CFL 1956

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Montreal Alouettes	14	10	4	0	478	361	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	7	7	0	283	385	14
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	7	7	0	326	359	14
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	331	413	8
WIFU
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	11	5	0	358	235	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	6	0	353	272	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	315	228	18
BC Lions	16	6	10	0	251	361	12
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	0	229	410	8

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
03.11.1956	Saskatchewan Roughriders	42	Winnipeg Blue Bomers	7
05.11.1956	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8
	WIFU Final		Aggregate
10.11.1956	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23	Edmonton Eskimoes	22
12.11.1956	Edmonton Eskimoes	20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12
17.11.1956	Edmonton Eskiimoes	51	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7
	IRFU Semi-Final
07.11.1956	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	46	Ottawa Rough Riders	21
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
10.11.1956	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21	Montreal Alouettes	30
17.11.1956	Montreal Alouettes	48	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41
	Grey Cup
24.11.1956	Edmontin Eskimoes	50	Montreal Alouettes	27

Reference: [2]

CFL 1957

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	0	250	189	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	8	6	0	326	237	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	0	287	301	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	274	410	8
WIFU
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	14	2	0	475	142	28
Winnipeg Blue Bombders	16	12	4	0	406	300	24
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	10	0	221	413	12
BC Lions	16	4	11	1	284	369	9
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	3	12	1	276	438	7

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Western Semi-Final		Aggregate
09.11.1957	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13	Calgary Stampeders	13
11.11.1957	Calgary Stampeders	3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15
	Western Final		Best-of-3
16.11.1957	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19	Edmonton Eskimoes	7
20.11.1957	Edmonton Eskinoes	5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4
23.11.1957	Edmonton Eskimoes	2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17
	IRFU Semi-Final
13.11.1957	Ottawa Rough Riders	15	Montreal Alouettes	24
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
16.11.1957	Montreal Alouettes	10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17
23.11.1957	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	39	Montreal Alouettes	1
	Grey Cup
30.11.1957	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7

Reference: [2]

CFL 1958

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	3	1	291	235	21
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	265	269	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	6	8	0	233	243	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	266	308	8
WIFU
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	13	3	0	361	182	26
Edmonton Eskimoes	16	9	6	1	312	292	19
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	7	7	2	320	324	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	9	1	314	312	13
BC Lions	16	3	13	0	202	399	6

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
08.11.1958	Saskatchewan Roughriders	11	Edmonton Eskimoes	27
11.11.1958	Edmonton Eskimoes	31	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
15.11.1958	Edmomton Eskimoes	7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30
19.11.1958	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	Edmonton Eskimoes	30
22.11.1958	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23	Edmonton Eskimoes	7
	IRFU Semi-Final
12.11.1958	Montreal Alouettes	12	Ottawa Rough Riders	28
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
15.11.1958	Ottawa Rough Riders	35	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35
22.11.1958	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19	Ottawa Rough Riders	7
	Grey Cup
29.11.1958	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28

Reference: [2]

CFL 1959

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
IRFU
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	4	0	298	162	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	8	6	0	275	217	16
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	0	193	305	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	192	274	8
WIFU
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	4	0	418	272	24
Edmonto Eskimoes	16	10	6	0	370	221	20
BC Lions	16	9	7	0	306	301	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	8	8	0	356	301	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	1	15	0	212	567	2

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	WIFU Semi-Final		Aggregate
31.10.1959	BC Lions	8	Edmonton Eskimoes	20
04.11.1959	Edmonton Eskimoes	41	BC Lions	7
	WIFU Final		Best-of-3
11.11.1959	Edmonton Eskimoes	11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19
14.11.1959	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	Edmonton Eskimoes	8
	IRFU Semi-Final
07.11.1959	Ottawa Rough Riders	43	Montreal Alouettes	0
	IRFU Final		Aggregate
14.11.1959	Ottawa Rough Riders	17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5
21.11.1959	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21	Ottawa Rough Riders	7
	Grey Cup
28.11.1959	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7

Reference: [2]

CFL 1960

EASTERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	PTS
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	370	265	20
Ottawa Rough Riders*	14	9	5	0	400	283	18
Montréal Alouettes	14	5	9	0	340	458	10
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	4	10	0	273	377	8
WIU	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	PTS
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	14	2	0	453	239	28
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	6	0	318	225	20
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	8	2	374	404	14
British Columbia Lions	16	5	9	2	296	356	12
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	12	2	205	422	6

PLAYOFFS

Ottawa Rough Riders	30	Montréal Alouettes	14
Edmonton Eskimos	70	Ottawa Rough Riders	28 *
Conference Finals
Ottawa Rough Riders	54	Toronto Argonauts	41 *
Edmonton Eskimos	2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1 **

GREY CUP –             Empire Stadium, Vancouver

Ottawa Rough Riders

16

Edmonton Eskimos

6

* in two games, total points series

**Three Games Series (16-22, 10-5, 4-2)

Report

In 1956 the Canadian Football League broke away from the Canadian Rugby Union, and played as a stand-alone league. The winners of the Grey Cup that year were Edmonton Eskimoes 50-27 versus Montreal Alouettes. In 1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 32-7 against Winnipeg Blue Bombers to take home the coveted cup, although in 1958 Winnipeg got revenge, triumphing 35-28 over the Tiger-Cats. The Blue Bombers repeated in 1959, winning again against Hamilton, this time 21-07. In 1960 The IRFU renamed itself the Eastern Football Conference and its’ Champions the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated Edmonton Eskimoes 16-6 in a low-scoring game to win the Grey Cup. The Western Interprovincial Union was renamed the Western Football Conference in 1961.

About

The Canadian Football League was formed in 1958 when the Western Interprovincial Football Union and Interprovincial Rugby Football Union broke away from the Canadian Rugby Union, and adopted more American Football style pf play. During the 1950s it can be seen as a AAA Football League, becoming a Major League in 1960 with the adoption of an inter-locking schedule and the renaming of the Western Inter-Provincial Football Union and the Inter-Provincial Rugby Football Union as the Western and Eastern Conferences.

Bibliography

[1] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia | The Annual Record pg. 108-110. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

[2] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia | The Game Scores pg. 5-10. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

Images

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Many thanks to Jim Stevenson (Statistician – Ontario Football Conference) for kindly providing OFC material for 1984 to 2000
Many thanks to Mitch Soivenski of Hampton, New Hampshire for submitting errata corrections

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Stewart-Candy

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Data Compiled by Dave Stewart-Candy & Dave Clamen, (Canadian Football Almanac 1875-2012, unpublished, Vancouver 2012).

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