Uteck and Mitchell Bowls: Head-to-Head look
OTTAWA (CFL.ca wire) -– Old rivals will meet in Halifax on Saturday in one of CIS’ football national semi-finals, while unfamiliar foes will battle in Winnipeg in the second duel for a berth in the 2007 Desjardins Vanier Cup.
The top-ranked and reigning CIS champion Laval Rouge et Or (10-0) from the QUFL visit the No. 4 Saint Mary’s Huskies (8-1) from the AUFC at Huskies Stadium at 1 p.m. Atlantic (12 p.m. Eastern) in the Uteck Bowl, while the No. 10 Western Ontario Mustangs (7-4) from the OUA travel to Canad Inns Stadium to battle the No. 3 Manitoba Bisons (10-0) from Canada West at 3 p.m. Central (4 p.m. Eastern) in the Mitchell Bowl.
Both games will be televised live on The Score and RDS.
Laval – Saint Mary’s match-ups have become quasi-annual classics since the Quebec and Atlantic conferences launched inter-lock play in 2002.
The perennial division champions, who first crossed path in the 1999 national final, will meet for the ninth time in as many years this weekend, including a pair of Vanier Cup clashes and one Bowl game in Nova Scotia’s capital that the Rouge et Or would rather forget. In the 2001 Atlantic Bowl, the second meeting in history between the two teams, the Huskies dominated their visitors 48-8 en route to the first of back-to-back Vanier Cup victories.
Laval, which has taken both head-to-head CIS finals, in 1999 and 2003, leads the all-time series 6-2, including a 29-22 win earlier this season in Quebec City.
Meanwhile in Winnipeg, the Mustangs and Bisons will meet for only the second time in history, and for the first time in official competition.
Manitoba beat Western 28-14 in a pre-season contest at JW Little Stadium in London, Ont. in 1974. The non-conference loss didn’t seem to have a devastating effect on the Mustangs, who rebounded later that fall to claim their second of a record six Vanier Cups.
While their programs haven’t clashed in ages, the two head coaches involved in Saturday’s Mitchell Bowl faced each other in 2001, Brian Dobie’s Bisons defeating Greg Marshall’s McMaster Marauders 27-6 in the Churchill Bowl.
The unlikely Yates Cup champion Mustangs, who have racked up seven straight wins since an 0-4 start, including three road victories in the OUA playoffs, will have to beat the odds once again if they hope to continue their formidable run past the weekend.
Since national semi-finals were implemented in 1967, only two teams have returned from Western Canada as Bowl champions, Queen’s in 1968 and McGill in 1973. On the bright side, both the Golden Gaels and Redmen beat Manitoba in Winnipeg to earn the right to play for the Vanier Cup.
Here is a closer look at Saturday’s match-ups.
UTECK BOWL
When: Saturday, Nov. 17, 1 p.m. Atlantic (12 p.m. Eastern)
Where: Huskies Stadium, Halifax
Who: No. 1 Laval (10-0) at No. 4 Saint Mary’s (8-1)
TV: The Score / RDS
LAVAL UNIVERSITY ROUGE ET OR (QUFL champions)
2007 season
Overall record: 10-0
Regular season record: 8-0
Regular season standing: 1st
Playoff record: 2-0
Playoff results: 28-16 home win vs. Montreal (SF), 35-10 home win vs. No. 8 Concordia (F)
Final Top 10 ranking (Oct. 30): No. 1
