1929 in Canadian football
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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
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*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Winnipeg St.John's | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 35 | 4 |
| Winnipeg Tammany Tigers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 4 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| 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 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| 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 |
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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MRFU Tie-Breaker
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- The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders
ORFU final
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- Sarnia advances to the East Semifinal.
CIRFU final
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- Queen's advances to the East Final.
East semifinal
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- Hamilton advances to the East Final.
East final
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- Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.
West semifinal
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- Regina advances to the West Final.
West final
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- Due to the BCRFU schedule being declared too long for the WCRFU playoffs Regina advances directly to the Grey Cup game.[3]
Playoff bracket
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| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 14 | ||||||||||||
| ORFU | Sarnia Imperials | 2 | ||||||||||||
| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 14 | ||||||||||||
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| CIRFU | Queen's University | 3 | ||||||||||||
| CIRFU | University of Toronto | 5 | ||||||||||||
| CIRFU | Queen's University | 15 | ||||||||||||
| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 14 | ||||||||||||
| SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| ARFU | Calgary Tigers | 8 | ||||||||||||
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| SRFU | Regina Roughriders[4] | 15 | ||||||||||||
| SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 19 | ||||||||||||
| MRFU | Winnipeg St.John's | 3 | ||||||||||||
Grey Cup Championship
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1929 Canadian Football Awards
- Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Red Wilson (?), Toronto Argonauts
References
- https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=TqguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kNoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334%2C6621940 Ottawa Citizen - 12 November 1929
- "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- "The Calgary Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- Regina advances to final when BCRFU does not challenge them.
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