58th Vanier Cup
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Date | November 25, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Richardson Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Kingston, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||
Ted Morris Memorial Trophy | Jonathan Sénécal | ||||||||||||||||||
Bruce Coulter Award | Nicky Farinaccio | ||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | All the Queen's Men | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Brent Young | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | English: CBC Sports[1] French: TVA Sports[2] |
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Announcers | Mark Lee (play-by-play) Dashawn Stephens (analyst) Signa Butler (sideline reporter) |
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The 2023 Vanier Cup, the 58th edition of the Canadian university football championship, took place on November 25, 2023 at Richardson Memorial Stadium in Kingston, Ontario.[3][4] The Montreal Carabins defeated the UBC Thunderbirds by a score of 16–9 to win the second Vanier Cup championship in program history.[5]
Contents
Host
This was the first time that Kingston hosted the Vanier Cup since its inception in 1965.[6] However, it was the third time that the school had hosted the university final, with the others taking place in 1920 and 1929.[6]
Background
Semi-final games
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It was announced that according to the rotating schedule, the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team would host the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Canada West Hardy Trophy would host the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.[3] These games were scheduled to be played on November 18, 2023.[3]
In the first semifinal, UBC defeated St. Francis Xavier 47–17. In the second semifinals, Montreal defeated Western 29–3.[7] This was UBC's first finals since 2015, and Montreal's first since 2019, when they lost against Calgary.
Bracket
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 | |||||
Teams
The championship game matched UBC from the Canada West Conference and Montreal from the RSEQ Conference. The programs previously met for the 51st Vanier Cup, when UBC captured their fourth national championship.[8]
References
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