2023 U Sports football season
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The 2023 U Sports football season began on August 25, 2023, with the defending champion Laval Rouge et Or visiting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. On the following day, ten Ontario University Athletics teams, four Atlantic University Sport teams, and two RSEQ opened their schedules on August 26, 2023.[1][2][3] On the following weekend, the six Canada West teams opened their seasons on September 1, 2023.[4]
The conference championships were played on the weekend of November 11, 2023, and the season will conclude on November 25, 2023, with the 58th Vanier Cup championship. The Vanier Cup game will be held at Richardson Memorial Stadium in Kingston, Ontario, for the first time in its history.[5] 27 university teams in Canada played U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.[6]
On September 23, Manitoba Bisons kicker Maya Turner became the first woman to play in a U Sports regular season football game. She ended up kicking the game winning field goal in overtime for the Bisons in their game against the Regina Rams.[7]
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Schedules
On January 19, 2023, the OUA released their schedule which featured no major changes from the 2022 season, with 11 teams playing eight regular season games over nine weeks.[1] The regular season will start on August 26, 2023, and end on October 21, 2023. Seven teams will qualify for the playoffs, which begin on October 28, 2023, with the top seed having a first-round bye.[1] The 115th Yates Cup game is scheduled to be played on November 11, 2023.[1]
On April 20, 2023, the AUS schedule was revealed with the first two games scheduled to be played on August 26, 2023.[2] Five AUS teams will play eight games over 10 weeks with each team receiving two bye weeks.[2] In a format change this year, the top four teams will qualify for the AUS playoffs rather than three, with two semi-final games determining the participants for the AUS championship.[8] The Canada West schedule was announced on April 25, 2023, and the RSEQ schedule was revealed on April 27, 2023, with no major scheduling changes from the 2022 U Sports football season.[3][4]
Regular season
Standings
| Template:2023 AUS football standings | Template:2023 RSEQ football standings |
| Template:2023 OUA football standings | Template:2023 CWUAA football standings |
Post-season awards
Award-winners
| Quebec | Ontario | Atlantic | Canada West | National | |
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| Hec Crighton Trophy | Jonathan Sénécal (Montreal) |
Taylor Elgersma (Wilfrid Laurier) |
Silas Fagnan (St. Francis Xavier) |
Matthew Peterson (Alberta) |
Jonathan Sénécal (Montreal) |
| Presidents' Trophy | Harold Miessan (Montreal) |
Max Charbonneau (Ottawa) |
Daniel Bell (Mount Allison) |
Nick Wiebe (Saskatchewan) |
Harold Miessan (Montreal) |
| J. P. Metras Trophy | Christopher Fontenard (Montreal) |
Tyson Hergott (Waterloo) |
Alex Fedchun (St. Francis Xavier) |
Theo Benedet (British Columbia) |
Theo Benedet (British Columbia) |
| Peter Gorman Trophy | Justin Cloutier (Laval) |
Ethan Gregorcic (Wilfrid Laurier) |
Mikaël Pattin (Bishop's) |
Owen Sieben (Regina) |
Justin Cloutier (Laval) |
| Russ Jackson Award | N/A | Alex Cheng (McMaster Marauders) |
Spencer Richard (Acadia) |
Mark Rauhaus (Manitoba) |
Mark Rauhaus (Manitoba) |
| Frank Tindall Trophy | Marco Iadeluca (Montreal) |
Michael Faulds (Wilfrid Laurier) |
Gary Waterman (St. Francis Xavier) |
Chris Morris (Alberta) |
Chris Morris (Alberta) |
| Gino Fracas Award | Émilie Pfeiffer Badoux (Concordia) |
Zach Scotto (Wilfrid Laurier) |
Matt Elliott (Saint Mary's) |
Vaughan Mitchell (Manitoba) |
Vaughan Mitchell (Manitoba) |
Post-season
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2023, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team will visit the Canada West Hardy Trophy winners for the Mitchell Bowl. The Yates Cup Ontario conference championship team will visit the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup winners for the Uteck Bowl.[14] These games are scheduled to be played on November 18, 2023, while the Vanier Cup is scheduled to be played on November 25, 2023.[14]
Conference championships
Atlantic University Sport
| November 4 Semi-finals |
November 11 32nd Loney Bowl |
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| 1 | St. Francis Xavier | 36 | |||||||
| 4 | St. Mary's | 20 | |||||||
| 1 | St. Francis Xavier | 34 | |||||||
| 2 | Bishop's | 23 | |||||||
| 2 | Bishop's | 34 | |||||||
| 3 | Mount Allison | 15 | |||||||
Canada West
| November 4 Semi-finals |
November 11 86th Hardy Trophy |
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| 1 | UBC | 29 | |||||||
| 4 | Manitoba | 21 | |||||||
| 1 | UBC | 28 | |||||||
| 2 | Alberta | 27 | |||||||
| 2 | Alberta | 40 | |||||||
| 3 | Saskatchewan | 17 | |||||||
Ontario University Athletics
| October 28 Quarter-finals |
November 4 Semi-finals |
November 11 115th Yates Cup |
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| 4 | Queen's | 15 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Ottawa | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Western | 47 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Queen's | 20 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Western | 29 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Laurier | 69 | 2 | Laurier | 14 | ||||||||
| 7 | Waterloo | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Laurier | 21 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Windsor | 14 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Windsor | 14 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Carleton | 11 | |||||||||||
Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
| November 4 Demi-finales |
November 11 42e Coupe Dunsmore |
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| 1 | Montréal | 54 | |||||||
| 4 | Sherbrooke | 3 | |||||||
| 1 | Montréal | 12 | |||||||
| 2 | Laval | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | Laval | 34 | |||||||
| 3 | Concordia | 27 | |||||||
National championship
| November 18th Semi-finals |
November 25th Final |
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| Uteck Bowl – Montreal, QC | ||||||
| Montreal | 29 | |||||
| Vanier Cup – Kingston, ON | ||||||
| Western | 3 | |||||
| Montreal | 16 | |||||
| Mitchell Bowl – Vancouver, BC | ||||||
| UBC | 9 | |||||
| UBC | 47 | |||||
| St. Francis Xavier | 17 | |||||
See also
- 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
- 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season
- 2023 NCAA Division II football season
- 2023 NCAA Division III football season
- 2023 NAIA football season
References
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