2016 CIS football season

The 2016 CIS football season began on August 28 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day.^[1] The season concluded on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.^[2] In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

2016 CIS football season
Duration	August 28 – October 29
Hardy Trophy champions	Calgary Dinos
Yates Cup champions	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
Dunsmore Cup champions	Laval Rouge et Or
Loney Bowl champions	St. Francis Xavier X-Men
Mitchell Bowl champions	Calgary Dinos
Uteck Bowl champions	Laval Rouge et Or
Vanier Cup
Date	November 26
Venue	Hamilton, Ontario
Champions	Laval Rouge et Or

During the 2016 season, CIS adopted the new name of U Sports, with the name change officially taking effect on October 20.^[3]

Regular season standings

2016 Canada West standings v t e (Rank) Team W   L   PF   PA   PTS Playoff Spot #4 Regina 6 - 2   277 - 218   12 † #6 Calgary 6 - 2   294 - 167   12 X #9 Saskatchewan 5 - 3   261 - 205   10 X UBC 3 - 5   250 - 245   6 X Manitoba 3 - 5   276 - 323   6 Alberta 1 - 7   155 - 355   2 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10

2016 RSEQ standings v t e Overall Conf Playoff Spot (Rank) Team W L PF PA PTS W L #2 Montréal 7 - 1 296 - 72 14 6 - 1 † #1 Laval 7 - 1 289 - 78 12 6 - 1 X Concordia 4 - 4 182 - 227 8 3 - 4 X McGill 4 - 4 156 - 173 8 4 - 4 X Sherbrooke 3 - 5 148 - 168 6 3 - 5 Bishop's 1 - 7 100 - 341 2 0 - 7 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10

2016 OUA standings v t e (Rank) Team W   L   PF   PA   PTS Playoff Spot #3 Western 7 - 1   393 - 148   14 † #5 Laurier 7 - 1   341 - 126   14 X #7 McMaster 6 - 2   260 - 87   12 X #8 Carleton 6 - 2   318 - 150   12 X Ottawa 6 - 2   303 - 227   10 X Guelph 3 - 5   244 - 227   6 X Queen's 3 - 5   236 - 210   6 York 2 - 6   171 - 384   4 Windsor 2 - 6   164 - 380   4 Toronto 2 - 6   155 - 288   4 Waterloo 0 - 8   77 - 435   0 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10

2016 AUS standings v t e Overall Conf Playoff Spot (Rank) Team W L PF PA PTS W L #10 St. FX 7 - 1 299 - 129 14 7 - 0 † Mount Allison 3 - 5 157 - 238 6 3 - 4 X Acadia 2 - 6 124 - 214 4 2 - 5 X Saint Mary's 2 - 6 126 - 239 4 2 - 5 † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10

