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Canadian Football News in 1928

The Tri-City Rugby Football Union was formed on August 25 and consisted of Moose Jaw, Regina and Winnipeg. The Union disbanded the following year because of travel expenses. Saskatchewan and Winnipeg re-formed their unions.

First radio play-by-play broadcast of a Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

 Game was on December 1.

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 Hamilton Tigers (football) The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in...   6 6 0 0 90 22 12 Montreal AAA Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers The Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers were a member of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League. It was likely a team from the fabled Montreal AAA founded in 1872 as the Montreal Foot Ball Club. The MFBC joined the Quebec Rugby Football Union in...   6 3 3 0 62 34 6 Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...   6 1 4 1 30 45 3 Ottawa Senators Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...   6 1 4 1 22 103 3

Ontario Rugby Football Union Ontario Rugby Football Union The Ontario Rugby Football Union or ORFU was an early amateur Canadian football league with teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded in 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside Rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would...   Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Group No. 1 Sarnia Imperials Sarnia Imperials The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...   4 2 2 0 35 28 4 Toronto Varsity Orphans 4 2 2 0 31 30 4 Kitchener Panthers 4 2 2 0 20 28 4 Group No. 2 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers were a Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League...   4 4 0 0 103 6 8 Camp Borden 4 2 2 0 52 46 4 Hamilton Tiger Cubs 4 0 4 0 11 114 0

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union CIS football Twenty-six universities across Canada compete in football under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport . The teams are divided into four conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of the CIS: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Quebec...   Team GP W L T PF PA Pts McGill Redmen McGill Redmen The McGill Redmen CIS football team is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1898. The team has appeared in three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1969, 1973 and 1987, with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game...   4 3 1 0 39 20 6 Queen's Golden Gaels Queen's Golden Gaels The Queen's Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red, and gold. Its main home is Richardson Memorial Stadium on West Campus....   4 2 2 0 29 24 4 Varsity Blues Varsity Blues The Varsity Blues is the name for the intercollegiate sports program at the University of Toronto. Its 26 athletic teams regularly participate in competitions held by Ontario University Athletics and Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The Varsity Blues traces its founding to 1877, with the formation...   4 1 3 0 38 52 2

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

ORFU Semi-Finals

November 12 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers were a Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League...  0 Toronto Varsity Orphans 1

• Varsity advances to the ORFU Final.

November 14 Kitchener Panthers 6 Sarnia Imperials Sarnia Imperials The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...  16

• Sarnia advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU Final

November 12 Sarnia Imperials Sarnia Imperials The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...  0 Toronto Varsity Orphans 6

• Varsity advances to the East Final.

East Final

Date Away Home November 24 Toronto Varsity Orphans 5 Hamilton Tigers Hamilton Tigers (football) The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in...  28

• Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game due to McGill declining to participate.

Western Final

Date Away Home October 27 St John's Royalists 1 Regina Roughriders 12

• Regina advances to the Grey Cup game due to the Alberta and BC champions declining to participate due to the length of their seasons.

Grey Cup Championship

December 1 16th Annual Grey Cup Game 16th Grey Cup The 16th Grey Cup was played on December 1, 1928, before 4,767 fans at the A.A.A. Grounds at Hamilton.The Hamilton Tigers shut out the Regina Roughriders 30 to 0.... : A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe... Regina Roughriders 0 Hamilton Tigers Hamilton Tigers (football) The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in...  30 The Hamilton Tigers are the 1928 Grey Cup Champions

1928 Canadian Football Awards

• Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy
  Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy
  The Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy is a Canadian football award recognizing the most outstanding player of the Quebec University Football LeagueThe trophy was originally presented to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship, and courage in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union...
  
   (IRFU MVP) – Ernie Cox
  Ernie Cox
  Ernest "Ernie" Cox , was a star football player in the Canadian Football League.Cox was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He played for eleven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers...
  
  (C), Hamilton Tigers