45th Vanier Cup

45th Vanier Cup
Calgary Dinos Queen's Golden Gaels
(7–1) (7–1)
31 33
Head coach: 
Head coach: 
1234 Total
Calgary Dinos 71806 31
Queen's Golden Gaels 701214 33
DateNovember 28, 2009
StadiumPEPS Stadium
LocationQuebec City
Ted Morris Memorial TrophyDanny Brannagan, Queen's QB
Bruce Coulter AwardChris Smith, Queen's LB
Attendance18,628
Broadcasters
NetworkTSN/TSN HD
RDS/RDS HD
Announcers(TSN): Rod Black, Duane Forde
(RDS): David Arsenault, Denis Casavant, Pierre Vercheval, Mike Sutherland
Ratings706,000[1]

The 45th Vanier Cup was played on November 28, 2009, at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec, and decided the CIS Football champion for the 2009 season.[2] In the first Vanier Cup game played in the province of Quebec, the Queen's Golden Gaels came from behind to defeat the Calgary Dinos 33-31. The Gaels, who were down by 18 points at halftime, scored 25 unanswered points in what was the biggest overcome deficit in Vanier Cup history.

Queen's quarterback Danny Brannagan, in his last CIS game, was named the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the game. Queen's linebacker Chris Smith received the Bruce Coulter Award as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the game.

  1. ^ "CIS:CIS football: Desjardins Vanier Cup hits million-viewer mark". Archived from the original on 2010-03-02.
  2. ^ "CIS:CIS football: Queen's Gaels claim 2009 Desjardins Vanier Cup". Archived from the original on 2009-11-29.