2016 CIS football season

2016 CIS football season August 28 – October 29 Hardy Trophy Calgary Dinos Yates Cup Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Dunsmore Cup Laval Rouge et Or Loney Bowl St. Francis Xavier X-Men Mitchell Bowl Calgary Dinos Uteck Bowl Laval Rouge et Or Vanier Cup November 26 Hamilton, Ontario Laval Rouge et Or 2015 2017 CIS football seasons The 2016 CIS football season began on August 28 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day.http://www.oua.ca/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151210g88r6v OUA announces 2016 Football regular season and Yates Cup playoff schedule Ontario University Athletics 2015-12-10 2016-01-18 2016-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20160802173011/http://oua.ca/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20151210g88r6v dead The season concluded on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.CIS football: Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014541/http://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/vc16 2018-10-12 from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, January 18, 2015, retrieved 2016-01-18. In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football. During the 2016 season, CIS adopted the new name of U Sports, with the name change officially taking effect on October 20.http://usports.ca/en/news/580919b7bcdd8/introducing-u-sports Introducing U Sports U Sports October 20, 2016 December 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220161022/http://usports.ca/en/news/580919b7bcdd8/introducing-u-sports December 20, 2016 dead mdy-all Regular season standings Top 10 + FRC-CIS Top 10 Rankings Team \ Week 1FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#1) Reigning Vanier Cup champion UBC opens at No. 1 https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-1 U Sports 2016-08-30 2FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#2) Montreal moves up to No. 1, reigning champ UBC down to No. 2 https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-2 U Sports 2016-09-06 3FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#3) Montreal remains No. 1, Calgary moves up to No. 2 https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-3 U Sports 2016-09-13 4FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#4) Montreal unanimous No. 1 pick, Vanier Cup champ UBC out of Top 10 https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-4 U Sports 2016-09-20 5FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#5) Montreal No. 1 for fourth straight week, Regina on the rise https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-5 U Sports 2016-09-27 6FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#6) RSEQ rivals Montreal, Laval hold on to top spots https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-6 U Sports 2016-10-04 7FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#7) No changes in national rankings following light Thanksgiving schedule https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-7 U Sports 2016-10-11 8FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#8) Laval wins rematch against archrival Montreal, moves up to No. 1 https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-8 U Sports 2016-10-18 9U Sports Football Top 10: RSEQ rivals Laval, Montreal hold on to top spots https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-9 U Sports 2016-10-25 10FRC – U Sports Football Top 10 (#10) Laval tops final poll of season for 7th time in 10 years https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/top10-10 U Sports 2016-11-01 Acadia Axemen NR NR 14 (6) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Alberta Golden Bears NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Bishop's Gaiters NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Calgary Dinos 7 (147-2) 3 (220) 2 (267-3) 2 (266) 5 (171) 5 (182) 5 (189) 4 (220-1) 5 (153) 6 (144) Carleton Ravens 9 (37) 6 (125) 4 (169) 10 (38) 10 (45) 6 (120) 6 (126) 6 (136) 8 (128) 8 (128) Concordia Stingers 11 (18) 11 (33) 12 (12) 12 (3) NR NR 12 (3) 13 (4) NR 13 (1) Guelph Gryphons 6 (177) 10 (41) 11 (32) 13 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR Laurier Golden Hawks 10 (37) 9 (62) 7 (101) 5 (178) 6 (153) 7 (118) 7 (121) 7 (124) 6 (153) 5 (167) Laval Rouge et Or 3 (218) 4 (207) 3 (221) 3 (238) 2 (264) 2 (266) 2 (266) 1 (290-21) 1 (293-23) 1 (296-26) Manitoba Bisons 5 (182-1) 8 (76) NR NR 9 (54) 11 (5) NR NR NR NR McGill Redmen NR NR NR 14 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR McMaster Marauders 8 (146-1) 5 (202-1) 9 (94) 7 (105) 8 (79) 8 (115) 8 (113) 5 (150) 4 (155) 7 (137) Montreal Carabins 2 (261-5) 1 (276-13) 1 (297-27) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 2 (270-6) 2 (273-5) 2 (267-4) Mount Allison Mounties 14 (5) 18 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ottawa Gee-Gees NR 12 (18) 8 (99) 6 (159) 7 (148) 9 (65) 9 (65) 9 (36) 9 (39) 12 (2) Queen's Golden Gaels NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Regina Rams NR 17 (1) 15 (1) 9 (54) 4 (188) 4 (206) 4 (198) 8 (111) 7 (141) 4 (180) Saint Mary's Huskies NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Saskatchewan Huskies 12 (13) 13 (15) 10 (64) 8 (87) 13 (1) 14 (1) 14 (2) 12 (22) 10 (36) 9 (60) Sherbrooke Vert et Or 15 (2) 14 (10) NR NR 14 (1) NR 13 (2) 11 (23) NR NR St. Francis Xavier X-Men 13 (6) 16 (2) 13 (7) 12 (9) 12 (2) 13 (3) 11 (4) 10 (26) NR 10 (27) Toronto Varsity Blues NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR UBC Thunderbirds 1 (266-20) 2 (264-16) 6 (139) 11 (12) 11 (25) 10 (28) 10 (29) 14 (1) NR 11 (7) Waterloo