2015 CIS football season

2015 CIS football season
Regular season
Duration August 30 – October 31
Playoffs
Start date October 31
Hardy Cup UBC Thunderbirds2016-11-14
Yates Cup Guelph Gryphons2016-11-14
Dunsmore Cup Montreal Carabins2016-11-14
Loney Bowl St. Francis Xavier X-Men2016-11-07
Mitchell Bowl Montreal Carabins2016-11-21
Uteck Bowl UBC Thunderbirds2016-11-21
51st Vanier Cup
Date November 28
Site Quebec City, Quebec
Champions UBC Thunderbirds
2014 ← CIS football seasons → 2016

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.

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.

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.[13]

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

References

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