U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of

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and operates under the auspices of

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, Canada's governing body for university sports. Twenty-seven teams from

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are divided into four

athletic conferences An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams which play competitively against each other in a sports league. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. C ...

, drawing from the four regional associations of U Sports:

Canada West Universities Athletic Association Canada West (formally the Canada West Universities Athletic Association or CWUAA) is a regional membership association for universities in Western Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs ...

Ontario University Athletics Ontario University Athletics (OUA; ) 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, ...

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (), abbreviated RSEQ, is the governing body of primary and secondary school, collegiate, and university sport in Quebec. It also serves as a regional membership association for Canadian universities whi ...

, and

Atlantic University Sport Atlantic University Sport (AUS; ) is a regional membership association for universities in Atlantic Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, re ...

. At the end of every season, the champions of each conference advance to semifinal bowl games; the winners of these meet in the

Vanier Cup The Vanier Cup () is the trophy awarded annually to the champion Canadian football team in U Sports, the governing body for university sports in Canada. The U Sports football champion is determined in a one-game playoff (the Vanier Cup game), pl ...

national championship.

History

The origins of North American football can be traced here, where the first documented game was played at University College at the

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in 1861. A number of U Sports programs have been in existence since the origins of the sport. It is from these Canadian universities that the game now known as

began. In

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(

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) challenged

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(

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) to a series of games. The

Grey Cup The Grey Cup () is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested between the winners ...

, the championship trophy of the professional

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(CFL) since its founding in the 1950s, was originally contested by teams from the

and Queen's University and other amateur teams since 1909. Many U Sports players have gone on to professional careers in the CFL and elsewhere; a number are drafted annually in the

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. In

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, there were a record 208 U Sports alumni on CFL rosters. Maya Turner became the first woman to play in any U Sports regular season football game, on September 23, 2023, as a

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kicker. She kicked the game winning field goal in overtime for the Bisons in their game against the

Regina Rams The Regina Rams represent the University of Regina, located in Regina, Saskatchewan, in the sport of Canadian football in U Sports. The Rams joined U Sports in 1999 and have competed in the Canada West Conference since then. The program has wo ...

Season structure

Regular season

The regular season is nine to ten weeks long, depending on the conference, and, as of

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, opens on the weekend before the

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weekend. Teams play eight regular season games and regular season games are in-conference with exhibition (pre-season) games being played between conferences. Throughout the season, there are featured

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and

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games in most regions. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the

Hec Crighton Trophy The Hec Crighton Trophy (sometimes referred to as the Hec Crighton Award) is awarded annually to the most outstanding Canadian football player in U Sports. The trophy is named after Hec Crighton who was a former teacher, coach, referee, and the ...

is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of U Sports football.

Playoffs

After the regular season,

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games are held between the top teams in each conference to determine conference champions. In the Atlantic, Canada West, and Quebec conferences, the top four teams qualify for the playoffs. In Ontario, the top seven teams qualify with the top team receiving a playoff bye to the next round. Because the OUA teams have conference playoffs that last three weeks instead of two, the first round of the post-season in the OUA occurs during the same week that each of the other three conferences are playing their last regular season games. Each conference has its own championship trophy; the

Hardy Trophy The Hardy Trophy is a Canadian sport trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Canadian football, Football Conference of U Sports, the country's governing body for university athletics. It is na ...

in the West, the

Yates Cup The Yates Cup () is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of U Sports. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassi ...

in Ontario, the

Dunsmore Cup The Dunsmore Cup () is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the university-level football competition conducted by Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), the governing body for all student sports in the province of ...

in Quebec and the

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in the Atlantic conference. The conference champions proceed to national semifinal bowl games: 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 g ...

and the

Uteck Bowl The Uteck 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 easternmost of the two semifinal venues. The Uteck Bowl champion moves on to ...

. The participant conferences of each bowl are determined several years in advance on a rotating basis. 47th Vanier Cup

Vanier Cup

The winners of each bowl game meet in the

national championship, first established in 1965 and named in honour of

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. The game was held in

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every year through 2003 when host conference bids were first accepted, yielding a move to

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for 2004 and 2005, followed by

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in 2006.

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, and

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have since hosted Vanier Cup games.

