1911 in Canadian football

The University of Toronto's Grey Cup dynasty continued in 1911, when they defeated their cross-town rival Toronto Argonauts at the new Varsity Stadium.^[1]

Canadian football news in 1911

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions formed the Western Canada Rugby Football Union on October 21. The Regina Rugby Club changed its colours to blue and white. Winnipeg realtor Hugo Ross donated the championship trophy bearing his name; he subsequently drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Titanic in April 1912.

The WCRFU, with the support of the Albertan and Manitoban unions, adopted a playoff format in which the MRFU champion would host the SRFU champion, with ARFU hosting the winner of that game in the Western final. Although this was done ostensibly to minimize travel the SRFU champion Regina Rugby Club balked at the prospect of traveling for two playoff games and boycotted the Western playoffs altogether. This conflict was resolved the following year by changing the format so that it was the union without a home game in the Western playoffs that would receive the bye to the Western final.

The Calgary Tigers of the ARFU won the Western Championship, and challenged for the Grey Cup, but the CRU would not accept the challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU. ^[2]

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[3] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Toronto Argonauts 6 5 1 0 56 31 10 Hamilton Tigers 6 3 3 0 83 57 6 Ottawa Rough Riders 6 3 3 0 61 83 6 Montreal Football Club 6 1 5 0 49 78 2

Ontario Rugby Football Union[4] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Alerts 5 5 0 0 151 25 10 Toronto Amateur Athletic Club 5 3 2 0 102 40 6 St. Michael's College 5 2 3 0 42 112 4 Dundas Rugby Club 5 0 5 0 19 96 0

Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[4] Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Varsity Blues 6 5 1 0 112 67 10 University of Ottawa 6 4 2 0 85 93 8 McGill Redmen 6 3 3 0 121 93 6 Queen's University 6 0 6 0 59 124 0

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Rowing Club	4	3	1	0	61	24	6
St.John's Rugby Football Club	4	1	3	0	24	61	2

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Regina Rugby Club	4	3	1	0	51	27	6
Moose Jaw Tigers	4	3	1	0	60	39	6
Saskatoon Rugby Club	4	0	4	0	15	60	0

Alberta Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Tigers	6	5	0	1	109	13	11
Edmonton Eskimos	6	4	1	1	73	41	9
Edmonton YMCA	6	2	4	0	24	85	4
Calgary Rough Riders	6	0	6	0	18	85	0

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
IRFU	Toronto Argonauts
WCRFU	Calgary Tigers
CIRFU	University of Toronto
ORFU	Hamilton Alerts
MRFU	Winnipeg Rowing Club
SRFU	Regina Rugby Club
ARFU	Calgary Tigers

Playoffs

Note: All dates in 1911

SRFU tie-breaker final

Date Away Home November 4 Moose Jaw Tigers 11 Regina Rugby Club 21

• Regina is SRFU champions

Alberta Rugby Football Union final

Date Away Home November 4 Edmonton Eskimos 0 Calgary Tigers 14

Western final

Date Away Home November 18 Winnipeg Rowing Club 6 Calgary Tigers 13

• CRU would not accept Calgary's Grey Cup challenge because the WCRFU was not a full member of the CRU

East semifinal

Date Away Home November 18 Toronto Argonauts 9 Hamilton Alerts 2

• Toronto Argonauts advance to the Grey Cup.

Playoff bracket

	Semifinals					Grey Cup final
	CIRFU	University of Toronto
		BYE
						CIRFU	University of Toronto	14
						IRFU	Toronto Argonauts	7
	IRFU	Toronto Argonauts	9
	ORFU	Hamilton Alerts	2

Grey Cup Championship

November 25 3rd Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario Toronto Argonauts 4 Toronto Varsity Blues 11 Toronto Varsity Blues are the 1911 Grey Cup Champions