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The Laurier Golden Hawks won the 2005 Vanier Cup, defeating Saskatchewan 24–23.
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.
The 2010 Vanier Cup game was played at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City for the second time. It was played between the Laval Rouge et Or and the Calgary Dinos. Laval won the game 29–2 and captured their sixth championship, becoming just the second team to win the game at their home stadium.[1]
The Western Ontario Mustangs and Laval Rouge et Or have won the most Vanier Cups (6), while Western has the most appearances (12). Sixteen teams have won the Vanier Cup, while four others have played for the championship but never won. There are seven active teams that have never appeared in the championship game.
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History
Logo for the 2011 Vanier Cup in VancouverThe 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.[2]
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, 2005 and 2008 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.[3] Twice, the game has been played in the same city and during the same weekend as the Grey Cup: 1973 and 2007; both times in Toronto.[4]. The 2009 and 2010 games where held at Laval University in Quebec City, making it the first time the province of Quebec hosted the Vanier Cup.[5]
Vanier Cup raised in 1990.As of 2010, 40 of the 46 Vanier Cups have been played in Toronto, three elsewhere in Ontario, two in Quebec, and one in Western Canada. No games have been staged in the Atlantic region.
The game is regularly broadcast nationally and in 2008 was on the cable network The Score, before returning to TSN in 2009, where it has been since then.[6] In 2010, the rights to the Vanier Cup were purchased by sports marketing company MRX.[7] The 2011 game will be held in Vancouver, on the same weekend as the 99th Grey Cup.[8]
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 (RSEQ), and Yates Cup (OUA) champions.[9][10]
The Vanier Cup's most valuable player is awarded the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy. It was first awarded at the first championship in 1965 and named in honour of Teddy Morris, who died the same year. Morris, a Hall of Fame former Toronto Argonauts player and coach, was an organizer of the first bowl and champion for developing Canadian players.
The Bruce Coulter Award was first awarded in 1992 and is dependent on what position the winner of the Ted Morris Trophy played. If the winner is from the offence, then the Bruce Coulter Award winner will be the most outstanding defensive player or vice-versa. It was named after Bruce Coulter, long-time Head Coach at Bishop's University and former offensive and defensive player with the Montreal Alouettes in the 1950s. Coulter was inducted as a builder in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1997.[11][12][13]
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.
Game Date Champion Score Runner Up Stadium City Ted Morris Memorial Trophy
(Game MVP)Bruce Coulter Award 1st November 20, 1965 Toronto 14–7 Alberta Varsity Stadium Toronto Jerry Sternberg Not awarded 2nd November 19, 1966 St. F.X. 40–14 Waterloo Lutheran Varsity Stadium Toronto Terry Gorman Not awarded 3rd November 25, 1967 Alberta 10–9 McMaster Varsity Stadium Toronto Val Schneider Not awarded 4th November 22, 1968 Queen's 42–14 Waterloo Lutheran Varsity Stadium Toronto Don Bayne Not awarded 5th November 21, 1969 Manitoba 24–15 McGill Varsity Stadium Toronto Bob Kraemer Not awarded 6th November 21, 1970 Manitoba (2) 38–11 Ottawa Varsity Stadium Toronto Mike Shylo Not awarded 7th November 20, 1971 Western 15–14 Alberta Varsity Stadium Toronto Bob McGregor[A] Not awarded 8th November 25, 1972 Alberta (2) 20–7 Waterloo Lutheran Varsity Stadium Toronto Roger Comartin
