In 1914, Canadian Football consisted of three separate leagues: the IRFU (Interprovincial Rugby Football Union), the ORFU (Ontario Rugby Football Union), and the CIRFU (Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union). During the regular season, the teams in each league would play each other, but not the teams from the other two leagues. After being denied entrance into the ORFU in 1913, the remnants of the Hamilton Alerts operated separately from any Union for several seasons before fading from the scene. On the field, Hamilton and Toronto would tie for the top spot in the IRFU and qualify for the post season, both posting impressive 5-1 records. Meanwhile, the McGill Redmen and Toronto Varsity Blues would also tie atop the CIRFU and qualify for the post season with identical 3-1 records. The Hamilton Rowing Club (3-1) would take the ORFU by one game over second place Toronto RAA, and also qualify for the post-season. In the first round of the playoffs, it was the Toronto Argonauts over the Hamilton Tigers 11-4, while Toronto Varsity Blues would take care of the McGill Redmen 17-13. In the East Final, it was the Toronto Argonauts winning a close one over the Hamilton Rowing Club 16-14, to set up the match-up for the 6th Grey Cup Championship, between the Toronto Argonauts and the Toronto Varsity Blues. The 6th Grey Cup was played on December 5, 1914, before 10,500 fans at Varsity Stadium at Toronto. The Toronto Argonauts defeated
the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 14 to 2. The third time was a charm for the Toronto Argonauts. After coming short in the big game in 1911 and 1912, the Argonauts won their first Grey Cup with a victory over their cross-town rivals. In this rematch of the 1911 game, the Scullers scored all the points they would need in the opening minute. Varsity's Red McKenzie fumbled the ball on a punt return on his own 15-yard line, which Glad Murphy picked up and ran to the end zone for an Argonauts touchdown. Jack O'Connor was good on the convert. The Argonauts took advantage of another turnover in the second quarter when Freddie Mills recovered another
Varsity fumble and ran for a major. O'Connor failed on the convert, but was later successful on a lucky field goal. Kicking from 35 yards out, O'Connor's kick hit the crossbar and bounced over for a 14-0 Argonauts lead. Varsity's only points came in the third quarter on a pair of rouges. The students came close to scoring a touchdown in this period, when Charlie Gage looked to have crossed the Argonauts goal line. A big pile of about 20 players fell on the Varsity player, with a couple of Scullers pulling Gage and the ball away from the end zone. No touchdown was awarded, and Varsity was forced to rouge. O'Connor had a dubious feat in this game, attempting seven field goals, but only being good on one. The Argonauts' victory was their third in seven days, after defeating the Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Rowing Club in playoff games. As a result, the Scullers were a banged up crew entering the national final, but still prevailed over the well-rested Varsity squad. The students had two weeks off between games. With the loss, Varsity players reluctantly gave up the Grey Cup trophy which they had held since March 1910, even though they hadn't played in the Dominion championship since 1911. Varsity contended that the mug was theirs until another team defeated them in the national final. The Argonauts' victory freed the trophy for every subsequent champion.