Canadian Football News in 1923 Calgary Tigers were renamed the 50th Battalion.
Queen's defeats Regina 54–0 as Queen's scored a record nine touchdowns on December 1.
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 Union2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, , p.294 Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Tigers 6 4 1 1 58 54 9 Toronto Argonauts 6 3 1 2 71 41 8 Montreal AAA 6 2 3 1 45 73 5 Ottawa Rough Riders 6 1 5 0 54 60 2
+ Ontario Rugby Football Unionhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19231022&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen – October 22, 1923 Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Hamilton Rowing Club 4 4* 0 0 20 9 8 Parkdale Rowing Club 4 2 2* 0 26 4 4 Toronto Varsity Orfuns 4 0 4 0 10 43 0 * Parkdale forfeited last game to Hamilton, 0-0
+ Intercollegiate Rugby Football Unionhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BGotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SYoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1198%2C1572699 The Montreal Gazette – November 12, 1923 Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Queen's University 4 4 0 0 70 14 8 Varsity Blues 4 1 3 0 38 52 2 McGill Redmen 4 1 3 0 31 73 2
+ Manitoba Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Winnipeg Victorias 4 4 0 0 176 20 8 University of Manitoba Varsity 4 2 2 0 73 108 4 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 4 0 4 0 42 163 0
+ Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Regina Rugby Club 4 3 1 0 38 8 6 Saskatoon Quakers 4 1 3 0 8 38 2
+ Alberta Rugby Football Union Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Edmonton Eskimos 2 2 0 0 30 9 4 University of Alberta Varsity 2 0 2 0 9 30 0 These two games were actually a playoff to see who would play Calgary 50th Battalion in the finals. The results from the full season are unknown.
League Champions Football Union League ChampionIRFUHamilton TigersWCRFURegina RoughridersCIRFUQueen's UniversityORFUHamilton Rowing ClubMRFUWinnipeg VictoriasSRFURegina RoughridersARFUEdmonton Eskimos
Grey Cup playoffs Note: All dates in 1923
ARFU Finals Date Away Home+ ARFU Finals Games 1 & 2October 27 Edmonton Eskimos 13 Calgary 50th Battalion 7October 31 Calgary 50th Battalion Edmonton Eskimos The second game was cancelled and the Edmonton Eskimos win the ARFU championship. Game was originally scheduled for November 3 but it had to be moved up to accommodate the western playoff versus Regina. Calgary was unable to organize its players on short notice for a mid-week game in Edmonton.
West semifinal Date Away HomeNovember 3 Edmonton Eskimos 6 Regina Rugby Club 9
West final Date Away HomeNovember 10 Regina Rugby Club 11 Winnipeg Victorias 1 Regina advances to the Grey Cup.
East semifinal Date Away HomeNovember 17 Hamilton Rowing Club 1 Hamilton Tigers 24 Hamilton Tigers advances to the East Final.
East final Date Away HomeNovember 24 Queen's University 13 Hamilton Tigers 5 Queen's advances to the Grey Cup.
Playoff bracket
Grey Cup Championship December 1 11th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario Regina Rugby Club 0 Queen's University 54 Queen's University are the 1923 Grey Cup Champions
1923 Toronto Globe Eastern All-Stars NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions. FW - ??? Douglas, Parkdale Rowing Club HB - Pep Leadley, Queen's University HB - Warren Snyder, University of Toronto HB - Harry Batstone, Queen's University QB - Johnny Evans, Queen's University C - Ernie Cox, Hamilton Tigers G - ??? Tuck, Hamilton Tigers G - Brian Timmins, Ottawa Rough Riders T - John McKelvey, Queen's University T - Gear Elford, Hamilton Rowing Club E - Cap Fear, Toronto Argonauts E - Bud Thomas, Queen's University
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