U Sports football

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U Sports football
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FormerlyCIAU football, CIS football
Sport Canadian football
Founded1961
No. of teams27, in four conferences
CountryCanada
Most recent
champion(s)		 Montreal Carabins
(2023)
Most titles Laval Rouge et Or (11)
TV partner(s)
Related
competitions		 Vanier Cup
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U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of Canadian football and operates under the auspices of U Sports, Canada's governing body for university sports. [1] Twenty-seven teams from Canadian universities are divided into four athletic conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of U Sports: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, and Atlantic University Sport. At the end of every season, the champions of each conference advance to semifinal bowl games; the winners of these meet in the Vanier Cup national championship.

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History

The origins of North American football can be traced here, where the first documented game was played at University College at the University of Toronto in 1861. A number of U Sports programs have been in existence since the origins of the sport. It is from these Canadian universities that the game now known as Canadian football began. In 1874, McGill University (Montreal) challenged Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) to a series of games.

The Grey Cup, the championship trophy of the professional Canadian Football League (CFL) since its founding in the 1950s, was originally contested by teams from the University of Toronto and Queen's University and other amateur teams since 1909. Many U Sports players have gone on to professional careers in the CFL and elsewhere; a number are drafted annually in the Canadian College Draft. In 2021, there were a record 208 U Sports alumni on CFL rosters. [2]

Maya Turner became the first woman to play in any U Sports regular season football game, on September 23, 2023, as an Manitoba Bisons kicker. She kicked the game winning field goal in overtime for the Bisons in their game against the Regina Rams. [3]

Season structure

Regular season

The Calgary Dinos playing against the Alberta Golden Bears in 2006. Canadian football positions.jpg
The Calgary Dinos playing against the Alberta Golden Bears in 2006.

The regular season is nine to ten weeks long, depending on the conference, and, as of 2019, opens on the weekend before the Labour Day weekend. Teams play eight regular season games and regular season games are in-conference with exhibition (pre-season) games being played between conferences. Throughout the season, there are featured homecoming and rivalry games in most regions. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Hec Crighton Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of U Sports football.

Playoffs

After the regular season, single elimination playoff games are held between the top teams in each conference to determine conference champions. In the Atlantic, Canada West, and Quebec conferences, the top four teams qualify for the playoffs. In Ontario, the top seven teams qualify with the top team receiving a playoff bye to the next round. Because the OUA teams have conference playoffs that last three weeks instead of two, the first round of the post-season in the OUA occurs during the same week that each of the other three conferences are playing their last regular season games. Each conference has its own championship trophy; the Hardy Trophy in the West, the Yates Cup in Ontario, the Dunsmore Cup in Quebec and the Jewett Trophy in the Atlantic conference. The conference champions proceed to national semifinal bowl games: the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl. The participant conferences of each bowl are determined several years in advance on a rotating basis.

The Laval Rouge et Or on offence against the McMaster Marauders in the second quarter of the 47th Vanier Cup. 47th Vanier Cup.jpg
The Laval Rouge et Or on offence against the McMaster Marauders in the second quarter of the 47th Vanier Cup.

Vanier Cup

The winners of each bowl game meet in the Vanier Cup national championship, first established in 1965 and named in honour of Governor General Georges Vanier. The game was held in Toronto every year through 2003 when host conference bids were first accepted, yielding a move to Hamilton for 2004 and 2005, followed by Saskatoon in 2006. Quebec City, Vancouver, Montreal, London, and Kingston have since hosted Vanier Cup games.

Teams

Atlantic University Sport

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFoundedHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityJewett TrophiesVanier Cups
Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1884Chérif Nicolas1,817$32.5M Coulter Field 2,20000
Mount Allison University Mounties Sackville NB 1955Peter Fraser2,694$110MMacAulay Field2,50060
Acadia University Axemen Wolfville NS 1957 Jeff Cummins 4,358$96M Raymond Field 3,000152
Saint Mary's University Huskies Halifax NS 1956 Steve Sumarah 7,586$52.9M Huskies Stadium 2,000243
Saint Francis Xavier University X-Men Antigonish NS 1954 Gary Waterman 5,158$100M StFX Stadium 4,000161

Canada West Universities Athletic Association

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFoundedHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityHardy TrophiesVanier Cups
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Vancouver BC 1923 Blake Nill 49,166$1.3B Thunderbird Stadium 3,500174
University of Calgary Dinos Calgary AB 1964Ryan Sheahan30,900$790.6M McMahon Stadium 35,650185
University of Alberta Golden Bears Edmonton AB 1910 Chris Morris 39,312$1.0B Foote Field 3,500183
University of Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon SK 1912 Scott Flory 21,168$214M Griffiths Stadium 6,171213
University of Regina Rams Regina SK 1999Mark McConkey12,270$25.9M Mosaic Stadium 33,35010
University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB 1920 Brian Dobie 28,335$424M Princess Auto Stadium 33,422123

