Canadian Football News in 1924
Coach Bill Hughes of
Queen'sThe Queen's Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red, and gold. Its main home is Richardson Memorial Stadium on West Campus....
introduced the use of films as a coaching technique.
The numbering of players, although used for years, was made compulsory.
The Regina Rugby Club became the Regina Roughriders.
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
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
Hamilton Tigers The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in... |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
60 |
31 |
10 |
Toronto ArgonautsThe Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta... |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
51 |
39 |
8 |
Ottawa Rough RidersThe Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a... |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
29 |
33 |
4 |
Montreal AAA The Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers were a member of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League. It was likely a team from the fabled Montreal AAA founded in 1872 as the Montreal Foot Ball Club. The MFBC joined the Quebec Rugby Football Union in... |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
28 |
65 |
2 |
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Ontario Rugby Football UnionThe Ontario Rugby Football Union or ORFU was an early amateur Canadian football league with teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded in 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside Rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would...
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers were a Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League... |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
30 |
6 |
Toronto Varsity Orphans |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
29 |
20 |
4 |
Hamilton Rowing Club |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
47 |
54 |
2 |
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Intercollegiate Rugby Football UnionTwenty-six universities across Canada compete in football under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport . The teams are divided into four conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of the CIS: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Quebec...
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
Queen's UniversityQueen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England... |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
27 |
8 |
Varsity Blues The Varsity Blues is the name for the intercollegiate sports program at the University of Toronto. Its 26 athletic teams regularly participate in competitions held by Ontario University Athletics and Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The Varsity Blues traces its founding to 1877, with the formation... |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
36 |
35 |
2 |
McGill RedmenThe McGill Redmen CIS football team is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1898. The team has appeared in three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1969, 1973 and 1987, with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game... |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
2 |
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*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
East Final
Date | Away | Home |
November 22 |
Queen's UniversityThe Queen's Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red, and gold. Its main home is Richardson Memorial Stadium on West Campus.... 11 |
Hamilton Tigers The Hamilton Tigers were a Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and 1948 to 1949 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1947. The club was a founding member of both the ORFU in 1883 and the IRFU in... 1 |
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- Queen's advances to the Grey Cup.
November 29
12th Annual Grey Cup GameThe 12th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 1924, before 5,978 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto.Queen's University defeated the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 11 to 3.... : Varsity StadiumVarsity Stadium is a collegiate football stadium that is home to the Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While the present structure was built in 2007, it is in fact the third major incarnation of the stadium that has occupied the same site... - Toronto, Ontario |
Queen's UniversityThe Queen's Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red, and gold. Its main home is Richardson Memorial Stadium on West Campus.... 11 |
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers were a Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario and a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League... 3 |
Queen's University are the 1924 Grey Cup Champions |
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