Overview of the events of 1911 in Canadian football
Years in Canadian football |
- ← 1908
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1914 →
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1911 in sports |
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- Air sports
- American football
- Aquatic sports
- Association football
- Athletics
- Australian rules football
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Canadian football
- Chess
- Climbing
- Combat sports
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Dance sports
- Darts
- Equestrianism
- Esports
- Field hockey
- Flying disc
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Ice hockey
- Ice sports
- Korfball
- Lumberjack sports
- Mind sports
- Modern pentathlon
- Motorsport
- Orienteering
- Paralympic sports
- Precision sports
- Racquetball
- Roller sports
- Sailing
- Skiing
- Speedway
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Snooker
- Strength sports
- Squash
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
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The University of Toronto's Grey Cup dynasty continued in 1911, when they defeated their cross-town rival Toronto Argonauts at the new Varsity Stadium.[1]
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions formed the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on October 21. The Regina Rugby Club changed its colours to blue and white. Winnipeg realtor Hugo Ross donated the championship trophy bearing his name; he subsequently drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Titanic in April 1912.
The WCRFU, with the support of the Albertan and Manitoban unions, adopted a playoff format in which the MRFU champion would host the SRFU champion, with ARFU hosting the winner of that game in the Western final. Although this was done ostensibly to minimize travel the SRFU champion Regina Rugby Club balked at the prospect of traveling for two playoff games and boycotted the Western playoffs altogether. This conflict was resolved the following year by changing the format so that it was the union without a home game in the Western playoffs that would receive the bye to the Western final.
The Calgary Tigers of the ARFU won the Western Championship, and challenged for the Grey Cup, but the CRU would not accept the challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU. [2]
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
Alberta Rugby Football Union Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
Calgary Tigers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 13 | 11 |
Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 41 | 9 |
Edmonton YMCA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 85 | 4 |
Calgary Rough Riders | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 85 | 0 |
League Champions
Playoffs
Note: All dates in 1911
SRFU tie-breaker final
Date | Away | Home | November 4 | Moose Jaw Tigers 11 | Regina Rugby Club 21 | |
Date | Away | Home | November 4 | Edmonton Eskimos 0 | Calgary Tigers 14 | |
Western final
Date | Away | Home | November 18 | Winnipeg Rowing Club 6 | Calgary Tigers 13 | |
- CRU would not accept Calgary's Grey Cup challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU
East semifinal
- Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.
Playoff bracket
| Semifinals | | | Grey Cup final | |
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| CIRFU | University of Toronto | | | |
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| | BYE | | |
| | CIRFU | University of Toronto | 14 | |
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| | | IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 7 | |
| IRFU | Toronto Argonauts | 9 | |
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| ORFU | Hamilton Alerts | 2 | |
Grey Cup Championship
References
- ^ "Grey Cup Memories: 1911". CFL.ca. 2005-08-30. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "CFL Historical Timeline 1910s". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
- ^ a b "Home". cflapedia.com.
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