Ontario University Athletics

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFoundedHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityYates CupsVanier Cups
University of Windsor Lancers Windsor ON 1968Jean-Paul Circelli13,610$110.8M South Campus Stadium 2,00010
University of Western Ontario Mustangs London ON 1929 Greg Marshall 35,952$685M TD Stadium 8,000358
University of Waterloo Warriors Waterloo ON 1957 Chris Bertoia 31,362$311.2M Warrior Field 1,70020
Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1961 Michael Faulds 20,151$71.6M University Stadium 6,00072
University of Guelph Gryphons Guelph ON 1950Mark Surya27,048$308.9M Alumni Stadium 4,10041
McMaster University Marauders Hamilton ON 1901 Stefan Ptaszek 29,411$609M Ron Joyce Stadium 6,00081
University of Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto ON 1877 Darrell Adams 73,185$1.88B Varsity Stadium 5,000252
York University Lions Toronto ON 1969 Dexter Janke 55,000$439M York Lions Stadium 4,00000
Queen's University Gaels Kingston ON 1882 Steve Snyder 24,582$1.04B Richardson Stadium 8,000234
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa ON 1881 Marcel Bellefeuille 42,587$233.9M Gee-Gees Field 4,15242
Carleton University Ravens Ottawa ON 1945 Corey Grant 31,202$270.6M MNP Park 3,50000

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFoundedHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityDunsmore CupsVanier Cups
Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1974Brad Collinson38,809$136.7M Concordia Stadium 4,00030
Université de Montréal Carabins Montreal QC 2002 Marco Iadeluca 55,540$276.5M CEPSUM 5,10052
McGill University Redbirds Montreal QC 1898Alex Surprenant39,497$1.45B Molson Stadium 20,02531
Université Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City QC 1996 Glen Constantin 37,591$108.3M Stade Telus 12,8171611
Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or Sherbrooke QC 1971 Kevin Régimbald 35,000--- Stade de l'Université de Sherbrooke 3,35900

Expansion

There have been efforts at establishing new varsity football programs at institutions that currently do not have teams. A group of alumni from Carleton University in Ottawa successfully revived that school's program which returned in 2013. The team is a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports, returning football to Carleton University after a 15-year absence. [4]

The Université de Moncton investigated a possible football program in 2011, due to the construction of Moncton Stadium in 2010. [5] In May 2011, the athletics department submitted a feasibility report to the school's president and are based part of their decision upon how the fans in Moncton received the Uteck Bowl in 2011. [6] The 2011 Uteck Bowl was not well supported in Moncton, and there has been little support for a team since.

A club team league, the Atlantic Football League, features four-to-five universities, depending on the season. There is hope this may lead to varsity teams featured at some of these schools. [7] [8]

Following their successful application to become full members of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, the UBC Okanagan Heat explored the feasibility of starting their own football program, partnered with the CJFL's Okanagan Sun. [9] UBCO would have partnered with the Sun in much the same way that the University of Regina was paired with the Prairie Football Conference's Regina Rams.

However, UBC-O lacked a stadium on campus. The Kelowna city-owned Apple Bowl Stadium did not meet the guidelines required for entry into Canada West football after a conference site visit in 2014. [10]

The University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières explored the possibility of adding a football program with the launch planned for the 2017 season. [11] The program would have been similar to Carleton University's in that there would be private funding from football alumni, but operated by shareholders. [12] As of April 2015, $800,000 of the required $3 million had been raised in support of the varsity sport at UQTR. [13] The capacity of the football stadium would then be increased from 2000 to 6270 seats. [12] However, the UQTR Board of Regents refused to commit to the proposal. The UQTR Patriotes previously fielded a senior varsity team from 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. [14] [15]

Proposed interconference consortium

In February 2015, businessman David Dube (an alumnus and supporter of the Saskatchewan Huskies) and Jim Mullin announced a proposal for a consortium known as the "Northern 8", which would organize interconference games between its member schools. Dube felt that this plan could help improve the prominence of CIS football on a national basis outside of the post-season (which, as of the 2014 season, was the only period of the season that featured nationally televised CIS games), as it would allow a nationally televised package of regular-season games to be sold to a major broadcaster. The Northern 8 would be structured as a non-profit corporation and would subsidize production costs for its telecasts: profits would be distributed to non-member schools. It would start with eight teams but could expand to 10 in the future. The Canada West conference backed the proposal. The OUA, RSEQ and AUS showed concerns for the plan due to travel costs and their effects on standings and rejected the plan. [16] [17]

Awards

There are post-season awards for on-the-field excellence. The players deemed to be the best at each position are named to the annual All-Canadian Football Team as first or second team players.