Best Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 1 (10 weeks / 9 unanimous)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (10 weeks): 10
Regular season offence (312 points scored): 1st QUFL / Tied 2nd CIS
Regular season defence (120 points allowed): 1st QUFL / 4th CIS
2007 QUFL individual honours
Major awards: LB Éric Maranda (Defensive MVP)
Offensive all-stars: Pierre-Luc Yao (RB), Laurent Lavigne-Masse (IR), Louis-David Gagné (C), Luc Brodeur-Jourdain (G)
Defensive all-stars: Étienne Légaré (T), Éric Maranda (LB), Jean Petit-Frère (CB), Samuel Lajoie (S)
Special team all-stars: Christopher Milo (P), Duane John (RET)
All-time head-to-head vs. Saint Mary’s
Overall record: 6-2
2007 (home): 29-22 win (regular season)
2005 (away): 27-11 win (regular season)
2004 (home): 35-2 win (regular season)
2003 (neutral): 14-7 win (Vanier Cup)
2003 (away): 49-8 win (regular season)
2002 (home): 26-24 loss (regular season)
2001 (away) 48-8 loss (Atlantic Bowl)
1999 (neutral): 14-10 win (Vanier Cup)
Bowl history (since inception of national semi-finals in 1967)
All-time Bowl record: 4-2
All-time Bowl record on the road: 1-2
Uteck Bowl record: 2-0
Uteck Bowl record on the road: 0-0
2006 (home): 57-10 win vs. Acadia (Uteck)
2005 (away): 29-27 loss vs. Saskatchewan (Mitchell)
2004 (home): 30-11 win vs. Laurier (Uteck)
2003 (away): 36-32 win vs. McMaster (Mitchell)
2001 (away): 48-8 loss vs. Saint Mary’s (Atlantic)
1999 (home): 27-21 win vs. Saskatchewan (Churchill)
Vanier Cup history
All-time record: 4-0
2006: 13-8 win vs. Saskatchewan
2004: 7-1 win vs. Saskatchewan
2003: 14-7 win vs. Saint Mary’s
1999: 14-10 win vs. Saint Mary’s
Head coach: Glen Constantin
Year: 7th
Career regular season record: 43-13 *
Career playoff record: 16-5 *
Career overall record: 59-18 *
Career record vs. Saint Mary’s: 5-2
Bowl record: 3-2
Bowl wins: 3 (2006, 2004, 2003)
Bowl losses: 2 (2005, 2001)
Vanier Cup record: 3-0
Vanier Cup wins: 3 (2006, 2004, 2003)
Vanier Cup losses: 0
* In 2001, Laval finished with a 5-3 regular season record and a 2-1 playoff record but forfeited all 7 wins due to the use of an ineligible player.
SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY HUSKIES (AUFC champions)
2007 season
Overall record: 8-1
Regular season record: 7-1
Regular season standing: 1st
Playoff record: 1-0
Playoff results: 25-24 home win vs. StFX (F)
Final Top 10 ranking (Oct. 30): No. 4
Best Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 4 (3 weeks)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (10 weeks): 10
Regular season offence (352 points scored): 1st AUFC / 1st CIS
Regular season defence (171 points allowed): 1st AUFC / 7th CIS
2007 AUFC individual honours
Major awards: QB Erik Glavic (MVP), LB Tim St. Pierre (Defensive MVP), Steve Sumarah (Coach)
Offensive all-stars: Erik Glavic (QB), Jacques Lumbala (RB), Shawn White (WR), Carl Hardwick (IR), Isaac Robinson (T), Kyle McNeil (C), Thomas Elinesky (G)
Defensive all-stars: Brent Shabley (DL), Dan Schutte (DL), Clayton Chiurka (DL), Tim St. Pierre (LB), Andrew King (LB), Al Birthwright (DB), Jeff Zelinski (CB)
Special team all-stars: Justin Palardy (K)
All-time head-to-head vs. Laval
Overall record: 2-6
2007 (away): 29-22 loss (regular season)
