1928 in Canadian football
Canadian Football News in 1928
The Tri-City Rugby Football League was formed on August 25 and consisted of Moose Jaw, Regina and two teams from Winnipeg. The league played an unbalanced schedule. Provincial champions for the MRFU and SRFU were determined by head-to-head games of provincial rivals in the Tri-City League. The Union disbanded the following year because of travel expenses. Saskatchewan and Manitoba reverted to playing games within their respective provinces.
First radio play-by-play broadcast of a Grey Cup Game was on December 1.
Regular season
Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
Tri-City League
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
Regina Roughriders | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 11 | 12 |
Winnipeg St.John's | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 28 | 7 |
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 2 |
Moose Jaw Maroons | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 104 | 1 |
BCRFU - BC Big Four
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
UBC Varsity | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 20 | 10 |
Vancouver | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 53 | 6 |
Victoria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 50 | 4 |
New Westminster | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 130 | 0 |
League Champions
Grey Cup Playoffs
Note: All dates in 1928
ORFU Semi-Finals
- Varsity advances to the ORFU Final.
- Sarnia advances to the ORFU Final.
ORFU Final
- Varsity advances to the East Final.
East Final
- Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game due to McGill declining to participate.[3]
Western Final
- Regina advances to the Grey Cup game due to the Alberta and BC champions declining to participate due to the length of their seasons.
Playoff Bracket
| Quarter Finals
| | | Semi Finals
| | | Grey Cup Final
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| IRFU
| Hamilton Tigers
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| CIRFU
| McGill University
| Forfeit
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| | IRFU
| Hamilton Tigers
| 28
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| EAST
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| | ORFU
| University of Toronto Orfuns
| 6
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| ORFU
| University of Toronto Orfuns
| 6
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| ORFU
| Sarnia Imperials
| 0
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| | IRFU
| Hamilton Tigers
| 30
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| | SRFU
| Regina Roughriders
| 0
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| Tri City
| Regina Roughriders
| 12
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| Tri City
| St. John's College
| 1
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| | Tri City
| Regina Roughriders
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| WEST
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| BYE
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| ARFU
| Edmonton Eskimos
| Forfeit
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| BCRFU
| UBC
| Forfeit
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Grey Cup Championship
1928 Canadian Football Awards
References