OTTAWA (CIS) – The reigning Vanier Cup champion Laval
Rouge et Or visit the Queen’s Gaels while the Calgary Dinos
visit the Saint Mary’s Huskies in Saturday’s CIS
football national semifinals. Here’s everything you need to
know about the Mitchell and Uteck Bowls.
UTECK
BOWL: No. 2 Calgary (9-1) vs. No. 6 Saint
Mary’s (8-1), Huskies Stadium, Halifax, 1 p.m. Atlantic (tape
delay to 4 p.m. Eastern on TSN).
MITCHELL
BOWL: No. 1 Laval (9-1) vs. No. 4 Queen’s
(9-1), Richardson Stadium, Kingston, Ont., 1 p.m. Eastern (live on
TSN and Radio-Canada).
0 – Previous playoff duels between Laval and Queen’s.
The Rouge et Or and Gaels battled five times in the regular season
when they were part of the defunct OQIFC, with Queen’s
winning the first two meetings in 1996 and 1997 and Laval taking
the annual rendez-vous in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
1 – Bowl victory on the road in four tries by top-ranked
Laval. The Rouge et Or beat McMaster 36-32 in Hamilton in the 2003
Mitchell Bowl but lost 24-2 at Saint Mary’s in the 2007 Uteck
Bowl, 29-27 at Saskatchewan in the 2005 Mitchell Bowl, and 48-8 at
Saint Mary’s in the 2001 Atlantic Bowl.
1 – Game in which Laval quarterback Benoit Groulx has thrown
interceptions this season going into the Saturday’s Mitchell
Bowl (Groulx had three INTs vs. Sherbrooke in week 7).
2 - Bowl games decided in overtime since the inception of national semifinals in 1967. Manitoba edged Queen's 24-20 in extra time in the 1970 Western Bowl, while Western outscored Acadia 55-45 in OT in the 1995 Atlantic Bowl.
2 – Previous duels between Calgary and Saint Mary’s
at Huskies Stadium in Halifax, both Atlantic Bowls. The Huskies won
21-11 in 1992 and the Dinos took a 37-23 decision in 1993.
2 – Different programs led to Bowl appearances by Calgary
head coach Blake Nill and Queen’s sideline boss Pat Sheahan.
Nill, who guided the Dinos to the Uteck Bowl against Laval a year
ago, was 4-2 in national semifinals with Saint Mary’s before
moving out west after the 2005 season. Sheahan led Concordia to the
1993 Churchill Bowl (26-16 loss to Toronto) and the 1998 Atlantic
Bowl (25-24 win over Acadia) before taking over the Gaels program
in 2000.
2 – Conferences that have crowned quarterback Erik Glavic as
their player of the year, a first in CIS football annals. Glavic
was honoured by AUS in 2007, when he went on to claim the Hec
Crighton trophy as CIS MVP, and by Canada West this fall in his
first season with the Dinos.
3 – Previous Laval vs. Queen’s meetings at
Kingston’s Richardson Stadium, all in conference play. The
Gaels prevailed 18-7 in 1996 and 32-7 in 1997, while the Rouge et
Or won 33-14 in 2000.
3 – Hec Crighton trophy nominations for Laval QB Benoit
Groulx. He became the fifth player in history to receive a third
Hec Crighton nomination since the trophy was first awarded back in
1967.
3 – Shutouts in national semifinals history. McMaster blanked
StFX 7-0 in the 1967 Atlantic Bowl, McGill beat Manitoba 16-0 in
the 1973 Western Bowl, and Saskatchewan whitewashed McGill 22-0 in
the inaugural Mitchell Bowl in 2002.
4 – Bowl games decided by a single point. Alberta edged
Western 32-31 in the 1981 Western Bowl, McGill beat Saint
Mary’s 30-29 in the 1987 Atlantic Bowl, Saint Mary’s
sneaked past Western 31-30 in the 1990 Atlantic Bowl, and Concordia
defeated Acadia 25-24 in the 1998 Atlantic Bowl.
5 – Seasons since the last time the Bowl match-ups were QUFL
vs. OUA and Canada West vs. AUS. In 2005, Laval beat Laurier 30-11
in the Uteck Bowl in Quebec City and Saskatchewan outscored Saint
Mary’s 31-16 in the Mitchell Bowl in Saskatoon.
5 – Bowl games in history between Ontario and Quebec-based
universities. Ontario teams hold a 3-2 edge.
