Montreal Football Club

Not to be confused with CF Montréal.
Montreal Football Club
Founded1872; 152 years ago (1872)
Folded1915; 109 years ago (1915)
Based inMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Home fieldMontreal AAA Grounds
LeagueQRFU (1883–1906)
IRFU (1907–1915)
Coloursblack, red[1]    

The Montreal Football Club was a Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec that played in the Quebec Rugby Football Union from 1883 to 1906 and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1907 to 1915. The club was a founding member of the QRFU and played in the first football game in Quebec in 1872. The club was dominant in Quebec, winning 12 of the 24 QRFU titles in the years that they played in that league.[2] Montreal also won the first Canadian Dominion Football Championship in 1884, a predecessor of the Grey Cup and again won the championship in their first season in the IRFU in 1907.[3]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) THE QUEBEC RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION 1883–1906 – Part 6
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) THE QUEBEC RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION 1883–1906 – Part 1
  3. ^ 2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 978-0-9739425-4-5, p.294