Sports season
The2014 CIS football season began on September 1, 2014 with tenOntario University Athletics teams playing that day.[ 1] The season concluded on November 29 with the50th Vanier Cup championship atMolson Stadium inMontreal .[ 2] [ 3] This year, 27university teams inCanada are scheduled to playCanadian Interuniversity Sport football , the highest level ofamateur Canadian football .
Regular season standings [ edit ]
Ranks initalics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked, received no votes. Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.
Offence QB –Hugo Richard – Laval RB – Chris Reid – Mount Allison RB – Ronlee King-Fileen – Bishop's IR –Nic Demski – Manitoba IR –Danny Vandervoort – McMaster WR –Llevi Noel – Toronto WR – Sébastien Blanchard – Sherbrooke C – Jean-Christophe Labrecque – Montreal T –David Beard – Alberta T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier G –Sukh Chungh – Calgary G –Philippe Gagnon – Laval Defence DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia DT – Jacob LeBlanc – Mount Allison DE – Ricky Osei-Kusi – Western DE –Connor McGough – Calgary LB –Curtis Newton – Guelph LB – Drew Morris – Acadia LB –Nicholas Shortill – McMaster FS – Mark Ingram – Saskatchewan HB –Elie Bouka – Calgary HB – Demetrius Ferguson – St. Francis Xavier CB – Joey Cupido – McMaster CB –Josh Woodman – Western Special teams P –Ronnie Pfeffer – Laurier K – Ryan Begin – Acadia RET – Ryan Nieuwesteeg – Guelph
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The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of theMitchell Bowl and theUteck Bowl , the national semi-final games. In 2014, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conferenceLoney Bowl champions will visit the Ontario conference'sYates Cup champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conferenceHardy Trophy will visit theDunsmore Cup Quebec championship team for the Uteck Bowl.[ 16]
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of theMitchell Bowl and theUteck Bowl , the national semi-final games. In 2014, according to the rotating schedule, the Quebec conferenceDunsmore Cup champions will host theHardy Trophy Canada West championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The Atlantic conferenceLoney Bowl champions will visit the Ontario conference'sYates Cup winner for the Mitchell Bowl.
Number in parentheses represents seed in conference
Canada West Football ConferenceHardy Trophy Institution Team City Province First season Head coach Enrollment Endowment Football stadium Capacity University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Vancouver BC 1923 Shawn Olson 43,579 $1.01B Thunderbird Stadium 3,500 University of Calgary Dinos Calgary AB 1964 Blake Nill 28,196 $444M McMahon Stadium 35,650 University of Alberta Golden Bears Edmonton AB 1910 Chris Morris 36,435 $751M Foote Field 3,500 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon SK 1912 Brian Towriss 19,082 $136.7M Griffiths Stadium 6,171 University of Regina Rams Regina SK 1999 Frank McCrystal 12,800 $25.9M Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field 32,848 University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB 1920 Brian Dobie 27,599 $303M Investors Group Field 33,422
Ontario University AthleticsYates Cup Institution Team City Province First season Head coach Enrollment Endowment Football stadium Capacity University of Windsor Lancers Windsor ON 1968 Joe D'Amore 13,496 $32.5M South Campus Stadium 2,000 University of Western Ontario Mustangs London ON 1929 Greg Marshall 30,000 $266.6M TD Waterhouse Stadium 10,000 University of Waterloo Warriors Waterloo ON 1957 Vacant 27,978 $172M Warrior Field 5,200 Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1961 Michael Faulds 12,394 --- University Stadium 6,000 University of Guelph Gryphons Guelph ON 1950 Stu Lang 19,408 $164.2M Alumni Stadium 4,100 McMaster University Marauders Hamilton ON 1901 Stefan Ptaszek 25,688 $498.5M Ron Joyce Stadium 6,000 University of Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto ON 1877 Greg Gary 73,185 $1.823B Varsity Stadium 5,000 York University Lions Toronto ON 1969 Warren Craney 42,400 $306M York Stadium 2,500 Queen's University Golden Gaels Kingston ON 1882 Pat Sheahan 20,566 $657M Richardson Stadium 10,258 University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa ON 1894 Jamie Barresi 42,027 $184M Gee-Gees Field 4,152[ 17] Carleton University Ravens Ottawa ON 1945 Steve Sumarah 25,890 $230M Keith Harris Stadium 3,000
Quebec University Football League Dunsmore Cup Institution Team City Province First season Head coach Enrollment Endowment Football stadium Capacity Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1974 Mickey Donovan 38,809 $54.4M Concordia Stadium 4,000 Université de Montréal Carabins Montreal QC 2002 Danny Maciocia 55,540 $89.5M CEPSUM Stadium 5,100 McGill University Redmen Montreal QC 1898 Clint Uttley 32,514 $973.6M Molson Stadium 25,012 Université Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City QC 1996 Glen Constantin 37,591 $105.3M PEPS Stadium12,257 Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or Sherbrooke QC 1971 David Lessard 35,000 --- Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 3,359 Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1884 Kevin Mackey 1,817 --- Coulter Field 2,200