calgary Tigers 14

### Western final

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| Date | Away | Home

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November 18 | Winnipeg Rowing Club 6 | Calgary Tigers 13

* CRU would not accept Calgary's Grey Cup challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU

### East semifinal

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| Date | Away | Home

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November 18 | Toronto Argonauts 9 | Hamilton Alerts 2

* Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.

## Playoff bracket

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| Semifinals | | | Grey Cup final |

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| CIRFU | University of Toronto |  | |
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| | CIRFU | University of Toronto | 14 |
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| | | IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 7 |
| IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 9 |

| ORFU | Hamilton Alerts | 2 |

## Grey Cup Championship

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| November 25

3rd Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario

Toronto Argonauts 4 | Toronto Varsity Blues 11
Toronto Varsity Blues are the 1911 Grey Cup Champions

## References

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1. ^ "Grey Cup Memories: 1911". CFL.ca. 2005-08-30. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
2. ^ "CFL Historical Timeline 1910s". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
3. ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
4. ^ a b "Home". cflapedia.com.

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