2007 CIS football season
Encyclopedia
The 2007 CIS football season began on August 31, 2007, and concluded with the 43rd Vanier Cup
national championship on November 23 at the Rogers Centre
in Toronto, Ontario, with the Manitoba Bisons
winning their third championship. Twenty-seven universities across Canada
competed in CIS football
this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football
, under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport
(CIS).
's Rogers Centre
as part of the 95th Grey Cup
celebrations. Dating back to 1973, previous Vanier Cups had always been played the week following the Grey Cup.
Teams in bold have earned playoff berths.
and the Uteck Bowl
, the national semi-final games. In 2007, according to the rotating schedule, the winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy
meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup
champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Dunsmore Cup
Quebec championship travel to the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl.
43rd Vanier Cup
The 43rd Vanier Cup was played on November 23, 2007, at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and decided the CIS Football champion for the 2007 season. The Manitoba Bisons completed a perfect season by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies by a score of 28-14, finishing with a 12-0 record...
national championship on November 23 at the Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre is a multi-purpose stadium, in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower, near the shores of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League...
in Toronto, Ontario, with the Manitoba Bisons
Manitoba Bisons
The Manitoba Bisons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The football and soccer teams play their games at University Stadium, which also serves as the location of track & field events...
winning their third championship. Twenty-seven universities across Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
competed in CIS football
CIS football
Twenty-six universities across Canada compete in football under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport . The teams are divided into four conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of the CIS: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Quebec...
this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
, under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
(CIS).
Schedule
2007 marked the first year that the Vanier Cup and Grey Cup were played on the same weekend where they both took place in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
's Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre is a multi-purpose stadium, in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower, near the shores of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League...
as part of the 95th Grey Cup
95th Grey Cup
The 95th Grey Cup was held in Toronto at the Rogers Centre on November 25, 2007. The Grey Cup, first awarded in 1909, is the championship game of the Canadian Football League. It was played between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, with the Roughriders winning 23-19...
celebrations. Dating back to 1973, previous Vanier Cups had always been played the week following the Grey Cup.
Awards
- Hec Crighton Trophy – Erik GlavicErik GlavicErik Glavic is a Canadian football quarterback who is currently a free agent, is in his fifth and final year of his CIS university career - playing CIS football with the Calgary Dinos. Previously a member of the Saint Mary's Huskies, Glavic is the only CIS football player to have won the Hec...
, Saint Mary's - Presidents' TrophyPresidents' Trophy (CIS)The Presidents' Trophy is awarded to the Outstanding Defensive Player in CIS football.*1980 Rich Payne, Wilfrid Laurier*1981 Mike Emery, UBC*1982 Mike Emery, UBC*1983 Tom Timlin, Carleton*1984 Larry Oglesby, Mount Allison*1985 Darcy Kopp, Calgary...
– Mat Nesbitt, Regina - Russ Jackson AwardRuss Jackson AwardThe Russ Jackson Award is presented to the CIS football player best exemplifying the attributes of academic achievement, football skill, and citizenship and is named in honour of Canadian Football League Hall of Famer and former Ottawa Rough Riders and McMaster University quarterback, Russ...
– Clovis Langlois-Boucher, Sherbrooke - J. P. Metras TrophyJ. P. Metras TrophyJ. P. Metras Trophy is awarded to the Outstanding Down Lineman in CIS football.-External links:*...
– Scott Evans, Wilfrid Laurier - Peter Gorman TrophyPeter Gorman TrophyPeter Gorman Trophy is awarded to the Rookie of the Year in CIS football.*1976 Jim Reid, Wilfrid Laurier*1977 Gord Goodwin, Calgary*1978 John Lowe, Guelph*1979 Joey Tynes, StFX*1980 John Hutchinson, Mount Allison*1981 Glenn Steele, UBC...
