1952 in Canadian football

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1 Canadian Football News in 1952
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final regular season standings
3 Grey Cup playoffs

[edit] Canadian Football News in 1952

The Canadian Rugby Union received television revenue for the first time when it was paid $7,500 by CBC for the rights to televise the Grey Cup game. CBLT Toronto was the only station to carry the game live.

The WIFU increased their games to 16, per team.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] 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**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	3	1	394	211	25
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	6	1	291	280	19
Calgary Stampeders	16	7	9	0	293	340	14
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	3	13	0	216	363	6

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	9	2	1	268	162	19
Toronto Argonauts	12	7	4	1	265	191	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	5	7	0	200	238	10
Montreal Alouettes	12	2	10	0	136	278	4

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

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Note: All dates in 1952

[edit] SEMI-FINALS

**WIFU Semi-Finals - Game 1**
Edmonton Eskimos @ Calgary Stampeders
Date	Away	Home
October 25?	Edmonton Eskimos 12	Calgary Stampeders 31

**WIFU Semi-Finals - Game 2**
Calgary Stampeders @ Edmonton Eskimos
Date	Away	Home
October 27?	Calgary Stampeders 7	Edmonton Eskimos 30

Edmonton won the total-point series by 42-38. The Eskimos will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the WIFU Finals.

[edit] FINALS

**WIFU Finals - Game 1**
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Edmonton Eskimos
Date	Away	Home
November 1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28	Edmonton Eskimos 12

**WIFU Finals - Game 2**
Edmonton Eskimos @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date	Away	Home
November 8	Edmonton Eskimos 18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12

**WIFU Finals - Game 3**
Edmonton Eskimos @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date	Away	Home
November 11	Edmonton Eskimos 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 11

Edmonton wins the best of three series 2-1. The Eskimos will advance to the Grey Cup game.

**IRFU Finals - Game 1**
Toronto Argonauts @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Date	Away	Home
November 15?	Toronto Argonauts 22	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 6

**IRFU Finals - Game 2**
Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts
Date	Away	Home
November 17?	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27	Toronto Argonauts 11

**IRFU Finals - Game 3**
Toronto Argonauts @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Date	Away	Home
November 19?	Toronto Argonauts 12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats 7

Toronto wins the best of three series 2-1. The Argonauts will play the Sarnia Imperials (ORFU Champions) in the Eastern Finals.

[edit] Eastern Finals

Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) @ Toronto Argonauts
Date	Away	Home
November 22?	Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 15	Toronto Argonauts 34

The Toronto Argonauts will advance to the Grey Cup game.

[edit] Grey Cup Championship

November 29 40th Annual Grey Cup Game: Varsity Stadium - Toronto, Ontario
WIFU Champion	IRFU Champion
Edmonton Eskimos 11	Toronto Argonauts 21
The Toronto Argonauts are the 1952 Grey Cup Champions

Note: WIFU Semi-Final, as well as Eastern Playoff dates are not confirmed, however since [1] the regular season ended October 18 in the West, and November 8 in the East, and [2] WIFU Final dates, as well as Grey Cup date are accurate, it is reasonable to assume the above dates are accurate.