Teams

Atlantic University Sport

Canada West Universities Athletic Association

Ontario University Athletics

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec

Expansion

There have been efforts at establishing new varsity football programs at institutions that currently do not have teams. A group of alumni from

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successfully revived that school's program which returned in 2013. The team is a member of the

conference of U Sports, returning football to Carleton University after a 15-year absence. Carleton football veteran celebrates team’s revival The

Université de Moncton The Université de Moncton is a Canadian French-language university in New Brunswick. It includes campuses in Edmundston, Moncton, and Shippagan. The university was founded in 1963 following the recommendations of the royal commission on hig ...

investigated a possible football program in 2011, due to the construction of

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in 2010. In May 2011, the athletics department submitted a feasibility report to the school's president and are based part of their decision upon how the fans in Moncton received the

in 2011. The 2011 Uteck Bowl was not well supported in Moncton, and there has been little support for a team since. A club team league, the

Atlantic Football League The Atlantic Football League (AFL) is an amateur club-level Canadian football league that features four teams based in Atlantic Canada. The league is for players aged 18–24 that either attend universities without U Sports football programs or ...

, features four-to-five universities, depending on the season. There is hope this may lead to varsity teams featured at some of these schools. Following their successful application to become full members of the

, the

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explored the feasibility of starting their own football program, partnered with the

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. UBCO would have partnered with the Sun in much the same way that the

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was paired with the

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. However, UBC-O lacked a stadium on campus. The Kelowna city-owned Apple Bowl Stadium did not meet the guidelines required for entry into Canada West football after a conference site visit in 2014. The University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières explored the possibility of adding a football program with the launch planned for the 2017 season. The program would have been similar to Carleton University's in that there would be private funding from football alumni, but operated by shareholders. As of April 2015, $800,000 of the required $3 million had been raised in support of the varsity sport at UQTR. The capacity of the football stadium would then be increased from 2000 to 6270 seats. However, the UQTR Board of Regents refused to commit to the proposal. The

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previously fielded a senior varsity team from 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.

Proposed interconference consortium

In February 2015, businessman David Dube (an alumnus and supporter of the

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) and

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announced a proposal for a consortium known as the " Northern 8", which would organize interconference games between its member schools. Dube felt that this plan could help improve the prominence of CIS football on a national basis outside of the post-season (which, as of the 2014 season, was the only period of the season that featured nationally televised CIS games), as it would allow a nationally televised package of regular-season games to be sold to a major broadcaster. The Northern 8 would be structured as a non-profit corporation and would subsidize production costs for its telecasts: profits would be distributed to non-member schools. It would start with eight teams but could expand to 10 in the future. The Canada West conference backed the proposal. The OUA, RSEQ and AUS showed concerns for the plan due to travel costs and their effects on standings and rejected the plan.

Awards

There are post-season awards for on-the-field excellence. The players deemed to be the best at each position are named to the annual All-Canadian Football Team as first or second team players. Additionally there are a number of individual awards for categories like "best defensive player".

Professional advancement

U Sports players in the CFL

Many players from U Sports football have become professional athletes with most of them playing in the

. Opening Day of the

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saw a record 199 U Sports football players on rosters around the League. In

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, 205 former U Sports football players were featured on CFL teams' rosters on opening day.

CFL Draft

The following is a list of recent numbers from the

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, which is an annual eight-round event with a current maximum of 74 players drafted. From

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the CFL Draft had six rounds of selections and from

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it had seven rounds. From 2002 to 2005, the CFL had nine teams, then reverted to eight teams from 2006 to 2013, and then was back to its current number of nine teams in 2014. The high-water mark of 60 players from the U Sports drafted was recorded in the 2022 CFL Draft, which was the most since

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NFL Draft

There have been 15 U Sports players drafted into the

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with Giovanni Manu being the most recent.

U Sports players in the NFL

As of 2023, U Sports had produced 41 players who have earned a spot on an

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roster (including four who did not play a regular season game; players listed in chronological order by entry year in NFL): * 1945

Joe Krol Joseph "King" Krol (February 20, 1919 – December 16, 2008) was a Canadian football quarterback, running back, defensive back, and placekicker/ punter from 1942 to 1953 and 1955. Considered as possibly the most versatile player in Canadian fo ...

, Western Ontario, K/RB. * 1947

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, Manitoba, OG/OT. * 1960 Bill Crawford, UBC, OG. * 1965

Jim Young James Norman Young (born June 6, 1943) is a former professional American football and Canadian football player. Young played running back and wide receiver for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings for two seasons (1965–66), and the CFL's BC Lions for ...

, Queen's, RB/R. * 1976

Brian Fryer Brian Fryer (born July 16, 1953) is a Canadian former professional football player who starred at wide receiver for the University of Alberta, and played professionally for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Ed ...

, Alberta, R. * 1979 Ken Clark, Saint Mary's, P. * 1986

Mike Schad Michael Schad (born October 4, 1963) is a Canadian former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). After his football career, he became a mortgage banker with CMG Financial located in Mt. ...

