1905 in Canadian football

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1905 in Canadian football
Playoffs
ORFU ChampionsHamilton Tigers
QRFU ChampionsOttawa Rough Riders
CIRFU ChampionsToronto Varsity
1905 Dominion Championship
DateNovember 25, 1905
SiteRosedale Field, Toronto
ChampionsToronto Varsity
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The 1905 Canadian football season was the 14th season of organized play since the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) was founded in 1892 and the 23rd season since the creation of the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) and the Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) in 1883. The season concluded with the Toronto University team defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1905 Dominion Championship game.[1][2]

Canadian football news in 1905[]

The Intercollegiate and Quebec Unions refused the Burnside Rules. For championship games, the CRU ruled the teams would use QRFU rules for the first half and the intercollegiate rules for the second half.[3]

QRFU moved to four 15-minute quarters; Tries worth five points and Goals from Tries worth one point. CIRFU adopted 10-yard rule for three downs and the ORFU gave captains the option of playing four 15-minute quarters. Goals from the Field were increased to three points and the Fair Catch rule was replaced by a three-yard Punt Return rule.

Regular season[]

Final regular season standings[]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Ontario Rugby Football Union[4]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tigers 6 6 0 0 248 23 12
Toronto Argonauts 6 4 2 0 67 74 8
Toronto Victorias 6 2 4 0 11 127 4
London Kickers 6 0 6 0 6 108 0
Quebec Rugby Football Union[5]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 6 6 0 0 126 36 12
Montreal Football Club 6 4 2 0 87 50 8
Montreal Westmounts 6 1 5 0 55 98 2
St. Patrick's College 6 1 5 0 40 124 2
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union[4]
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto 6 6 0 0 63 43 12
McGill 6 2 2 2 91 71 6
Ottawa 6 1 4 1 68 98 3
Queen's 6 1 4 1 75 105 3

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Winnipeg Rowing Club 3 3 0 0 76 7 6
Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 3 2 1 0 28 23 4
Winnipeg Shamrocks 2 0 2 0 14 41 0
St.John's Rugby Football Club 2 0 2 0 3 50 0

League Champions[]

Football Union League Champion
CIRFU University of Toronto
ORFU Hamilton Tigers
QRFU Ottawa Rough Riders
MRFU Winnipeg Rowing Club

Playoffs[]

  • The ORFU champion Hamilton Tigers refused to play in Ottawa for the Dominion Semi-Final, so they were banned from the championship final by the CRU.[2]

Dominion Championship[]

November 25

1905 Dominion Championship Game: Rosedale Field - Toronto, Ontario

Ottawa Rough Riders 9 Toronto Varsity 11
Toronto Varsity are the 1905 Dominion Champions[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "CFL Guide and Record Book, 2017 Edition" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Sproule, Robert. "The Ontario Rugby Football Union" (PDF). Pro Football Researchers. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Beat Rough Riders". The Montreal Gazette. November 27, 1905. p. 2 of 16. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "CFLapedia - the online Canadian Football League Encyclopedia".
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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