Uteck Bowl
| Uteck Bowl | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Canadian football |
| League | U Sports football |
| Awarded for | Winning the U Sports Semifinal Championship |
| Country | Canada |
| History | |
| First award | 2003 |
| Editions | 18 |
| First winner | Saint Mary's Huskies |
| Most wins | Laval Rouge et Or (8)[1] |
| Most recent | Saskatchewan Huskies (2021) |
The Uteck Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of U Sports football, Canada's national competition for university teams that play Canadian football. It is held in the easternmost of the two semifinal venues. The Uteck Bowl champion moves on to face the Mitchell Bowl champion for the Vanier Cup. It was named for Larry Uteck, a former professional football player and university coach who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2002.
History[]
The Atlantic Bowl traditionally saw the Atlantic University Sport champions face a champion from another conference at Huskies Stadium in Halifax. However, in the interests of competitive fairness, the Atlantic Bowl was replaced by the Mitchell Bowl, its venue, like the Churchill Bowl that had paralleled it for so long, rotating among two of the conference champions.
Larry Uteck was a longtime football coach at Saint Mary's University and, at the time, the university's athletic director. It was decided that the Churchill Bowl would be retired, the Mitchell Bowl would take the place of the Churchill Bowl, and a new championship would be named in Uteck's memory. Thus, the Uteck Bowl formally replaced the Atlantic Bowl.
The inaugural Uteck Bowl was played at Huskies Stadium, where two-time defending Vanier Cup champions and home team Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the Simon Fraser Clan.
The 2020 game was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Uteck Bowl champions[]
| Date | Champion | Score | Runner Up | Location | Uteck Bowl MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2003 | Saint Mary's | 60–9 | Simon Fraser | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | , Saint Mary's |
| Nov 20, 2004 | Laval | 30–11 | Laurier | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | , Laval |
| Nov 19, 2005 | Laurier | 31–10 | Acadia | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | , Laurier |
| Nov 18, 2006 | Laval | 57–10 | Acadia | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | , Laval |
| Nov 17, 2007 | Saint Mary's | 24–2 | Laval | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Tim St. Pierre, Saint Mary's |
| Nov 16, 2008 | Laval | 59–10 | Calgary | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Benoit Groulx, Laval[3] |
| Nov 21, 2009 | Calgary | 38–14 | Saint Mary's | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Matt Walter, Calgary[4] |
| Nov 20, 2010 | Laval | 13–11 | Western | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Christopher Milo, Laval |
| Nov 18, 2011 | McMaster | 45–21 | Acadia | Moncton Stadium, Moncton | Kyle Quinlan, McMaster[5] |
| Nov 17, 2012 | Laval | 42–7 | Acadia | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | , Laval |
| Nov 16, 2013 | Laval | 48–21 | Mount Allison | MacAulay Field, Sackville, New Brunswick | , Laval |
| Nov 22, 2014 | Montreal | 29–26 | Manitoba | CEPSUM Stadium, Montreal | , Montreal[6] |
| Nov 21, 2015 | UBC | 36–9 | St. Francis Xavier | Oland Stadium, Antigonish, Nova Scotia | Brandon Deschamps, UBC[7] |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Laval | 36–6 | Laurier | Telus Stadium, Quebec City | Félix Faubert-Lussier, Laval[8] |
| Nov 18, 2017 | Western | 81–3 | Acadia | Raymond Field, Wolfville, Nova Scotia | Chris Merchant, Western[9] |
| Nov 17, 2018 | Laval | 63–0 | St. Francis Xavier | Telus Stadium, Quebec City | Hugo Richard, Laval[10] |
| Nov 16, 2019 | Montreal | 38–0 | Acadia | Raymond Field, Wolfville, Nova Scotia | Reda Malki, Montreal |
| Nov 21, 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2] | ||||
| Nov 27, 2021 | Saskatchewan | 14–10 | Montreal | CEPSUM Stadium, Montreal | Offence: Adam Machart, Saskatchewan[11] Defence: Riley Pickett, Saskatchewan[11] |
Future participants[]
The teams and host sites of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl rotate on a six-year cycle, so that in each cycle each of the four conferences hosts and visits every other conference once. With the 2020 game cancelled, the cycle was delayed by one year with the 2020 teams playing in 2021.[12]
The participants and sites for future Uteck Bowl games are listed below:[13]
| Date/Year | Visiting conference | Host conference |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Canada West | AUS |
| 2023 | OUA | RSEQ |
| 2024 | OUA | AUS |
| 2025 | AUS | RSEQ |
| 2026 | RSEQ | AUS |
| 2027 | Canada West | RSEQ |
To date, the Uteck Bowl games hosted by Quebec have been played at the champion's home field, while the first four games hosted by Atlantic University Sport (AUS) were played at Huskies Stadium in Halifax. The 2011 game was held in Moncton at the newly built Moncton Stadium. All subsequent games were hosted by the Loney Bowl champion.[14] As of 2021, home teams have a record of 10–8.
Team win–loss records[]
| Team | W | L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laval Rouge et Or | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| Montreal Carabins | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Calgary Dinos | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Western Mustangs | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| McMaster Marauders | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Acadia Axemen | 0 | 6 | .000 |
| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Manitoba Bisons | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Mount Allison Mounties | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Simon Fraser Clan | 0 | 1 | .000 |
References[]
- ^ Past U Sports Champions
- ^ a b "U Sports cancels 2020 fall championships due to COVID-19". U Sports. June 8, 2020.
- ^ "59 Laval vs. Calgary 10". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 2008-11-16. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ "CIS:Calgary vs Saint Mary's (Nov 21, 2009)". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "CIS:Uteck Bowl: Marauders off to first Vanier Cup final since 1967". Archived from the original on 2011-11-22.
- ^ CIS football Uteck Bowl: Carabins survive Manitoba comeback, advance to first Vanier Cup from Canadian Interuniversity Sports, 22 November 2014
- ^ "Deschamps named game MVP". Prince George Citizen. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ^ "Laval's Felix Faubert-Lussier on familiar turf at Vanier Cup". sportsnet.ca. The Canadian Press. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Uteck Bowl: Mustangs advance to Vanier Cup with 81-3 win over host Axemen". Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ Black, Peter (17 November 2018). "Quarterback Hugo Richard leads Rouge et Or past X-Men 63-0 in Uteck Bowl". Battlefords News-Optimist. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Uteck Bowl: Huskies stun Carabins with last-minute victory, advance to Vanier Cup". U Sports. November 27, 2021.
- ^ "U Sports announces 2021-23 fall championship hosts in soccer and rugby". usports.ca. July 3, 2020.
- ^ "U Sports Championship Calendar". U Sports. 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ AUS announces 2013 football schedule
External links[]
- Sport in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- U Sports football trophies and awards