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Overview of the events of 1927 in Canadian football
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Canadian Football News in 1927

Western Canada Intercollegiate Union was formed.

No senior league games played in the Alberta Rugby Football Union for this year.

Regular season

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 6 5 1 0 89 41 10
Ottawa Senators 6 3 2 1 44 47 7
Toronto Argonauts 6 2 3 1 46 56 5
Montreal AAA 6 1 5 0 25 60 2
Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 6 5 1 0 100 19 10
Toronto Varsity Orfuns 6 3 3 0 64 63 6
Camp Borden 6 2 4 0 45 73 4
Hamilton Tiger Cubs 6 2 4 0 22 76 4
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Queen's Golden Gaels 4 3 1 0 36 22 6
McGill Redmen 4 2 2 0 29 35 4
Varsity Blues 4 1 3 0 20 38 2

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 4 3 1 0 54 21 6
Winnipeg Victorias 4 3 1 0 33 21 6
Winnipeg St.John's 4 0 4 0 10 55 0
Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Regina Roughriders 3 3 0 0 53 7 6
Moose Jaw Millers 3 0 3 0 7 53 0
British Columbia Rugby Football Union - BC Big Four
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Vancouver Meralomas 6 3 1 2 92 43 8
University of British Columbia Varsity 5 3 1 1 46 31 7
Victoria Travellers Football Club 6 2 2 2 91 52 6
New Westminster Wildcats 5 0 4 1 20 123 1

League Champions

Football Union League Champion
IRFU Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU Regina Roughriders
CIRFU Queen's University
ORFU Toronto Balmy Beach
MRFU Winnipeg Tammany Tigers
SRFU Regina Roughriders
ARFU No League Play
BCRFU University of British Columbia

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1927

MRFU Tie-Breaker

Date Team 1 Team 2
October 29 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 10 Winnipeg Victorias 1
  • Tammany Tigers advance to the western semi-final

BCRFU final

Date Team 1 Team 2
November 12 University of British Columbia Varsity 8 Vancouver Meralomas 5
  • University of British Columbia Varsity advance to the western final

Western semifinal

Date Away Home
November 5 Regina Roughriders 17 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 2
  • Regina Roughriders advance to the western final

Western Finals

Game Date Away Home
1 November 16 Regina Roughriders 13 University of British Columbia 1
2 November 19 Regina Roughriders 19 University of British Columbia 0
  • Manager Ronne Bohem decided that Regina would not go on to play in the Grey Cup game.

East final

Date Away Home
November 19 Hamilton Tigers 21 Queen's University 6
  • Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.

Playoff bracket

Semifinals Grey Cup final
      
CIRFU Queen's University 6
IRFU Hamilton Tigers 21
IRFU Hamilton Tigers 6
ORFU Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 9
 
 

Grey Cup Championship

November 26

15th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium - Toronto, Ontario

Hamilton Tigers 6 Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 9
The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers are the 1927 Grey Cup Champions

References

  1. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sFcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rdkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6688%2C6090611 Ottawa Citizen - November 14, 1927
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eH0uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6083%2C2754870 The Montreal Gazette - November 17, 1927
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e30uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4517%2C3321353 The Montreal Gazette - November 21, 1927
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e30uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6697%2C3330852 The Montreal Gazette - November 21, 1927
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