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The Vanier Cup (Template:Langx) is the trophy awarded annually to the champion Canadian football team in U Sports, the governing body for university sports in Canada. The U Sports football champion is determined in a one-game playoff (the Vanier Cup game), played by the winners of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl. In turn, the participating teams are determined by the winners of four bowl games: the Loney Bowl (AUS), Hardy Cup (Canada West), Dunsmore Cup (RSEQ), and Yates Cup (OUA).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Vanier Cup game is played at a neutral site that changes every year; the hosting university is determined months or years in advance.

The Laval Rouge et Or have won the most Vanier Cups (12), while the Western Mustangs have the most appearances (15). Eighteen teams have won the Vanier Cup, while three others have played for the championship but never won. There are six active teams that have never appeared in the championship game. The most recent game, the 59th Vanier Cup, was played on November 23, 2024, at Kingston, Ontario. In this game, the Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 22–17 to win their twelfth championship.

HistoryEdit

The 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, similar to other U.S. collegiate bowl games. In 1967, the Canadian College Bowl was declared the national football championship of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union, later Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and now U Sports, with a playoff system determining the two participants.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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. As of 2023, 41 of the 61 Vanier Cups have been played in Toronto, eight in Quebec City, five in Hamilton, one in Regina, one in Saskatoon, one in Vancouver, one in London, Ontario, one in Montreal, and one in Kingston. No games have been staged in the Atlantic region. Four times, the game has been played in the same city and during the same weekend as the Grey Cup: 1973, 2007 and 2012 in Toronto and in 2011 in Vancouver at BC Place Stadium.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The winners trophy 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 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.

On June 8, 2020, U Sports announced that all fall athletics championships for the 2020–21 season had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="2020 cancelled">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ResultsEdit

Key

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
(starts in 1992) 		Attendance
1st November 20, 1965 Toronto 14–7 Alberta Varsity Stadium Toronto Gerry Sternberg — 3,488
2nd November 19, 1966 St. F.X. 40–14 Waterloo Lutheran Varsity Stadium Toronto Terry Gorman — 13,678
3rd November 25, 1967 Alberta 10–9 McMaster Varsity Stadium Toronto Val Schneider — 16,167
4th November 22, 1968 Queen's 42–14 Waterloo Lutheran Varsity Stadium Toronto Don Bayne — 16,051
5th November 21, 1969 Manitoba 24–15 McGill Varsity Stadium Toronto Bob Kraemer — 9,347
6th November 21, 1970 Manitoba Template:Small 38–11 Ottawa Varsity Stadium Toronto Mike Shylo — 10,550
7th November 20, 1971 Western 15–14 Alberta Varsity Stadium Toronto [A]|[1]}} — 13,041
8th November 25, 1972 Alberta Template:Small 20–7 Waterloo Lutheran Varsity Stadium Toronto [B]|[2]}} — 10,192
9th November 24, 1973 Saint Mary's 14–6 McGill Exhibition Stadium Toronto Ken Clark — 17,000
10th November 22, 1974 Western Template:Small 19–15 Toronto Exhibition Stadium Toronto Ian Bryans — 24,777
11th November 21, 1975 Ottawa 14–9 Calgary Exhibition Stadium Toronto Neil Lumsden — 17,841
12th November 19, 1976 Western Template:Small 29–13 Acadia Varsity Stadium Toronto Bill Rozalowsky — 20,300
13th November 19, 1977 Western Template:Small 48–15 Acadia Varsity Stadium Toronto Bill Rozalowsky — 19,514
14th November 18, 1978 Queen's Template:Small 16–3 British Columbia Varsity Stadium Toronto Ed Andrew — 19,124
15th November 17, 1979 Acadia 34–12 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Don Ross — 19,397
16th November 29, 1980 Alberta Template:Small 40–21 Ottawa Varsity Stadium Toronto Forrest Kennerd — 11,000
17th November 28, 1981 Acadia Template:Small 18–12 Alberta Varsity Stadium Toronto Steve Repic — 11,875
18th November 20, 1982 British Columbia 39–14 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Glenn Steele — 14,759
19th November 19, 1983 Calgary 31–21 Queen's Varsity Stadium Toronto Tim Petros — 18,324
20th November 24, 1984 Guelph 22–13 Mount Allison Varsity Stadium Toronto Parri Ceci — 16,321
21st November 30, 1985 Calgary Template:Small 25–6 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Lew Lawrick — 16,321
22nd November 22, 1986 British Columbia Template:Small 25–23 Western Varsity Stadium Toronto Eric Putoto — 17,847
23rd November 21, 1987 McGill 47–11 British Columbia Varsity Stadium Toronto Michael Soles — 14,326
24th November 19, 1988 Calgary Template:Small 52–23 Saint Mary's Varsity Stadium Toronto Sean Furlong — 13,127
25th November 18, 1989 Western Template:Small 35–10 Saskatchewan SkyDome Toronto Tyrone Williams — 32,847
26th November 24, 1990 Saskatchewan 24–21 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto David Earl — 26,846
27th November 30, 1991 Wilfrid Laurier 25–18 Mount Allison SkyDome Toronto Andy Cecchini — 28,645
28th November 21, 1992 Queen's Template:Small 31–0 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto Brad Elberg Eric Dell 28,645
29th November 20, 1993 Toronto Template:Small 37–34 Calgary SkyDome Toronto Glenn McCausland [C]|[3]}} 20,211
30th November 19, 1994 Western Template:Small 50–40 (OT) Saskatchewan SkyDome Toronto [D]|[4]}} Xavier Lafont 28,652
31st November 25, 1995 Calgary Template:Small 54–24 Western SkyDome Toronto Don Blair Rob Richards 29,178
32nd November 30, 1996 Saskatchewan Template:Small 31–12 St. F.X. SkyDome Toronto Brent Schneider Warren Muzika 14,577
33rd November 22, 1997 British Columbia Template:Small 39–23 Ottawa SkyDome Toronto Stewart Scherck Mark Nohra 8,184
34th November 28, 1998 Saskatchewan Template:Small 24–17 Concordia SkyDome Toronto Trevor Ludtke Doug Rozon 15,157
35th November 27, 1999 Laval 14–10 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto Stéphane Lefebvre Francesco Pepe Esposito 12,595
36th December 2, 2000 Ottawa Template:Small 42–39 Regina SkyDome Toronto Phill Côté Scott Gordon 18,209
37th December 1, 2001 Saint Mary's Template:Small 42–16 Manitoba SkyDome Toronto Ryan Jones Kyl Morrison 19,138
38th November 23, 2002 Saint Mary's Template:Small 33–21 Saskatchewan SkyDome Toronto Steve Panella Joe Bonaventura 17,179
39th November 22, 2003 Laval Template:Small 14–7 Saint Mary's SkyDome Toronto Jeronimo Huerta-Flores Philippe Audet 17,828
40th November 27, 2004 Laval Template:Small Template:Sort Saskatchewan Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton Matthew Leblanc Matthieu Proulx 14,227
41st December 3, 2005 Wilfrid Laurier Template:Small 24–23 Saskatchewan Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton Ryan Pyear David Montoya 16,827
42nd November 25, 2006 Laval Template:Small 13–8 Saskatchewan Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon Éric Maranda Samuel Grégoire-Champagne 12,567
43rd November 23, 2007 Manitoba Template:Small 28–14 Saint Mary's Rogers Centre Toronto Mike Howard John Makie 26,787
44th November 22, 2008 Laval Template:Small 44–21 Western Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton Julian Féoli-Gudino Marc-Antoine L. Fortin 13,873
45th November 28, 2009 Queen's Template:Small 33–31 Calgary Stade du PEPS Quebec City Danny Brannagan Chris Smith 18,628
46th November 27, 2010 Laval Template:Small 29–2 Calgary Stade du PEPS Quebec City Sébastien Levesque Marc-Antoine Beaudoin-Cloutier 16,237
47th November 25, 2011 McMaster 41–38 Template:Small Laval BC Place Vancouver<ref name="Vancouver">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Kyle Quinlan Aram Eisho 24,935
48th November 23, 2012 Laval Template:Small 37–14 McMaster Rogers Centre citation CitationClass=web

