The 2014 CIS football season began on September 1, 2014 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 29 with the 50th Vanier Cup championship at Molson Stadium in Montreal.Vanier Cup final to be staged in Montreal for the first time This year, 27 university teams in Canada are scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

Regular season standings

Top 10 + FRC-CIS Top 10 Rankings Team \ Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Acadia Axemen 11 (36) NR 15 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Alberta Golden Bears NR NR NR NR NR 12 (5) NR NR NR NR Bishop's Gaiters 15 (14) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Calgary Dinos 2 (260) 2 (269) 2 (267) 2 (267) 2 (267) 2 (267) 2 (267) 2 (267) 2 (270) 4 (216) Carleton Ravens 19 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Concordia Stingers NR 16 (1) 10 (14) 9 (84) 9 (64) 9 (72) 9 (44) 8 (78) 11 (9) 12 (1) Guelph Gryphons 8 (60) 7 (101) 6 (128) 6 (154) 6 (147) 6 (157) 6 (150) 4 (193) 5 (183) 5 (184) Laurier Golden Hawks 14 (16) NR 14 (2) 12 (1) 12 (2) 10 (17) 11 (1) NR 12 (3) NR Laval Rouge et Or 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (288-18) Manitoba Bisons 6 (140) 12 (21) 9 (61) 10 (47) 10 (47) 14 (1) NR 9 (48) 12 (3) 11 (23) McGill Redmen NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR McMaster Marauders 5 (144) 4 (201) 4 (194) 4 (208) 4 (206) 3 (243) 3 (243) 3 (242) 4 (217) 3 (231) Montreal Carabins 4 (164) 5 (163) 5 (172) 5 (171) 5 (175) 5 (167) 5 (178) 4 (193) 3 (223) 2 (274-12) Mount Allison Mounties 13 (20) 10 (34) 8 (74) 8 (107) 8 (89) 8 (100) 7 (115) 7 (126) 6 (143) 6 (156) Ottawa Gee-Gees 16 (12) 8 (68) 12 (10) NR NR NR NR NR 10 (23) 10 (24) Queen's Golden Gaels 9 (56) 15 (4) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Regina Rams 17 (6) 11 (25) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Saint Mary's Huskies NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Saskatchewan Huskies 10 (56) 6 (144) 7 (127) 7 (114) 7 (105) 7 (114) 8 (111) 10 (34) 8 (92) 8 (99) Sherbrooke Vert et Or 12 (26) 9 (61) 11 (14) 14 (1) 13 (2) 11 (8) 12 (1) 11 (33) 9 (54) 9 (50) St. Francis Xavier X-Men NR 13 (10) NR 13 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR Toronto Varsity Blues NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR UBC Thunderbirds 7 (80) 14 (9) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Waterloo Warriors NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Western Mustangs 3 (250) 3 (242) 3 (243) 3 (241) 3 (241) 4 (196) 4 (186) 6 (135) 7 (134) 7 (109) Windsor Lancers 18 (2) NR 13 (10) 11 (2) 11 (5) 13 (5) 10 (44) 12 (4) NR NR York Lions NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not ranked, received no votes. Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.

Post-season awards + CIS post-season awards QuebecSun Life Financial All-Canadian Banquet: Calgary’s Buckley claims Hec Crighton Trophy Ontario Atlantic Canada West NATIONAL Hec Crighton Trophy Hugo Richard (Laval) Dillon Campbell (Wilfrid Laurier) Brian Jones (Acadia) Andrew Buckley (Calgary) Andrew Buckley (Calgary) Presidents' Trophy Byron Archambault (Montreal) Nick Shortill (McMaster) Jonathan Langa (Saint Mary's) Mark Ingram (Saskatchewan) Jonathan Langa (Saint Mary's) J. P. Metras Trophy Vincent Desloges (Laval) Ettore Lattanzio (Ottawa) Jacob LeBlanc (Mount Allison) Donovan Dale (British Columbia) Ettore Lattanzio (Ottawa) Peter Gorman Trophy Hugo Richard (Laval) Daniel Petermann (McMaster) Chris Reid (Mount Allison) Marcus Davis (British Columbia) Hugo Richard (Laval) Russ Jackson Award Alexandre Laganière (Montreal) Adam Dickson (McMaster) Sean Stoqua (Acadia) Andrew Buckley (Calgary) Andrew Buckley (Calgary) Frank Tindall Trophy Mickey Donovan (Concordia) Stefan Ptaszek (McMaster) Kelly Jeffrey (Mount Allison) Brian Towriss (Saskatchewan) Kelly Jeffrey (Mount Allison)

