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1923 in Canadian football

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Years in Canadian football
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Canadian Football News in 1923

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Calgary Tigers were renamed the 50th Battalion.

Queen's defeats Regina 54–0 as Queen's scored a record nine touchdowns on December 1.

Regular season

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Final regular season standings

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Victorias 4 4 0 0 176 20 8
University of Manitoba Varsity 4 2 2 0 73 108 4
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 4 0 4 0 42 163 0
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Regina Rugby Club 4 3 1 0 38 8 6
Saskatoon Quakers 4 1 3 0 8 38 2
Alberta Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 2 2 0 0 30 9 4
University of Alberta Varsity 2 0 2 0 9 30 0

These two games were actually a playoff to see who would play Calgary 50th Battalion in the finals. The results from the full season are unknown.

League Champions

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Football Union League Champion
IRFU Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU Regina Roughriders
CIRFU Queen's University
ORFU Hamilton Rowing Club
MRFU Winnipeg Victorias
SRFU Regina Roughriders
ARFU Edmonton Eskimos

Grey Cup playoffs

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Note: All dates in 1923

ARFU Finals

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Date Away Home
ARFU Finals Games 1 & 2
October 27 Edmonton Eskimos 13 Calgary 50th Battalion 7
October 31 Calgary 50th Battalion Edmonton Eskimos
  • The second game was cancelled and the Edmonton Eskimos win the ARFU championship. Game was originally scheduled for November 3 but it had to be moved up to accommodate the western playoff versus Regina. Calgary was unable to organize its players on short notice for a mid-week game in Edmonton.

West semifinal

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Date Away Home
November 3 Edmonton Eskimos 6 Regina Rugby Club 9

West final

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Date Away Home
November 10 Regina Rugby Club 11 Winnipeg Victorias 1
  • Regina advances to the Grey Cup.

East semifinal

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Date Away Home
November 17 Hamilton Rowing Club 1 Hamilton Tigers 24
  • Hamilton Tigers advances to the East Final.

East final

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Date Away Home
November 24 Queen's University 13 Hamilton Tigers 5
  • Queen's advances to the Grey Cup.

Playoff bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Grey Cup final
         
CIRFU Queen's University
BYE
CIRFU Queen's University 13
EAST
IRFU Hamilton Tigers 5
IRFU Hamilton Tigers 24
ORFU Hamilton Rowing Club 1
CIRFU Queen's University 54
SRFU Regina Rugby Club 0
MRFU Winnipeg Victorias
BYE
MRFU Winnipeg Victorias 1
WEST
SRFU Regina Rugby Club 11
SRFU Regina Rugby Club 9
ARFU Edmonton Eskimos 6

Grey Cup Championship

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December 1

11th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario

Regina Rugby Club 0 Queen's University 54
Queen's University are the 1923 Grey Cup Champions

1923 Toronto Globe Eastern All-Stars

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NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

References

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  1. ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
  2. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19231022&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen – October 22, 1923
  3. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BGotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SYoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1198%2C1572699 The Montreal Gazette – November 12, 1923


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