Top 10

FRC-CIS Top 10 Rankings

Team \ Week	1[4]	2[5]	3[6]	4[7]	5[8]	6[9]	7[10]	8[11]	9[12]	10[13]
Acadia Axemen	NR	NR	14 (6)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Alberta Golden Bears	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Bishop's Gaiters	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Calgary Dinos	7 (147-2)	3 (220)	2 (267-3)	2 (266)	5 (171)	5 (182)	5 (189)	4 (220-1)	5 (153)	6 (144)
Carleton Ravens	9 (37)	6 (125)	4 (169)	10 (38)	10 (45)	6 (120)	6 (126)	6 (136)	8 (128)	8 (128)
Concordia Stingers	11 (18)	11 (33)	12 (12)	12 (3)	NR	NR	12 (3)	13 (4)	NR	13 (1)
Guelph Gryphons	6 (177)	10 (41)	11 (32)	13 (1)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Laurier Golden Hawks	10 (37)	9 (62)	7 (101)	5 (178)	6 (153)	7 (118)	7 (121)	7 (124)	6 (153)	5 (167)
Laval Rouge et Or	3 (218)	4 (207)	3 (221)	3 (238)	2 (264)	2 (266)	2 (266)	1 (290-21)	1 (293-23)	1 (296-26)
Manitoba Bisons	5 (182-1)	8 (76)	NR	NR	9 (54)	11 (5)	NR	NR	NR	NR
McGill Redmen	NR	NR	NR	14 (1)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
McMaster Marauders	8 (146-1)	5 (202-1)	9 (94)	7 (105)	8 (79)	8 (115)	8 (113)	5 (150)	4 (155)	7 (137)
Montreal Carabins	2 (261-5)	1 (276-13)	1 (297-27)	1 (300-30)	1 (300-30)	1 (300-30)	1 (300-30)	2 (270-6)	2 (273-5)	2 (267-4)
Mount Allison Mounties	14 (5)	18 (1)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Ottawa Gee-Gees	NR	12 (18)	8 (99)	6 (159)	7 (148)	9 (65)	9 (65)	9 (36)	9 (39)	12 (2)
Queen's Golden Gaels	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Regina Rams	NR	17 (1)	15 (1)	9 (54)	4 (188)	4 (206)	4 (198)	8 (111)	7 (141)	4 (180)
Saint Mary's Huskies	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Saskatchewan Huskies	12 (13)	13 (15)	10 (64)	8 (87)	13 (1)	14 (1)	14 (2)	12 (22)	10 (36)	9 (60)
Sherbrooke Vert et Or	15 (2)	14 (10)	NR	NR	14 (1)	NR	13 (2)	11 (23)	NR	NR
St. Francis Xavier X-Men	13 (6)	16 (2)	13 (7)	12 (9)	12 (2)	13 (3)	11 (4)	10 (26)	NR	10 (27)
Toronto Varsity Blues	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
UBC Thunderbirds	1 (266-20)	2 (264-16)	6 (139)	11 (12)	11 (25)	10 (28)	10 (29)	14 (1)	NR	11 (7)
Waterloo Warriors	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Western Mustangs	4 (188-2)	7 (97)	5 (161)	4 (197)	3 (219)	3 (238)	3 (234)	3 (234-2)	3 (243-2)	3 (235)
Windsor Lancers	NR	15 (4)	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
York Lions	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.
Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.

Post-season awards

CIS post-season awards

	Quebec[14]	Ontario[14]	Atlantic[14]	Canada West[14]	NATIONAL[14]
Hec Crighton Trophy	Samuel Caron (Montreal)	Derek Wendel (Ottawa)	Tivon Cook (St. Francis Xavier)	Noah Picton (Regina)	Noah Picton (Regina)
Presidents' Trophy	Jonathan Boisonneault-Glaou (Montreal)	Nakas Onyeka (Wilfrid Laurier)	DeAndre Smith (Saint Mary's)	D. J. Lalama (Manitoba)	D. J. Lalama (Manitoba)
J. P. Metras Trophy	Mathieu Betts (Laval)	Sean Jamieson (Western)	Vernon Sainvil (St. Francis Xavier)	Geoff Gray (Manitoba)	Mathieu Betts (Laval)
Peter Gorman Trophy	Adam Auclair (Laval)	Adam Preocanin (McMaster)	Jakob Loucks (Mount Allison)	Nicholas Dheilly (Regina)	Jakob Loucks (Mount Allison)
Russ Jackson Award	Shayne Cowan-Cholette (Bishop's)	Mark Mackie (McMaster)	Will Wojcik (Acadia)	Cam Teschuk (Manitoba)	Cam Teschuk (Manitoba)
Frank Tindall Trophy	Danny Maciocia (Montreal)	Michael Faulds (Wilfrid Laurier)	Gary Waterman (St. Francis Xavier)	Steve Bryce (Regina)	Michael Faulds (Wilfrid Laurier)

