Sports season
The2003 CIS football season began on August 29, 2003, and concluded with the39th Vanier Cup national championship on November 22 at theSkyDome inToronto,Ontario, with theLaval Rouge et Or winning their second championship. Twenty-sevenuniversities acrossCanada competed inCIS football this season, the highest level of amateur play inCanadian football, under the auspices ofCanadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).
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- DE Justin Shakell Laurier
- DE Troy Cunningham Concordia
- DT Ryan Gottselig Saskatchewan
- DT Nick Comly Acadia
- LB Shad McLachlan Acadia
- LBNeil McKinlay Simon Fraser
- LBMickey Donovan Concordia
- CB Pascal Masson Laval
- CB Eric Nielsen Acadia
- DB Guillaume Roy McGill
- DBSebastian Clovis Saint Mary's
- FS Jeremy Steeves StFX
- QBMathieu Bertrand Laval
- RB Derek Medler Laurier
- RB Les Mullings Saint Mary's
- WR Andrew Gallant StFX
- WR Shane Ostapowich Regina
- IRAndy Fantuz Western
- IR Vaughan Swart McMaster
- OT Ryan Jeffrey Laurier
- OT J.-Francois Ostiguy Laval
- OG Dave Forde McMaster
- OG Adrian Olenick Saskatchewan
- C Jeff Melis Laurier
- K Matt Sharpe Acadia
- P Mike Ray McMaster
Regular-season standings
[edit]Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
Teams inbold have earned playoff berths.[2]
Ranks initalics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes.
NR = Not ranked. Source:[3]
The Vanier Cup was played between the champions of theMitchell Bowl and theUteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2003, the Uteck Bowl replaced the long-standingChurchill Bowl, which had been competed for since 1989 as a national semi-final game. Along with the Mitchell Bowl, the semi-final games now worked on a fully rotating basis, with the winners of the Canada West conferenceHardy Trophy visiting the winners of the Atlantic conferenceLoney Bowl championship for the Uteck Bowl. The Ontario conference'sYates Cup championship team hosted theDunsmore Cup Quebec champion for the Uteck Bowl.[4][5]
