2017 U Sports football season

2017 U Sports football season
DurationAugust 25 – October 28
Hardy Cup championsCalgary Dinos
Yates Cup championsWestern Mustangs
Dunsmore Cup championsLaval Rouge et Or
Loney Bowl championsAcadia Axemen
Mitchell Bowl championsLaval Rouge et Or
Uteck Bowl championsWestern Mustangs
Vanier Cup
DateNovember 25
VenueHamilton, Ontario
ChampionsWestern Mustangs
U Sports football seasons seasons
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2018 →

The 2017 U Sports football season began on August 25 with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men visiting the Saint Mary's Huskies in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the Montreal Carabins visiting the Concordia Stingers in Montreal, Quebec.[1][2] The season concluded on November 25 with the 53rd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.[3] This season saw the first conference shift since 2001 with the Bishop's Gaiters moving from the Quebec Student Sport Federation to the Atlantic University Sport conference. 27 university teams in Canada participated in the newly re-branded U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football. The Western Mustangs defeated the Laval Rouge et Or, 39-17, to win their first Vanier Cup since 1994.

  1. ^ "Bishop's Gaiters sign deal to compete in 2017 AUS football season". Atlantic University Sport. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  2. ^ "RSEQ and TVA Sports unveil the calendar for the 2017 football season". Quebec Student Sport Federation. 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. ^ CIS football: Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017 from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, January 18, 2015, retrieved 2016-01-18.