1955 in Canadian football

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Contents

1 Canadian Football News in 1955
2 Regular season

2.1 Final regular season standings

3 Grey Cup playoffs

3.1 SEMI-FINALS
3.2 FINALS
3.3 Grey Cup Championship

4 1955 Canadian Football Awards

Canadian Football News in 1955

The IRFU allowed the third place team to qualify for a playoff berth.

The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) withdrew from Grey Cup competition.

For the first time, the Grey Cup game was held in Western Canada at Vancouver's Empire Stadium. The total Grey Cup attendance was 39,500 and had a gross revenue of $198,000.

Montreal's Tex Coulter became the first player to win the Most Outstanding Lineman Award.

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
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	2	286	117	28
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	6	270	245	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	9	210	195	14
British Columbia Lions	16	5	11	211	330	10
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	209	299	8

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union Standings**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	12	9	3	388	214	18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	8	4	271	193	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	4	8	239	328	8
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	3	9	174	337	6

Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Edmonton and Montreal both have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1955

SEMI-FINALS

WIFU Semi-Finals

Winnipeg won the total-point series by 24-16. The Blue Bombers will play the Edmonton Eskimos in the WIFU Finals.

IRFU Semi-Finals

The Argonauts will play the Montreal Alouettes in the Eastern Finals.

FINALS

WIFU Finals

Edmonton wins the best of three series 2-0. The Eskimos will advance to the Grey Cup game.

Eastern Finals

The Alouettes will advance to the Grey Cup game.