All-Canadian team

First team

Offence

QB – Noah Picton – Regina

RB – Tyler Chow – Saskatchewan

RB – Alex Taylor – Western

IR – Kaion Julien-Grant – St. Francis Xavier

IR – Mitchell Picton – Regina

WR – Louis-Mathieu Normandin – Montreal

WR – Nathaniel Behar – Carleton

C – Matthew Van Praet – Western

G – Geoff Gray – Manitoba

G – Zach Intzandt – McMaster

T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier

T – Jean-Simon Roy – Laval

Defence

DT – Rupert Butcher – Western

DT – Vincent Desjardins – Laval

DE – Mathieu Betts – Laval

DE – Michael Kashak – McMaster

LB – DeAndre Smith – Saint Mary's

LB – D. J. Lalama – Manitoba

LB – Nakas Onyeka – Laurier

FS – Stavros Katsantonis – British Columbia

HB – Malcolm Thompson – Laurier

HB – Malcolm Brown – Western

CB – Godfrey Onyeka – Laurier

CB – Samuel Polan – Sherbrooke

Special teams

P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal

K – Sean Stenger – Saskatchewan

RET – Tunde Adeleke – Carleton

Second team

Offence

QB – Derek Wendel – Ottawa

RB – Jordan Socholotiuk – St. Francis Xavier

RB – Jayde Rowe – Carleton

IR – Austen Hartley – Calgary

IR – Mitchell Baines – Ottawa

WR – Dejuan Martin – St. Francis Xavier

WR – Danny Vandervoort – McMaster

C – Levi Hua – British Columbia

G – Samuel Lefebvre – Laval

G – Ryan Sceviour – Calgary

T – Evan Johnson – Saskatchewan

T – Sean Jamieson – Western

Defence

DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia

DT – Junior Luke – Montreal

DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier

DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal

LB – Frédéric Chagnon – Montreal

LB – Jean-Gabriel Poulin – Western

LB – Alexandre Gagné – Sherbrooke

FS – Brandon Jennings – Acadia

HB – Robert Woodson – Calgary

HB – Adam Auclair – Laval

CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary

CB – Robbie Yochim – McMaster

Special teams

P – TJ Morton – Toronto

K – Adam Preocanin – McMaster

RET – Marcus Davis – UBC

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Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2016, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West champions host the AUS champions in the Mitchell Bowl and be the home team at the Vanier Cup, while the RSEQ champions host the OUA champions in the Uteck Bowl.^[16]

Conference Playoffs

Atlantic University Sport

	November 5 Semifinal					November 12 Loney Bowl
						1	St. FX	29
	2	Mt. Allison	27			2	Mt. Allison	8
	3	Acadia	18

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec

	November 5 Semifinals					November 12 Dunsmore Cup
	1	Montreal	42
	4	McGill	0
						1	Montreal	17
						2	Laval	20
	2	Laval	39
	3	Concordia	14

Ontario University Athletics

	October 29 Quarterfinals					November 5 Semifinals					November 12 109th Yates Cup
						1	Western	51
	4	Carleton	45			4	Carleton	24
	5	Ottawa	9								1	Western	40
											2	Laurier	43
						2	Laurier	21
	3	McMaster	17			3	McMaster	17
	6	Guelph	11

Canada West Universities Athletic Association

	November 5 Semifinals					November 12 80th Hardy Trophy
	1	Regina	34
	4	UBC	40
						4	UBC	43
						2	Calgary	46
	2	Calgary	47
	3	Saskatchewan	17

National Semifinals

Uteck Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Laurier	0	0	0	6	6
Laval	14	15	7	0	36

at Telus Stadium, Quebec City, Quebec

• Date: November 19
• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Fair, 9°C
• Game attendance: 13,526
• Referee: Brent Young
• TV: Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports
• Boxscore

Mitchell Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
St. FX	7	7	3	7	24
Calgary	5	13	22	10	50

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

• Date: November 19
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. MST
• Game weather: Overcast, 0°C
• Game attendance: 2,184
• Referee: J. Popplestone
• TV: Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports
• Boxscore

National Championship

52nd Vanier Cup

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Laval	7	3	14	7	31
Calgary	14	3	3	6	26

at Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario

• Date: November 26
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Cloudy with sun, 5°C
• Referee: K. Edgeworthy
• TV: Sportsnet, TVA Sports
• Boxscore