1948 in Canadian football

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Canadian Football News in 1948

The WIFU increased their games from 8 to 12 games per team.

The Hamilton Tigers, formerly of the IRFU joined the ORFU, and the Hamilton Wildcats joined the IRFU on Friday, April 9th.

The Regina/Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Calgary Stampeders changed their team colours. The Roughriders adopted green and white and the Stampeders reverted to red and white.

In the Grey Cup game, the Stampeders introduced pageantry with saddle horses and chuck wagons as they defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 12-7 to win their first Grey Cup.

Regular season

Final regular season standings

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

Western Interprovincial Football Union Standings Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Calgary Stampeders 12 12 0 0 218 61 24 Regina Roughriders 12 3 9 0 133 137 6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12 3 9 0 81 234 6

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Standings Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Ottawa Rough Riders 12 10 2 0 264 130 20 Montreal Alouettes 12 7 5 0 221 172 14 Toronto Argonauts 12 5 6 1 160 191 11 Hamilton Wildcats 12 1 10 1 88 240 3

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

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