1939 IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL

Contents

Regular season, final standings

Grey Cup playoffs

Semifinals

Finals

Eastern Finals

Grey Cup Championship

Regular season, final standings

Column headings: 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 'Winnipeg Blue Bombers' 12 10 2 0 201 103 20 'Regina Roughriders' 12 6 6 0 84 136 12 'Calgary Bronks' 11 4 7 0 144 123 8 Edmonton Eskimos 11 3 8 0 80 147 6

'Interprovincial Rugby Football Union' Team GP W L T PF PA Pts 'Ottawa Rough Riders' 6 5 1 0 145 44 10 'Toronto Argonauts' 6 4 1 1 58 43 9 Hamilton Tigers 6 2 4 0 29 84 4 Montreal Royals (football) 6 0 5 1 23 84 1

★ 'Bold text' indicates team reached the playoffs.

Grey Cup playoffs

''Note: All dates in 1939''

Semifinals

'WIFU Semifinals' Calgary Bronks @ Regina Roughriders Probable date Away Home November 4 'Calgary Bronks 24' Regina Roughriders 17

Finals

'WIFU Finals - Game 1' Calgary Bronks @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers Date Away Home November 11 'Calgary Bronks 13' Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7

'WIFU Finals - Game 2' Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Calgary Bronks Date Away Home November 18 'Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28' Calgary Bronks 7

★ ''Winnipeg won the total-point series by 35-20 and advanced to the Grey Cup game.''

'IRFU Finals - Game 1' Ottawa Rough Riders @ Toronto Argonauts Date Away Home November 18 'Ottawa Rough Riders 11' Toronto Argonauts 0

'IRFU Finals - Game 2' Ottawa Rough Riders @ Toronto Argonauts Date Away Home November 25 'Ottawa Rough Riders 28' Toronto Argonauts 6

★ ''Ottawa won the total-point series by 39-6 and played the Sarnia Imperials (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.''

Eastern Finals

Ottawa Rough Riders @ Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) Date Away Home December 2 'Ottawa Rough Riders 23' Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 1

★ ''Ottawa advanced to the Grey Cup game.''

Grey Cup Championship

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! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | December 9
''27th Annual Grey Cup Game'': Lansdowne Park - Ottawa, Ontario
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! WIFU Champion !! IRFU Champion
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|| 'Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8' || Ottawa Rough Riders 7
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| align="center" colspan="4" | '''The Winnipeg Blue Bombers became the 1939 Grey Cup Champions'''
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