2015 CIS football season | |
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Duration | August 30 – October 31 |
Hardy Cup champions | UBC Thunderbirds |
Yates Cup champions | Guelph Gryphons |
Dunsmore Cup champions | Montreal Carabins |
Loney Bowl champions | St. Francis Xavier X-Men |
Mitchell Bowl champions | Montreal Carabins |
Uteck Bowl champions | UBC Thunderbirds |
51st Vanier Cup | |
Date | November 28 |
Venue | Quebec City, Quebec |
Champions | UBC Thunderbirds |
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.
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Team \ Week | 1 [3] | 2 [4] | 3 [5] | 4 [6] | 5 [7] | 6 [8] | 7 [9] | 8 [10] | 9 [11] | 10 [12] |
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Acadia Axemen | 16 (3) | 15 (3) | NR | 10 (32) | 12 (8) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Alberta Golden Bears | NR | 14 (3) | 11 (31) | 15 (4) | NR | 13 (1) | 13 (1) | NR | NR | NR |
Bishop's Gaiters | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Calgary Dinos | 4 (213-1) | 2 (241-6) | 1 (274-13) | 1 (292-26) | 1 (295-28) | 1 (299-29) | 1 (298-28) | 1 (296-27) | 1 (285-24) | 1 (296-26) |
Carleton Ravens | NR | NR | 13 (5) | 12 (13) | NR | 11 (7) | 11 (8) | 10 (22) | 10 (12) | 10 (43) |
Concordia Stingers | 13 (7) | NR | NR | 14 (5) | 15 (1) | NR | NR | 12 (3) | 12 (6) | 11 (17) |
Guelph Gryphons | 6 (137) | 5 (156-1) | 5 (162) | 5 (187) | 5 (190) | 7 (134) | 7 (129) | 7 (119) | 5 (153) | 5 (170) |
Laurier Golden Hawks | NR | 13 (4) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 13 (5) | 9 (51) |
Laval Rouge et Or | 2 (231-2) | 1 (285-20) | 2 (272-14) | 2 (264-2) | 2 (260-1) | 2 (259-1) | 2 (259-1) | 4 (214) | 3 (220-1) | 3 (238) |
Manitoba Bisons | 10 (73) | 6 (144) | 7 (114) | 8 (75) | 6 (114) | 8 (126) | 8 (129) | 8 (89) | 8 (101) | 8 (76) |
McGill Redmen | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
McMaster Marauders | 5 (148) | 7 (144) | 6 (144) | 7 (112) | 7 (113) | 6 (143) | 6 (149) | 6 (145) | 6 (120) | 12 (9) |
Montreal Carabins | 1 (289-25) | 4 (235) | 4 (213) | 4 (211) | 4 (208) | 4 (164) | 4 (164) | 3 (231) | 4 (218) | 4 (216) |
Mount Allison Mounties | 9 (79) | 8 (52) | 8 (86) | 13 (5) | NR | NR | NR | NR | 11 (11) | 13 (4) |
Ottawa Gee-Gees | 14 (5) | 12 (26) | 12 (8) | 9 (42) | 11 (17) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Queen's Golden Gaels | 12 (9) | NR | 14 (3) | 16 (2) | 13 (5) | 10 (27) | 10 (29) | 11 (13) | NR | NR |
Regina Rams | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Saint Mary's Huskies | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Saskatchewan Huskies | 8 (87) | 9 (43) | NR | NR | 8 (82) | 12 (3) | 12 (2) | 13 (1) | NR | NR |
Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 11 (10) | 11 (35) | 9 (48) | 11 (32) | 9 (69) | 5 (147) | 5 (150) | 5 (160) | 7 (108) | 7 (126) |
St. Francis Xavier X-Men | NR | 16 (2) | NR | 17 (2) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 14 (2) |
Toronto Varsity Blues | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
UBC Thunderbirds | 7 (109) | 10 (41) | 10 (39) | 6 (123) | 10 (46) | 9 (89) | 9 (77) | 9 (88) | 9 (95) | 6 (134) |
Waterloo Warriors | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Western Mustangs | 3 (226-2) | 3 (239-3) | 3 (253-3) | 3 (244-2) | 3 (244-1) | 3 (247) | 3 (250-1) | 2 (267-3) | 2 (261-4) | 2 (270-4) |
Windsor Lancers | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
York Lions | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
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.
Quebec [13] | Ontario [13] | Atlantic [13] | Canada West [13] | NATIONAL | |
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Hec Crighton Trophy | Trenton Miller (Concordia) | Will Finch (Western) | Ashton Dickson (St. Francis Xavier) | Andrew Buckley (Calgary) | Andrew Buckley (Calgary) [13] |
Presidents' Trophy | Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou (Montreal) | John Rush (Guelph) | Drew Morris (Acadia) | Robert Woodson (Calgary) | John Rush (Guelph) [13] |
J. P. Metras Trophy | Charles Vaillancourt (Laval) | Kwaku Boateng (Wilfrid Laurier) | Jesse St. James (Acadia) | David Onyemata (Manitoba) | David Onyemata (Manitoba) [13] |
Peter Gorman Trophy | Mathieu Betts (Laval) | Jesse Amankwaa (York) | Donovan Glave (Mount Allison) | Jamel Lyles (Manitoba) | Mathieu Betts (Laval) [13] |
Russ Jackson Award | Jérémi Roch (Sherbrooke) | Curtis Carmichael (Queen's) | Will Wojcik (Acadia) | DJ Lalama (Manitoba) | Curtis Carmichael (Queen's) [13] |
Frank Tindall Trophy | Glen Constantin (Laval) | Greg Marshall (Western) | Gary Waterman (St. Francis Xavier) | Wayne Harris Jr. (Calgary) | Wayne Harris Jr. (Calgary) [13] |
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]
Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Championships | National Semi-finals | 51st Vanier Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
Manitoba | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
UBC | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
UBC | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Calgary | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Calgary | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
UBC | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. FX | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Acadia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. FX | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
St. FX | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount Allison | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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UBC | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Montreal | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sherbrooke | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Montreal | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Montreal | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Laval | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Concordia | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Laval | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Montreal | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Carleton | 39 | Guelph | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Queen's | 8 | Carleton | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bye | Guelph | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Guelph | Guelph | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Laurier | 29 | Western | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
McMaster | 15 | Laurier | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bye | Western | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Western |
The seed of the OUA Semi-Final is done so that the first-place team play the weakest team still alive.
Institution | Team | City | Province | First season | Head coach | Enrollment | Endowment | Football stadium | Capacity | Hardy Trophies | Vanier Cups |
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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 |
Institution | Team | City | Province | First season | Head coach | Enrollment | Endowment | Football stadium | Capacity | Dunsmore Cups | Vanier Cups |
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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 |
Institution | Team | City | Province | First season | Head coach | Enrollment | Endowment | Football stadium | Capacity | Jewett Trophies | Vanier Cups |
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Acadia University | Axemen | Wolfville | NS | 1957 | Jeff Cummins | 3,770 | $40M | Raymond Field | 3,000 | 12 | 2 |
Mount Allison University | Mounties | Sackville | NB | 1955 | Kelly Jeffrey | 2,614 | $110M | MacAulay Field | 2,500 | 5 | 0 |
Saint Francis Xavier University | X-Men | Antigonish | NS | 1954 | Gary Waterman | 4,871 | $59.4M | Oland Stadium | 4,000 | 11 | 1 |
Saint Mary's University | Huskies | Halifax | NS | 1956 | Perry Marchese | 7,433 | $16.9M | Huskies Stadium | 4,000 | 24 | 3 |
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