1908 in Canadian football

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 CRU.

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**^[1]
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	6	5	1	114	41	10
Hamilton Tigers	6	5	1	131	42	10
Montreal Football Club	6	1	5	49	101	2
Toronto Argonauts	6	1	5	50	160	2

Ontario Rugby Football Union^[2]
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

**Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union**^[2]
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Queen's University	6	5	1	90	50	10
Varsity Blues	6	5	1	112	54	10
McGill Redmen	6	1	5	24	101	2
University of Ottawa	6	1	5	66	87	2

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
St.John's Rugby Football Club	5	3	1	1	64	43	7
Winnipeg Rowing Club	5	1	3	1	43	64	3

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
IRFU	Hamilton Tigers
CIRFU	University of Toronto
ORFU	Toronto Amateur Athletic Club
MRFU	St. John's College
ARFU	Edmonton Esquimaux

Playoffs

IRFU Final

Away	Home
Hamilton Tigers 11	Ottawa Rough Riders 9

Hamilton advances to the East Semi-Final.

East Semi-Finals

Away	Home
Toronto Varsity Blues ?	Queen's University 0

Toronto advances to the Dominion Championship.

Away	Home
Hamilton Tigers 31	Toronto Amateur Athletic Club 0

Hamilton advances to the Dominion Championship.

Dominion Championship

November 28 1908 Dominion Championship Game: Rosedale Field - Toronto, Ontario
Hamilton Tigers 21	Toronto Varsity Blues 17
Hamilton Tigers are the 1908 Dominion Champions

References

^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
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[1] 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294

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