Canadian Football News in 1908
The Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club was re-organized as the Tigers on August 27 and adopted yellow and black as the team colours.
The Calgary Rugby Football Union was formed on September 29 in the offices of the Sovereign Life Insurance Company.
The Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for the championship of the Central Alberta Rugby Football League on September 4.
The Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club was re-organized as the Esquimoux on October 16.
Goals from the Field were reduced to three points by the
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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 |
Ottawa Rough RidersThe 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 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
114 |
41 |
10 |
Hamilton Tigers 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 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
131 |
42 |
10 |
Montreal Football Club The Montreal Football Club was a Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec that played in the Quebec Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1915. The club was a founding member of the QRFU and played in the first football game in... |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
49 |
101 |
2 |
Toronto ArgonautsThe 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 |
5 |
0 |
50 |
160 |
2 |
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Ontario Rugby Football UnionThe 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 |
Toronto Amateur Athletic Club |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
6 |
4 |
Peterborough Pets |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
37 |
0 |
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Intercollegiate Rugby Football UnionTwenty-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 |
Queen's UniversityQueen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England... |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
50 |
10 |
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... |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
112 |
54 |
10 |
McGill RedmenThe 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... |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
24 |
101 |
2 |
University of OttawaThe University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate... |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
66 |
87 |
2 |
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*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
IRFU Playoff
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Hamilton Tigers 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... 11 |
Ottawa Rough RidersThe 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... 9 |
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- Hamilton advances to the East Semi-Final.