2009 CIS football season

DurationAugust 29, 2009 – October 31, 2009

2009 CIS football season
Duration	August 29, 2009 – October 31, 2009
Hardy Cup champions	Calgary Dinos
Yates Cup champions	Queen's Golden Gaels
Dunsmore Cup champions	Laval Rouge et Or
Loney Bowl champions	Saint Mary's Huskies
Mitchell Bowl champions	Queen's Golden Gaels
Uteck Bowl champions	Calgary Dinos
Vanier Cup
Date	November 28, 2009
Venue	PEPS, Quebec City, Quebec
Champions	Queen's Golden Gaels
CIS football seasons seasons
2008 2010

The 2009 CIS football season began on August 29, 2009, and concluded its campaign with the 45th Vanier Cup national championship on November 28 at PEPS stadium in Quebec City, Quebec. Twenty-seven universities across Canada compete in CIS football, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). The Queen's Golden Gaels defeated the Calgary Dinos 33-31 in the Vanier Cup to claim the 2009 national championship and their fourth in school history.

The regular-season schedule began early with a single Canada West Universities Athletic Association game in week one on Saturday, August 23, between the UBC Thunderbirds and the Simon Fraser Clan at Thunderbird Stadium in Greater Vancouver. The Ontario University Athletics, Quebec University Football League, and remaining CWUAA teams got underway the following week during the Labour Day weekend, and the Atlantic University Sport conference began their matches the week following that.^[1]

Awards and records

Awards

Hec Crighton Trophy – Erik Glavic, Calgary
Presidents' Trophy – Cory Greenwood, Concordia
Russ Jackson Award – Thomas Hall, Manitoba
J. P. Metras Trophy – Matt Morencie, Windsor
Peter Gorman Trophy – Linden Gaydosh, Calgary

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All-Canadian Team

First Team

Offence: Erik Glavic, QB, Calgary; Pascal Fils, RB, Sherbrooke; Matt Walter, RB, Calgary; Nathan Coehoorn, WR, Calgary; Akeem Foster, WR, St. Francis Xavier; Gary Ross, IR, Mount Allison; Scott Valberg, IR, Queen's; Matt Morencie, C, Windsor; Matthew O'Donnell, OT, Queen's; David Bouchard, OT, Laval; Justin Glover, G, McMaster; Pascal Baillargeon, G, Laval
Defence: Jean-Philippe Gilbert, DT, Laval; Gregory Alexandre, DT, Montreal; Mathieu Brossard, DE, Montreal; Osie Ukwuoma, DE, Queen's; Cory Greenwood, LB, Corcordia; John Surla, LB, Western Ontario; Henoc Muamba, LB, St. Francis Xavier; Anthony DesLauriers, FS, Simon Fraser; Maxime Bérubé, HB, Laval; James Savoie, HB, Guelph; Olivier Turcotte-Létourneau, CB, Laval; Jim Allin, CB, Queen's
Special Teams: Hugh O'Neill, P, Alberta; Perri Scarcelli, K, Regina; Dillon Heap, RET, Wilfrid Laurier

Second Team

Offence: Michael Faulds, QB, Western Ontario; Nathan Riva, RB, Western Ontario; Nick FitzGibbon, RB, Guelph; Julian Feoli Gudino, WR, Laval; Cyril Adjeitey, WR, Ottawa; Anthony Parker, IR, Calgary; Cory Watson, IR, Concordia; Derek Weber, C, Saint Mary's; Kristian Matte, OT, Concordia; Kirby Fabien, OT, Calgary; Terriss Paliwoda, G, Alberta; Matthew Norman, G, Western Ontario
Defence: Sébastien Tétreault, DT, Ottawa; Eddie Steele, DT, Manitoba; Craig Gerbrandt, DE, Alberta; David Skillen, DE, St. Francis Xavier; Andrea Bonaventura, LB, Calgary; Tommy Lynch, LB, St. Francis Xavier; Giancarlo Rapanaro, LB, Wilfrid Laurier; Courtney Stephen, FS, Wilfrid Laurier; Mike Miller, HB, Acadia; Mark Holden, HB, Saint Mary's; Grant Shaw, CB, Saskatchewan; Dylan Hollohan, CB, St. Francis Xavier
Special Teams: Christopher Milo, P, Laval; Justin Palardy, K, Saint Mary's; Gary Ross, RET, Mount Allison

