58th Vanier Cup

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58th Vanier Cup
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UBC Thunderbirds Montreal Carabins
(6–2)(7–1)
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UBC Thunderbirds 06039
Montreal Carabins 907016
DateNovember 25, 2023
Stadium Richardson Memorial Stadium
Location Kingston, Ontario
Ted Morris Memorial Trophy Jonathan Sénécal
Bruce Coulter Award Nicky Farinaccio
National anthem All the Queen's Men
Referee Brent Young
Attendance7109
Broadcasters
Network English: CBC Sports [1]
French: TVA Sports [2]
Announcers Mark Lee (play-by-play)
Dashawn Stephens (analyst)
Signa Butler (sideline reporter)

The 2023 Vanier Cup, the 58th edition of the U Sports Football Championship, took place on November 25, 2023 at Richardson Memorial Stadium in Kingston, Ontario. [3] [4] The game determined the U Sports football national champion for the 2023 season.

Contents

The Montreal Carabins defeated the UBC Thunderbirds by a score of 16–9 to win the second Vanier Cup championship in program history. [5]

Host

This was the first time that Kingston hosted the Vanier Cup since its inception in 1965. [6] However, it was the third time that the school had hosted the university final, with the others taking place in 1920 and 1929. [6]

Background

Semi-final games

It was announced that according to the rotating schedule, the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team would host the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Canada West Hardy Trophy would host the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. [3] These games were scheduled to be played on November 18, 2023. [3]

In the first semifinal, UBC defeated St. Francis Xavier 47–17. In the second semifinals, Montreal defeated Western 29–3. [7] This was UBC's first finals since 2015, and Montreal's first since 2019, when they lost against Calgary.

Bracket

 
November 18th
Semi-finals		November 25th
Final
 
      
 
 Uteck Bowl – Montreal, QC
 
 
Montreal29
 
Vanier Cup – Kingston, ON
 
Western3
 
Montreal16
 
 Mitchell Bowl – Vancouver, BC
 
UBC9
 
UBC47
 
 
St. Francis Xavier17
 

Teams

The championship game matched UBC from the Canada West Conference and Montreal from the RSEQ Conference. The programs previously met for the 51st Vanier Cup, when UBC captured their fourth national championship. [8]

Statistics

Team statistical comparison
StatisticsMontrealUBC
First downs1718
First downs rushing106
First downs passing712
First downs penalty00
Third down efficiency2–24–8
Fourth down efficiency0–00–0
Rushing attempts–net yards20–16321–84
Yards per rush8.24.0
Yards passing170279
Pass completions–attempts16–2626–40
Interceptions thrown10
Punt returns–total yards9–3484–111
Kickoff returns–total yards3–1551–50
Possession time27:4332:17
Montreal statistics
Carabins passing
NameC–AYdsTD–INT
Jonathan Senecal 16–171700–1
Carabins rushing
NameCarYdsTD
Jonathan Senecal6531
Globi Halafu5470
Iraghi Muganda2241
Lucas Bertet-Dembele3180
Carl Chabot3180
Redval Keita130
Carabins receiving
NameRecYdsTD
Iraghi Muganda4680
Carl Chabot4410
William Legault2290
Brandon Gourdon2160
Lucas Bertet-Dembele270
D. Alexandre160
Simon Riopel130
UBC statistics
Thunderbirds passing
NameC–AYdsTD–INT
Garrett Rooker26–402790–0
Thunderbirds rushing
NameCarYdsTD
Isaiah Knight15740
Dane Kapler5140
Iraghi Muganda121
Thunderbirds receiving
NameRecYdsTD
Sam Davenport5660
Dane Kapler5640
Lucas Robertson5340
Jason Soriano1300
Ryan Baker1250
Isaiah Knight2230
Cesare Rednour-Bruc2180
Shemar McBean370
Eric Williams-Her160
Gavin Owen160

References

  1. ↑ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Carabins and Rouge et Or to launch the 2020 university football season at TVA Sports". U Sports. February 28, 2020. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "U Sports Championship Information". U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Queen's University to host the 2023 and 2024 Vanier Cup". U Sports. March 30, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Football boxscore". U Sports. November 25, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Queen's University to host the 2023 and 2024 U Sports Vanier Cup". Queen's Gaels. March 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Montreal Carabins dominate Western Mustangs to advance to Vanier Cup". TSN. The Canadian Press. 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  8. ↑ "UBC Thunderbirds beat Montreal to win Vanier Cup". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
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