6 – Consecutive Bowl appearances by Saint Mary’s from
1999 to 2004, an AUS record and second all-time behind...
7 – Consecutive Bowl appearances by Laval including 2009, an
all-time record. Up until last Saturday when they defeated Montreal
31-7 for their seventh straight Dunsmore Cup title, the Rouge et Or
shared the CIS mark with Saint Mary’s (1999-2004).
7 – Combined points in the lowest-scoring Bowl in history.
McMaster beat StFX 7-0 in the inaugural national semifinal, the
1967 Atlantic Bowl.
8 – Bowl appearances as head coach by both Laval’s Glen
Constantin and Calgary’s Blake Nill, including 2009. Both
sideline bosses go into the weekend with 4-3 national semifinal
marks.
8 – Different names used over the years for national
semifinals including Atlantic (34), Churchill (14), Western (13),
Mitchell (8, including 2009), Uteck (7, including 2009), Central
(5) and Forest City (2) Bowl, as well as Yates Cup (1).
9 – Bowl wins by Saint Mary’s. The Huskies (9-11) are
tied for second all-time with Saskatchewan (9-3), three national
semifinal victories behind Western (12-6).
9 – Games in which No. 1 Laval has held its opponents to
eight points or less in 10 overall contests this season. The Rouge
et Or allowed a CIS-low 61 points in eight contests in conference
play marking the second straight season and the fifth time in seven
years the reigning Vanier Cup champions led the nation in that
category.
10 – Previous Bowl games between Canada West and Atlantic
schools in Halifax. Canada West teams show a 6-4 head-to-head
record in Nova Scotia’s capital.
11 – Overall Bowl games in history between Canada West and
Atlantic universities. Canada West teams have a 7-4 all-time
advantage.
14 – Years since Calgary’s last Bowl win, a 37-7 defeat
of Ottawa in the 1995 Churchill Bowl.
17 – Years since Queen’s last Bowl appearance in 1992,
a 23-16 Churchill Bowl win over Guelph, marking the third longest
streak in history between national semifinal berths. McMaster
played in the 2000 Churchill Bowl 33 years after appearing in the
inaugural national semifinal in 1967 (Atlantic Bowl), while
Manitoba broke a 28-year dry spell in 2001.
17 – Two-game sweeps by Western-most teams since the first
national semifinal in 1967. Eastern-most teams have seven sweeps in
the 40 years where two Bowl games were played (only one Bowl was
played in both 1967 and 1983).
19 – Teams that returned to the national semifinals a year
after claiming the Vanier Cup, including Laval in 2009. Defending
national champions have an 8-10 all-time Bowl record, including a
1-2 mark for Laval (win in 2004, losses in 2005 and 2007).
21 – Bowl appearances by Saint Mary’s (9-11) including
the 2009 Uteck Bowl, an all-time record.
51 – Victories in 82 Bowl games by the Western-most team
since 1967.
53 – Points. The margin of victory for UBC over StFX in the
1982 Atlantic Bowl (54-1), an all-time record. Saint Mary’s
51-point win over Simon Fraser in the 2003 Uteck Bowl (60-9) is
tied for second all-time with Western’s 54-3 domination of
Mount Allison in the 1985 Atlantic Bowl and Alberta’s 53-2
defeat of Bishop’s in the 1971 Western Bowl.
60 – Points scored by Saint Mary’s in a 60-9 Uteck Bowl
win over Simon Fraser in 2003, a single-game Bowl record.
Laval’s 59-point tally in last year’s Uteck Bowl
against Calgary (59-10) ranks second all-time.
100 – Combined points scored by Western (55) and Acadia (45)
in the 1995 Atlantic Bowl, an all-time record. Saint Mary’s
was involved in the second-highest scoring national semifinal in
history in 2000 when the Huskies lost 40-36 to Regina in the
Atlantic Bowl.
515 – Passing yards by Queen’s Dan Brannagan in last
Saturday’s Yates Cup final, the fourth highest single-game
total in CIS playoff history.
