1938 IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL

Contents

Canadian Football News in 1938

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Grey Cup playoffs

SEMI-FINALS

FINALS

Eastern Finals

Grey Cup Championship

Canadian Football News in 1938

The Edmonton Eskimos joined the WIFU and adopted the colours of blue and white. The Eskimos eventually withdrew from the union in 1940.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

'''Note:' GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points''

'Western Interprovincial Football Union' Team GP W L T PF PA Pts 'Calgary Bronks' 8 6 2 0 50 27 12 'Winnipeg Blue Bombers' 8 6 2 0 114 63 12 'Regina Roughriders' 8 4 4 0 69 55 8 Edmonton Eskimos 8 0 4 0 29 117 0

'Interprovincial Rugby Football Union' Team GP W L T PF PA Pts 'Ottawa Rough Riders' 6 5 1 0 141 41 10 'Toronto Argonauts' 6 5 1 0 151 52 10 Hamilton Tigers 6 2 4 0 61 122 4 Montreal Cubs 6 0 6 0 30 168 4

★ 'Bold text' means that they have clinched the playoffs.

Grey Cup playoffs

''Note: All dates in 1938''

SEMI-FINALS

'WIFU Semi-Finals' October 29 Regina Roughriders 0 'Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13'

FINALS

'WIFU Finals - Game 1' November 5 'Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12' Calgary Bronks 7

'WIFU Finals - Game 2' November 12 Calgary Bronks 2 'Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13'

★ ''Winnipeg won the total-point series by 25-9. Winnipeg advances to the Grey Cup game.''

'IRFU Finals - Game 1' November 19 'Toronto Argonauts 9' Ottawa Rough Riders 1

'IRFU Finals - Game 2' November 26 'Toronto Argonauts 5' Ottawa Rough Riders 3

★ ''Toronto won the total-point series by 14-4. Toronto will play the Sarnia Imperials (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.''

Eastern Finals

December 3? 'Toronto Argonauts 25' Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 8

★ ''Toronto advances to the Grey Cup game.''

Grey Cup Championship

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! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | December 10
''26th Annual Grey Cup Game'': Varsity Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
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! WIFU Champion !! IRFU Champion
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|| Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 || 'Toronto Argonauts 30'
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| align="center" colspan="4" | '''The Toronto Argonauts are the 1938 Grey Cup Champions'''
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★ Note: Eastern Final Playoff date is not confirmed, however since the regular season in the East ended November 12, and all other playoff dates, as well as Grey Cup date are accurate, it is reasonable to assume the above date is accurate.''