| 2025 U Sports football season | |
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| League | U Sports |
| Sport | Canadian football |
| Duration | August 22, 2025 – October 25, 2025 |
| Vanier Cup | |
| Date | November 22, 2025 |
| Venue | Mosaic Stadium (Regina, Saskatchewan) |
The 2025 U Sports football season began on August 22, 2025, with the McGill Redbirds hosting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or and the Saint Mary's Huskies playing host to the Acadia Axemen. [1] [2] On the following day, ten Ontario University Athletics teams opened their schedules on August 23, 2025. [3] The Canada West conference began their season one week later on August 28. [4]
The conference championships will be played on the weekend of November 8, 2025, and the season will conclude on November 22, 2025, with the 60th Vanier Cup championship. The Vanier Cup game will be held at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan. [5] [6] 27 university teams in Canada are scheduled to play U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football. [7]
On January 30, 2025, the RSEQ released their schedule which featured no major changes from the 2023 season, with five teams playing eight regular season games over ten weeks. [1] The regular season will start on August 22, 2025, and end on October 25, 2025. The Jacques Dussault Cup game is scheduled to be played on November 8, 2025. [1] The OUA next announced their schedule on March 27, 2025, which featured 11 teams playing over nine weeks from August 23, 2025, to October 18, 2025. [3] The AUS announced their schedule on April 4, 2025, with their five teams playing the same ten weeks as the RSEQ. [2] On May 13, 2025, Canada West released their schedule with six teams playing eight games over nine weeks from August 28 to October 25, 2025. [4]
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| Quebec | Ontario | Atlantic | Canada West | National | |
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| Hec Crighton Trophy | Arnaud Desjardins (Laval) | Ethan Jordan (Wilfrid Laurier) | Justin Quirion (Bishop's) | Daniel Wiebe (Saskatchewan) | |
| Presidents' Trophy | Justin Cloutier (Laval) | Jessie Wilkins (Wilfrid Laurier) | Owen Watrych (St. Francis Xavier) | Seth Hundeby (Saskatchewan) | |
| J. P. Metras Trophy | Alassane Diouf (Montreal) | Erik Andersen (Western) | Cailob Allaby (Saint Mary's) | Charlie Parks (Saskatchewan) | |
| Peter Gorman Trophy | Jose Alejandro Gonzalez-Garza (Montreal) | Jackson MacKay (Western) | Mathieu Bellavance (Bishop's) | Zion Grant (Calgary) | |
| Russ Jackson Award | Isaac Pepin (Concordia) | Luigi Zagaria (Carleton) | Cameron Brown (Saint Mary's) | Chevy Thomas (Alberta) | |
| Frank Tindall Trophy | Glen Constantin (Laval) | Michael Faulds (Wilfrid Laurier) | Steve Sumarah (Saint Mary's) | Scott Flory (Saskatchewan) | |
| Gino Fracas Award | Denis Boisclair (Montreal) | Rob McMurren (Waterloo) | Bryce Fisher (St. Francis Xavier) | Dwayne Masson (Regina) |
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2025, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the winners of the Yates Cup Ontario championship for the Mitchell Bowl. The Québec conference's Jacques Dussault Cup championship team will visit the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. [5] These games are scheduled to be played on November 15, 2025, while the Vanier Cup is scheduled to be played on November 22, 2025. [5]
| November 1 Semi-finals | November 8 34th Loney Bowl | ||||||||
| 1 | St. Mary's | 37 | |||||||
| 4 | Acadia | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | St. Mary's | 46 | |||||||
| 2 | St. Francis Xavier | 11 | |||||||
| 2 | St. Francis Xavier | 26 | |||||||
| 3 | Bishops | 24 | |||||||
| November 1 Semi-finals | November 8 88th Hardy Trophy | ||||||||
| 1 | Saskatchewan | 26 | |||||||
| 4 | UBC | 7 | |||||||
| 1 | Saskatchewan | 25 | |||||||
| 2 | Regina | 24 | |||||||
| 2 | Regina | 32 | |||||||
| 3 | Manitoba | 29 | |||||||
| October 25 Quarter-finals | November 1 Semi-finals | November 8 117th Yates Cup | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Laurier | 37 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Guelph | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Western | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Guelph | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Laurier | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Queen's | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Windsor | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ottawa | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Windsor | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Queen's | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Queen's | 46 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | McMaster | 10 | ||||||||||||
| November 1 Demi-finales | November 8 Jacques Dussault Cup | ||||||||
| 1 | Laval | 47 | |||||||
| 4 | McGill | 25 | |||||||
| 1 | Laval | 29 | |||||||
| 2 | Montreal | 31 | |||||||
| 2 | Montreal | 51 | |||||||
| 3 | Concordia | 2 | |||||||
| November 15th Semi-finals | November 22nd Final | |||||
| 23rd Mitchell Bowl – Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon, SK | ||||||
| Queen's | 11 | |||||
| 60th Vanier Cup – Regina, SK | ||||||
| Saskatchewan | 22 | |||||
| Saskatchewan | ||||||
| 22nd Uteck Bowl – Huskies Stadium, Halifax, NS | ||||||
| Montreal | ||||||
| Montreal | 49 | |||||
| Saint Mary's | 19 | |||||