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Canadian Football News in 1938

The Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

 joined the WIFU and adopted the colours of blue

Blue

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 and white

White

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. The Eskimos eventually withdrew from the union in 1940.

The Quebec Rugby Football Union

Quebec Rugby Football Union

The Quebec Rugby Football Union was a football league consisting of teams from Quebec and formed in 1883. Eastern Ontario teams like Ottawa City and Ottawa College joined in 1894.- League Formation and Play :...

 (QRFU) discontinued their competition of the Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

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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

Western Interprovincial Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Calgary Bronks Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...   8 6 2 0 50 27 12 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...   8 6 2 0 114 63 12 Regina Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...   8 4 4 0 69 55 >- align="center" Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...   8 0 8 0 29 117 0

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Ottawa Rough Riders Ottawa Rough Riders The 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 0 141 41 10 Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The 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 5 1 0 151 52 10 Hamilton Tigers Hamilton Tigers (football) 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 2 4 0 61 122 4 Montreal Cubs Montreal Cubs Montreal Cubs was a Canadian football team in Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team played in the 1938 season.-IRFU season-by-season:...   6 0 6 0 30 168 0

Ontario Rugby Football Union Ontario Rugby Football Union The 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 Sarnia Imperials Sarnia Imperials The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...   6 3 1 2 95 27 8 Montreal Nationals Montreal Nationals The Le National or Montreal Nationals was an amateur, and later professional, men's senior-level ice hockey team in a few of the top leagues prior to the formation of the National Hockey League...   6 3 1 2 77 42 8 Toronto Balmy Beach Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers were a Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League...   6 3 3 0 73 33 6 Peterborough Orfuns Peterborough Orfuns Peterborough Orfuns was a Canadian football team in Ontario Rugby Football Union. The team played in the 1938 and 1939 seasons.Though often mistakenly called "Orphans", their name is actually a play on their league name: O R F Uns....   6 1 5 0 15 158 2

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

SEMI-FINALS

WIFU Semi-Finals Date Away Home October 29 Regina Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...  0 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...  13

FINALS

• Winnipeg won the total-point series by 25–9. Winnipeg advances to the Grey Cup game.

  ORFU Finals – Game 1 Date Away Home November 19 Sarnia Imperials Sarnia Imperials The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...  9 Montreal Nationals Montreal Nationals The Le National or Montreal Nationals was an amateur, and later professional, men's senior-level ice hockey team in a few of the top leagues prior to the formation of the National Hockey League...  5

  ORFU Finals – Game 2 Date Away Home November 26 Sarnia Imperials Sarnia Imperials The Sarnia Imperials were a football team from Sarnia, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and contested for the Grey Cup until 1955...  15 Montreal Nationals Montreal Nationals The Le National or Montreal Nationals was an amateur, and later professional, men's senior-level ice hockey team in a few of the top leagues prior to the formation of the National Hockey League...  0

• Sarnia won the total-point series by 24–5. Sarnia will play the Toronto Argonauts (IRFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.

• Toronto won the total-point series by 14–4. Toronto will play the Sarnia Imperials (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.