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Maxime Boutin Arnaud Gascon-Nadon 37,098
49th November 23, 2013 Laval Template:Small 25–14 Calgary Stade Telus citation CitationClass=web

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Pascal Lochard Vincent Desloges 18,543
50th November 29, 2014 Montréal 20–19 McMaster Molson Stadium Montreal Regis Cibasu Anthony Coady<ref>50th Telus Vanier Cup: Hometown Carabins capture first national title from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, 29 November 2014, retrieved 29 November 2014</ref> 22,649
51st November 28, 2015 British Columbia Template:Small 26–23 Montréal Stade Telus Quebec City<ref>Laval to host 2015 Vanier Cup in Quebec City from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, 8 December 2014, retrieved 9 December 2014</ref> Michael O'Connor Stavros Katsantonis<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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12,557
52nd November 26, 2016 Laval Template:Small 31–26 Calgary Tim Hortons Field Hamilton<ref name="Hamilton1617">Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017 from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, January 18, 2016, retrieved July 11, 2016</ref> Hugo Richard Cédric Lussier-Roy 7,115
53rd November 25, 2017 Western Template:Small 39–17 Laval Tim Hortons Field Hamilton Chris Merchant Fraser Sopik 10,754
54th November 24, 2018 Laval Template:Small 34–20 Western Stade Telus Quebec City Hugo Richard Adam Auclair 12,380
55th November 23, 2019 Calgary Template:Small 27–13 Montréal Stade Telus Quebec City Adam Sinagra Redha Kramdi 8,376
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56th December 4, 2021 Western Template:Small 27–21 Saskatchewan Stade Telus Quebec City Evan Hillock Daniel Valente Jr 5,840
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Laval Template:Small 30–24 Saskatchewan Western Alumni Stadium London Kevin Mital Charles-Alexandre Jacques 8,420
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Montréal Template:Small 16–9 British Columbia Richardson Memorial Stadium Kingston Jonathan Sénécal Nicky Farinaccio 7,109
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Laval Template:Small 22-17 Wilfrid Laurier Richardson Memorial Stadium Kingston Felipe Forteza Arnaud Desjardins 9,500
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Mosaic Stadium Regina
61st November 2026<ref name=25and26/> Stade Telus Quebec City

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^{{#if:| }} A. Bob McGregor, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1971, played for the runner-up team.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^{{#if:| }} B. In the 1972 game, the Vanier Cup Committee and Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union officials decided to crown co-winners from the same school.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^{{#if:| }} C. Rob Schrauth, Bruce Coulter Award winner in 1993, played for the runner-up team.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^{{#if:| }} D. Brent Schneider, Ted Morris Trophy winner in 1994, played for the runner-up team.

