https://en.usports.ca en-us https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20120223-cfl TORONTO (CFL) - One of the most important off-season events for teams across the Canadian Football League is being held in Toronto in just a few weeks. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20120223-cfl https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20120220-rseq MONTREAL - RSEQ announced the schedule for the 2012 football season. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20120220-rseq https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20120117-cfl OTTAWA (CIS) – University of Saskatchewan tackle Ben Heenan is still the number one prospect for the 2012 CFL Canadian Draft. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20120117-cfl https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111214-cis OTTAWA (CIS) – Laval’s Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, Saskatchewan’s Ben Heenan and Regina’s Akiem Hicks have been selected to represent Canadian Interuniversity Sport football in the 87th edition of the prestigious East-West Shrine Game on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111214-cis https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111213-oua HAMILTON, Ont. – Ontario University Athletics (OUA) is pleased to announce the 2012 OUA football schedule. The road to the 105th Yates Cup kicks off on Labour Day. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111213-oua https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111130-aotw13 OTTAWA (CIS) – Quarterback Kyle Quinlan, linebacker Aram Eisho and kicker Tyler Crapigna, all of the first-time Vanier Cup champion McMaster Marauders, are the CIS football players of the week for the period ending Nov. 25, 2011. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111130-aotw13 https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111128-vc TORONTO (TSN) – The dramatic 2011 VANIER CUP between McMaster Marauders and Laval Rouge et Or at BC Place in Vancouver delivered big audiences for TSN and RDS. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111128-vc https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/vod_vanier11 Re-live all the action from the 47th Vanier Cup online on TSN.ca. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/vod_vanier11 https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111125-final VANCOUVER (CIS) – Tyler Crapigna kicked a 20-yard field goal in second overtime to lift the McMaster University Marauders to the first Vanier Cup title in program history thanks to a 41-38 win over the Laval Rouge et Or in front of 24,935 at B.C. Place Stadium, Friday night. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111125-final https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111125-coach VANCOUVER (CIS) – Acadia’s Jeff Cummins was named the coach of the year in CIS football on Friday morning, while Wilfrid Laurier’s Dillon Heap received the Russ Jackson award recognizing excellence in football, academics and citizenship. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111125-coach https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111125-fracas VANCOUVER - Brian Cluff was raised in Falconbridge, ON where he attended St-Charles High College before beginning a 27-year career as both a player and coach at the University of Guelph. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111125-fracas https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111124-allcdns VANCOUVER (CIS) – The CIS football all-stars for the 2011 season were announced on Thursday, 24 hours before the 47th Vanier Cup final that will see the Laval Rouge et Or take on the McMaster Marauders at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111124-allcdns https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111124-awards VANCOUVER (CIS) – Billy Greene, a fourth-year quarterback from the University of British Columbia, was named the CIS player of the year, on Thursday night. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111124-awards https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111123-tix VANCOUVER – Fewer than 1,000 tickets remain for the first Canadian Interuniversity Sport football championship to be staged in British Columbia. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111123-tix https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/vanier_presser VANCOUVER (CIS) - Press conference for the 2011 Vanier Cup football game in Vancouver. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/vanier_presser https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111123-aotw12 VANCOUVER (CIS) – McMaster wide receiver Brad Fochesato and Laval teammates Frédéric Plesius and Jérémie Chrétien are the CIS football players of the week for the period ending Nov. 18, 2011. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111123-aotw12 https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111122-vc VANCOUVER (CIS) – They met three months ago in miserable conditions with nothing on the line. Four days from now, the Laval Rouge et Or and McMaster Marauders will meet again, this time for CIS football supremacy in the comfort of newly-renovated B.C. Place Stadium. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111122-vc https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111121-vc VANCOUVER (CIS) – Following is the schedule of events and the teams’ media availability for Vanier Cup week. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111121-vc https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/cis_countdown Jim Mullin hosts the program on Canadian university football, while Andrew Wadden provides the highlights and Chad Klassen features teams and players on the weekly show. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/cis_countdown https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111118-fb OTTAWA (CIS) – The CIS football national semifinals are set for tonight in Moncton and Calgary, with McMaster taking on Acadia in the Uteck Bowl (7:30 p.m. AST, TSN & RDS) and Laval visiting Calgary for the Mitchell Bowl (7:30 p.m. MST, TSN & RDS). Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111118-fb https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111118-vc VICTORIA – Celebrations of the 47th Vanier Cup – the first national university football championship to be staged in British Columbia – have begun in the provincial capital. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111118-vc https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111118-mitchell CALGARY (CIS) – The defending Vanier Cup champion Laval Rouge et Or will have a chance to reclaim their national title next week in Vancouver following a 41-10 defeat of the second-ranked University of Calgary Dinos Friday night in the Mitchell Bowl at McMahon Stadium. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111118-mitchell https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111118-uteck MONCTON, N.B.(CIS) – Three touchdown passes and a scoring run by Kyle Quinlan led the No. 4-ranked McMaster Marauders to a 45-21 come-from-behind victory over the No. 9 Acadia Axemen. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111118-uteck https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111117-vc VANCOUVER – The organizing committee for the 47th Vanier Cup is proud to announce that the ticket mark has surpassed 21,000 for the first national university football championship to be staged in Vancouver. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111117-vc https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111116-aotw11 OTTAWA (CIS) – Calgary quarterback Eric Dzwilewski and Laval teammates Samaël Lavaud and Patrick Lavoie are the CIS football players of the week for the period ending Nov. 12, 2011. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111116-aotw11 https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111114-prev OTTAWA (CIS) – The stage is set for the CIS national semifinals and if last weekend’s conference championship games are any indication of things to come, football fans are in for quite a thrill on Friday night. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111114-prev https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111112-cis OTTAWA (CIS) – The CIS football national semifinals are set following wins by the top-ranked Laval Rouge et Or, No. 2 Calgary Dinos, No. 4 McMaster Marauders and No. 9 Acadia Axemen in the conference finals. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111112-cis https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111111-fb CALGARY – Eric Dzwilewski ran for 101 yards and four touchdowns while Steven Lumbala added 194 rushing yards as the second-ranked Calgary Dinos scored 49 unanswered points to win their fourth straight Canada West championship by a 62-13 score over the No. 6 UBC. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111111-fb https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111110-hec OTTAWA (CIS) – Acadia quarterback Kyle Graves, McMaster wide receiver Michael DiCroce and UBC pivot Billy Greene were announced Thursday as conference most valuable players and became finalists for CIS football player-of-the-year honours. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20111110-hec https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111110-aus HALIFAX, N.S. - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2011 football major award winners as selected by the conference's four head coaches following regular season play. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/releases/20111110-aus