51st Vanier Cup
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| Date | November 28, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Telus Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Quebec City, QC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Morris Memorial Trophy | Michael O’Connor, UBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Coulter Award | Stavros Katsantonis, UBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem |
Laval University Faculty of Music | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kick-off | Felix Ménard-Brière, Montreal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Henry Chiu | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,557 | ||||||||||||||||||
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TV: Sportsnet, TVA Sports | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tim Micallef and Mike Morreale, Sportsnet[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ratings | 311,000 on Sportsnet[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 Vanier Cup, the 51st edition of the Canadian university football championship took place on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Telus Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec.[3] It was the fourth time that the city of Quebec has hosted the Vanier Cup. For the third consecutive year the championship game was played in the province of Quebec. The game featured the Canada West Champion UBC Thunderbirds and the RSEQ Champion Montreal Carabins. This was the second appearance for the Carabins and the sixth for the Thunderbirds.
Semi-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 visited the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup visited the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.[4]
Scoring summary
- First Quarter
- UBC - van Gylswyk 45 yd field goal (12:44)
- UBC - van Gylswyk 33 yd field goal (07:46)
- Second Quarter
- UBC - Davis 6 yd touchdown and converted (13:51)
- UBC - van Gylswyk 43 yd field goal (06:21)
- MON - Paquet 12 yd touchdown and converted (02:59)
- MON - Deschamps 15 yd field goal (00:00)
- Third Quarter
- UBC - Deschamps 44 yd touchdown and converted (09:23)
- MON - Deschamps 22 yd field goal (04:11)
- MON - Deschamps 12 yd field goal (00:12)
- Fourth Quarter
- MON - Nadeau-Piuze 6 yd touchdown and converted (07:45)
- UBC - van Gylswyk 20 yd field goal (00:00)[5]
References
- ↑ Vanier Cup Live from Sportsnet, retrieved 28 November 2015
- ↑ The Great Canadian Ratings Report: Grey Cup a much-needed victory for the CFL
- ↑ Laval to host 2015 Vanier Cup in Quebec City from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, 8 December 2014, retrieved 2014-12-09.
- ↑ "CIS 5-year Championship Schedule" (PDF). Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ Montreal vs. UBC at Quebec City, Quebec from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, retrieved 28 November 2015