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Records

As of October 1, 2009^[update], three active CIS quarterbacks were climbing the top ten career passing records. Danny Brannagan of Queen's Golden Gaels was in fifth place for both all-time 9,236 career passing yards and 71 touchdowns. Michael Faulds of Western Mustangs was in sixth place just behind Brannagan with 9,137 career passing yards and Justin Dunk, of the Guelph Gryphons was seventh with 9,093 passing yards.^[4] In their rivalry game on October 17, 2009, both Brannagan and Faulds became only the second and third players, respectively, to pass for over 10,000 yards in their career.^[5] Faulds would eventually pass Brannagan and claim the title of All-Time Passing Leader, totaling 10,811 career yards, as well as the CIS single-season passing record with 3,033 yards. Brannagan would have to settle with second on the all-time list after a disappointing final game of the season left him with 10,714 for his career.^[6]

McGill wide receiver Charles-Antoine Sinotte was in eighth place on the career receptions list with 172 catches, and working towards reaching the record of 194 catches that former Redmen teammate Erik Galas set in the 2008 CIS football season.^[4]

Guelph kicker Rob Maver was in eighth place on the CIS all-time field goals list with 54.^[4]

Saskatchewan Huskies kicker Grant Shaw, kicked a 55-yard field goal on October 17 against Manitoba, to tie a Canada West record for longest field goal. It was two yards shy of the all-time CIS record of 57 yards.^[7]

Results

Regular season standings

2009 Canada West standings v t e
	Conf				Playoff Spot
Team (Rank)	W		L	PTS	Playoff Spot
#3 Saskatchewan	7	-	1	14	†
#2 Calgary	7	-	1	14	X
Alberta	4	-	4	8	X
Regina	3	-	5	6	X
UBC^b	3	-	5	6
Manitoba^c	2	-	5	4
Simon Fraser^a	1	-	6	2
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 (Nov 3) ^a - Forfeited 2 wins for ineligible player. ^b - Awarded a win over Simon Fraser due to the Clan using an ineligible player. ^c - Forfeited 3 wins for ineligible player.

2009 OUA standings v t e
Team (Rank)	W		L	PTS	Playoff Spot
#4 Queen's	7	-	1	14	†
#7 Laurier	6	-	2	12	X
#5 Western	6	-	2	12	X
Ottawa	6	-	2	12	X
#9 McMaster	6	-	2	12	X
Guelph	3	-	5	6	X
Waterloo	3	-	5	6
Windsor	2	-	6	4
Toronto	1	-	7	2
York	0	-	8	0
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 (Nov 3)

2009 QUFL standings v t e
	Overall				Conf			Playoff Spot
Team (Rank)	W		L	PTS	W		L	Playoff Spot
#1 Laval	7	-	1	14	6	-	1	†
#8 Montreal	5	-	3	10	4	-	3	X
Bishop's	4	-	4	8	3	-	4	X
Concordia	3	-	5	6	2	-	4	X
McGill	3	-	5	6	2	-	4
Sherbrooke	3	-	5	6	3	-	4
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 (Nov 3)

2009 AUS standings v t e
	Overall				Conf			Playoff Spot
Team (Rank)	W		L	PTS	W		L	Playoff Spot
#6 Saint Mary's	7	-	1	14	5	-	1	†
#10 St. FX	6	-	2	12	5	-	1	X
Acadia	2	-	6	4	2	-	4	X
Mount Allison	0	-	8	0	0	-	6
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 (Nov 3)

