1905 in Canadian football


The 1905 Canadian football season was the 14th season of organized play since the Canadian Rugby Union was founded in 1892 and the 23rd season since the creation of the Ontario Rugby Football Union and the Quebec Rugby Football Union in 1883. The season concluded with the Toronto University team defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1905 Dominion Championship game.

Canadian football news in 1905

The Intercollegiate and Quebec Unions refused the Burnside Rules. For championship games, the CRU ruled the teams would use QRFU rules for the first half and the intercollegiate rules for the second half.
QRFU moved to four 15-minute quarters; Tries worth five points and Goals from Tries worth one point. CIRFU adopted 10-yard rule for three downs and the ORFU gave captains the option of playing four 15-minute quarters. Goals from the Field were increased to three points and the Fair Catch rule was replaced by a three-yard Punt Return rule.

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
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Winnipeg Rowing Club33007676
Winnipeg Football Club321028234
St.John's Rugby Football Club20203500
Winnipeg Shamrocks202014410

League Champions

Playoffs

  • The ORFU champion Hamilton Tigers refused to play in Ottawa for the Dominion Semi-Final, so they were banned from the championship final by the CRU.

    Dominion Championship


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