Andy MacLeod[B]Not awarded 9th November 24, 1973 Saint Mary's 14–6 McGill Exhibition Stadium Toronto Ken Clark Not awarded 10th November 22, 1974 Western (2) 19–15 Toronto Exhibition Stadium Toronto Ian Bryans Not awarded 11th November 21, 1975 Ottawa 14–9 Calgary Exhibition Stadium Toronto Neil Lumsden Not awarded 12th November 19, 1976 Western (3) 29–13 Acadia Varsity Stadium Toronto Bill Rozalowsky Not awarded 13th November 19, 1977 Western (4) 48–15 Acadia Varsity Stadium Toronto Bill Rozalowsky Not awarded 14th November 18, 1978 Queen's (2) 16–3 UBC Varsity Stadium Toronto Ed Andrew Not awarded 15th November 17, 1979 Acadia 34–12 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Don Ross Not awarded 16th November 29, 1980 Alberta (3) 40–21 Ottawa Varsity Stadium Toronto Forrest Kennerd Not awarded 17th November 28, 1981 Acadia (2) 18–12 Alberta Varsity Stadium Toronto Steve Repic Not awarded 18th November 20, 1982 UBC 39–14 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Glenn Steele Not awarded 19th November 19, 1983 Calgary 31–21 Queen's Varsity Stadium Toronto Tim Petros Not awarded 20th November 24, 1984 Guelph 22–13 Mount Allison Varsity Stadium Toronto Parri Ceci Not awarded 21st November 30, 1985 Calgary (2) 25–6 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Lew Lawrick Not awarded 22nd November 22, 1986 UBC (2) 25–23 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Eric Putoto Not awarded 23rd November 21, 1987 McGill 47–11 UBC Varsity Stadium Toronto Michael Soles Not awarded 24th November 19, 1988 Calgary (3) 52–23 Saint Mary's Varsity Stadium Toronto Sean Furlong Not awarded 25th November 18, 1989 Western (5) 35–10 Saskatchewan SkyDome Toronto Tyrone Williams Not awarded 26th November 24, 1990 Saskatchewan 24–21 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto David Earl Not awarded 27th November 30, 1991 Wilfrid Laurier 25–18 Mount Allison SkyDome Toronto Andy Cecchini Not awarded 28th November 21, 1992 Queen's (3) 31–0 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto Brad Elberg Eric Dell 29th November 20, 1993 Toronto (2) 37–34 Calgary SkyDome Toronto Glenn McCausland Rob Schrauth[C] 30th November 19, 1994 Western (6) 50–40 Saskatchewan SkyDome Toronto Brent Schneider[D] Xavier Lafont 31st November 25, 1995 Calgary (4) 54–24 Western SkyDome Toronto Don Blair Rob Richards 32nd November 30, 1996 Saskatchewan (2) 31–12 St. F.X. SkyDome Toronto Brent Schneider Warren Muzika 33rd November 22, 1997 UBC (3) 39–23 Ottawa SkyDome Toronto Stewart Scherck Mark Nohra 34th November 28, 1998 Saskatchewan (3) 24–17 Concordia SkyDome Toronto Trevor Ludtke Doug Rozon 35th November 27, 1999 Laval 14–10 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto Stéphane Lefebvre Francesco Pepe Esposito 36th December 2, 2000 Ottawa (2) 42–39 Regina SkyDome Toronto Phill Côté Scott Gordon 37th December 1, 2001 Saint Mary's (2) 42–16 Manitoba SkyDome Toronto Ryan Jones Kyl Morrison 38th November 23, 2002 Saint Mary's (3) 33–21 Saskatchewan SkyDome Toronto Steve Panella Joe Bonaventura 39th November 22, 2003 Laval (2) 14–7 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto Jeronimo Huerta-Flores Philippe Audet 40th November 27, 2004 Laval (3) 7-1 Saskatchewan Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton Matthew Leblanc Matthieu Proulx 41st December 3, 2005 Wilfrid Laurier (2) 24–23 Saskatchewan Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton Ryan Pyear David Montoya 42nd November 25, 2006 Laval (4) 13–8 Saskatchewan Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon Éric Maranda Samuel Grégoire-Champagne 43rd November 23, 2007 Manitoba (3) 28–14 Saint Mary's Rogers Centre Toronto Mike Howard John Makie 44th November 22, 2008 Laval (5) 44–21 Western Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton Julian Féoli-Gudino Marc-Antoine L. Fortin 45th November 28, 2009 Queen's (4) 33–31 Calgary PEPS Stadium Quebec City Danny Brannagan Chris Smith 46th November 27, 2010 Laval (6) 29–2 Calgary PEPS Stadium Quebec City Sébastien Levesque Marc-Antoine Beaudoin-Cloutier 47th November 25, 2011 Laval vs. McMaster BC Place Vancouver[8] ^ A. Bob McGregor, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1971, played for the Alberta Golden Bears.
^ B. In the 1972 game, the Vanier Cup Committee and Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union officials decided to crown co-winners from the same school.
^ C. Rob Schrauth, Bruce Coulter Award winner in 1993, played for the Calgary Dinos.