2005 (home): 27-11 loss (regular season)
2004 (away): 35-2 loss (regular season)
2003 (neutral): 14-7 loss (Vanier Cup)
2003 (home): 49-8 loss (regular season)
2002 (away): 26-24 win (regular season)
2001 (home) 48-8 win (Atlantic Bowl)
1999 (neutral): 14-10 loss (Vanier Cup)
Bowl history (since inception of national semi-finals in 1967)
All-time Bowl record: 8-10
All-time Bowl record at home: 7-9
Uteck Bowl record: 1-0
Uteck Bowl record at home: 1-0
2004 (away): 31-16 loss vs. Saskatchewan (Mitchell)
2003 (home): 60-9 win vs. Simon Fraser (Uteck)
2002 (away): 36-25 win vs. McMaster (Churchill)
2001 (home): 48-8 win vs. Laval (Atlantic)
2000 (home): 40-36 loss vs. Regina (Atlantic)
1999 (home): 21-14 win vs. Waterloo (Atlantic)
1994 (home): 35-24 loss vs. Saskatchewan (Atlantic)
1993 (home): 37-23 loss vs. Calgary (Atlantic)
1992 (home): 21-11 win vs. Calgary (Atlantic)
1990 (home): 31-30 win vs. Western (Atlantic)
1989 (home): 38-33 loss vs. Western (Atlantic)
1988 (home): 44-10 win vs. Bishop’s (Atlantic)
1987 (home): 30-20 loss vs. McGill (Atlantic)
1974 (home): 45-1 loss vs. Toronto (Atlantic)
1973 (home): 19-17 win vs. Wilfrid Laurier (Atlantic)
1972 (home): 50-17 loss vs. Western (Atlantic)
1971 (home): 44-13 loss vs. Western (Atlantic)
1968 (home): 37-7 loss vs. Waterloo (Atlantic)
Vanier Cup history
All-time record: 3-5
2003: 14-7 loss vs. Laval
2002: 33-21 win vs. Saskatchewan
2001: 42-16 win vs. Manitoba
1999: 14-10 loss vs. Laval
1992: 31-0 loss vs. Queen’s
1990: 24-21 loss vs. Saskatchewan
1988: 52-23 loss vs. Calgary
1973: 14-6 win vs. McGill
Head coach: Steve Sumarah
Year: 2nd
Career regular season record: 10-5
Career playoff record: 2-1
Career overall record: 12-6
Career record vs. Laval: 0-1
Bowl record: 0-0
Bowl wins: 0
Bowl losses: 0
Vanier Cup record: 0-0
Vanier Cup wins: 0
Vanier Cup losses: 0
MITCHELL BOWL
When: Saturday, Nov. 17, 3 p.m. Central (4 p.m. Eastern)
Where: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg
Who: No. 10 Western Ontario (7-4) at No. 3 Manitoba (10-0)
TV: The Score / RDS
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO MUSTANGS (OUA champions)
2007 season
Overall record: 7-4
Regular season record: 4-4
Regular season standing: 6th
Playoff record: 3-0
Playoff results: 27-19 road win vs. (then) No. 8 Queen’s (QF), 23-16 road win vs. No. 2 Ottawa (SF), 34-21 road win vs. Guelph (F)
Final Top 10 ranking (Oct. 30): No. 10
Best Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 7 (1 week)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (10 weeks): 2
Regular season offence (223 points scored): 6th OUA / 11th CIS
Regular season defence (127 points allowed): 4th OUA / 6th CIS
2007 OUA individual honours
Major awards: None
Offensive all-stars (First Team): None
Offensive all-stars (Second Team): Randy McAuley (RB)
Defensive all-stars (First team): Cory McNair (HB)
Defensive all-stars (Second Team): Tom Dolezel (T), Vaughn Martin (DE), Nick Kordic (LB)
Special team all-stars: Derek Schiavone (P)
All-time head-to-head vs. Manitoba
Overall record: 0-0 *
* Western Ontario and Manitoba have met once in history, in 1974, in a pre-season game at JW Little Stadium in London, Ont. Manitoba won 28-14.
