53rd Vanier Cup
The 53rd Vanier Cup (branded as the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Vanier Cup for sponsorship reasons), the 2017 edition of the U Sports football championship, was held on November 25, 2017, at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.[1][2] The defending champion Laval Rouge et Or made their 11th Vanier Cup appearance while the Western Mustangs made their nation-leading 13th appearance. This was a rematch of the 44th Vanier Cup which was won by Laval and also played in Hamilton. Western defeated Laval, 39–17, to win its first national championship since 1994.
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| Date | November 25, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Tim Hortons Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hamilton, ON | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Morris Memorial Trophy | Chris Merchant, Western | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Coulter Award | Fraser Sopik, Western | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Sienna Kocsis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kick-off | 1:00 PM EST | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | G MacLean | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | The Trews | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,754 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Sportsnet, TVA Sports | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tim Micallef (play-by-play) Mike Morreale (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
Hamilton was awarded both the 2016 and 2017 Vanier Cup games; it marked the fifth time that the Vanier Cup had been hosted by Hamilton.[3]
Semi-finals
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2017, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team, the Calgary Dinos hosted the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team, the Rouge et Or, for the Mitchell Bowl. The Acadia Axemen, winners of the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl,[4] hosted the Yates Cup Ontario championship team, the Mustangs, for the Uteck Bowl.[5]
Scoring
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Laval | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Western | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
at Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario
- Date: November 25
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 9 °C (48 °F)
- Game attendance: 10,754
- Referee: G. MacLean
- TV: Sportsnet, TVA Sports
- Box Score
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References
- CIS football: Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017 from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, January 18, 2015, retrieved 2016-01-18.
- Bishop’s Gaiters sign deal to compete in 2017 AUS football season
- "Vanier Cup returns to Hamilton in 2016". CFL.ca. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- "AUS hands Loney Bowl title to Acadia following eligibility controversy with SMU". Atlantic. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- "CIS 5-year Championship Schedule" (PDF). U Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-03-07.