The Uteck Bowl is one of the two semifinals in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's football, held in the easternmost of the two semifinal venues. The Uteck Bowl champion moves on to face the Mitchell Bowl champion for the Vanier Cup. It was named for Larry Uteck, a former professional football player and university coach who died of ALS in 2002.
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The Atlantic Bowl traditionally saw the Atlantic University Sport champions face a champion from another conference at Huskies Stadium in Halifax. However, in the interests of competitive fairness, the Atlantic Bowl was replaced by the Mitchell Bowl, its venue, like the Churchill Bowl that had paralleled it for so long, rotating among two of the conference champions.
Larry Uteck was a longtime Canadian football coach at Saint Mary's University and, at the time, the university's athletic director. It was decided that the Churchill Bowl would be retired, the Mitchell Bowl would take the place of the Churchill Bowl, and a new championship would be named in Uteck's memory. Thus, the Uteck Bowl formally replaced the Atlantic Bowl.
The inaugural Uteck Bowl was played at Huskies Stadium, where two-time defending Vanier Cup champions and home team Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the Simon Fraser Clan.
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner Up | Score | Location | Uteck Bowl MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-11-15 | Saint Mary's | 60 | Simon Fraser | 9 | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Les Mullings, Saint Mary's |
| 2004-11-20 | Laval | 30 | Laurier | 11 | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Jeronimo Huerta-Flores, Laval |
| 2005-11-19 | Laurier | 31 | Acadia | 10 | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Ryan Pyear, Laurier |
| 2006-11-18 | Laval | 57 | Acadia | 10 | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Olivier Turcotte-Létourneau, Laval |
| 2007-11-17 | Saint Mary's | 24 | Laval | 2 | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Tim St. Pierre, Saint Mary's |
| 2008-11-16 | Laval | 59 | Calgary | 10 | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Benoit Groulx, Laval[1] |
| 2009-11-21 | Calgary | 38 | Saint Mary's | 14 | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Matt Walter, Calgary[2] |
| 2010-11-20 | Laval | 13 | Western | 11 | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Christopher Milo, Laval |
| 2011-11-18 | McMaster | 45 | Acadia | 21 | Moncton Stadium, Moncton | Kyle Quinlan, McMaster[3] |
The teams and host sites of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl rotate on a six-year cycle, so that in each cycle each of the four conferences hosts and visits every other conference once.
The participants and sites for future Uteck Bowl games are listed below:[4]
| Date | Visiting Conference | Host Conference |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-17 | Atlantic University Sport | Quebec University Football League |
| 2013-11-16 | QUFL | AUS (in Moncton)[5] |
| 2014-11-15 | Canada West | QUFL |
| 2015 | TBA | AUS (in Moncton)[5] |
To date, the Uteck Bowl games hosted by Quebec have been played at the champion's home field, while the games hosted by the AUS have been played at Huskies Stadium in Halifax. The 2011, 2013, and 2015 games will be held in Moncton, New Brunswick at the newly built Moncton Stadium.[5]
| Team | GP | W | L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval Rouge et Or | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Calgary Dinos | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| McMaster Marauders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Acadia Axemen | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Simon Fraser Clan | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Western Ontario Mustangs | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
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