1926 in Canadian football
# 1926 in Canadian football

## 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 Union :

| 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 Champion |
| - | - |
| IRFU | Ottawa Senators |
| WCRFU | Regina Roughriders |
| CIRFU | University of Toronto |
| ORFU | Toronto Balmy Beach |
| MRFU | Winnipeg St.John's |
| SRFU | Regina Roughriders |
| ARFU | University of Alberta |
| BCRFU | Victoria Travellers Football Club |

## Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1926

### MRFU Tie-Breaker

| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| November 8 | Winnipeg St.John's 14 | Winnipeg Victorias 5 |

* Winnipeg St.John's advance to western semi-final

### WCRFU semifinal

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 13 | Winnipeg St.John's 5 | Regina Roughriders 13 |

* In overtime, Regina advances to Final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 13 | University of Alberta Polar Bears 21 | Victoria Travellers 2 |

* University of Alberta advances to Final

### WCRFU final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 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 | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 20 | Varsity Blues 12 | McGill Redmen 2 |

* Varsity advances to the CIRFU Final.

### CIRFU final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 27 | Queen's Golden Gaels 0 | Varsity Blues 8 |

* Varsity advances to the Grey Cup.

### East final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 20 | Ottawa Senators 7 | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 6 |

* Ottawa advances to the Grey Cup game.

## Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | IRFU | Ottawa Senators | 7 | | | |
| | | | ORFU | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | IRFU | Ottawa Senators | 10 |
| | | | | | | CIRFU | Toronto Varsity Blues | 7 |
| CIRFU | Toronto Varsity Blues | 12 | | | | | | | CIRFU | Toronto Varsity Blues | 7 |
| CIRFU | McGill Redmen | 2 | | | | | | |
| CIRFU | McGill Redmen | 2 | CIRFU | Toronto Varsity Blues | 8 | | | |
| | | | CIRFU | Queen's Golden Gaels | 0 | | | |

## 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.

