# 1928 in Canadian football
## Canadian Football News in 1928

The Tri-City Rugby Football League was formed on August 25 and consisted of Moose Jaw, Regina and two teams from Winnipeg. The league played an unbalanced schedule. Provincial champions for the MRFU and SRFU were determined by head-to-head games of provincial rivals in the Tri-City League. The Union disbanded the following year because of travel expenses. Saskatchewan and Manitoba reverted to playing games within their respective provinces.
First radio play-by-play broadcast of a Grey Cup Game was on December 1.
Jack Hamilton served as president of the Western Interprovincial Football Union for the season.

## 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 :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Hamilton Tigers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22 | 12 |
| Montreal AAA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 34 | 6 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 45 | 3 |
| Ottawa Senators | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 103 | 3 |
Ontario Rugby Football Union :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Group No. 1 ||||||||
| Sarnia Imperials | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 28 | 4 |
| Toronto Varsity Orfuns | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 4 |
| Kitchener Panthers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 4 |
| Group No. 2 ||||||||
| Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 6 | 8 |
| Camp Borden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 46 | 4 |
| Hamilton Tiger Cubs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 114 | 0 |
Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| McGill Redmen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 20 | 6 |
| Queen's Golden Gaels | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 4 |
| Varsity Blues | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 52 | 2 |
*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
Tri-City Rugby Football League :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Regina Roughriders | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 11 | 12 |
| Winnipeg St.John's | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 28 | 7 |
| Winnipeg Tammany Tigers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 2 |
| Moose Jaw Maroons | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 104 | 1 |
Alberta Rugby Football Union :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 6 |
| University of Alberta Polar Bears | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 36 | 4 |
| Calgary Tigers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 45 | 2 |
BCRFU - BC Big Four :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| University of British Columbia Varsity | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 25 | 12 |
| Vancouver Meralomas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 61 | 6 |
| Victoria Travellers Football Club | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 66 | 4 |
| New Westminster Wildcats | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 136 | 2 |

## League Champions

| Football Union | League Champion |
| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers |
| WCRFU | Regina Roughriders |
| CIRFU | McGill University |
| ORFU | University of Toronto Orfuns |
| Tri-City Rugby Football League | Regina Roughriders |
| MRFU | suspended play |
| SRFU | suspended play |
| ARFU | Edmonton Eskimos |
| BCRFU | University of British Columbia |

## Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1928

### Western Inter-Collegiate Rugby Football Union - total points series

| Date | Away | Home |
| October 27 | University of Manitoba 6 | University of Alberta Polar Bears 20 |
| November 21 | University of Alberta Polar Bears 20 | University of British Columbia Varsity 11 |
| November 24 | University of Alberta Polar Bears 13 | University of British Columbia Varsity 6 |
* University of Alberta Polar Bears win series.

### ORFU semifinals

| Date | Away | Home |
| November 12 | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 0 | Toronto Varsity Orfuns 1 |
* Varsity advances to the ORFU Final.

### ORFU tie-breaker

| Date | Away | Home |
| November 14 | Sarnia Imperials 16 | Kitchener Panthers 6 |
* Sarnia advances to the ORFU Final.

### ORFU final

| Date | Away | Home |
| November 17 | Sarnia Imperials 0 | Toronto Varsity Orfuns 6 |
* Varsity advances to the East Final.

### East final

| Date | Away | Home |
| November 24 | Toronto Varsity Orfuns 5 | Hamilton Tigers 28 |
* Hamilton advanced to the East Final game due to McGill declining to participate.

### Western final

| Date | Away | Home |
| October 27 | Winnipeg St.John's 1 | Regina Roughriders 12 |
* Regina advances to the Grey Cup game due to the Alberta and BC champions declining to participate due to the length of their seasons.

## Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final | Grey Cup final |
| IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | | | | | | | |
| CIRFU | McGill University | Forfeit | | | | | | |
| CIRFU | McGill University | Forfeit | IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 28 | | | |
| EAST | EAST | EAST | IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 28 | | | |
| EAST | EAST | EAST | ORFU | Toronto Varsity Orfuns | 6 | | | |
| ORFU | Toronto Varsity Orfuns | 6 | ORFU | Toronto Varsity Orfuns | 6 | | | |
| ORFU | Sarnia Imperials | 0 | | | | | | |
| ORFU | Sarnia Imperials | 0 | | | | IRFU | Hamilton Tigers | 30 |
| | | | | | | SRFU | Regina Roughriders | 0 |
| | | | Tri City | Regina Roughriders | 12 | | | |
| WEST | WEST | WEST | Tri City | Regina Roughriders | 12 | | | |
| WEST | WEST | WEST | Tri City | Winnipeg St.John's | 1 | | | |
| ARFU | Edmonton Eskimos | no game | Tri City | Winnipeg St.John's | 1 | | | |
| BCRFU | UBC | no game | | | | | | |

## Grey Cup Championship

December 1
16th Annual Grey Cup Game: A.A.A. Grounds - Hamilton, Ontario :
| Regina Roughriders 0 | Hamilton Tigers 30 |
| The Hamilton Tigers are the 1928 Grey Cup Champions ||||

## 1928 Canadian Football Awards

* Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Ernie Cox (C), Hamilton Tigers