2015 CIS football season
The 2015 CIS football season began on August 30, 2015 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day.[1] The season concluded on November 28 with the UBC Thunderbirds defeating the Montreal Carabins 26-23 in the 51st Vanier Cup championship at Telus Stadium in Quebec City.[2] This year, 27 university teams in Canada played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.
Regular season standings
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2015 RSEQ standings |
| Overall | | | Conf |
(Rank) Team | W | | L | | PF | | PA | | PTS | | W | | L | Playoff Spot |
#3 Laval | 7 | - | 1 | | 298 | - | 101 | | 14 | | 6 | - | 1 | † |
#4 Montreal | 6 | - | 2 | | 232 | - | 109 | | 12 | | 6 | - | 2 | X |
#7 Sherbrooke | 5 | - | 3 | | 216 | - | 153 | | 10 | | 4 | - | 3 | X |
Concordia | 4 | - | 4 | | 250 | - | 222 | | 8 | | 4 | - | 4 | X |
McGill | 3 | - | 5 | | 192 | - | 249 | | 6 | | 3 | - | 4 | |
Bishop's | 1 | - | 7 | | 89 | - | 319 | | 2 | | 0 | - | 7 | |
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
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2015 OUA standings |
(Rank) Team | W | | L | | PF | | PA | | PTS | Playoff Spot |
#2 Western | 8 | - | 0 | | 494 | - | 110 | | 16 | † |
#5 Guelph | 7 | - | 1 | | 338 | - | 159 | | 14 | X |
McMaster | 6 | - | 2 | | 355 | - | 211 | | 12 | X |
#10 Carleton | 5 | - | 3 | | 288 | - | 224 | | 10 | X |
Queen's | 5 | - | 3 | | 242 | - | 251 | | 10 | X |
#9 Laurier | 4 | - | 4 | | 261 | - | 218 | | 8 | X |
Toronto | 3 | - | 5 | | 300 | - | 331 | | 6 | |
Ottawa | 3 | - | 5 | | 300 | - | 331 | | 6 | |
Windsor | 2 | - | 6 | | 166 | - | 315 | | 4 | |
York | 1 | - | 7 | | 121 | - | 367 | | 2 | |
Waterloo | 0 | - | 8 | | 66 | - | 380 | | 0 | |
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
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2015 AUS standings |
| Overall | | Conf |
(Rank) Team | W | | L | | PF | | PA | | PTS | | W | | L | Playoff Spot |
Mount Allison | 5 | - | 3 | | 221 | - | 144 | | 10 | | 5 | - | 2 | † |
St. FX | 5 | - | 3 | | 172 | - | 179 | | 10 | | 5 | - | 2 | X |
Acadia | 4 | - | 4 | | 185 | - | 170 | | 8 | | 4 | - | 3 | X |
Saint Mary's | 0 | - | 8 | | 72 | - | 281 | | 0 | | 0 | - | 7 | |
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
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Top 10
Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes.
NR = Not Ranked, received no votes.
Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.
Post-season awards
All-Canadian team
First team
- Offence
- QB - Andrew Buckley - Calgary
- RB - Dillon Campbell - Laurier
- RB - Mercer Timmis - Calgary
- IR - Mitch Hillis - Saskatchewan
- IR - Ian Stewart - Ottawa
- WR - Rashaun Simonise - Calgary
- WR - Daniel Vandervoort - McMaster
- C - Sean McEwen - Calgary
- G - Charles Vaillancourt - Laval
- G - Sean Jamieson - Western
- T - Braden Schram - Calgary
- T - Jason Lauzon-Séguin - Laval
- Defence
- DT - David Onyemata - Manitoba
- DT - Samuel Narkaj - Concordia
- DE - Mathieu Betts - Laval
- DE - Jesse St. James - Acadia
- LB - John Rush - Guelph
- LB - Drew Morris - Acadia
- LB - Doctor Cassama - Calgary
- FS - Jesse McNair - Western
- HB - Robert Woodson - Calgary
- HB - Maïko Zepeda - Montreal
- CB - Godrey Onyeka - Laurier
- CB - Adam Laurensse - Calgary
- Special teams
- P - Quinn van Gylswyk - British Columbia
- K - Johnny Mark - Calgary
- RET - Tunde Adeleke - Carleton
Second team
- Offence
- QB - Will Finch - Western
- RB - Alex Taylor - Western
- RB - Ashton Dickson - St. Francis Xavier
- IR - Brian Jones - Acadia
- IR - Jimmy Ralph - Alberta
- WR - Yanic Lessard - Concordia
- WR - Jacob Scarfone - Guelph
- C - Matthew Van Praet - Western
- G - Darius Ciraco - Calgary
- G - Philippe Gagnon - Laval
- T - Eddie Merdith - Western
- T - Vernon Sainvil - St. Francis Xavier
- Defence
- DT - Donovan Dale - British Columbia
- DT - Adam Melanson - Acadia
- DE - Kwaku Boateng - Laurier
- DE - Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou - Montreal
- LB - Shayne Gauthier - Laval
- LB - Jake Heathcote - McMaster
- LB - Micah Teitz - Calgary
- FS - Kwame Adjei - Mount Allison
- HB - Nicholas Parisotto - Guelph
- HB - Mikaël Charland - Concordia
- CB - Alex Hovington - Laval
- CB - Devante Sampson - Mount Allison
- Special teams
- P - Félix Ménard-Brière - Montreal
- K - Gabriel Ferraro - Guelph
- RET - Jamel Lyles - Manitoba
[13]
Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2015, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.[14]
Playoff bracket
The seed of the OUA Semi-Final is done so that the first-place team play the weakest team still alive.