Appearances by teamEdit

Key
OUA Ontario University Athletics
RSEQ Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
CanWest Canada West Universities Athletic Association
AUS Atlantic University Sport
OQIFC Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference 1980–2000
Appearances Team Hometown Conference Wins Losses Win % Most Recent Appearance
15 Western Mustangs London, Ontario OUA 8 7 .533 2021
14 Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City, Quebec RSEQ/OQIFC 12 2 .857 2024
11 Calgary Dinos Calgary, Alberta CanWest 5 6 .455 2019
Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CanWest 3 8 .273 2022
9 Saint Mary's Huskies Halifax, Nova Scotia AUS 3 6 .333 2007
7 UBC Thunderbirds Vancouver, British Columbia CanWest 4 3 .571 2023
6 Alberta Golden Bears Edmonton, Alberta CanWest 3 3 .500 1981
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks{{#if:[E]|[E]|[5]}} Waterloo, Ontario OUA 2 4 .333 2024
5 Queen's Gaels Kingston, Ontario OUA/OQIFC 4 1 .800 2009
Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa, Ontario OUA/OQIFC 2 3 .400 2000
4 Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg, Manitoba CanWest 3 1 .750 2007
Acadia Axemen Wolfville, Nova Scotia AUS 2 2 .500 1981
Montréal Carabins Montreal, Quebec RSEQ 2 2 .500 2023
McMaster Marauders Hamilton, Ontario OUA 1 3 .250 2014
3 Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto, Ontario OUA 2 1 .667 1993
McGill Redbirds Montreal, Quebec RSEQ/OQIFC 1 2 .333 1987
2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men Antigonish, Nova Scotia AUS 1 1 .500 1996
Mount Allison Mounties Sackville, New Brunswick AUS 0 2 .000 1991
1 Guelph Gryphons Guelph, Ontario OUA 1 0 1.000 1984
Concordia Stingers Montreal, Quebec RSEQ/OQIFC 0 1 .000 1998
Regina Rams Regina, Saskatchewan CanWest 0 1 .000 2000

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^{{#if:| }} 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 (AUS/RSEQ/OQIFC), Carleton Ravens (OUA), Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or (RSEQ), Waterloo Warriors (OUA), Windsor Lancers (OUA), and York Lions/Yeomen (OUA).

AwardsEdit

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From left to right, The Ted Morris Trophy, Vanier Cup and Bruce Coulter Trophy at the 2009 Vanier Cup at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City.

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 of the Bishop's Gaiters 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BroadcastingEdit

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The 48th Vanier Cup was the most watched and highest attended Vanier Cup game.

The Vanier Cup final game is regularly broadcast nationally. From 1965 though 1976 it was broadcast on CBC Television, from 1977 through 1988 it was broadcast on the CTV Television Network. In 1989, TSN acquired rights to the game, lasting through to 2012 (besides a one-year stint on The Score in 2008).

In November 2010, the rights to the Vanier Cup were purchased by sports marketing company MRX.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 2011 game was held in Vancouver, on the same weekend as the 99th Grey Cup and for the first time it was fully integrated into the Grey Cup Festival as a festival event.<ref name="Vancouver" />

In 2012, the 48th Vanier Cup, played between Laval and McMaster at Rogers Centre in Toronto became both the most attended and most watched Vanier Cup ever. Held the same weekend and in the same city as the 100th Grey Cup, the game was attended by 37,098. The previous record was set in 1989 at the 25th Vanier Cup, when 32,847 watched the game between Western and Saskatchewan that was also played at SkyDome (now Rogers Centre).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The game, broadcast on TSN and RDS was watched by 910,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In February 2013, the CIS terminated the option years on their agreement with MRX opting for an open bid process for the hosting of the game. Laval University, in Quebec City, was the only bidder for the game and won the right to host the 49th Vanier Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In May, CIS terminated its agreement with TSN, and entered into a six-year deal with Sportsnet to broadcast its championships, including the Vanier Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The switch in venues, the decoupling of the Vanier Cup from Grey Cup week, and the change in broadcaster, led to a precipitous drop in attendance and viewership. A total of 301,000 viewers watched Laval defeat the Calgary Dinos 25–14 Saturday, November 23, 2013, which was a decline of 64 per cent from the previous year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A standing room crowd of 18,543 were on hand at the Telus Stadium which was a decline of 50 per cent from the previous year in Toronto (although a sellout in that venue). In 2019, after several more years of declines, the Vanier Cup returned to CBC.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

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