1949 IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL

Contents

Canadian Football News in 1949

Regular season

Final regular season standings

Grey Cup playoffs

FINALS

Eastern Finals

Grey Cup Championship

Canadian Football News in 1949

The Edmonton Eskimos rejoined with the WIFU and adopted the colours of gold and green. WIFU games were extended to 14 games, per team.
Wearing helmets became compulsory with the two unions. The Western Canada Rugby Football Union ceased its operations.

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 Stampeders' 14 13 1 0 270 77 26 'Regina Roughriders' 14 9 5 0 235 102 18 Edmonton Eskimos 14 4 10 0 93 235 8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 2 12 0 74 258 4

'Interprovincial Rugby Football Union' Team GP W L T PF PA Pts 'Ottawa Rough Riders' 12 11 1 0 261 170 22 'Montreal Alouettes' 12 8 4 0 295 204 16 Toronto Argonauts 12 5 7 0 209 254 10 Hamilton Wildcats 12 0 12 0 147 284 0

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

Grey Cup playoffs

''Note: All dates in 1949''

FINALS

'WIFU Finals - Game 1' Calgary Stampeders @ Regina Roughriders Date Away Home November 5 'Calgary Stampeders 18' Regina Roughriders 12

'WIFU Finals - Game 2' Regina Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 11 'Regina Roughriders 9' Calgary Stampeders 4

★ ''Calgary won the total-point series by 22-21. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup game.''

'IRFU Finals - Game 1' Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Rough Riders Date Away Home November 9 'Montreal Alouettes 22' Ottawa Rough Riders 7

'IRFU Finals - Game 2' Ottawa Rough Riders @ Montreal Alouettes Date Away Home November 12 Ottawa Rough Riders 13 'Montreal Alouettes 14'

★ ''Montreal won the total-point series by 36-20. The Alouettes will play the Hamilton Tigers (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.''

Eastern Finals

Hamilton Tigers (ORFU) @ Montreal Alouettes Date Away Home November 19? Hamilton Tigers (ORFU) 0 'Montreal Alouettes 40'

★ ''The Montreal Alouettes will advance to the Grey Cup game.''

Grey Cup Championship

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! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4" | November 26
''37th Annual Grey Cup Game'': Varsity Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
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! WIFU Champion !! IRFU Champion
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|| Calgary Stampeders 15 || 'Montreal Alouettes 28'
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| align="center" colspan="4" |'''The Montreal Alouettes are the 1949 Grey Cup Champions'''
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★ Note: Eastern Final Playoff date is not confirmed, however since all other playoff dates, as well as Grey Cup date are accurate, it is reasonable to assume the above date is accurate.