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| Date | November 28, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | PEPS Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Quebec City | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Morris Memorial Trophy | Danny Brannagan, Queen's QB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Coulter Award | Chris Smith, Queen's LB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,628 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | TSN/TSN HD RDS/RDS HD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | (TSN): Rod Black, Duane Forde (RDS): David Arsenault, Denis Casavant, Pierre Vercheval, Mike Sutherland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ratings | 706,000[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.