The Peterborough Pets were a

Canadian football Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...

franchise in the early 20th century. They played in 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 became the first major competition to adopt th ...

. Their greatest success came in

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship French cruiser Jean Bart ( ...

when they won the ORFU title and advanced to the Canadian Dominion Final. They were soundly defeated 75-10 by the

Montreal Football Club The Montreal Football Club was a Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec that played in the Quebec Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1915. The club was a founding memb ...

in the final that year.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20110727185339/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/07-An-245.pdf Ontario Rugby Football Union teams Sport in Peterborough, Ontario Canadian football teams in Ontario Defunct Canadian football teams 1904 establishments in Ontario 1909 disestablishments in Ontario Sports clubs and teams established in 1904 Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1909 {{Canadianfootball-stub