Vanier Cup

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The Vanier Cup (in French: Coupe Vanier) is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is currently played between the winners of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl. It is named after Georges Vanier, the former Governor General of Canada and was first awarded in 1965 to the winner of an invitational event contested between two teams that were selected by a panel. In 1967, the trophy was declared the official "CIAU (now CIS) National Football Championship" and a playoff system was instituted. From its creation until 1982, it was known as the Canadian College Bowl. The game typically occurs in late November, although it is occasionally played in December.

In 2007, the Vanier Cup returned to the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, for the first time since 2003. The 2007 Vanier Cup was part of the 2007 Grey Cup festivities in Toronto.^[1] The title sponsor for the game was the Desjardins Group, the largest association of credit unions in North America. The Vanier Cup game was played on Friday, November 23, 2007, two days before the Grey Cup game.^[2] The University of Manitoba Bisons defeated the Saint Mary's University Huskies 28-14 to claim their first championship since 1970.^[3] The 2008 game will be played at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario.

Contents 1 History 2 Championships 3 Vanier Cup appearances 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The Vanier Cup was created in 1965 as the championship trophy of the Canadian College Bowl. For the first two years of competition, the Canadian College Bowl was an invitational event, with a national panel selecting two teams to play, much like the system employed by American college football today. In 1967, the Canadian College Bowl was declared the national football championship of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union, now Canadian Interuniversity Sport, with a playoff system determining the two participants.^[4] The Vanier Cup was played in Toronto, Ontario, from its inception in 1965 through 2003. However, after the CIS opened the game to host conference bids in 2001, the possibility arose to have games held outside Toronto. The 2004 and 2005 games were hosted by the OUA at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, and the 2006 game was hosted by the University of Saskatchewan at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.^[5] Several times, the game has been played in the same city and during the same weekend as the Grey Cup. The most recent year was 2007, but this is not a regular occurrence and has only happened a few times.^[2] The game is regularly broadcast nationally and in 2007 was broadcast by the cable network The Score.^[6]

Today, the Vanier Cup is played between the winners of the Uteck Bowl (formerly Atlantic Bowl) and the Mitchell Bowl (formerly the Churchill Bowl). The Uteck and Mitchell Bowls, in turn, are contested by the Loney Bowl (AUS), Hardy Cup (Canada West), Dunsmore Cup (QUFL), and Yates Cup (OUA) champions.^[7][8]

The Vanier Cup's most valuable player is awarded the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy. It was first awarded in 1965 and was named after Ted Morris, a former member of the Toronto Argonauts and an organizer of the first bowl. He died before the first game could be played, and the trophy was named after him. The Bruce Coulter Award was first awarded in 1992 and is dependant on what position the winner of the Ted Morris Trophy played. If the winner is from the offense, then the Bruce Coulter Award winner will be a defensive player or vice-versa. It was named after Bruce Coulter, who was the head Coach at both McGill and Bishop’s Universities and played with the Montréal Alouettes in the 1950s.^[9]

[edit] Championships

Key

• (#) Number of times that team has won the Vanier Cup.

