The 2018 U Sports football season began on August 24, 2018 with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men visiting the

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in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Quebec Student Sport Federation teams played an hour later with the Laval Rouge et Or visiting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or and the McGill Redmen playing the Montreal Carabins. The Ontario University Athletics teams began play on August 25, 2018 and the Canada West teams opened their season one week later on August 31, 2018. The conference championships were played on November 10 and the season will conclude on November 24 with the

54th Vanier Cup The 2018 Vanier Cup, the 54th edition of the Canadian university football championship, took place on November 24, 2018 at Telus Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec.

championship at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec.Laval to host Vanier Cup, the U SPORTS football national championship, in 2018 and 2019
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Canadian football.

Regular season

Standings

Post-season awards

Award-winners

All-Canadian Team

Post-season

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the

Mitchell Bowl The Mitchell Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of U Sports football, Canada's national competition for university teams that play Canadian football. It is held in the more westerly location of the two semifinal venues. The winner of this game ...

and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2018, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference's

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will visit the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team for the Uteck Bowl.

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National Semifinals

National Championship

References

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