2022 U Sports football season

2022 U Sports football season
DurationAugust 27, 2022 – October 29, 2022
Hardy Cup championsSaskatchewan
Yates Cup championsWestern
Dunsmore Cup championsLaval
Loney Bowl championsSt. Francis
Mitchell Bowl championsLaval
Uteck Bowl championsSaskatchewan
Vanier Cup
DateNovember 26, 2022
VenueWestern Alumni Stadium
London, Ontario
ChampionsLaval
U Sports football seasons
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The 2022 U Sports football season began on August 27, 2022, with four Atlantic University Sport teams, four RSEQ teams, and ten Ontario University Athletics teams opening their schedules that day.[1][2][3] The six Canada West teams began their schedules one week later with two games on September 2 and one on September 3.[4]

The conference championships were played on the weekend of November 12, 2022, and the season concluded on November 26, 2022, with the 57th Vanier Cup championship, which returned to the pre-pandemic scheduling used in 2019.[5] The championship game was played at Western Alumni Stadium in London, Ontario for the first time in the game's history.[6] 27 university teams in Canada played U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.[7]

  1. ^ "Yates Cup rematch headlines 2022 OUA football schedule". Ontario University Athletics. April 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Atlantic University Sport releases 2022 fall sports schedules". Atlantic University Sport. April 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Double bill coverage to kick off the 2022 season of RSEQ university football on TVA Sports". Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec. April 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "Canada West stars set to return to the field in early September". Canada West Universities Athletic Association. April 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "U Sports Championship Information". U Sports. June 17, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "U Sports awards 2022 Vanier Cup to Western, City of London". U Sports. June 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "U Sports Championship Information". U Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2022.