2015 CIS football season






















































2015 CIS football season
Regular season
Duration August 30 – October 31
Playoffs
Start date October 31
Hardy Cup
UBC Thunderbirds2018-11-14
Yates Cup
Guelph Gryphons2018-11-14
Dunsmore Cup
Montreal Carabins2018-11-14
Loney Bowl
St. Francis Xavier X-Men2018-11-07
Mitchell Bowl
Montreal Carabins2018-11-21
Uteck Bowl
UBC Thunderbirds2018-11-21
51st Vanier Cup
Date November 28
Site Quebec City, Quebec
Champions UBC Thunderbirds




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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.




Contents






  • 1 Regular season standings


    • 1.1 Top 10




  • 2 Post-season awards


    • 2.1 All-Canadian team


      • 2.1.1 First team


      • 2.1.2 Second team






  • 3 Championships


    • 3.1 Playoff bracket




  • 4 Teams


  • 5 References





Regular season standings

















































































































2015 Canada West standings
          
(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





































































































































2015 RSEQ standings
  Overall       Conf  
(Rank) Team
W   L   PF   PA   PTS   W   L Playoff Spot
#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



































































































































































2015 OUA standings
(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


































































































2015 AUS standings
    Overall       Conf  
(Rank) Team
W   L   PF   PA   PTS   W   L Playoff Spot
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





Top 10


















































































































































































































































































































































































FRC-CIS Top 10 Rankings

 
1[3]
2[4]
3[5]
4[6]
5[7]
6[8]
7[9]
8[10]
9[11]
10[12]

Acadia Axemen

16 (3)

15 (3)
NR 10 (32)
12 (8)
NR NR NR NR NR

Alberta Golden Bears
NR
14 (3)

11 (31)

15 (4)
NR
13 (1)

13 (1)
NR NR NR

Bishop's Gaiters
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Calgary Dinos
4 (213-1) 2 (241-6) 1 (274-13) 1 (292-26) 1 (295-28) 1 (299-29) 1 (298-28) 1 (296-27) 1 (285-24) 1 (296-26)

Carleton Ravens
NR NR
13 (5)

12 (13)
NR
11 (7)

11 (8)
10 (22) 10 (12) 10 (43)

Concordia Stingers

13 (7)
NR NR
14 (5)

15 (1)
NR NR
12 (3)

12 (6)

11 (17)

Guelph Gryphons
6 (137) 5 (156-1) 5 (162) 5 (187) 5 (190) 7 (134) 7 (129) 7 (119) 5 (153) 5 (170)

Laurier Golden Hawks
NR
13 (4)
NR NR NR NR NR NR
13 (5)
9 (51)

Laval Rouge et Or
2 (231-2) 1 (285-20) 2 (272-14) 2 (264-2) 2 (260-1) 2 (259-1) 2 (259-1) 4 (214) 3 (220-1) 3 (238)

Manitoba Bisons
10 (73) 6 (144) 7 (114) 8 (75) 6 (114) 8 (126) 8 (129) 8 (89) 8 (101) 8 (76)

McGill Redmen
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

McMaster Marauders
5 (148) 7 (144) 6 (144) 7 (112) 7 (113) 6 (143) 6 (149) 6 (145) 6 (120)
12 (9)

Montreal Carabins
1 (289-25) 4 (235) 4 (213) 4 (211) 4 (208) 4 (164) 4 (164) 3 (231) 4 (218) 4 (216)

Mount Allison Mounties
9 (79) 8 (52) 8 (86)
13 (5)
NR NR NR NR
11 (11)

13 (4)

Ottawa Gee-Gees

14 (5)

12 (26)

12 (8)
9 (42)
11 (17)
NR NR NR NR NR

Queen's Golden Gaels

12 (9)
NR
14 (3)

16 (2)

13 (5)
10 (27) 10 (29)
11 (13)
NR NR

Regina Rams
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Saint Mary's Huskies
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Saskatchewan Huskies
8 (87) 9 (43) NR NR 8 (82)
12 (3)

12 (2)

13 (1)
NR NR

Sherbrooke Vert et Or

11 (10)

11 (35)
9 (48)
11 (32)
9 (69) 5 (147) 5 (150) 5 (160) 7 (108) 7 (126)

St. Francis Xavier X-Men
NR
16 (2)
NR
17 (2)
NR NR NR NR NR
14 (2)

Toronto Varsity Blues
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

UBC Thunderbirds
7 (109) 10 (41) 10 (39) 6 (123) 10 (46) 9 (89) 9 (77) 9 (88) 9 (95) 6 (134)