ALL-TIME CIS BOWL
RESULTS
2008
Uteck: Laval 59, Calgary 10
Mitchell: Western 28, Saint Mary’s 12
2007
Uteck: Saint Mary’s 24, Laval 2
Mitchell: Manitoba 52, Western 20
2006
Uteck: Laval 57, Acadia 10
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 35, Ottawa 28
2005
Uteck: Wilfrid Laurier 31, Acadia 10
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 29, Laval 27
2004
Uteck: Laval 30, Wilfrid Laurier 11
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 31, Saint Mary’s 16
2003
Uteck: Saint Mary’s 60, Simon Fraser 9
Mitchell: Laval 36, McMaster 32
2002
Churchill: Saint Mary’s 36, McMaster 25
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 22, McGill 0
2001
Churchill: Manitoba 27, McMaster 6
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 48, Laval 8
2000
Churchill: Ottawa 20, McMaster 15
Atlantic: Regina 40, Saint Mary’s 36
1999
Churchill: Laval 27, Saskatchewan 21
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 21, Waterloo 14
1998
Churchill: Saskatchewan 33, Western 17
Atlantic: Concordia 25, Acadia 24
1997 (1)
Churchill: Waterloo 1, Ottawa 0
Atlantic: UBC 34, Mount Allison 29
1996
Churchill: Saskatchewan 33, Guelph 9
Atlantic: StFX 13, Ottawa 5
1995
Churchill: Calgary 37, Ottawa 7
Atlantic: Western 55, Acadia 45 OT
1994
Churchill: Western 41, Bishop’s 24
Atlantic: Saskatchewan 35, Saint Mary’s 24
1993
Churchill: Toronto 26, Concordia 16
Atlantic: Calgary 37, Saint Mary’s 23
1992
Churchill: Queen’s 23, Guelph 16
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 21, Calgary 11
1991
Churchill: Wilfrid Laurier 42, Queen’s 22
Atlantic: Mount Allison 31, Saskatchewan 14
1990
Churchill: Saskatchewan 41, Bishop’s 13
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 31, Western 30
1989
Churchill: Saskatchewan 40, Queen’s 10
Atlantic: Western 38, Saint Mary’s 33
1988
Western: Calgary 34, Western 15
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 44, Bishop’s 10
1987
Western: UBC 33, Wilfrid Laurier 31
Atlantic: McGill 30, Saint Mary’s 29
1986
Central: UBC 32, Bishop’s 30
Atlantic: Western 29, Acadia 22
1985
Central: Calgary 56, Carleton 14
Atlantic: Western 54, Mount Allison 3
1984
Central: Guelph 12, Calgary 7
Atlantic: Mount Allison 29, Queen’s 17
1983 (2)
Western: Queen’s 22, Toronto 7
1982
Western: Western 17, Concordia 7
Atlantic: UBC 54, StFX 1
1981
Western: Alberta 32, Western 31
Atlantic: Acadia 40, Queen’s 14
1980
Western: Alberta 14, Western 4
Atlantic: Ottawa 28, Acadia 8
1979
Yates Cup: Western 32, Queen’s 14
Atlantic: Acadia 23, Alberta 7
1978
Western: UBC 25, Wilfrid Laurier 16
Atlantic: Queen’s 32, StFX 10
1977
Forest City: Western 24, Calgary 22
Atlantic: Acadia 35, Queen’s 22
1976
Forest City: Western 30, UBC 8
Atlantic: Acadia 18, Ottawa 16
1975
Central: Ottawa 45, Windsor 6
Atlantic: Calgary 38, Acadia 16
1974
Central: Western 41, Saskatchewan 17
Atlantic: Toronto 45, Saint Mary’s 1
1973
Western: McGill 16, Manitoba 0
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 19, Wilfrid Laurier 17
1972
Western: Alberta 58, Loyola 6
Atlantic: Waterloo Lutheran 50, Saint Mary’s 17
1971
Western: Alberta 53, Bishop’s 2
Atlantic: Western 44, Saint Mary’s 13
1970
Western: Manitoba 24, Queen’s 20 (OT)
Atlantic: Ottawa 24, UNB 13
1969
Western: Manitoba 41, Windsor 7
Atlantic: McGill 20, UNB 6
1968
Western: Queen’s 29, Manitoba 6
Atlantic: Waterloo Lutheran 37, Saint Mary’s 7
1967 (3)
Atlantic: McMaster 7, StFX 0
NOTES:
(1) In 1997, Ottawa beat Waterloo 44-37 but later forfeited the
game due to the use of ineligible players (official score: 1-0
Waterloo).
(2) In 1983, AUAA chose not to participate in a Bowl game as a
protest against CIAU. WIFL champion
Calgary received a direct berth in the national final.
(3) In 1967, OQAA voted against any league participation in the
Vanier Cup championship game. WIFL
champion Alberta received a direct berth in the national final.
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