The 2022 Vanier Cup, the 57th edition of the U Sports Football Championship, took place on November 26, 2022 at Western Alumni Stadium in London, Ontario.[5][6] The game determined the U Sports football national champion for the 2022 season.
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| Date | November 26, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Western Alumni Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | London, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Morris Memorial Trophy | Kevin Mital | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Coulter Award | Charles-Alexandre Jacques | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Al Gates | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Delaney Jane[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 8,420 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | English: CBC Sports,[2] French: TVA Sports[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Lee (play-by-play) Dashawn Stephens (analyst) Signa Butler (sideline reporter) Rob Pizzo (sideline reporter)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
The RSEQ champion Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Canada West champion Saskatchewan Huskies by a score of 30–24.[7][4] The Rouge et Or won their U Sports-leading 11th Vanier Cup championship.[4]
Background
editThis was the first time that London had hosted the Vanier Cup game.[8]
Semi-final games
editThe Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl, and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games.
The Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team, the Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Yates Cup Ontario championship team, the Western Mustangs, for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West Hardy Trophy, the Saskatchewan Huskies, defeated the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team, the St. Francis Xavier X-Men, for the Uteck Bowl.[5][4] These games were played on November 19, 2022, and both of the visiting teams were victorious.[5]
Bracket
edit| November 19 Semi-finals 19th Uteck Bowl 20th Mitchell Bowl | November 26 57th Vanier Cup | ||||||
| St. Francis Xavier | 19 | ||||||
| Saskatchewan | 36 | ||||||
| Saskatchewan | 24 | ||||||
| Laval | 30 | ||||||
| Western | 20 | ||||||
| Laval | 27 | ||||||
Teams
editThe Saskatchewan Huskies and Laval Rouge et Or played for the championship, following their victories in the bowl games.[4] The Huskies were playing in their second straight Vanier Cup game and 11th overall, having won three championships in program history.[4] The Rouge et Or were playing in their 13th championship game and won their 11th Vanier Cup.[4] The two programs also played in 2004 and 2006 with both games also resulting in Laval victories.[4]
Scoring summary
editFirst quarter[7]
- SSK – FG Solie 20 yards (6:27) 3–0 SSK
- LAV – FG Blanchard 15 yards (1:54) 3–3
Second quarter[7]
- SSK – TD Iverson 3-yard pass from Nyhus (Solie convert) (13:45) 10–3 SSK
- LAV – TD Muganda 3-yard run (Blanchard convert) (11:19) 10–10
- LAV – Single Blanchard 85 yards (kickoff through the endzone) (11:19) 11–10 LAV
- SSK – TD Vavra 3-yard pass from Nyhus (Solie convert) (8:35) 17–11 SSK
- LAV – FG Blanchard 28 yards (6:15) 17–14 SSK
- LAV – FG Blanchard 49 yards (0:01) 17–17
Third quarter[7]
- LAV – FG Blanchard 10 yards (3:25) 20–17 LAV
Fourth quarter[7]
- LAV – TD Dallaire 1-yard pass from Mital (Blanchard convert) (13:10) 27–17 LAV
- SSK – TD Wiebe 3-yard pass from Nyhus (Solie convert) (4:58) 27–24 LAV
- LAV – FG Blanchard 25 yards (1:56) 30–24 LAV
References
edit- ^ "Delaney Jane to perform at the 2022 Canada Life Vanier Cup Halftime Show". U Sports. November 10, 2022.
- ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
- ^ "Carabins and Rouge et Or to launch the 2020 university football season at TVA Sports". U Sports. February 28, 2020. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "2022 Canada Life Vanier Cup broadcast and game information". U Sports. November 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c "U Sports Championship Information". U Sports. May 17, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "U Sports awards 2022 Vanier Cup to Western, City of London". U Sports. June 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Football". U Sports. November 26, 2022.
- ^ Pyette, Ryan (June 21, 2022). "Game on! London, Western Mustangs set to host 2022 Vanier Cup". London Free Press.