1929 in Canadian football
# 1929 in Canadian football

## Canadian Football News in 1929

CRU adopted use of the forward pass on a limited basis in Junior, Interscholastic, Western Canada Rugby Union, Western Intercollegiate Union and the Grey Cup final.

The first legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and the first reception was by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton on September 21. Jersey Jack Campbell of Regina threw the first forward pass in a Grey Cup game and Jerry Erskine made the first reception. The first touchdown pass was by Edmonton's Joe Cook to Pal Power in the second quarter of a game against the University of Alberta on September 28. The first interception return for a touchdown was by Joe Hess of the University of Alberta in the same game when he caught a pass by Cook.

## 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 20 | 10 |
| Montreal AAA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 8 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 35 | 6 |
| Ottawa Senators | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 124 | 0 |

Ontario Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eastern Section ||||||||
| Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 27 | 12 |
| Kitchener Panthers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 33 | 6 |
| St. Michael's | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 103 | 4 |
| Camp Borden | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 65 | 2 |
| Western Section ||||||||
| Sarnia Imperials | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 19 | 12 |
| Windsor Greyhounds | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 73 | 6 |
| Hamilton Tiger Cubs | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 66 | 4 |
| Toronto Varsity Orphans | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 68 | 2 |

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varsity Blues | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 23 | 10 |
| Queen's Golden Gaels | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 14 | 10 |
| McGill Redmen | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 80 | 2 |
| Western Ontario Mustangs | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 84 | 2 |

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winnipeg St.John's | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 35 | 4 |
| Winnipeg Tammany Tigers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 4 |

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Regina Roughriders | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 7 |
| Saskatoon Quakers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 3 |
| Moose Jaw Maroons | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 2 |

Alberta Rugby Football Union :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Calgary Tigers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 28 | 10 |
| University of Alberta Polar Bears | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 2 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 127 | 2 |

BCRFU - BC Big Four :

| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vancouver Athletic Club Wolves | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 24 | 9 |
| University of British Columbia Varsity | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 31 | 8 |
| Vancouver Meralomas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 54 | 7 |
| Victoria Capitals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 58 | 2 |
| New Westminster Wildcats | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 111 | 2 |

## League Champions

| Football Union | League Champion |
| - | - |
| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers |
| WCRFU | Regina Roughriders |
| CIRFU | Queen's University |
| ORFU | Sarnia Imperials |
| MRFU | St John's College |
| SRFU | Regina Roughriders |
| ARFU | Calgary Tigers |
| BCRFU | Vancouver Athletic Club |

## Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1929

### ARFU Edmonton City Championship

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 16 | University of Alberta Polar Bears 19 | Edmonton Eskimos 3 |

### MRFU Tie-Breaker

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| October 30 | Winnipeg St.John's 10 | Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 1 |

* The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders

### ORFU final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 11 | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 | Sarnia Imperials 3 |

* Sarnia advances to the East Semifinal.

### CIRFU final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 16 | Varsity Blues 5 | Queen's Golden Gaels 15 |

* Queen's advances to the East Final.

### East semifinal

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 16 | Sarnia Imperials 2 | Hamilton Tigers 14 |

* Hamilton advances to the East Final.

### East final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 23 | Hamilton Tigers 14 | Queen's Golden Gaels 3 |

* Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.

### West semifinal

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 2 | Regina Roughriders 19 | Winnipeg St.John's 3 |

* Regina advances to the West Final.

### West final

| Date | Away | Home |
| - | - | - |
| November 11 | Calgary Tigers 8 | Regina Roughriders 15 |

* Due to the BCRFU schedule being declared too long for the WCRFU playoffs Regina advances directly to the Grey Cup game.

## Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 14 | | | | | | |
| ORFU | Sarnia Imperials | 2 | | | | | | |
| ORFU | Sarnia Imperials | 2 | IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 14 | | | |
| EAST | EAST | EAST | IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 14 | | | |
| EAST | EAST | EAST | CIRFU | Queen's University | 3 | | | |
| CIRFU | University of Toronto | 5 | CIRFU | Queen's University | 3 | | | |
| CIRFU | Queen's University | 15 | | | | | | |
| CIRFU | Queen's University | 15 | | | | IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 14 |
| | | | | | | SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 3 |
| no game | no game | | | | | | | | SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 3 |
| no game | no game | | | | | | | |
| no game | no game | | ARFU | Calgary Tigers | 8 | | | |
| WEST | WEST | WEST | ARFU | Calgary Tigers | 8 | | | |
| WEST | WEST | WEST | SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 15 | | | |
| SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 19 | SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 15 | | | |
| MRFU | Winnipeg St.John's | 3 | | | | | | |

## Grey Cup Championship

November 30

17th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario :

| Regina Roughriders 3 | Hamilton Tigers 14 |
| - | - |
| The Hamilton Tigers are the 1929 Grey Cup Champions ||||

## 1929 Canadian Football Awards

* Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Red Wilson (?), Toronto Argonauts
