1950 in Canadian football

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Contents

1 Canadian Football News in 1950
2 Regular season

2.1 Final regular season standings

3 Grey Cup playoffs

3.1 SEMI-FINALS
3.2 FINALS
3.3 Eastern Finals
3.4 Grey Cup Championship

Canadian Football News in 1950

The Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats merged to form the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Regina franchise officially changed their name to become the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday, April 1st.

The WIFU allowed the third place team in the standings to be qualified for a playoff berth. The first professional playoff game was played at night under lights - Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Edmonton Eskimos. The 38th Grey Cup, nicknamed "The Mud Bowl", was held at Toronto's Varsity Stadium with an attendance of 27,101.

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	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14	10	4	221	156	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	14	7	7	207	177	14
Edmonton Eskimos	14	7	7	201	197	14
Calgary Stampeders	14	4	10	152	251	8

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Standings**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	7	5	0	231	217	14
Toronto Argonauts	12	6	4	1	291	187	13
Montreal Alouettes	12	6	6	0	192	261	12
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	4	7	1	182	231	9

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Winnipeg gets a bye and will play in the WIFU Finals.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1950

SEMI-FINALS

WIFU Semi-Finals

The Edmonton Eskimos will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the WIFU Finals.

FINALS

WIFU Finals

Winnipeg won the total-point series by 67-35. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup game.

IRFU Finals

Toronto won the total-point series by 37-19. The Argonauts will play the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.