The 1908 Canadian football season was the 17th season of organized play since the
Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) was founded in
1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west.
Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
and the 26th season since the creation of the
Ontario Rugby Football Union
The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) was an early amateur Canadian football league comprising teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded on Saturday, January 6, 1883, and in 1903 it became the first major competition to ado ...
(ORFU) and the
Quebec Rugby Football Union
The Quebec Rugby Football Union (QRFU) was a football league consisting of teams from Quebec and formed in 1883. Eastern Ontario teams like Ottawa City and Ottawa College joined in 1894.
League formation and play
The QRFU was formed officiall ...
(QRFU) in
1883
Events
January
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* January 16 – ...
.
The season concluded with the
Hamilton Tigers defeating the
Toronto University team in the
1908 Dominion Championship game.
Canadian football news in 1908
The
Calgary Rugby Foot-ball Club was re-organized as the Tigers on August 27 and adopted yellow and black as the team colours.
The
Calgary Rugby Football Union was formed on September 29 in the offices of the Sovereign Life Insurance Company.
The Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for the championship of the Central Alberta Rugby Football League on September 4.
The
Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club
Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club was an early Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The team was founded in 1907 in Canadian football, 1907 as the ''Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club''. The club was renamed the Edmonton Esquimaux in 1908 an ...
was renamed the Esquimoux on October 16.
Goals from the Field were reduced to three points by the
CRU.
Regular season
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
League Champions
Playoffs
Saskatchewan Rugby Football League final
*Regina wins SRFL championship total points series: 12-7
Calgary Rugby Football Union Final
Alberta Rugby Football League Playoffs
*''Edmonton wins the total-point series 18-3.''
IRFU Final
*''Hamilton advances to the East Semi-Final.''
CIRFU Final
*''Toronto advances to the Dominion Championship.''
Dominion Semi-Final
*''Hamilton advances to the Dominion Championship.''
Dominion Championship
References
Canadian Football League seasons
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