Sports season
The 2015 CIS football season began on August 30, 2015 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day.[1] The season concluded on November 28 with the UBC Thunderbirds defeating the Montreal Carabins 26-23 in the 51st Vanier Cup championship at Telus Stadium in Quebec City .[2] This year, 27 university teams in Canada played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football , the highest level of amateur Canadian football .
Regular season standings [ edit ] (Rank) Team W L PF PA PTS Playoff Spot #1 Calgary 8 - 0 471 - 149 16 † #6 UBC 6 - 2 281 - 239 12 X #8 Manitoba 5 - 3 284 - 253 10 X Saskatchewan 3 - 5 240 - 300 6 X Alberta 2 - 6 183 - 356 4 Regina 0 - 8 177 - 339 0 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10
Overall Conf Playoff Spot (Rank) Team W L PF PA PTS W L #3 Laval 7 - 1 298 - 101 14 6 - 1 † #4 Montreal 6 - 2 232 - 109 12 6 - 2 X #7 Sherbrooke 5 - 3 216 - 153 10 4 - 3 X Concordia 4 - 4 250 - 222 8 4 - 4 X McGill 3 - 5 192 - 249 6 3 - 4 Bishop's 1 - 7 89 - 319 2 0 - 7 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10
(Rank) Team W L PF PA PTS Playoff Spot #2 Western 8 - 0 494 - 110 16 † #5 Guelph 7 - 1 338 - 159 14 X McMaster 6 - 2 355 - 211 12 X #10 Carleton 5 - 3 288 - 224 10 X Queen's 5 - 3 242 - 251 10 X #9 Laurier 4 - 4 261 - 218 8 X Toronto 3 - 5 300 - 331 6 Ottawa 3 - 5 300 - 331 6 Windsor 2 - 6 166 - 315 4 York 1 - 7 121 - 367 2 Waterloo 0 - 8 66 - 380 0 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10
Overall Conf Playoff Spot Team W L PF PA PTS W L Mount Allison 5 - 3 221 - 144 10 5 - 2 † St. FX 5 - 3 172 - 179 10 5 - 2 X Acadia 4 - 4 185 - 170 8 4 - 3 X Saint Mary's 0 - 8 72 - 281 0 0 - 7 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10
Ranks in italics 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.
Post-season awards [ edit ] All-Canadian team [ edit ] Second team [ edit ] Offence QB – Will Finch – Western RB – Alex Taylor – Western RB – Ashton Dickson – St. Francis Xavier IR – Brian Jones – Acadia IR – Jimmy Ralph – Alberta WR – Yanic Lessard – Concordia WR – Jacob Scarfone – Guelph C – Matthew Van Praet – Western G – Darius Ciraco – Calgary G – Philippe Gagnon – Laval T – Eddie Meredith – Western T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier Defence DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia DT – Adam Melanson – Acadia DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal LB – Shayne Gauthier – Laval LB – Jake Heathcote – McMaster LB – Micah Teitz – Calgary FS – Kwame Adjei – Mount Allison HB – Nicholas Parisotto – Guelph HB – Mikaël Charland – Concordia CB – Alex Hovington – Laval CB – Devante Sampson – Mount Allison Special teams P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal K – Gabriel Ferraro – Guelph RET – Jamel Lyles – Manitoba
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Championships [ edit ] The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl , the national semi-final games. In 2015, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.[14]
Playoff bracket [ edit ]
The seed of the OUA Semi-Final is done so that the first-place team play the weakest team still alive.
Canada West Football ConferenceHardy Trophy Institution Team City Province First season Head coach Enrollment Endowment Football stadium Capacity Hardy Trophies Vanier Cups University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Vancouver BC 1923 Blake Nill 43,579 $1.01B Thunderbird Stadium 3,500 14 3 University of Calgary Dinos Calgary AB 1964 Wayne Harris Jr. 28,196 $444M McMahon Stadium 35,650 15 4 University of Alberta Golden Bears Edmonton AB 1910 Chris Morris 36,435 $751M Foote Field 3,500 18 3 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon SK 1912 Brian Towriss 19,082 $136.7M Griffiths Stadium 6,171 20 3 University of Regina Rams Regina SK 1999 Mike Gibson 12,800 $25.9M Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field 32,848 1 0 University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB 1920 Brian Dobie 27,599 $303M Investors Group Field 33,422 11 3
Ontario University AthleticsYates Cup Institution Team City Province First season Head coach Enrollment Endowment Football stadium Capacity Yates Cups Vanier Cups University of Windsor Lancers Windsor ON 1968 Joe D'Amore 13,496 $32.5M South Campus Stadium 2,000 1 0 University of Western Ontario Mustangs London ON 1929 Greg Marshall 30,000 $266.6M TD Stadium 10,000 30 6 University of Waterloo Warriors Waterloo ON 1957 Chris Bertoia 27,978 $172M Warrior Field 5,200 2 0 Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1961 Michael Faulds 12,394 --- University Stadium 6,000 7 2 University of Guelph Gryphons Guelph ON 1950 Stu Lang 19,408 $164.2M Alumni Stadium 4,100 3 1 McMaster University Marauders Hamilton ON 1901 Stefan Ptaszek 25,688 $498.5M Ron Joyce Stadium 6,000 7 1 University of Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto ON 1877 Greg Gary 73,185 $1.823B Varsity Stadium 5,000 25 2 York University Lions Toronto ON 1969 Warren Craney 42,400 $306M York Stadium 2,500 0 0 Queen's University Golden Gaels Kingston ON 1882 Pat Sheahan 20,566 $657M Richardson Stadium 8,500 23 4 University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa ON 1894 Jamie Barresi 35,548 $128.4M Gee-Gees Field 4,152 4 2 Carleton University Ravens Ottawa ON 1945 Steve Sumarah 25,890 $230M Keith Harris Stadium 3,000 0 0
Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec Dunsmore Cup Institution Team City Province First season Head coach Enrollment Endowment Football stadium Capacity Dunsmore Cups Vanier Cups Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1974 Mickey Donovan 38,809 $54.4M Concordia Stadium 4,000 3 0 Université de Montréal Carabins Montreal QC 2002 Danny Maciocia 55,540 $89.5M CEPSUM Stadium 5,100 2 1 McGill University Redmen Montreal QC 1898 Ronald Hilaire 32,514 $973.6M Molson Stadium 25,012 3 1 Université Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City QC 1996 Glen Constantin 37,591 $105.3M PEPS Stadium 12,257 12 8 Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or Sherbrooke QC 1971 David Lessard 35,000 --- Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 3,359 0 0 Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1884 Kevin Mackey 1,817 --- Coulter Field 2,200 4 0
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