Overview of the events of 1923 in Canadian football
| Years in Canadian football |
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- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926 →
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1923 in sports |
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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
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union[1] | Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | | Hamilton Tigers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 54 | 9 | | Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 41 | 8 | | Montreal AAA | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 73 | 5 | | Ottawa Rough Riders | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 60 | 2 | | Ontario Rugby Football Union[2] | Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | | Hamilton Rowing Club | 4 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | | Parkdale Rowing Club | 4 | 2 | 2* | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | | Toronto Varsity Orfuns | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 0 | * Parkdale forfeited last game to Hamilton, 0-0 | |
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 |
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
Grey Cup playoffs
Note: All dates in 1923
ARFU Finals
| Date | Away | Home |
ARFU Finals Games 1 & 2 | 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 semifinal
West final
- Regina advances to the Grey Cup.
East semifinal
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 17 | Hamilton Rowing Club 1 | Hamilton Tigers 24 |
- Hamilton Tigers advances to the East Final.
East final
- Queen's advances to the Grey Cup.
Playoff bracket
| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Grey Cup final | |
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| CIRFU | Queen's University | | | | |
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| | BYE | | |
| | CIRFU | Queen's University | 13 | |
| EAST | |
| | | IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 5 | |
| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 24 | |
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| ORFU | Hamilton Rowing Club | 1 | |
| | CIRFU | Queen's University | 54 | |
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| | | SRFU | Regina Rugby Club | 0 | |
| MRFU | Winnipeg Victorias | | | |
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| | BYE | | |
| | MRFU | Winnipeg Victorias | 1 | |
| WEST | |
| | | SRFU | Regina Rugby Club | 11 | |
| SRFU | Regina Rugby Club | 9 | |
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| ARFU | Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | |
Grey Cup Championship
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 - Brian Timmins, Ottawa Rough Riders
- T - John McKelvey, Queen's University
- T - Gear Elford, Hamilton Rowing Club
- E - Cap Fear, Toronto Argonauts
- E - Bud Thomas, Queen's University
References
- ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19231022&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen – October 22, 1923
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BGotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SYoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1198%2C1572699 The Montreal Gazette – November 12, 1923
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