Montreal's running back Gordon Perry won the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as the IRFU MVP.
This was the fourth straight year that they voyaged East to challenge for the Grey Cup, losing the three previous occasions (scoring a disappointing nine points in those games).
Montreal launched a protest, and the union relented, naming Joe O'Brien as the head referee the night before the game.
With the turf rock hard, the game kicked off with the temperature hovering around -9 C. The weather did little to help attendance, as a disappointing 5,112 fans turned out to Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.
With the turf in dismal condition, Fred Wilson, the manager of the Roughriders, organized for pairs of lacrosse shoes to be sent to his team.
The shoes somehow found their way into the Montreal dressing room, meaning that the visiting team had unintentionally supplied their opponents with excellent footwear for the icy conditions.
Unbeknownst to Wilson, Regina head coach Al Ritchie had employed a Montreal shoemaker to attach leather cleats to the Roughriders' shoes.
[6] Montreal opened the scoring on their first possession of the game, with Wally Whitty kicking the ball out for a deadline point.
Regina's Eddie James fumbled a snap on his own 35-yard line, and Pete Jotkus dribbled on the ball into the end zone.
- Immediately following the final whistle, Montreal's Edward "Red" Tellier knocked-out Regina's George Gilhooley with a punch to the jaw.
- Three players who participated in the game would go on to be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame; Eddie James from Regina (1963), and Huck Welch (1964) and Gordon Perry (1970) of Montreal.