Bowl history (since inception of national semi-finals in 1967)
All-time Bowl record: 11-5
All-time Bowl record on the road: 6-4
Mitchell Bowl record: 0-0
Mitchell Bowl record on the road: 0-0
1998 (away): 33-17 loss vs. Saskatchewan (Churchill)
1995 (away): 55-45 win vs. Acadia (Atlantic)
1994 (away): 41-24 win vs. Bishop’s (Churchill)
1990 (away): 31-30 loss vs. Saint Mary’s (Atlantic)
1989 (away): 38-33 win vs. Saint Mary’s (Atlantic)
1988 (home): 34-15 loss vs. Calgary (Western)
1986 (away): 29-22 win vs. Acadia (Atlantic)
1985 (away): 54-3 win vs. Mount Allison (Atlantic)
1982 (home): 17-7 win vs. Concordia (Western)
1981 (away): 32-31 loss vs. Alberta (Western)
1980 (away): 14-4 loss vs. Alberta (Western)
1979 (home): 32-14 win vs. Queen’s (Yates Cup)
1977 (home): 24-22 win vs. Calgary (Forest City)
1976 (home): 30-8 win vs. UBC (Forest City)
1974 (home): 41-17 win vs. Saskatchewan (Central)
1971 (away): 44-13 win vs. Saint Mary’s (Atlantic)
Vanier Cup history
All-time record: 6-5
1995: 54-24 loss vs. Calgary
1994: 50-40 OT win vs. Saskatchewan
1989: 35-10 win vs. Saskatchewan
1986: 25-23 loss vs. UBC
1985: 25-6 loss vs. Calgary
1982: 39-14 loss vs. UBC
1979: 34-12 loss vs. Acadia
1977: 48-15 win vs. Acadia
1976: 29-13 win vs. Acadia
1974: 19-15 win vs. Toronto
1971: 15-14 win vs. Alberta
Head coach: Greg Marshall
Year: 8th (Western 2007 / McMaster 1997-2003)
Career regular season record: 46-16-2
Career playoff record: 14-6
Career overall record: 60-22-2
Career record vs. Manitoba: 0-1
Bowl record: 0-4
Bowl wins: 0
Bowl losses: 4 (2003, 2002, 2001, 2000)
Vanier Cup record: 0-0
Vanier Cup wins: 0
Vanier Cup losses: 0
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA BISONS (Canada West champions)
2007 season
Overall record: 10-0
Regular season record: 8-0
Regular season standing: 1st
Playoff record: 2-0
Playoff results: 27-5 home win vs. Calgary (SF), 48-5 home win vs. No. 6 Regina (F)
Final Top 10 ranking (Oct. 30): No. 3
Best Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 3 (6 weeks)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (10 weeks): 10
Regular season offence (206 points scored): 4th Canada West / 14th CIS
Regular season defence (110 points allowed): 1st Canada West / Tied 1st CIS
2007 Canada West individual honours
Major awards: DE Justin Cooper (Best Lineman)
Offensive all-stars: Matt Henry (RB)
Defensive all-stars: Mike Howard (CB), Brady Browne (HB), Simon Patrick (DL), Justin Cooper (DE)
Special team all-stars: None
All-time head-to-head vs. Western Ontario
Overall record: 0-0 *
* Western Ontario and Manitoba have met once in history, in 1974, in a pre-season game at JW Little Stadium in London, Ont. Manitoba won 28-14.
Bowl history (since inception of national semi-finals in 1967)
All-time Bowl record: 3-2
All-time Bowl record at home: 3-2
Mitchell Bowl record: 0-0
Mitchell Bowl record at home: 0-0
2001 (home): 27-6 win vs. McMaster (Churchill)
1973 (home): 16-0 loss vs. McGill (Western)
1970 (home): 24-20 OT win vs. Queen’s (Western)
1969 (home): 41-7 win vs. Windsor (Western)
1968 (home): 29-6 loss vs. Queen’s (Western)
Vanier Cup history
All-time record: 2-1
2001: 42-16 loss vs. Saint Mary’s
1970: 38-11 win vs. Ottawa
1969: 24-15 win vs. McGill
Head coach: Brian Dobie
Year: 12th
Career regular season record: 55-40-1
Career playoff record: 7-6
Career overall record: 62-46-1
Career record vs. Western: 0-0
Bowl record: 1-0
Bowl wins: 1 (2001)
Bowl losses: 0
Vanier Cup record: 0-1
Vanier Cup wins: 0
Vanier Cup losses: 1 (2001)
CIS BOWL RESULTS (since inception of national semi-finals in 1967)
2006
Uteck: Laval 57, Acadia 10
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 35, Ottawa 28
2005
Uteck: Wilfrid Laurier 31, Acadia 10
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 29, Laval 27
2004
Uteck: Laval 30, Wilfrid Laurier 11
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 31, Saint Mary’s 16
2003
Uteck: Saint Mary’s 60, Simon Fraser 9
Mitchell: Laval 36, McMaster 32
2002
Churchill: Saint Mary’s 36, McMaster 25
Mitchell: Saskatchewan 22, McGill 0
2001
Churchill: Manitoba 27, McMaster 6
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 48, Laval 8
2000
Churchill: Ottawa 20, McMaster 15
Atlantic: Regina 40, Saint Mary’s 36
1999
Churchill: Laval 27, Saskatchewan 21
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 21, Waterloo 14
1998
Churchill: Saskatchewan 33, Western 17
Atlantic: Concordia 25, Acadia 24
1997
Churchill: Waterloo 1, Ottawa 0 *
Atlantic: UBC 34, Mt. Allison 29
* Ottawa beat Waterloo 44-37 but later forfeited the game due to the use of ineligible players (1-0 official score).
