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Canadian Football News in 1929

CRU adopted use of the forward pass on a limited basis in Junior, Interscholastic, Western Canada Rugby Union, Western Intercollegiate Union and the Grey Cup final.

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The first legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and the first reception was by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton on September 21. Jersey Jack Campbell of Regina threw the first forward pass in a Grey Cup game and Jerry Erskine made the first reception. The first touchdown pass was by Edmonton's Joe Cook to Pal Power in the second quarter of a game against the University of Alberta on September 28. The first interception return for a touchdown was by Joe Hess of the University of Alberta in the same game when he caught a pass by Cook.

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Grey Cup Playoffs

Note: All dates in 1929

MRFU Tie-Breaker

  • The Winnipeg St.John's advance to western playoff versus the Regina Roughriders

    • ORFU Final

  • Sarnia advances to the East Semi-Final.

    • CIRFU Final

  • Queen's advances to the East Final.

    • East Semi-Final

  • Hamilton advances to the East Final.

    • East Final

  • Hamilton advances to the Grey Cup game.

    • West Semi-Final

  • Regina advances to the West Final.

    • West Final

  • Due to the BCRFU schedule being declared too long for the WCRFU playoffs Regina advances directly to the Grey Cup game.

    • 1929 Canadian Football Awards

  • Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy (IRFU MVP) – Red Wilson (?), Toronto Argonauts

    • References

    1929 in Canadian football Wikipedia
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