Additionally there are a number of individual awards for categories like "best defensive player".

Professional advancement

U Sports players in the CFL

Many players from U Sports football have become professional athletes with most of them playing in the Canadian Football League. Opening Day of the 2015 CFL season saw a record 199 U Sports football players on rosters around the League. [18] In 2022, 205 former U Sports football players were featured on CFL teams' rosters on opening day. [19]

CFL Draft

The following is a list of recent numbers from the CFL Draft, which is an annual eight-round event with a current maximum of 74 players drafted. From 1997 to 2012 the CFL Draft had six rounds of selections and from 2013 to 2015 it had seven rounds. From 2002 to 2005, the CFL had nine teams, then reverted to eight teams from 2006 to 2013, and then was back to its current number of nine teams in 2014. The high-water mark of 60 players from the U Sports drafted was recorded in the 2022 CFL Draft, which was the most since 1978. [20]

YearPicksU Picks1st RndHighestPositionSchool
2005 53335 Miguel Robede DE Laval Rouge et Or
2006 50265 Jay Pottinger LB McMaster Marauders
2007 47315 Chris Bauman WR Regina Rams
2008 48334 Dylan Barker DB Saskatchewan Huskies
2009 48387 Simeon Rottier OT Alberta Golden Bears
2010 47364 Shomari Williams LB Queen's Gaels
2011 47344 Henoc Muamba LB St. Francis Xavier X-Men
2012 45243 Ben Heenan OL Saskatchewan Huskies
2013 60444 Linden Gaydosh DT Calgary Dinos
2014 65598 Pierre Lavertu OL Laval Rouge et Or
2015 62447 Sukh Chungh OL Calgary Dinos
2016 70534 Philippe Gagnon OL Laval Rouge et Or
2017 71566 Daniel Vandervoort WR McMaster Marauders
2018 69564 Mark Korte OL Alberta Golden Bears
2019 73522 Jesse Gibbon OL Waterloo Warriors
2020 73574 Coulter Woodmansey OL Guelph Gryphons
2021 54314 Nelson Lokombo DB Saskatchewan Huskies
2022 74606 Zach Pelehos OL Ottawa Gee-Gees
2023 72574 Michael Brodrique LB Montreal Carabins
2024 74474 Benjamin Labrosse LB McGill Redbirds

NFL Draft

There have been 15 U Sports players drafted into the National Football League with Giovanni Manu being the most recent. [21] [22]

YearRoundPickNFL teamPlayerPositionSchool
1976 8234 Washington Redskins Brian Fryer WR Alberta Golden Bears
1979 11280 Baltimore Colts John Priestner LB Western Mustangs
1982 12333 Cincinnati Bengals Dan Feraday QB Toronto Varsity Blues
1986 123 Los Angeles Rams Mike Schad OG Queen's Golden Gaels
1992 9239 Phoenix Cardinals Tyrone Williams WR Western Mustangs
1995 7237 San Diego Chargers Mark Montreuil CB Concordia Stingers
1998 232 Indianapolis Colts Jerome Pathon WR Acadia Axemen
2001 7241 Jacksonville Jaguars Randy Chevrier DE McGill Redmen [lower-alpha 1]
2009 4113 San Diego Chargers Vaughn Martin DE Western Mustangs
2012 389 New Orleans Saints Akiem Hicks DE Regina Rams
2014 6200 Kansas City Chiefs Laurent Duvernay-Tardif OT McGill Redmen [lower-alpha 1]
2016 4120 New Orleans Saints David Onyemata DL Manitoba Bisons
2022 7236 Los Angeles Chargers Deane Leonard CB Calgary Dinos
2023 4124 Baltimore Ravens Tavius Robinson LB Guelph Gryphons
2024 4126 Detroit Lions Giovanni Manu OL British Columbia

U Sports players in the NFL

As of 2023, U Sports had produced 41 players who have earned a spot on an NFL roster (including four who did not play a regular season game; players listed in chronological order by entry year in NFL):

  1. 1 2 Nicknamed Redbirds since November 2020.

See also

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The Vanier Cup is a post season college football championship game, used to determine the national champion in U Sports football. The game is the final for the winners of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl. In turn, the participating teams are determined by the winners of 4 bowl games: the Loney Bowl (AUS), Hardy Cup, Dunsmore Cup (RSEQ), and Yates Cup (OUA).

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