Jump to content

1941 in Canadian football

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Years in Canadian football
1941 in sports

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were once again permitted to challenge for the Grey Cup following a rule dispute a year earlier. In a meeting of the previous two Grey Cup champions, the Blue Bombers prevailed, sending the coveted mug west for the third time.[1]

Canadian Football News in 1941

[edit]

The Calgary Bronks left the WIFU and the Vancouver Grizzlies joined. The IRFU was renamed to Eastern Canada Union for one season.[2]

The Hamilton Tigers did not participate in the Eastern Canada Union, due to World War II and the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers of the ORFU joined.[3] The Tigers would resume play in 1945.

Regular season

[edit]

Final regular season standings

[edit]

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
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8 6 2 0 92 19 12
Regina Roughriders 8 5 3 0 64 43 10
Vancouver Grizzlies 8 1 7 0 15 109 2
Eastern Canada Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 6 5 1 0 72 21 10
Toronto Argonauts 6 5 1 0 66 42 10
Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 6 2 4 0 27 34 4
Montreal Bulldogs 6 0 6 0 12 80 0
Ontario Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Wildcats 6 5 0 1 122 28 11
Toronto Indians 6 2 2 2 46 55 6
Kitchener-Waterloo Panthers 6 0 5 1 30 115 1
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

Grey Cup playoffs

[edit]

Note: All dates in 1941

League Finals

[edit]
WIFU Finals
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Regina Roughriders
Game Date Away Home
1 November 8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 6 Regina Roughriders 8
2 November 11 Regina Roughriders 12 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18
3 November 15 Regina Roughriders 2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8
  • Winnipeg won the total-point series by 32–22. Winnipeg advances to the Grey Cup game.
IRFU Finals
Toronto Argonauts @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Game Date Away Home
1 November 8 Toronto Argonauts 16 Ottawa Rough Riders 8
2 November 15 Ottawa Rough Riders 10 Toronto Argonauts 1
  • Ottawa won the total-point series by 18–17. Ottawa will play the Hamilton Wildcats (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.

Eastern Finals

[edit]
Hamilton Wildcats (ORFU) @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Date Away Home
November 22 Hamilton Wildcats (ORFU) 2 Ottawa Rough Riders 7
  • Ottawa advances to the Grey Cup game.

Playoff bracket

[edit]
Quarterfinals Semifinals Grey Cup final
         
ERFU Ottawa Rough Riders 8-10
ERFU Toronto Argonauts 16-1
ERFU Ottawa Rough Riders 7
EAST
ORFU Hamilton Wildcats 2
ORFU Hamilton Wildcats
ORFU BYE
ERFU Ottawa Rough Riders 16
WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18
WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WIFU BYE
WIFU Winnipeg Blue Bombers 6-18-8
WEST
WIFU Regina Roughriders 8-12-2
WIFU Regina Roughriders
WIFU BYE

Grey Cup Championship

[edit]
November 29

29th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium – Toronto, Ontario

WIFU Champion IRFU Champion
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 Ottawa Rough Riders 16
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the 1941 Grey Cup Champions

1941 All Eastern Rugby Football Union All-Stars

[edit]

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

1941 Western All-Stars

[edit]

NOTE: During this time most players played both ways, so the All-Star selections do not distinguish between some offensive and defensive positions.

1941 Canadian Football Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Grey Cup Memories: 1941". CFL.ca. 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  2. ^ "CANADIAN FOOTBALL TIMELINES (1860 – 2005)" (PDF). footballcanada.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "1941". www.cflapedia.com. Retrieved 2019-10-12.


Stub icon

This Canadian football-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=1941_in_Canadian_football&oldid=1236392745"