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Overview of the events of 1885 in Canadian football

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The following is an overview of the events of 1885 in Canadian football, primarily focusing on the senior teams that played in this era. This includes news, standings, playoff games, and championships. This was the third season since the creation of the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) and the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) and the second since the re-establishment of the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU).

Canadian football news in 1885

In this season, the Canadian Rugby Football Union (CRFU) established a standard field size of 100 yards long by 65 yards wide.

Final regular season standings

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

Quebec Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Foot-Ball Club	2	2	0	62	0	4
McGill University	2	1	1	24	50	2
Britannia Football Club	1	0	1	0	16	0
Bishop's College	2	0	2	4	24	0

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
ORFU	Ottawa College
QRFU	Montreal Foot-Ball Club

Playoffs

QRFU Final

no QRFU Final

ORFU Semi-Finals

ORFU Final Tie game

ORFU Final
Ottawa College 21	Ottawa Football Club 3

Dominion Championship

November 12 1885 Dominion Championship Game: University of Toronto Lawn - Toronto, Ontario
QRFU All-Stars 3	ORFU All-Stars 0

References

"2024 CFL Guide Book" (PDF). Canadian Football League. p. 328. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"1885: Montreal Again" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-22.
"1885 season".

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