1923 in Canadian football

1923 in Canadian football
Playoffs
East Champions	Queen's University
West Champions	Regina Rugby Club
11th Grey Cup
Champions	Queen's University
← 1922 Canadian Football Seasons 1924 →

Canadian Football News in 1923[]

Calgary Tigers were renamed the 50th Battalion.

Queen's defeats Regina 54–0 as Queen's scored a record nine touchdowns on December 1.

Regular season[]

Final regular season standings[]

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

Manitoba Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Victorias	4	4	0	0	176	20	8
University of Manitoba Varsity	4	2	2	0	73	108	4
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers	4	0	4	0	42	163	0

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Regina Rugby Club	4	3	1	0	38	8	6
Saskatoon Quakers	4	1	3	0	8	38	2

Alberta Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	2	2	0	0	30	9	4
University of Alberta Varsity	2	0	2	0	9	30	0

These two games were actually a playoff to see who would play Calgary 50th Battalion in the finals. The results from the full season are unknown.

League Champions[]

Football Union	League Champion
IRFU	Hamilton Tigers
WCRFU	Regina Roughriders
CIRFU	Queen's University
ORFU	Hamilton Rowing Club
MRFU	Winnipeg Victorias
SRFU	Regina Roughriders
ARFU	Edmonton Eskimos

Grey Cup Playoffs[]

Note: All dates in 1923

ARFU Finals[]

ARFU Finals Games 1 & 2

Date	Away	Home
October 27	Edmonton Eskimos 13	Calgary 50th Battalion 7
October 31	Calgary 50th Battalion	Edmonton Eskimos

• The second game was cancelled and the Edmonton Eskimos win the ARFU championship. Game was originally scheduled for November 3 but it had to be moved up to accommodate the western playoff versus Regina. Calgary was unable to organize its players on short notice for a mid-week game in Edmonton.

West Semi-Final[]

Date	Away	Home
November 3	Edmonton Eskimos 6	Regina Rugby Club 9

West Final[]

Date	Away	Home
November 10	Regina Rugby Club 11	Winnipeg Victorias 1

• Regina advances to the Grey Cup.

East Semi-Final[]

Date	Away	Home
November 17	Hamilton Rowing Club 1	Hamilton Tigers 24

• Hamilton Tigers advances to the East Final.

East Final[]

Date	Away	Home
November 24	Queen's University 13	Hamilton Tigers 5

• Queen's advances to the Grey Cup.

Playoff Bracket[]

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grey Cup Final

CIRFU

Queen's University

BYE

CIRFU

Queen's University

13

EAST

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

5

IRFU

Hamilton Tigers

24

ORFU

Hamilton Rowing Club

1

CIRFU

Queen's University

54

SRFU

Regina Rugby Club

0

MRFU

Winnipeg Victorias

BYE

MRFU

Winnipeg Victorias

1

WEST

SRFU

Regina Rugby Club

11

SRFU

Regina Rugby Club

9

ARFU

Edmonton Eskimos

6

Grey Cup Championship[]

December 1 11th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Regina Rugby Club 0	Queen's University 54
Queen's University are the 1923 Grey Cup Champions

1923 Toronto Globe Eastern All-Stars[]

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

• FW - ??? Douglas, Parkdale Rowing Club
• HB - Pep Leadley, Queen's University
• HB - Warren Snyder, University of Toronto
• HB - Harry Batstone, Queen's University
• QB - Johnny Evans, Queen's University
• C - Ernie Cox, Hamilton Tigers
• G - ??? Tuck, Hamilton Tigers
• G - , Ottawa Rough Riders
• T - , Queen's University
• T - , Hamilton Rowing Club
• E - Cap Fear, Toronto Argonauts
• E - , Queen's University

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