Top 10

UFRC-CIS Top 10 Rankings
	01^[8]	02^[9]	03^[10]	04^[11]	05^[12]	06^[13]	07^[14]	08^[15]	09^[16]	10^[17]	11^[18]
Acadia Axemen	NR	NR	NR	15	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Alberta Golden Bears	NR	NR	NR	NR	13	11	16	14	NR	NR	NR
Bishop's Gaiters	16	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	15	12
Calgary Dinos	3	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Concordia Stingers	6	6	9	13	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	13	NR
Guelph Gryphons	18	16	15	12	10	10	9	13	13	NR	NR
Laurier Golden Hawks	7	7	6	8	8	8	12	12	11	8	7
Laval Rouge et Or	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Manitoba Bisons	12	12	NR	NR	NR	NR	13	NR	NR	12	13
McGill Redmen	NR	NR	NR	16	NR	15	14	NR	NR	NR	NR
McMaster Marauders	17	15	14	16	NR	NR	10	10	10	10	9
Montreal Carabins	9	9	8	5	6	5	1	1	4	9	8
Mount Allison Mounties	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Ottawa Gee-Gees	10	10	13	11	14	14	11	9	8	7	11
Queen's Golden Gaels	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	2	4	4
Regina Rams	15	17	11	10	15	12	15	11	NR	NR	NR
Saint Mary's Huskies	5	5	4	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6
Saskatchewan Huskies	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7	5	3	3
Sherbrooke Vert et Or	14	13	12	14	12	13	NR	NR	12	14	14
Simon Fraser Clan	11	11	10	NR	11	NR	17	NR	14	NR	NR
St. Francis Xavier X-Men	13	14	N	7	7	6	6	6	9	11	10
Toronto Varsity Blues	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
UBC Thunderbirds	19	18	16	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Waterloo Warriors	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Western Mustangs	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	6	5	5
Windsor Lancers	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
York Lions	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not ranked, received no votes.

Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2009, according to the rotating schedule, the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team will meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy travel to the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions for the Uteck Bowl.

The Canada West play-offs start with the top four placed teams from the regular season, with the top placed team hosting the fourth place and the second place team hosting the third placed. The winners of those semi-finals then compete for the Hardy Cup championship who then travels to the Atlantic champion for a national semi-final game.^[19]

The Quebec play-offs similarly play-off the top four placed teams with the Dunsmore Cup champions moving on to compete for the Mitchell Bowl against the Ontario champions.^[20]

The Ontario conference starts out with the top six placed teams from the regular season. The third placed team hosts the sixth place team and the fourth placed team host the team in fifth place. The winners then take on the top two placed teams in the conference semi-finals and the semi-final champions compete for the Yates Cup. The Ontario champions, in 2009, host the Quebec conference champions for the Mitchell Bowl national semi-final game.^[21]

The Atlantic conference play-offs the second and third placed teams to determine who plays the first place team at the Loney Bowl for the Jewett Trophy. The Atlantic winner then hosts the Canada West champion to meet in the Uteck Bowl national semi-final.^[22]

Playoff bracket

Conference Quarter-finals		Conference Semi-finals		Conference Championships		National Semi-finals		45th Vanier Cup

		Alberta Golden Bears	13
		Calgary Dinos	45
		Hardy Trophy		Calgary Dinos	39
				Saskatchewan Huskies	38
		Regina Rams	23	Uteck Bowl
		Saskatchewan Huskies	53
						Calgary Dinos	38
						Saint Mary's Huskies	14
		Acadia Axemen	30
		St. Francis Xavier X-Men	33
		Loney Bowl		St. Francis Xavier X-Men	22
				Saint Mary's Huskies	31


								Calgary Dinos	31
								Queen's Golden Gaels	33
		Bishop's Gaiters	15
		Montreal Carabins	40
		Dunsmore Cup		Montreal Carabins	7
				Laval Rouge et Or	31
		Concordia Stingers	1	Mitchell Bowl
		Laval Rouge et Or	63
						Laval Rouge et Or	30
Guelph Gryphons	18					Queen's Golden Gaels	33
Western Ontario Mustangs	37	Western Ontario Mustangs	26
		Laurier Golden Hawks	16
		Yates Cup		Western Ontario Mustangs	39
McMaster Marauders	27			Queen's Golden Gaels	43
Ottawa Gee-Gees	15	McMaster Marauders	6
		Queen's Golden Gaels	32

v t e U Sports football championships
National	Vanier Cup
Semi-finals	Mitchell Bowl Uteck Bowl
Conference championships	Hardy Trophy Yates Cup Jacques Dussault Cup Jewett Trophy