- Canadian Football News in 1896 Final regular season standings
- League Champions
- Playoffs MRFU Playoffs ORFU Semi Finals ORFU Final
- Dominion Championship
- References
Canadian Football News in 1896In the MRFU, the fall session saw the Winnipeg Football Club (Winnipegs) and the St.John's Rugby Football Club (St.John's) compete. In the spring session of the season, the Royal Canadian Dragoons were added to the competition. The Winnipegs and the St.John's played a final league game to determine the regular season champion. The St.John's received a bye to the MRFU playoff finals while the Winnipegs played the Dragoons in the MRFU playoff semi-final. Final regular season standingsNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points Quebec Rugby Football Union[1]| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | | Ottawa College | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 14 | 8 | | Ottawa City Football Club | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 59 | 4 | | Montreal Football Club | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 25 | 4 | | McGill University | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 44 | 4 | | Britannia Football Club | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 128 | 0 | | Manitoba Rugby Football Union| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | | St.John's Rugby Football Club | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 23 | 4 | | Winnipeg Football Club | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 34 | 0 | |
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- Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs
League Champions| Football Union | League Champion |
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| ORFU | University of Toronto | | QRFU | Ottawa College | |
| MRFU | St.John's College | | Northwest Championship | Winnipeg Football Club | |
Playoffs[2]MRFU Playoffs| MRFU Semi-Final & Final | | Winnipeg Football Club 25 | Royal Canadian Dragoons 0 | | St.John's Rugby Football Club 7 | Winnipeg Football Club 6 | | Royal Canadian Dragoons were a late entry to the MRFU | |
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{{Clear}} ORFU Semi Finals| ORFU Semi-Final 1 | | University of Toronto 18 | Queen's University 16 | | University of Toronto 13 | Queen's University 1 | | University of University Toronto advances to the 1896 ORFU Final | |
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{{Clear}} | ORFU Dominion Semi-Final 2 | | Royal Military College 13 | Toronto AC Lornes 6 | | Royal Military College 1 | Toronto AC Lornes 42 | | Toronto AC Lornes advance to the 1896 ORFU Final | |
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{{Clear}} ORFU Final| ORFU Final | | University of Toronto 43 | Toronto AC Lornes 6 | | University of Toronto 18 | Toronto AC Lornes 16 | | University of Toronto advance to the 1896 Dominion Championship | |
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{{Clear}} Dominion Championship| November 211896 Dominion Championship Game: Rosedale Field, Toronto, Ontario | | Ottawa College 12 | University of Toronto 8 | | Ottawa College are the 1896 Dominion Champions | |
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{{Clear}} References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/23-04-900.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-10-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022100345/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/23-04-900.pdf |archivedate=2012-10-22 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|title=1896 season|url=http://www.cflapedia.com/}}
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