Waterloo Warriors
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Western Mustangs
3 (226-2) 3 (239-3) 3 (253-3) 3 (244-2) 3 (244-1) 3 (247) 3 (250-1) 2 (267-3) 2 (261-4) 2 (270-4)

Windsor Lancers
NR NR 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

Quebec[13]
Ontario[13]
Atlantic[13]
Canada West[13]
NATIONAL

Hec Crighton Trophy
Trenton Miller (Concordia) Will Finch (Western) Ashton Dickson (St. Francis Xavier) Andrew Buckley (Calgary)
Andrew Buckley (Calgary)[13]

Presidents' Trophy
Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou (Montreal) John Rush (Guelph) Drew Morris (Acadia) Robert Woodson (Calgary)
John Rush (Guelph)[13]

J. P. Metras Trophy
Charles Vaillancourt (Laval) Kwaku Boateng (Wilfrid Laurier) Jesse St. James (Acadia) David Onyemata (Manitoba)
David Onyemata (Manitoba)[13]

Peter Gorman Trophy
Mathieu Betts (Laval) Jesse Amankwaa (York) Donovan Glave (Mount Allison) Jamel Lyles (Manitoba)
Mathieu Betts (Laval)[13]

Russ Jackson Award
Jérémi Roch (Sherbrooke) Curtis Carmichael (Queen's) Will Wojcik (Acadia) DJ Lalama (Manitoba)
DJ Lalama (Manitoba)[13]

Frank Tindall Trophy

Glen Constantin (Laval)

Greg Marshall (Western)

Gary Waterman (St. Francis Xavier)

Wayne Harris, Jr. (Calgary)

Wayne Harris, Jr. (Calgary)[13]


All-Canadian team




First team



Offence

QB - Andrew Buckley - Calgary

RB - Dillon Campbell - Laurier

RB - Mercer Timmis - Calgary

IR - Mitch Hillis - Saskatchewan

IR - Ian Stewart - Ottawa

WR - Rashaun Simonise - Calgary

WR - Daniel Vandervoort - McMaster

C - Sean McEwen - Calgary

G - Charles Vaillancourt - Laval

G - Sean Jamieson - Western

T - Braden Schram - Calgary

T - Jason Lauzon-Séguin - Laval

Defence

DT - David Onyemata - Manitoba

DT - Samuel Narkaj - Concordia

DE - Mathieu Betts - Laval

DE - Jesse St. James - Acadia

LB - John Rush - Guelph

LB - Drew Morris - Acadia

LB - Doctor Cassama - Calgary

FS - Jesse McNair - Western

HB - Robert Woodson - Calgary

HB - Maïko Zepeda - Montreal

CB - Godrey Onyeka - Laurier

CB - Adam Laurensse - Calgary

Special teams

P - Quinn van Gylswyk - British Columbia

K - Johnny Mark - Calgary

RET - Tunde Adeleke - Carleton





Second team



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 Merdith - 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




[13]



Championships


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














































































































































































































































































































































































































































Conference Quarter-finals

Conference Semi-finals

Conference Championships

National Semi-finals


51st Vanier Cup































Manitoba
10





UBC

52






UBC

34






Calgary 26





Saskatchewan
29





Calgary

37






UBC

36






St. FX 9





Acadia
4





St. FX

26






St. FX

14





Mount Allison 12





Bye






Mount Allison







UBC

26





Montreal 23




Sherbrooke
24





Montreal

31






Montreal

18






Laval 16





Concordia
8





Laval

52






Montreal

25



Carleton

39



Guelph 10

Queen's
8


Carleton 21




Bye



Guelph

33



Guelph




Guelph

23

Laurier

29



Western 17

McMaster
15


Laurier 18

Bye



Western

32

Western




The seed of the OUA Semi-Final is done so that the first-place team play the weakest team still alive.



Teams











































































































Canada West Football Conference
Hardy 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 Athletics
Yates 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











































































Atlantic University Football Conference
Jewett Trophy
Institution
Team
City
Province
First season
Head coach
Enrollment
Endowment
Football stadium
Capacity
Jewett Trophies
Vanier Cups

Acadia University

Axemen

Wolfville

NS
1957

Jeff Cummins
3,770
$40M

Raymond Field
3,000
12
2

Mount Allison University

Mounties

Sackville

NB
1955
Kelly Jeffrey
2,614
$110M

MacAulay Field
2,500
5
0

Saint Francis Xavier University

X-Men

Antigonish

NS
1954
Gary Waterman
4,871
$59.4M
Oland Stadium
4,000
11
1

Saint Mary's University

Huskies

Halifax

NS
1956
Perry Marchese
7,433
$16.9M

Huskies Stadium
4,000
24
3


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