2019 U Sports football season

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Sports season

The 2019 U Sports football season began on August 23, 2019, with the Concordia Stingers hosting the Montreal Carabins in Montreal, Quebec.[1] The Atlantic University Sport conference started play the following day and the Ontario University Athletics conference began play on August 25, 2019.[2][3] The Canada West teams began play during the following weekend, on August 30, 2019.[4] All 27 U Sports football teams played eight regular season games against opponents within the same conference.

The conference championships were played on November 9 and the season ended on November 23 with the 55th Vanier Cup championship at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec.[5][6] The Calgary Dinos defeated the Montreal Carabins 27–13 to win their fifth Vanier Cup, and their first since 1995.[7]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Team W   L   PF   PA   Pts Ply
#4 Acadia 8 0   309 165   16
Bishop’s 4 4   150 210   8 X
Mount Allison 3 5   194 161   6 X
Saint Mary’s 3 5   159 190   6
St. FX 2 6   128 214   4
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10
Team W   L   PF   PA   Pts Ply
#2 Laval 7 1   301 72   14
#5 Montréal 6 2   144 93   12 X
McGill 3 5   124 191   6 X
Concordia 2 6   121 262   4 X
Sherbrooke 2 6   135 207   4
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10
Team W   L   PF   PA   Pts Ply
#1 Western 8 0   290 175   16
#3 McMaster 6 2   228 151   12 X
#8 Guelph 6 2   242 142   12 X
Ottawa 5 3   252 197   10 X
Waterloo 4 4   288 283   8 X
Carleton 4 4   181 214   8 X
#9 Laurier 4 4   260 203   8
Queen’s 3 5   177 224   6
Toronto 2 6   222 249   4
Windsor 1 7   190 342   2
York 1 7   122 272   2
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10
Team W   L   PF   PA   Pts Ply
#7 Calgary 6 2   246 166   12
#6 Saskatchewan 5 3   257 161   10 X
Alberta 4 4   179 208   8 X
Manitoba 4 4   221 242   8 X
#10 Regina 3 5   211 189   6
British Columbia 2 6   163 311   4
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10

Post-season awards[edit]

Award-winners[edit]

All-Canadian Team[edit]

Offence
First Team Second Team
Quarterback Chris Merchant (Western) Tre Ford (Waterloo)
Running Back Adam Machart (Saskatchewan)

Levondre Gordon (Laurier)

Felix Garand-Gauthier (Laval)

Dale Wright (Acadia)

Inside Receiver Tyler Ternowski (Waterloo)

James Tyrrell (Concordia)

Brett Ellerman (Western)

Will Corby (Toronto)

Outside Receiver Jalen Philpot (Calgary)

Glodin Mulall (Acadia)

Kevin Kaya (Montreal)

Ben Kopczynski (Alberta)

Centre Connor Berglof (Saskatchewan) Samuel Lefebvre (Laval)
Guard Samuel Thomassin (Laval)

Mattland Riley (Saskatchewan)

Coulter Woodmansey (Guelph)

Pier-Olivier Lestage (Montreal)

Tackle Ketel Asse (Laval)

Carter O’Donnell (Alberta)

Logan Bandy (Calgary)

Zack Fry (Western)

Defence
First Team Second Team
Defensive Tackle Andrew Seinet-Spaulding (McGill)

Evan Machibroda (Saskatchewan)

Cameron Lawson (Queen’s)

J-Min Pelley (Calgary)

Defensive End Derek Dufault (Manitoba)

Reshaan Davis (Ottawa)

Samuel Rossi (Montreal)

Malcolm Campbell (Toronto)

Linebacker Jack Cassar (Carleton)

Kean Harelimana (Laval)

Nick Cross (UBC)

Brian Harelimana (Montreal)

Ben Hladik (UBC)

Bailey Feltmate (Acadia)

Free Safety Jayden Dalke (Alberta) Jacob Janke (York)
Defensive Halfback Nelson Lokombo (Saskatchewan)

Marc-Antoine Dequoy (Montreal)

Noah Hallett (McMaster)

Shae Weekes (Manitoba)

Cornerback Bleska Kambamba (Western)

Deane Leonard (Calgary)

Tyrell Ford (Waterloo)

Antoine Lyte-Myers (Saint Mary’s)

Special Teams
First Team Second Team
Kicker Marc Liegghio (Western) Louis Tardif (Sherbrooke)
Punter Marc Liegghio (Western) Kieran Burnham (St. Francis Xavier)
Returner Clark Barnes (Guelph) Michael Ritchott (Manitoba)[8]

Post-season[edit]

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2019, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team hosted the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference’s Loney Bowl hosted the Quebec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team for the Uteck Bowl.[5]

Conference Playoffs[edit]

Atlantic University Sport[edit]

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec[edit]

Ontario University Athletics[edit]

Canada West Universities Athletic Association[edit]

National Semifinals[edit]

National Championship[edit]

References[edit]