Warriors NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Western Mustangs 4 (188-2) 7 (97) 5 (161) 4 (197) 3 (219) 3 (238) 3 (234) 3 (234-2) 3 (243-2) 3 (235) Windsor Lancers NR 15 (4) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR York Lions NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 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 + CIS post-season awards QuebecAll-Canadian Banquet presented by Sun Life Financial Regina’s Picton becomes 50th Hec Crighton Trophy winner Ontario Atlantic Canada West NATIONAL Hec Crighton Trophy Samuel Caron(Montreal) Derek Wendel(Ottawa) Tivon Cook(St. Francis Xavier) Noah Picton(Regina) Noah Picton(Regina) Presidents' Trophy Jonathan Boisonneault-Glaou(Montreal) Nakas Onyeka(Wilfrid Laurier) DeAndre Smith(Saint Mary's) D. J. Lalama(Manitoba) D. J. Lalama(Manitoba) J. P. Metras Trophy Mathieu Betts(Laval) Sean Jamieson(Western) Vernon Sainvil(St. Francis Xavier) Geoff Gray(Manitoba) Mathieu Betts(Laval) Peter Gorman Trophy Adam Auclair(Laval) Adam Preocanin(McMaster) Jakob Loucks(Mount Allison) Nicholas Dheilly(Regina) Jakob Loucks(Mount Allison) Russ Jackson Award Shayne Cowan-Cholette(Bishop's) Mark Mackie(McMaster) Will Wojcik(Acadia) Cam Teschuk(Manitoba) Cam Teschuk(Manitoba) Frank Tindall Trophy Danny Maciocia(Montreal) Michael Faulds(Wilfrid Laurier) Gary Waterman(St. Francis Xavier) Steve Bryce(Regina) Michael Faulds(Wilfrid Laurier) All-Canadian team First team Offence QB – Noah Picton – Regina RB – Tyler Chow – Saskatchewan RB – Alex Taylor – Western IR – Kaion Julien-Grant – St. Francis Xavier IR – Mitchell Picton – Regina WR – Louis-Mathieu Normandin – Montreal WR – Nathaniel Behar – Carleton C – Matthew Van Praet – Western G – Geoff Gray – Manitoba G – Zach Intzandt – McMaster T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier T – Jean-Simon Roy – Laval Defence DT – Rupert Butcher – Western DT – Vincent Desjardins – Laval DE – Mathieu Betts – Laval DE – Michael Kashak – McMaster LB – DeAndre Smith – Saint Mary's LB – D. J. Lalama – Manitoba LB – Nakas Onyeka – Laurier FS – Stavros Katsantonis – British Columbia HB – Malcolm Thompson – Laurier HB – Malcolm Brown – Western CB – Godfrey Onyeka – Laurier CB – Samuel Polan – Sherbrooke Special teams P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal K – Sean Stenger – Saskatchewan RET – Tunde Adeleke – Carleton Second team Offence QB – Derek Wendel – Ottawa RB – Jordan Socholotiuk – St. Francis Xavier RB – Jayde Rowe – Carleton IR – Austen Hartley – Calgary IR – Mitchell Baines – Ottawa WR – Dejuan Martin – St. Francis Xavier WR – Danny Vandervoort – McMaster C – Levi Hua – British Columbia G – Samuel Lefebvre – Laval G – Ryan Sceviour – Calgary T – Evan Johnson – Saskatchewan T – Sean Jamieson – Western Defence DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia DT – Junior Luke – Montreal DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal LB – Frédéric Chagnon – Montreal LB – Jean-Gabriel Poulin – Western LB – Alexandre Gagné – Sherbrooke FS – Brandon Jennings – Acadia HB – Robert Woodson – Calgary HB – Adam Auclair – Laval CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary CB – Robbie Yochim – McMaster Special teams P – TJ Morton – Toronto K – Adam Preocanin – McMaster RET – Marcus Davis – UBC All-Canadian Awards Gala presented by Sun Life Financial All-Canadian teams announced Championships The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2016, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West champions host the AUS champions in the Mitchell Bowl and be the home team at the Vanier Cup, while the RSEQ champions host the OUA champions in the Uteck Bowl.http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/5-Year_Schedule_2014_to_2019.pdf CIS 5-year Championship Schedule Canadian Interuniversity Sport 2016-01-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140729223014/http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/5-Year_Schedule_2014_to_2019.pdf 2014-07-29 Conference Playoffs Atlantic University Sport November 5Semifinal November 12Loney Bowl 2 Mt. Allison 27 3 Acadia 18 1 St. FX 29 2 Mt. Allison 8 Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec November 5Semifinals November 12Dunsmore Cup 1 Montreal 42 4 McGill 0 2 Laval 39 3 Concordia 14 1 Montreal 17 2 Laval 20 Ontario University Athletics October 29Quarterfinals November 5Semifinals November 12109th Yates Cup 4 Carleton 45 5 Ottawa 9 3 McMaster 17 6 Guelph 11 1 Western 51 4 Carleton 24 2 Laurier 21 3 McMaster 17 1 Western 40 2 Laurier 43 Canada West Universities Athletic Association November 5Semifinals November 1280th Hardy Trophy 1 Regina 34 4 UBC 40 2 Calgary 47 3 Saskatchewan 17 4 UBC 43 2 Calgary 46 National Semifinals #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff uncollapsed Uteck Bowl November 19 12:30 p.m. EST Laurier 0 0 0 6 Laval 14 15 7 0 Telus Stadium, Quebec City, Quebec 13,526 Fair, 9°C Brent Young Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports Boxscore #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff uncollapsed Mitchell Bowl November 19 2:00 p.m. MST St. FX 7 7 3 7 Calgary 5 13 22 10 McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta 2,184 Overcast, 0°C J. Popplestone Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports Boxscore National Championship #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff uncollapsed 52nd Vanier Cup November 26 1:00 p.m. EST Laval 7 3 14 7 Calgary 14 3 3 6 Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario Cloudy with sun, 5°C K. Edgeworthy Sportsnet, TVA Sports Boxscore References CIS Football Category:U Sports football seasons