Winnipeg Tammany Tigers football team


The Winnipeg Tammany Tigers football team was a Canadian football team in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the Manitoba Rugby Football Union and Western Canada Rugby Football Union between 1913 and 1929. On May 14, 1930, the Tammany Tigers disbanded due to financial difficulties and a month later was reorganized as a new team: the Winnipegs. The team was part of one of the most successful and popular sports clubs in the city, the Tammany Tigers Athletic Association, which also fielded championship lacrosse, baseball and ice hockey teams.
The Association first fielded a football team in 1910, and had junior and intermediate teams for 3 seasons. Led by popular coach and World War I veteran Leland 'Tote' Mitchell, the team managed to win two MRFU championships and played in the 13th Grey Cup game, losing to the Ottawa Senators 24–1.
While the Tammany Tigers did provide the nucleus of the new Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, the team is not part of the official history or records of Winnipeg's current team: the Blue Bombers.

MRFU season-by-season

SeasonGWLTPFPAPtsFinishPlayoffs
19134220362342ndlost MRFU semi final to St.John's Rugby Football Club, 23-8
19145230364342nd
19151100104No league play
1916 to 1918League suspended due to the Great War
1919did not play
19204130194323rd
19214220534142nd
19224130295523rd
192340404216303rd
19244220466642nd
19256420522881stWon MRFU Championship 11–0 Vs University of Manitoba Varsity, 11–0, Won WCRFU Championship 11–1 Vs Regina, Lost 13th Grey Cup 24–1 vs Ottawa Senators
19265230335843rd
19274310542161stWon MRFU Championship 11–1 Vs Winnipeg Victorias, 11–1, Lost West Semi Final 17–2 vs Regina
19285140276423rdTri-City Rugby Football League
19294220354242ndLost MRFU playoff 10–1 Vs Winnipeg St.John's College
Totals542331047265144