1996
Churchill: Saskatchewan 33, Guelph 9
Atlantic: StFX 13, Ottawa 5
1995
Churchill: Calgary 37, Ottawa 7
Atlantic: Western 55, Acadia 45
1994
Churchill: Western 41, Bishop’s 24
Atlantic: Saskatchewan 35, Saint Mary’s 24
1993
Churchill: Toronto 26, Concordia 16
Atlantic: Calgary 37, Saint Mary’s 23
1992
Churchill: Queen’s 23, Guelph 16
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 21, Calgary 11
1991
Churchill: Wilfrid Laurier 42, Queen’s 22
Atlantic: Mt. Allison 31, Saskatchewan 14
1990
Churchill: Saskatchewan 41, Bishop’s 13
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 31, Western 30
1989
Churchill: Saskatchewan 40, Queen’s 10
Atlantic: Western 38, Saint Mary’s 33
1988
Western: Calgary 34, Western 15
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 44, Bishop’s 10
1987
Western: UBC 33, Wilfrid Laurier 31
Atlantic: McGill 30, Saint Mary’s 20
1986
Central: UBC 32, Bishop’s 30
Atlantic: Western 29, Acadia 22
1985
Central: Calgary 56, Carleton 14
Atlantic: Western 54, Mt. Allison 3
1984
Central: Guelph 12, Calgary 7
Atlantic: Mt. Allison 33, Queen’s 11
1983
Western: Queen’s 21, Toronto 7
Atlantic: Calgary 23, StFX 3
1982
Western: Western 17, Concordia 7
Atlantic: UBC 54, StFX 1
1981
Western: Alberta 32, Western 31
Atlantic: Acadia 40, Queen’s 14
1980
Western: Alberta 14, Western 4
Atlantic: Ottawa 28, Acadia 8
1979
Yates Cup: Western 32, Queen’s 14
Atlantic: Acadia 23, Alberta 7
1978
Western: UBC 25, Wilfrid Laurier 16
Atlantic: Queen’s 31, StFX 10
1977
Forest City: Western 24, Calgary 22
Atlantic: Acadia 35, Queen’s 22
1976
Forest City: Western 30, UBC 8
Atlantic: Acadia 18, Ottawa 16
1975
Central: Ottawa 45, Windsor 6
Atlantic: Calgary 38, Acadia 16
1974
Central: Western 41, Saskatchewan 17
Atlantic: Toronto 45, Saint Mary’s 1
1973
Western: McGill 16, Manitoba 0
Atlantic: Saint Mary’s 19, Wilfrid Laurier 17
1972
Western: Alberta 58, Loyola 6
Atlantic: Waterloo 50, Saint Mary’s 17
1971
Western: Alberta 53, Bishop’s 2
Atlantic: Western 44, Saint Mary’s 13
1970
Western: Manitoba 24, Queen’s 20 (OT)
Atlantic: Ottawa 24, UNB 13
1969
Western: Manitoba 41, Windsor 7
Atlantic: McGill 20, UNB 6
1968
Western: Queen’s 29, Manitoba 6
Atlantic: Waterloo 37, Saint Mary’s 7
1967 *
Atlantic: McMaster 7, StFX 0
* In 1967, OQAA voted against any league participation in the Vanier Cup championship game. WIFL champion Alberta received a direct berth in the national final.