Teams
Canada West Football Conference
Hardy Trophy
Institution |
Team |
City |
Province |
First season |
Head coach |
Enrollment |
Endowment |
Football stadium |
Capacity |
Hardy Trophies |
Vanier Cups |
University of British Columbia |
Thunderbirds |
Vancouver |
BC |
1923 |
Blake Nill |
43,579 |
$1.01B |
Thunderbird Stadium |
3,500 |
14 |
3 |
University of Calgary |
Dinos |
Calgary |
AB |
1964 |
Wayne Harris, Jr. |
28,196 |
$444M |
McMahon Stadium |
35,650 |
15 |
4 |
University of Alberta |
Golden Bears |
Edmonton |
AB |
1910 |
Chris Morris |
36,435 |
$751M |
Foote Field |
3,500 |
18 |
3 |
University of Saskatchewan |
Huskies |
Saskatoon |
SK |
1912 |
Brian Towriss |
19,082 |
$136.7M |
Griffiths Stadium |
6,171 |
20 |
3 |
University of Regina |
Rams |
Regina |
SK |
1999 |
Mike Gibson |
12,800 |
$25.9M |
Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field |
32,848 |
1 |
0 |
University of Manitoba |
Bisons |
Winnipeg |
MB |
1920 |
Brian Dobie |
27,599 |
$303M |
Investors Group Field |
33,422 |
11 |
3 |
Ontario University Athletics
Yates Cup
Institution |
Team |
City |
Province |
First season |
Head coach |
Enrollment |
Endowment |
Football stadium |
Capacity |
Yates Cups |
Vanier Cups |
University of Windsor |
Lancers |
Windsor |
ON |
1968 |
Joe D'Amore |
13,496 |
$32.5M |
South Campus Stadium |
2,000 |
1 |
0 |
University of Western Ontario |
Mustangs |
London |
ON |
1929 |
Greg Marshall |
30,000 |
$266.6M |
TD Stadium |
10,000 |
30 |
6 |
University of Waterloo |
Warriors |
Waterloo |
ON |
1957 |
Chris Bertoia |
27,978 |
$172M |
Warrior Field |
5,200 |
2 |
0 |
Wilfrid Laurier University |
Golden Hawks |
Waterloo |
ON |
1961 |
Michael Faulds |
12,394 |
--- |
University Stadium |
6,000 |
7 |
2 |
University of Guelph |
Gryphons |
Guelph |
ON |
1950 |
Stu Lang |
19,408 |
$164.2M |
Alumni Stadium |
4,100 |
3 |
1 |
McMaster University |
Marauders |
Hamilton |
ON |
1901 |
Stefan Ptaszek |
25,688 |
$498.5M |
Ron Joyce Stadium |
6,000 |
7 |
1 |
University of Toronto |
Varsity Blues |
Toronto |
ON |
1877 |
Greg Gary |
73,185 |
$1.823B |
Varsity Stadium |
5,000 |
25 |
2 |
York University |
Lions |
Toronto |
ON |
1969 |
Warren Craney |
42,400 |
$306M |
York Stadium |
2,500 |
0 |
0 |
Queen's University |
Golden Gaels |
Kingston |
ON |
1882 |
Pat Sheahan |
20,566 |
$657M |
Richardson Stadium |
8,500 |
23 |
4 |
University of Ottawa |
Gee-Gees |
Ottawa |
ON |
1894 |
Jamie Barresi |
35,548 |
$128.4M |
Gee-Gees Field |
4,152 |
4 |
2 |
Carleton University |
Ravens |
Ottawa |
ON |
1945 |
Steve Sumarah |
25,890 |
$230M |
Keith Harris Stadium |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
Dunsmore Cup
Institution |
Team |
City |
Province |
First season |
Head coach |
Enrollment |
Endowment |
Football stadium |
Capacity |
Dunsmore Cups |
Vanier Cups |
Concordia University |
Stingers |
Montreal |
QC |
1974 |
Mickey Donovan |
38,809 |
$54.4M |
Concordia Stadium |
4,000 |
3 |
0 |
Université de Montréal |
Carabins |
Montreal |
QC |
2002 |
Danny Maciocia |
55,540 |
$89.5M |
CEPSUM Stadium |
5,100 |
2 |
1 |
McGill University |
Redmen |
Montreal |
QC |
1898 |
Ronald Hilaire |
32,514 |
$973.6M |
Molson Stadium |
25,012 |
3 |
1 |
Université Laval |
Rouge et Or |
Quebec City |
QC |
1996 |
Glen Constantin |
37,591 |
$105.3M |
PEPS Stadium |
12,257 |
12 |
8 |
Université de Sherbrooke |
Vert et Or |
Sherbrooke |
QC |
1971 |
David Lessard |
35,000 |
--- |
Université de Sherbrooke Stadium |
3,359 |
0 |
0 |
Bishop's University |
Gaiters |
Sherbrooke |
QC |
1884 |
Kevin Mackey |
1,817 |
--- |
Coulter Field |
2,200 |
4 |
0 |
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