2018 U Sports football season

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2018 U Sports football season

Duration| August 24, 2018 – October 27, 2018
Hardy Cup champions| Saskatchewan Huskies
Yates Cup champions| Western Mustangs
Dunsmore Cup champions| Laval Rouge et Or
Loney Bowl champions| St. Francis Xavier X-Men
Mitchell Bowl champions| Western Mustangs
Uteck Bowl champions| Laval Rouge et Or
Vanier Cup
Date| November 24, 2018
Venue| Quebec City, Quebec
Champions| Laval Rouge et Or
U Sports football seasons seasons

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The 2018 U Sports football season began on August 24, 2018, with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men visiting the Saint Mary's Huskies in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1] The Quebec Student Sport Federation teams played an hour later with the Laval Rouge et Or visiting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or and the McGill Redmen playing the Montreal Carabins.[2] The Ontario University Athletics teams began play on August 25, 2018, and the Canada West teams opened their season one week later on August 31, 2018.[3]

The conference championships were played on November 10 and the season will conclude on November 24 with the 54th Vanier Cup championship at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec.[4][5] 27 university teams in Canada are scheduled to play U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

## Regular season

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### Standings

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2018 AUS standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | PF |   | PA |   | Pts | Ply
Saint Mary's | 7 | – | 1 |   | 188 | – | 141 |   | 14 | †
St. FX | 6 | – | 2 |   | 224 | – | 156 |   | 12 | X
#10 Acadia | 5 | – | 3 |   | 236 | – | 146 |   | 10 | X
Mount Allison | 2 | – | 6 |   | 162 | – | 220 |   | 4 |
Bishop's | 0 | – | 8 |   | 91 | – | 238 |   | 0 |
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10

2018 RSEQ standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | PF |   | PA |   | Pts | Ply
#2 Laval | 8 | – | 0 |   | 307 | – | 54 |   | 16 | †
#4 Montréal | 6 | – | 2 |   | 256 | – | 46 |   | 12 | X
McGill | 2 | – | 6 |   | 109 | – | 233 |   | 4 | X
Sherbrooke | 2 | – | 6 |   | 84 | – | 228 |   | 4 | X
Concordia | 2 | – | 6 |   | 109 | – | 304 |   | 4 |
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10

2018 OUA standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | PF |   | PA |   | Pts | Ply
#1 Western | 8 | – | 0 |   | 384 | – | 89 |   | 16 | †
#5 Ottawa | 6 | – | 2 |   | 211 | – | 179 |   | 12 | X
#6 Guelph | 5 | – | 3 |   | 236 | – | 175 |   | 10 | X
#8 Carleton | 5 | – | 3 |   | 255 | – | 224 |   | 10 | X
McMaster | 5 | – | 3 |   | 151 | – | 163 |   | 10 | X
Waterloo | 4 | – | 4 |   | 263 | – | 272 |   | 8 | X
Laurier | 4 | – | 4 |   | 248 | – | 222 |   | 8 |
Queen's | 3 | – | 5 |   | 244 | – | 226 |   | 6 |
York | 3 | – | 5 |   | 172 | – | 297 |   | 6 |
Windsor | 1 | – | 7 |   | 168 | – | 292 |   | 2 |
Toronto | 0 | – | 8 |   | 122 | – | 315 |   | 0 |
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10

2018 Canada West standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | PF |   | PA |   | Pts | Ply
#3 Calgary | 8 | – | 0 |   | 313 | – | 133 |   | 16 | †
#9 British Columbia | 5 | – | 3 |   | 174 | – | 190 |   | 10 | X
#7 Saskatchewan | 5 | – | 3 |   | 258 | – | 174 |   | 10 | X
Manitoba | 3 | – | 5 |   | 195 | – | 224 |   | 6 | X
Alberta | 2 | – | 6 |   | 103 | – | 212 |   | 4 |
Regina | 1 | – | 7 |   | 107 | – | 217 |   | 2 |
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10
*The Regina Rams forfeited three wins due to use of an ineligible player. Those games were then awarded as 1–0 wins to Alberta, UBC, and Manitoba.[6]

## Post-season awards

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### Award-winners

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| Quebec  | Ontario  | Atlantic  | Canada West  | NATIONAL

