1999 CIAU football season
The 1999 CIAU football season began on September 10, 1999, and concluded with the 35th Vanier Cup national championship on November 27, 1999 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, with the Laval Rouge et Or winning the first Vanier Cup in program history. Twenty-four universities across Canada competed in CIAU football this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU). The Regina Rams began their first season of play in the CIAU after previously playing in the Canadian Junior Football League.
| 1999 CIAU football season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Regular season | ||
| Duration | September 10, 1999 – November 6, 1999 | |
| Playoffs | ||
| Start date | November 5, 1999 | |
| Hardy Cup | Saskatchewan Huskies | |
| Yates Cup | Waterloo Warriors | |
| Dunsmore Cup | Laval Rouge et Or | |
| Loney Bowl | Saint Mary's Huskies | |
| Atlantic Bowl | Saint Mary's Huskies | |
| Churchill Bowl | Laval Rouge et Or | |
| Vanier Cup | ||
| Date | November 27, 1999 | |
| Site | SkyDome, Toronto | |
| Champions | Laval Rouge et Or | |
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Regular season
Standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
| Atlantic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
| Saint Mary's | 8 | 7 | 1 | 276 | 131 | 14 | |
| Acadia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 198 | 195 | 10 | |
| Mount Allison | 8 | 4 | 4 | 126 | 136 | 8 | |
| StFX | 8 | 1 | 7 | 132 | 270 | 2 | |
| Ontario-Quebec | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Ottawa | 8 | 8 | 0 | 282 | 193 | 16 |
| Concordia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 222 | 148 | 12 |
| Laval | 8 | 6 | 2 | 237 | 123 | 12 |
| McGill | 8 | 3 | 5 | 155 | 225 | 6 |
| Queen's | 8 | 2 | 6 | 179 | 189 | 4 |
| Bishop's | 8 | 2 | 6 | 129 | 193 | 4 |
| Ontario | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Western | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 232 | 91 | 14 |
| Laurier | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 273 | 138 | 12 |
| McMaster | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 238 | 226 | 12 |
| Waterloo | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 232 | 149 | 8 |
| Guelph | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 168 | 196 | 6 |
| York | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 163 | 4 |
| Toronto | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 91 | 337 | 2 |
| Windsor | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 345 | 0 |
| Canada West | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| UBC | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 227 | 131 | 14 |
| Saskatchewan | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 233 | 151 | 12 |
| Manitoba | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 202 | 10 |
| Calgary | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 191 | 225 | 6 |
| Alberta | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 232 | 217 | 6 |
| Regina | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 121 | 309 | 0 |
Teams in bold earned playoff berths.[1]
Post-season awards
Award-winners
- Hec Crighton Trophy – Phil Côté, Ottawa
- Presidents' Trophy – Mike Letendre, Saskatchewan
- Russ Jackson Award – Carlo Panaro, Alberta
- J. P. Metras Trophy – Tyson St. James, British Columbia
- Peter Gorman Trophy – Sébastien Roy, Mt. Allison
All-Canadian team
| First Team | Second Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Phil Côté (Ottawa) | Blaine Scatcherd (Acadia) |
| Running Back | Mike Bradley (Waterloo) Akbal Singh (UBC) | Doug Rozon (Saskatchewan) Jeff Johnson (York) |
| Inside Receiver | James MacLean (Queen’s) Ibrahim Tounkara (Ottawa) | Brian Nugent (York) Jason Clermont (Regina) |
| Outside Receiver | Jamie Stoddard (Alberta) Andre Talbot (Wilfrid Laurier) | Marco Picotte (Acadia) Brad Coutts (UBC) |
| Centre | Carlo Panaro (Alberta) | Jacques Cloutier (Laval) |
| Guard | Aaron Barker (UBC) Pascal Chéron (Laval) | Michael Chuk (Western) John Salmas (Saint Mary’s) |
| Tackle | Kevin Lefsrud (Saskatchewan) André Trudel (Laval) | Paul Blenkhorn (Western) Eric Sanderson (York) |
| First Team | Second Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive Tackle | Daaron McField (UBC) Jeremy Oxley (Guelph) |
Ryan Henderson (Manitoba) Randy Chevrier (McGill) |
| Defensive End | Kojo Millington (Wilfrid Laurier) Tyson St. James (UBC) |
Mathieu Gauthier (Mount Allison) Josh Thomas (Acadia) |
| Linebacker | Mike Letendre (Saskatchewan) Josh Tavares (Saint Mary’s) Dino DiMarino (Wilfrid Laurier) |
Justin Anania (Western) Joey Mikawoz (Manitoba) Jason Casey (Concordia) |
| Free Safety | Derek Fink (Alberta) | Patrick Boies (Laval) |
| Defensive Halfback | Donnie Ruiz (Wilfrid Laurier) Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette (Laval) |
Jeff Lewis (Calgary) Sean Spender (Guelph) |
| Cornerback | Jason Wimmer (Queen’s) Jason Hutchins (Alberta) |
Jermaine Romans (Acadia) Mike Eberts (Alberta) |
| First Team | Second Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Derek Livingstone (McMaster) | David Bradford (Mount Allison) |
| Punter | Michael O’Brien (Western) | Jamie Boreham (Saskatchewan) |
Post-season
Playoff bracket
| Conference Semi-finals | Conference Championships | National Semi-finals | 35th Vanier Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Waterloo Warriors | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Ontario Mustangs | 21 | Waterloo Warriors | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| McMaster Marauders | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | 42 | Waterloo Warriors | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Acadia Axemen | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manitoba Bisons | 16 | Laval Rouge et Or | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 42 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 31 | |||||||||||||||
| Calgary Dinos | 14 | UBC Thunderbirds | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| UBC Thunderbirds | 27 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Laval Rouge et Or | 42 | Laval Rouge et Or | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| Concordia Stingers | 16 | Laval Rouge et Or | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| McGill Redmen | 21 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Ottawa Gee-Gees | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
Championships
The Vanier Cup was played between the champions of the Atlantic Bowl and the Churchill Bowl, the national semi-final games. This year, the Dunsmore Cup Ontario-Quebec champion Laval Rouge et Or hosted the Canada West Hardy Trophy champion Saskatchewan Huskies for the Churchill Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship, the Saint Mary's Huskies, hosted the Ontario conference's Yates Cup championship team, Waterloo Warriors, for the Atlantic Bowl.[4] The Saint Mary's Huskies appeared in their fifth Vanier Cup game while the Laval Rouge et Or, whose program began in 1996, made their first appearance in the championship game. The 35th Vanier Cup was played in Toronto's SkyDome where the Rouge et Or defeated the Huskies 14–10 to claim the team's first Vanier Cup championship.[5]
Notes
- "CIS Football 1999". Bob Adams CIS Sports Page. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- "Past CIS Award Winners". U Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- "CIS All-Canadian Teams" (PDF). Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- "Uteck Bowl History". U Sports. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- "1999 Vanier Cup: Laval Rouge et Or 14, Saint Mary's Huskies 10". U Sports. November 27, 1999. Retrieved May 16, 2020.