2016 CIS football season

2016 CIS football season
DurationAugust 28 – October 29
Hardy Trophy championsCalgary Dinos
Yates Cup championsWilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
Dunsmore Cup championsLaval Rouge et Or
Loney Bowl championsSt. Francis Xavier X-Men
Mitchell Bowl championsCalgary Dinos
Uteck Bowl championsLaval Rouge et Or
Vanier Cup
DateNovember 26
VenueHamilton, Ontario
ChampionsLaval Rouge et Or
CIS football seasons seasons
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 CIS football season began on August 28 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day.[1] The season concluded on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.[2] In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

During the 2016 season, CIS adopted the new name of U Sports, with the name change officially taking effect on October 20.[3]

  1. ^ "OUA announces 2016 Football regular season and Yates Cup playoff schedule". Ontario University Athletics. 2015-12-10. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. ^ CIS football: Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017 from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, January 18, 2015, retrieved 2016-01-18.
  3. ^ "Introducing U Sports" (Press release). U Sports. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.