– Liam Mahoney, Concordia
Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points| Canada West Canada West Universities Athletic Association The Canada West Universities Athletic Association is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and... |
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| Manitoba University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed... |
8 | 8 | 0 | 206 | 110 | 16 |
| Regina University of Regina The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated... |
8 | 6 | 2 | 257 | 195 | 12 |
| Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the... |
8 | 5 | 3 | 213 | 131 | 10 |
| Calgary University of Calgary The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently... |
8 | 4 | 4 | 233 | 180 | 8 |
| UBC University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley... |
8 | 3 | 5 | 167 | 198 | 6 |
| Alberta University of Alberta The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada... |
8 | 2 | 6 | 166 | 204 | 4 |
| Simon Fraser Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000... |
8 | 0 | 8 | 70 | 294 | 0 |
| Ontario Ontario University Athletics Ontario University Athletics is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public... |
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| Ottawa University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate... |
8 | 8 | 0 | 310 | 108 | 16 |
| Laurier Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University is a university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It also has campuses in Brantford, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario and a future proposed campus in Milton, Ontario. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada.... |
8 | 7 | 1 | 279 | 112 | 14 |
| Queen's Queen's University Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England... |
8 | 6 | 2 | 229 | 117 | 12 |
| McMaster McMaster University McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens... |
8 | 5 | 3 | 230 | 221 | 10 |
| Western University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and... |
8 | 4 | 4 | 223 | 127 | 8 |
| Guelph University of Guelph The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College... |
8 | 4 | 4 | 248 | 173 | 8 |
| Waterloo University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff... |
8 | 3 | 5 | 123 | 255 | 6 |
| Windsor University of Windsor The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students... |
8 | 2 | 6 | 156 | 262 | 4 |
| York York University York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university.... |
8 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 279 | 2 |
| Toronto University of Toronto The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada... |
8 | 0 | 8 | 111 | 345 | 0 |
| Quebec Quebec University Football League The Quebec University Football League was the Canadian football conference for Quebec universities who participate in CIS football until the completion of the 2010 football season... |
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| Laval Université Laval Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French... |
8 | 8 | 0 | 312 | 120 | 16 |
| Bishop's Bishop's University Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language... |
8 | 5 | 3 | 218 | 176 | 10 |
| Concordia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 182 | 172 | 10 |
| Sherbrooke Université de Sherbrooke The Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with campuses located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It is one of two universities, and the only French language university, in the Estrie region of Quebec.In 2007, the... |
8 | 4 | 4 | 233 | 189 | 8 |
| Montreal Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal... |
8 | 4 | 4 | 151 | 149 | 8 |
| McGill McGill University Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university... |
8 | 0 | 8 | 144 | 289 | 0 |
| Atlantic Atlantic University Sport Atlantic University Sport is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and... |
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| Saint Mary's Saint Mary's University (Halifax) Saint Mary's University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. The school is best known for having nationally lead programs in Business, Astronomy and International Development Studies as well, one of the best football and Men's hockey programs in Canada .The campus is situated in Halifax's... |
8 | 7 | 1 | 352 | 171 | 14 |
| Acadia Acadia University Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level... |
8 | 3 | 5 | 182 | 286 | 6 |
| StFX St. Francis Xavier University St. Francis Xavier University is a post-secondary institution located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The school was founded in 1853, but did not offer degrees until 1868. The university has approximately 5000 students.-History:... |
8 | 3 | 5 | 157 | 284 | 6 |
| Mount Allison Mount Allison University Mount Allison University is a primarily undergraduate Canadian liberal arts and science university situated in Sackville, New Brunswick. It is located about a half hour from the regional city of Moncton and 20 minutes from the Greater Moncton International Airport... |
8 | 1 | 7 | 199 | 294 | 2 |
Teams in bold have earned playoff berths.
Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell BowlMitchell Bowl
The Mitchell Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's football, and is the semifinal held in the westernmost location of the two semifinal venues. The winner of this game goes on to play against the Uteck Bowl champions for the Vanier Cup...
and the Uteck Bowl
Uteck Bowl
The Uteck Bowl is one of the two semifinals in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's football, held in the easternmost of the two semifinal venues. The Uteck Bowl champion moves on to face the Mitchell Bowl champion for the Vanier Cup...
, the national semi-final games. In 2007, according to the rotating schedule, the winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy
Hardy Trophy
The Hardy Trophy is a Canadian sport trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Football Conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation...
meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup
Yates Cup
The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassing both the Grey...
champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Dunsmore Cup
Dunsmore Cup
The Dunsmore Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Quebec University Football League of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation...
Quebec championship travel to the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl.