1904 in Canadian football

Canadian Football News in 1904

The value of a Try (touchdown) was increased to five points and Goals from a Try was reduced to one point in the ORFU. The QRFU adopted a rule by Tom (King) Clancy of Ottawa that a team must make five yards on its third scrimmage to keep possession of the ball.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

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

**Ontario Rugby Football Union**^[1]
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
First District
Peterborough Pets	4	2	2	0	61	57	4
Toronto Torontos	4	2	2	0	88	60	4
Toronto Argonauts	4	2	2	0	38	70	4
Second District
Hamilton Tigers	4	4	0	0	208	21	8
London Kickers	4	2	2	0	41	110	4
Toronto Victorias	4	0	4	0	26	140	0

Quebec Rugby Football Union^[2]
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
University of Ottawa	6	5	1	74	32	10
Montreal Football Club	6	4	2	61	54	8
Ottawa Rough Riders	6	3	3	91	63	6
Montreal Westmounts	6	0	6	36	113	0

**Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union**^[1]
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Queen's University	4	3	1	72	32	3
McGill Redmen	4	3	1	46	32	6
Varsity Blues	4	0	4	26	80	0

*Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs

Manitoba Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Rowing Club	4	3	1	55	34	6
St.John's Rugby Football Club	4	3	1	43	20	6
Winnipeg Rugby Football Club	4	0	4	23	67	0

League Champions

Football Union	League Champion
CIRFU	Queen's University
ORFU	Hamilton Tigers
QRFU	Ottawa College
MRFU	Winnipeg Rowing Club

Playoffs

MRFU Tie-Breaker

Away	Home
Winnipeg Rowing Club 20	St.John's Rugby Football Club 8

Winnipeg Rowing Club wins the MRFU championship

ORFU First District Semi-Final

Away	Home
Toronto Argonauts 6	Toronto Torontos 14

Toronto Torontos advance to the ORFU First District Final.

ORFU First District Final

Away	Home
Toronto Torontos 21	Peterborough Pets 7

Toronto advances to the ORFU Final.

ORFU Final - Game 1

Away	Home
Hamilton Tigers 32	Toronto Torontos 0

ORFU Final - Game 2

Away	Home
Toronto Torontos 15	Hamilton Tigers 43

Hamilton wins the ORFU Final.

CIRFU Final

Away	Home
McGill Redmen 0	Queen's University 6

Queen's wins the CIRFU Final.

Dominion Championship

No Dominion Final was played this year due to a rules dispute.

References

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