^ D. Brent Schneider, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1994, played for the Saskatchewan Huskies.
From L to R, The Ted Morris Trophy, Vanier Cup and Bruce Coulter Trophy at the 2009 Vanier Cup at Stade PEPS, Québec City.Vanier Cup appearances
Key OUA Ontario University Athletics RSEQ Réseau du sport étudient de Québec (Quebec University Football League, QUFL) CanWest Canada West Universities Athletic Association AUS Atlantic University Sport OQIFC Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference 1980-2000 Appearances Team Conference Wins Losses Win % 12 Western Ontario Mustangs OUA 6 6 .500 9 Saint Mary's Huskies AUS 3 6 .333 Saskatchewan Huskies CanWest 3 6 .333 8 Calgary Dinos CanWest 4 4 .500 6 Alberta Golden Bears CanWest 3 3 .500 Laval Rouge et Or RSEQ 6 0 1.000 5 Queen's Golden Gaels OUA/OQIFC 4 1 .800 UBC Thunderbirds CanWest 3 2 .600 Ottawa Gee-Gees OUA/OQIFC 2 3 .400 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks[E] OUA 2 3 .400 4 Manitoba Bisons CanWest 3 1 .750 Acadia Axemen AUS 2 2 .500 3 Toronto Varsity Blues OUA 2 1 .667 McGill Redmen RSEQ/OQIFC 1 2 .333 2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men AUS 1 1 .500 Mount Allison Mounties AUS 0 2 .000 1 Guelph Gryphons OUA 1 0 1.000 Concordia Stingers RSEQ/OQIFC 0 1 .000 McMaster Marauders OUA 0 1 .000 Regina Rams CanWest 0 1 .000 ^ E. The Wilfrid Laurier record includes three games played as Waterloo Lutheran.
Six active teams have never played for the Vanier Cup: Bishop's Gaiters (RSEQ/OQIFC), Montréal Carabins (RSEQ), Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or (RSEQ), Waterloo Warriors (OUA), Windsor Lancers (OUA) and York Lions/Yeomen (OUA)
See also
- List of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada
- List of awards named after Governors General of Canada
References
- General
- "Past Vanier Cups". vaniercup.ca. 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=15. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- "Championship All-Stars". vaniercup.ca. 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=17. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- "Desjardins Vanier Cup: Head-to-head Look". vaniercup.ca. November 21, 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=107&writer=0. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- Specific
- ^ "Laval wins Vanier Cup with snowy victory over Calgary". The Sports Network. 2010-11-27. http://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=343111. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Past Vanier Cups". vaniercup.ca. 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=15. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ "Desjardins Vanier Cup: Head-to-head Look". vaniercup.ca. November 21, 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=107&writer=0. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ "Desjardins Vanier Cup in Toronto in 2007". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 2005-11-05. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929174438/http://www.tsn.ca/cis/news_story/?ID=143308. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
- ^ "Laval to host 2009 and 2010 Vanier Cup". The Sports Network. 2008-12-11. http://www.tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=259296&lid=sublink010&lpos=headlines_main. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ "The Score to broadcast 2007 Desjardins Vanier Cup". vaniercup.ca. 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=116&writer=0. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ^ Naylor, Dave (2010-11-21). "'11 Vanier Cup to join Grey Cup week in Vancouver". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=342308. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ a b "2011 Vanier and Grey Cup games to be on same weekend". Toronto Star. 2010-11-22. http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/cfl/argos/article/894930--2011-vanier-and-grey-cup-games-to-be-on-same-weekend. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ "Uteck Bowl". vaniercup.ca. 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=14. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ^ "Mitchell Bowl". vaniercup.ca. 2007. http://www.vaniercup.ca/index.php?module=page&id=13. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ^ "Championship All-Stars". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. http://www.vaniercup.ca/page/championship-all-stars. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "Teddy Morris". Hall of Famers. Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum. http://www.cfhof.ca/index.php?module=page&id=24&player=Morris,%20Teddy. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Bruce Coulter". Hall of Famers. Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum. http://www.cfhof.ca/index.php?module=page&id=28&builder=Coulter,%20Bruce. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
External links
CIS football championships National Vanier CupSemi-finals Conference championships Categories:- Vanier Cup
- Recurring events established in 1965
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