1922 in Canadian football
# 1922 in Canadian football

## Canadian Football News in 1922

The Edmonton Eskimos were renamed the Edmonton Elks.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 24 | 11 |
| Hamilton Tigers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 43 | 8 |
| Montreal AAA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 56 | 4 |
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 103 | 1 |

Ontario Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parkdale Rowing Club | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 28 | 12 |
| Toronto Varsity Orfuns | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 4 |
| Hamilton Rowing Club | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 58 | 2 |
| St. Brigids | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 49 | 2 |

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Queen's University | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 6 |
| Varsity Blues | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 24 | 6 |
| McGill Redmen | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 103 | 2 |

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winnipeg Victorias | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 24 | 8 |
| University of Manitoba Varsity | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 50 | 2 |
| Winnipeg Tammany Tigers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 55 | 2 |

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regina City League ||||||||
| Regina Rugby Club | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 2 | 8 |
| Regina Boat Club | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 0 |
| Saskatoon City Championship ||||||||
| Saskatoon Quakers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| University of Saskatchewan Varsity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |

Alberta Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edmonton Elks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 4 |
| Edmonton Harlequins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 |

## League Champions

| Football Union | League Champion |
| - | - |
| IRFU | Toronto Argonauts |
| WCRFU | Edmonton Elks |
| CIRFU | Queen's University |
| ORFU | Toronto Parkdale |
| MRFU | Winnipeg Victorias |
| SRFU | Regina Rugby Club |
| ARFU | Edmonton Elks |

## Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1922

### SRFU Playoff

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| October 28 | Saskatoon Quakers 5 | Regina Rugby Club 7 |

* Regina wins the SRFU championship.

### I.C.R.F.L final

November 18

Molson Stadium – Montreal, Quebec :

| Queen's University 12 | Toronto Varsity Blues 6 |
| - | - |

* Queen's advances to the East Final.

### Western semifinal

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 6 | Regina Rugby Club 8 | Edmonton Elks 13 |

* Edmonton advances to the West Final.

### Western final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 11 | Winnipeg Victorias 6 | Edmonton Elks 19 |

* Edmonton advances to the Grey Cup.

### East semifinal

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 18 | Toronto Parkdale Rowing Club 1 | Toronto Argonauts 20 |

* Toronto Argonauts advance to the East Final.

### East final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 25 | Queen's University 12 | Toronto Argonauts 11 |

* Queen's advances to the Grey Cup.

## Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CIRFU | Queen's University | 12 | | | | | | |
| CIRFU | University of Toronto | 6 | | | | | | |
| CIRFU | University of Toronto | 6 | CIRFU | Queen's University | 12 | | | |
| EAST | EAST | EAST | CIRFU | Queen's University | 12 | | | |
| EAST | EAST | EAST | IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 11 | | | |
| IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 20 | IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 11 | | | |
| ORFU | Toronto Parkdale | 1 | | | | | | |
| ORFU | Toronto Parkdale | 1 | | | | CIRFU | Queen's University | 13 |
| | | | | | | ARFU | Edmonton Elks | 1 |
| MRFU | Winnipeg Victorias | | | | | | | | ARFU | Edmonton Elks | 1 |
| | BYE | | | | | | | |
| | BYE | | MRFU | Winnipeg Victorias | 1 | | | |
| WEST | WEST | WEST | MRFU | Winnipeg Victorias | 1 | | | |
| WEST | WEST | WEST | ARFU | Edmonton Elks | 19 | | | |
| SRFU | Regina Rugby Club | 8 | ARFU | Edmonton Elks | 19 | | | |
| ARFU | Edmonton Elks | 13 | | | | | | |

## Grey Cup Championship

December 2

10th Annual Grey Cup Game: Richardson Memorial Stadium - Kingston, Ontario :

| Edmonton Elks 1 | Queen's University 13 |
| - | - |
| Queen's University are the 1922 Grey Cup Champions ||||

## 1922 Toronto Globe Eastern All-Stars

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

* FW - Gordon Duncan, University of Toronto
* HB - Pep Leadley, Queen's University
* HB - Warren Snyder, University of Toronto
* HB - Lionel Conacher, Toronto Argonauts
* QB - Johnny Evans, Queen's University
* C - Lionel Shoebottom, Toronto Parkdale
* G - ???, University of Toronto
* G - Harold Pugh, Toronto Argonauts
* T - Doug Ambridge, McGill University
* T - ???, Montreal AAA
* E - Cap Fear, Toronto Argonauts
* E - Bud Thomas, Ottawa Rough Riders