, Queen's, OG. * 1987 Brian Belway, Calgary, DE. * 1987 Dave Sparenberg, Western Ontario, OG. * 1987

Brant Bengen Brant Wayne Bengen (born March 30, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, ...

, UBC and Idaho, WR. * 1988

Dean Dorsey Dean Dorsey (born March 13, 1957) is a former Canadian football placekicker in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played university football at the University of Toronto. Dorsey took over kicking duti ...

, Toronto, K. * 1992 Tyrone Williams, Western Ontario, WR. * 1995 Tim Tindale, Western Ontario, RB. * 1995 Mark Montreuil, Concordia, CB. * 1995

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, Bishop's, OL. * 1996

Grayson Shillingford Grayson Cleophas Shillingford SAH (25 September 1944 – 23 December 2009) was a West Indian cricketer who played in seven Test matches from 1969 to 1972. Early life Grayson Shillingford attended Dominica Grammar School in Roseau. Career H ...

, UBC, SB. * 1998 Jerome Pathon, Acadia & U. of Washington, R. * 2000 J. P. Darche, McGill, LS/LB. * 2001

Randy Chevrier Randy Robert Chevrier (born June 6, 1976) is a Canadian former professional football player who was a long snapper in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played for the Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders, ...

, McGill, LS/DE. * 2003

Israel Idonije Israel Idonije (born November 17, 1980) is a Nigerian-Canadian former professional football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) and actor. Idonije played CIS football at the University of Manitoba. A draft pick of the now defun ...

, Manitoba, DL. * 2004 Steve Morley, Saint Mary's, OG/OT. * 2006

Daniel Federkeil Daniel Hubert Federkeil (born November 9, 1983) is a former professional Canadian football player, having played offensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played CIS football with the Calgary Dinos, a ...

, Calgary, DE. * 2006

Jon Ryan Jonathan Robert Ryan (born November 26, 1981) is a Canadian former professional football player who was a punter in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played university football for the Regina Rams, an ...

, Regina, K. * 2008

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, Sherbrooke, WR * 2009

Vaughn Martin Vaughn Martin (born April 18, 1986) is a Jamaican-born Canadian former professional football defensive tackle. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL draft, the first Canadian university football player dra ...

, Western Ontario, DL. * 2010 Cory Greenwood, Concordia, LB * 2010 Joel Reinders, Waterloo, OT * 2011 Matt O'Donnell, Queen's OT * 2012 Akiem Hicks, Regina, DT * 2013 Stefan Charles, Regina, DT * 2014

Henoc Muamba Henoc Muamba (born February 23, 1989) is a Congolese-Canadian former professional football linebacker who played in both the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was a two-time CFL All-Star, three-time CFL Divis ...

, St.FX, LB * 2014

David Foucault David Foucault (born February 7, 1989) is a Canadian professional football offensive lineman for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football for the Montreal Carabins. He has also ...

, Montreal, OL * 2014

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (; born February 11, 1991) is a Canadian physician and former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played university football and attended medical school at McGill Univ ...

, McGill, OL * 2016

David Onyemata David Onyemata (born November 13, 1992) is a Nigerian professional American football nose tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Manitoba Bisons. Early life Onyemata is a native ...

, Manitoba, DL * 2017 Antony Auclair, Laval, TE * 2019

Tevaughn Campbell Tevaughn Shaquele Campbell (born June 14, 1993) is a Canadian professional football defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played CIS football for the Regina Rams. He played four seasons in the ...

, Regina, DB * 2020

Dakoda Shepley Dakoda Shepley (born December 27, 1994) is a Canadian professional football offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Shepley played university football at British Columbia. Early life Shepley attended Holy Names ...

, UBC, C * 2021

Lirim Hajrullahu Lirim Hajrullahu ( ; born April 24, 1990) is a Kosovan-Canadian professional gridiron football, football placekicker for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion after winning with the Argona ...

, Western, PK * 2022

Nikola Kalinic Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulg ...

, York, TE/FB * 2023

Tavius Robinson Tavius Patrick Robinson (born January 3, 1999) is a Canadian professional American football, football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played U Sports football at Guelph Gryphons football, Guelph and ...

, Guelph, LB * 2023

Carter O'Donnell Carter O'Donnell (born December 23, 1998) is a Canadian professional gridiron football, football offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played U Sports football for the Alberta Golden Bears football ...

, Alberta, OL

References

External links

* {{RSEQ 3 1961 establishments in Canada