Note: All Ted Morris Trophy and Bruce Coulter Award winners played for the winning team, unless otherwise noted.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location	Ted Morris Trophy (Game MVP)	Bruce Coulter Award
November 20, 1965	Toronto	14-7	Alberta	Varsity Stadium, Toronto	Jerry Sternberg	Not awarded
November 19, 1966	St. F.X.	40-14	Waterloo Lutheran	Varsity Stadium	Terry Gorman
November 25, 1967	Alberta	10-9	McMaster	Varsity Stadium	Val Schneider
November 22, 1968	Queen's	42-14	Waterloo Lutheran	Varsity Stadium	Don Bayne
November 21, 1969	Manitoba	24-15	McGill	Varsity Stadium	Bob Kraemer
November 21, 1970	Manitoba (2)	38-11	Ottawa	Varsity Stadium	Mike Shylo
November 20, 1971	Western	15-14	Alberta	Varsity Stadium	Bob McGregor[A]
November 25, 1972	Alberta (2)	20-7	Waterloo Lutheran	Varsity Stadium	Roger Comartin Andy MacLeod
November 24, 1973	Saint Mary's	14-6	McGill	Exhibition Stadium, Toronto	Ken Clark
November 22, 1974	Western (2)	19-15	Toronto	Exhibition Stadium	Ian Bryans
November 21, 1975	Ottawa	14-9	Calgary	Exhibition Stadium	Neil Lumsden
November 19, 1976	Western (3)	29-13	Acadia	Varsity Stadium	Bill Rozalowsky
November 19, 1977	Western (4)	48-15	Acadia	Varsity Stadium	Bill Rozalowsky
November 18, 1978	Queen's (2)	16-3	UBC	Varsity Stadium	Ed Andrew
November 17, 1979	Acadia	34-12	Western	Varsity Stadium	Don Ross
November 29, 1980	Alberta (3)	40-21	Ottawa	Varsity Stadium	Forrest Kennerd
November 28, 1981	Acadia (2)	18-12	Alberta	Varsity Stadium	Steve Repic
November 20, 1982	UBC	39-14	Western	Varsity Stadium	Glenn Steele
November 19, 1983	Calgary	31-21	Queen's	Varsity Stadium	Tim Petros
November 24, 1984	Guelph	22-13	Mount Allison	Varsity Stadium	Parri Ceci
November 30, 1985	Calgary (2)	25-6	Western	Varsity Stadium	Lew Lawrick
November 22, 1986	UBC (2)	25-23	Western	Varsity Stadium	Eric Putoto
November 21, 1987	McGill	47-11	UBC	Varsity Stadium	Michael Soles
November 19, 1988	Calgary (3)	52-23	Saint Mary's	Varsity Stadium	Sean Furlong
November 18, 1989	Western (5)	35-10	Saskatchewan	SkyDome, Toronto	Tyrone Williams
November 24, 1990	Saskatchewan	24-21	Saint Mary's	SkyDome	David Earl
November 30, 1991	Wilfrid Laurier	25-18	Mount Allison	SkyDome	Andy Cecchini
November 21, 1992	Queen's (3)	31-0	Saint Mary's	SkyDome	Brad Elberg	Eric Dell
November 20, 1993	Toronto (2)	37-34	Calgary	SkyDome	Glenn McCausland	Rob Schrauth[B]
November 19, 1994	Western (6)	50-40	Saskatchewan	SkyDome	Brent Schneider[C]	Xavier Lafont
November 25, 1995	Calgary (4)	54-24	Western	SkyDome	Don Blair	Rob Richards
November 30, 1996	Saskatchewan (2)	31-12	St. F.X.	SkyDome	Brent Schneider	Warren Muzika
November 22, 1997	UBC (3)	39-23	Ottawa	SkyDome	Stewart Scherck	Mark Nohra
November 28, 1998	Saskatchewan (3)	24-17	Concordia	SkyDome	Trevor Ludtke	Doug Rozon
November 27, 1999	Laval	14-10	Saint Mary's	SkyDome	Stéphane Lefebvre	Francesco Pepe Esposito
December 2, 2000	Ottawa (2)	42-39	Regina	SkyDome	Phill Côté	Scott Gordon
December 1, 2001	Saint Mary's (2)	42-16	Manitoba	SkyDome	Ryan Jones	Kyl Morrison
November 23, 2002	Saint Mary's (3)	33-21	Saskatchewan	SkyDome	Steve Panella	Joe Bonaventura
November 22, 2003	Laval (2)	14-7	Saint Mary's	SkyDome	Jeronimo Huerta Flores	Philippe Audet
November 27, 2004	Laval (3)	7-1	Saskatchewan	Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton	Matthew Leblanc	Matthieu Proulx
December 3, 2005	Wilfrid Laurier (2)	24-23	Saskatchewan	Ivor Wynne Stadium	Ryan Pyear	David Montoya
November 25, 2006	Laval (4)	13-8	Saskatchewan	Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon	Éric Maranda	Samuel Grégoire-Champagne
November 23, 2007	Manitoba (3)	28-14	Saint Mary's	Rogers Centre, Toronto	Mike Howard	John Makie[3]
November 22, 2008[10]				Ivor Wynne Stadium[11]

^ A. Bob MacGregor, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1971, played for the Alberta Golden Bears.
^ B. Rob Schrauth, Bruce Coulter Award winner in 1993, played for the Calgary Dinos.
^ C. Brent Schneider, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1994, played for the Saskatchewan Huskies.

[edit] Vanier Cup appearances

Key

OUA	Ontario University Athletics
QUFL	Quebec Student Sports Federation
Canada West	Canada West Universities Athletic Association
AUS	Atlantic University Sport

Appearances	Team	Conference	Wins	Losses	Win %	Last victory	Last appearance
11	Western Ontario Mustangs	OUA	6	5	.545	1994	1995
9	Saint Mary's Huskies	AUS	3	6	.333	2002	2007
	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West	3	6	.333	1998	2006
6	Calgary Dinos	Canada West	4	2	.667	1995	1995
	Alberta Golden Bears	Canada West	3	3	.500	1980	1981
5	UBC Thunderbirds	Canada West	3	2	.600	1997	1997
	Ottawa Gee-Gees	OUA	2	3	.400	2000	2000
	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks[D]	OUA	2	3	.400	2005	2005
4	Laval Rouge-et-Or	QUFL	4	0	1.000	2006	2006
	Queen's Golden Gaels	OUA	3	1	.750	1992	1992
	Manitoba Bisons	Canada West	3	1	.750	2007	2007
	Acadia Axemen	AUS	2	2	.500	1981	1981
3	Toronto Varsity Blues	OUA	2	1	.667	1993	1993
	McGill Redmen	QUFL	1	2	.333	1987	1987
2	St. Francis Xavier X-Men	AUS	1	1	.500	1966	1996
	Mount Allison Mounties	AUS	0	2	.000	---	1991
1	Guelph Gryphons	OUA	1	0	1.000	1984	1984
	Concordia Stingers	QUFL	0	1	.000	---	1998
	McMaster Marauders	OUA	0	1	.000	---	1967
	Regina Rams	Canada West	0	1	.000	---	2000
0	Bishop's Gaiters	QUFL	0	0	---	---	---
	Waterloo Warriors	OUA	0	0	---	---	---
	Windsor Lancers	OUA	0	0	---	---	---
	York Lions/Yeomen	OUA	0	0	---	---	---
	Montréal Carabins	QUFL	0	0	---	---	---
	Simon Fraser Clan	Canada West	0	0	---	---	---
	Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or	QUFL	0	0	---	---	---

^ D. The Wilfrid Laurier record includes three games played as Waterloo Lutheran.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Vanier Cup website
• CIS Football - Vanier Cup Game Results. Slam! Sports.
• Vanier Cup MVPs. Slam! Sports.
• R. E. Watkins. A History of Canadian University Football. Canadian Interuniversity Sport.