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Hec Crighton Trophy | Hugo Richard (Laval)  | Tre Ford (Waterloo)  | Kaion Julien-Grant (St. Francis Xavier)  | Adam Sinagra (Calgary)  | Adam Sinagra (Calgary)
Presidents' Trophy | Marc-Antoine Dequoy (Montreal)  | Fraser Sopik (Western)  | Brad Herbst (Saint Mary's)  | Ben Hladik (UBC)  | Fraser Sopik (Western)
J. P. Metras Trophy | Mathieu Betts (Laval)  | Kene Onyeka (Carleton)  | Thomas Grant (Acadia)  | Joel Van Pelt (Calgary)  | Mathieu Betts (Laval)
Peter Gorman Trophy | Vincent Forbes-Mombleau (Laval)  | Jack Hinsperger (Waterloo)  | Shedler Fervius (Saint Mary's)  | Tyson Philpot (Calgary)  | Tyson Philpot (Calgary)
Russ Jackson Award | Jeremie-Billal Lardi (Sherbrooke)  | Mackenzie Ferguson (Western)  | Cameron Davidson (Acadia)  | Jayden McKoy (Manitoba)  | Mackenzie Ferguson (Western)
Frank Tindall Trophy | Glen Constantin (Laval)  | Greg Marshall (Western)  | Gary Waterman (St. Francis Xavier)  | Wayne Harris Jr. (Calgary)  | Greg Marshall (Western)

### All-Canadian Team

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Offence  | First Team  | Second Team

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Quarterback  | Adam Sinagra (Calgary)  | Hugo Richard (Laval)
Running Back  | Cedric Joseph (Western)

Tyler Chow (Saskatchewan)

| Jordan Socholotiuk (St. Francis Xavier)

Gabriel Polan (Sherbrooke)

Inside Receiver  | Tyler Ternowski (Waterloo)

Trivel Pinto (UBC)

| Dylan Schrot (Manitoba)

Gordon Lam (Waterloo)

Wide Receiver  | Kurleigh Gittens Jr. (Laurier)

Kaion Julien-Grant (St. Francis Xavier)

| Regis Cibasu (Montreal)

Hunter Karl (Calgary)

Centre  | Samuel Lefebvre (Laval)  | Jonathan Zamora (St. Francis Xavier)
Guard  | David Brown (Western)

Samuel Thomassin (Laval)

| Mattland Riley (Saskatchewan)

Jacob Czaja (St. Francis Xavier)

Tackle  | Ketel Asse (Laval)

Logan Bandy (Calgary)

| Jesse Gibbon (Waterloo)

Carter O'Donnell (Alberta)

Defence  | First Team  | Second Team

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Defensive Tackle  | Evan Machibroda (Saskatchewan)

Vincent Desjardins (Laval)

| Trevaughn James (Laurier)

Thomas Grant (Acadia)

Defensive End  | Mathieu Betts (Laval)

Kene Onyeka (Carleton)

| Joel Van Pelt (Calgary)

Tristian Koronkiewicz (Saskatchewan)

Linebacker  | Fraser Sopik (Western)

Ben Hladik (UBC)

Brian Harelimana (Montreal)

| Boston Rowe (Calgary)

Brad Herbst (Saint Mary's)

Lukas Korol (Guelph)

Free Safety  | Stavros Katsantonis (UBC)  | Daniel Valente Jr. (Western)
Defensive Halfback  | Marc-Antoine Dequoy (Montreal)

Will Amoah (Laurier)

| Shae Weekes (Manitoba)

Nate Rostek (Mount Allison)

Cornerback  | Jamie Harry (Ottawa)

Deane Leonard (Calgary)

| Emile Chenevert (Laval)

Bleska Kambamba (Western)

Special Teams  | First Team  | Second Team

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Kicker  | Niko DiFonte (Calgary)  | David Côté (Laval)
Punter  | Brad Mikoluff (Manitoba)  | Marc Liegghio (Western)
Returner  | Kurleigh Gittens Jr. (Laurier)  | Trivel Pinto (UBC)[7]

## Post-season

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The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2018, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl will visit the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team for the Uteck Bowl.[4]

### Conference Playoffs

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#### Atlantic University Sport

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| November 3
Semi-final | | | November 10
Loney Bowl |

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| | | | 1 | Saint Mary's | 9 |
| 2 | St. Francis Xavier | 33 | | | 2 | St. Francis Xavier | 33 |
| 3 | Acadia | 10 | | | |

#### Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec

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| November 3
Semi-finals | | | November 10
Dunsmore Cup |

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| 1 | Laval | 40 | |
| 4 | Sherbrooke | 0 |
| | 1 | Laval | 14 |
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| 2 | Montreal | 48 |

| 3 | McGill | 2 |

#### Ontario University Athletics

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| October 27
Quarter-finals | | | November 3
Semi-finals | | | November 10
111th Yates Cup |

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| | | | 1 | Western | 39 | |
| 4 | Carleton | 30 | | | 4 | Carleton | 13 |
| 5 | McMaster | 25 | | | | | | 1 | Western | 63 |
| | | | | | 3 | Guelph | 14 |
| | | | 2 | Ottawa | 22 | | | |
| 3 | Guelph | 45 | | | 3 | Guelph | 27 |
| 6 | Waterloo | 34 | |

#### Canada West Universities Athletic Association

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| November 3
Semi-finals | | | November 10
82nd Hardy Trophy |

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| 1 | Calgary | 37 | |
| 4 | Manitoba | 13 |
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| 2 | British Columbia | 28 |

| 3 | Saskatchewan | 31 |

### National Semifinals

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Uteck Bowl

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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St. Francis Xavier | 0 | 0 | 0| 0| 0
Laval | 16 | 23 | 17| 7| 63

at Telus Stadium (Quebec City)

* Date: November 17
* Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
* Game weather: 0°C, cloudy
* Game attendance: 5747
* Referee: Stephane Roy
* TV announcers (Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports): Arash Madani, Andy Baechler
* Boxscore

Mitchell Bowl

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Saskatchewan | 7 | 10 | 0| 7| 24
Western | 7 | 10 | 9| 21| 47

at TD Stadium (London, Ontario)

* Date: November 17
* Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: 0°C, cloudy
* Game attendance: 3536
* Referee: K. Mickleboro
* TV announcers (Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports): Sid Seixeiro, Mike Morreale
* Boxscore

### National Championship

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54th Vanier Cup

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Laval | 10 | 7 | 10| 7| 34
Western | 0 | 13 | 0| 7| 20

at Telus Stadium (Quebec City)

* Date: November 24
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: Cloudy, -3°C
* Game attendance: 12,380
* Referee: Walter Berry
* TV: Sportsnet, TVA Sports
* Boxscore

## References

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1. ^ "2018 AUS football schedule announced". Atlantic University Sport. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
2. ^ "2018 University football schedule". Quebec Student Sport Federation. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
3. ^ "2018 Canada West season kicks off August 31". Canada West Universities Athletic Association. 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
4. ^ a b "U Sports Championship Information". U Sports. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
5. ^ Laval to host Vanier Cup, the U SPORTS football national championship, in 2018 and 2019
6. ^ 2018 U Sports Regina schedule
7. ^ "Calgary QB Sinagra highlights 2018 football award winners and All-Canadians". U SPORTS. Retrieved 2019-02-19.

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* Acadia Axemen
* Bishop's Gaiters
* Mount Allison Mounties
* Saint Mary's Huskies
* St. Francis Xavier X-Men

Canada West|

* Alberta Golden Bears
* Calgary Dinos
* Manitoba Bisons
* Regina Rams
* Saskatchewan Huskies
* UBC Thunderbirds

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* Carleton Ravens
* Guelph Gryphons
* McMaster Marauders
* Ottawa Gee-Gees
* Queen's Gaels
* Toronto Varsity Blues
* Waterloo Warriors
* Western Mustangs
* Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
* Windsor Lancers
* York Lions

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* Concordia Stingers
* Laval Rouge et Or
* McGill Redbirds
* Montreal Carabins
* Sherbrooke Vert et Or

Championships|

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* Vanier Cup
* Mitchell Bowl
* Uteck Bowl
* Atlantic Bowl (historical)
* Churchill Bowl (historical)

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* Hardy Trophy
* Yates Cup
* Dunsmore Cup
* Jewett Trophy

Awards|

* Hec Crighton Trophy
* J. P. Metras Trophy
* Presidents' Trophy
* Peter Gorman Trophy
* Russ Jackson Award
* Frank Tindall Trophy
* Lois and Doug Mitchell Awards

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