33rd Vanier Cup

The 33rd Vanier Cup was played on November 22, 1997, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, and decided the CIAU football champion for the 1997 season. The UBC Thunderbirds won their third championship by defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees by a score of 39-23.^[2]

33rd Vanier Cup

UBC Thunderbirds Ottawa Gee-Gees (5–2–1) (6–2) 39 23 Head coach:  Casey Smith Head coach:  Larry Ring
1 2 3 4 Total UBC Thunderbirds 9 10 10 10 39 Ottawa Gee-Gees 1 6 0 16 23
Date	November 22, 1997
Stadium	SkyDome
Location	Toronto
Ted Morris Memorial Trophy	Stuart Scherck, LB, UBC
Bruce Coulter Award	Mark Nohra, RB, UBC
Attendance	8,184[1]
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Game summary

UBC Thunderbirds (39) - TDs, Shawn Olson, Frank Luisser, Mark Nohra (2); FGs, Aaron Roed (4); cons., Aaron Roed (3).

Ottawa Gee-Gees (23) - TDs, Ousmane Tounkara, Haluke; FGs, McNeice (4); 2-point cons., Ibrahim Tounkara (2); singles, Watters.

Scoring summary

First Quarter

UBC - FG Roed 23 (4:29)

UBC - TD Olson 1 run (convert failed) (9:10)

OTT - Single Watters 54 (14:54)

Second Quarter

OTT - FG McNeice 14 (2:10)

UBC - TD Luisser 29 pass from Olson (Roed Convert) (7:45)

OTT - FG McNeice 44 (14:37)

UBC - FG Roed 21 (15:00)

Third Quarter

UBC - FG Roed 23 (10:53)

UBC - TD Nohra 1 run (Roed convert) (15:00)

Fourth Quarter

UBC - FG Roed 42 (2:50)

UBC - TD Nohra 19 run (Roed convert) (5:23)

OTT - TD O. Tounkara 1 run (I. Tounkara pass from Côté) (12:32)

OTT - TD Haluke 11 pass from Côté (I. Tounkara pass from Côté) (13:06)