The Peterborough Orfuns were a Canadian football team in the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) that played in the 1938 and 1939 seasons. The name (pronounced like "orphans") was a play on the league name: O R F Uns. The team later competed in an intermediate league between Senior ORFU and Junior football, reaching the national championship game three times. In 1952, they lost 31–18 to the Norwood/St. Boniface Legionaries of Manitoba then in 1954 lost 16–12 to the Winnipeg Rams. In 1955, they finally became national champions.[citation needed]
ORFU season-by-season
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| Season
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
PF
|
PA
|
Pts
|
Finish
|
Playoffs
|
| 1938 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
15 |
158 |
2 |
4th, IRFU |
Last place
|
| 1939 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
16 |
105 |
0 |
4th, IRFU |
Last place
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