All-Canadian team

First team Offence QB – Andrew Buckley – Calgary RB – Dillon Campbell – Laurier RB – Mercer Timmis – Calgary IR – Brett Blaszko – Calgary IR – Mikhaïl Davidson – Montreal WR – Addison Richards – Regina WR – Nathaniel Behar – Carleton C – Sean McEwen – Calgary T – Karl Lavoie – Laval T – Edmund Meredith – Western G – Charles Vaillancourt – Laval G – Sean Jamieson – Western Defence DT – Ettore Lattanzio – Ottawa DT – Daryl Waud – Western DE – Vincent Desloges – Laval DE – Jesse St. James – Acadia LB – Byron Archambault – Montreal LB – Adam Konar – Calgary LB – Jonathan Langa – Saint Mary's FS – Kwame Adjei – Mount Allison HB – Kristopher Robertson – Concordia HB – Chris Ackie – Laurier CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary CB – Paolo Edwards – St. Francis Xavier Special teams P – Boris Bede – Laval K – Tyler Crapigna – McMaster RET – Marcus Davis – British Columbia Second team Offence QB – Hugo Richard – Laval RB – Chris Reid – Mount Allison RB – Ronlee King-Fileen – Bishop's IR – Nic Demski – Manitoba IR – Danny Vandervoort – McMaster WR – Llevi Noel – Toronto WR – Sébastien Blanchard – Sherbrooke C – Jean-Christophe Labrecque – Montreal T – David Beard – Alberta T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier G – Sukh Chungh – Calgary G – Philippe Gagnon – Laval Defence DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia DT – Jacob LeBlanc – Mount Allison DE – Ricky Osei-Kusi – Western DE – Connor McGough – Calgary LB – Curtis Newton – Guelph LB – Drew Morris – Acadia LB – Nicholas Shortill – McMaster FS – Mark Ingram – Saskatchewan HB – Elie Bouka – Calgary HB – Demetrius Ferguson – St. Francis Xavier CB – Joey Cupido – McMaster CB – Josh Woodman – Western Special teams P – Ronnie Pfeffer – Laurier K – Ryan Begin – Acadia RET – Ryan Nieuwesteeg – Guelph Sun Life Financial All-Canadian Banquet: All-Canadian teams announced

Championships The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2014, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions will visit the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy will visit the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team for the Uteck Bowl.

Playoff bracket The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2014, according to the rotating schedule, the Quebec conference Dunsmore Cup champions will host the Hardy Trophy Canada West championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions will visit the Ontario conference's Yates Cup winner for the Mitchell Bowl.

Number in parentheses represents seed in conference

Teams

+ Canada West Football ConferenceHardy TrophyInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Vancouver BC1923Shawn Olson43,579$1.01B Thunderbird Stadium3,500 University of Calgary Dinos Calgary AB1964Blake Nill28,196$444M McMahon Stadium35,650 University of Alberta Golden Bears Edmonton AB1910Chris Morris36,435$751M Foote Field3,500 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon SK1912Brian Towriss19,082$136.7M Griffiths Stadium6,171 University of Regina Rams Regina SK1999Frank McCrystal12,800$25.9M Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field32,848 University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB1920Brian Dobie27,599$303M Investors Group Field33,422

+ Ontario University AthleticsYates CupInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity University of Windsor Lancers Windsor ON 1968 Joe D'Amore 13,496 $32.5M South Campus Stadium 2,000 University of Western Ontario Mustangs London ON 1929 Greg Marshall 30,000 $266.6M TD Waterhouse Stadium 10,000 University of Waterloo Warriors Waterloo ON 1957 Vacant 27,978 $172M Warrior Field 5,200 Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1961 Michael Faulds 12,394 --- University Stadium 6,000 University of Guelph Gryphons Guelph ON 1950 Stu Lang 19,408 $164.2M Alumni Stadium 4,100 McMaster University Marauders Hamilton ON 1901 Stefan Ptaszek 25,688 $498.5M Ron Joyce Stadium 6,000 University of Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto ON 1877 Greg Gary 73,185 $1.823B Varsity Stadium 5,000 York University Lions Toronto ON 1969 Warren Craney 42,400 $306M York Stadium 2,500 Queen's University Golden Gaels Kingston ON 1882 Pat Sheahan 20,566 $657M Richardson Stadium 10,258 University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa ON 1894 Jamie Barresi 42,027 $184M Gee-Gees Field 4,152 Carleton University Ravens Ottawa ON 1945 Steve Sumarah 25,890 $230M Keith Harris Stadium 3,000

+ Quebec University Football LeagueDunsmore CupInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1974 Mickey Donovan 38,809 $54.4M Concordia Stadium 4,000 Université de Montréal Carabins Montreal QC 2002 Danny Maciocia 55,540 $89.5M CEPSUM Stadium 5,100 McGill University Redmen Montreal QC 1898 Clint Uttley 32,514 $973.6M Molson Stadium 25,012 Université Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City QC 1996 Glen Constantin 37,591 $105.3M PEPS Stadium 12,257 Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or Sherbrooke QC 1971 David Lessard 35,000 --- Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 3,359 Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1884 Kevin Mackey 1,817 --- Coulter Field 2,200

+ Atlantic University Football ConferenceJewett TrophyInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity Acadia University Axemen Wolfville NS 1957 Jeff Cummins 3,770 $40M Raymond Field 3,000 Mount Allison University Mounties Sackville NB 1955 Kelly Jeffrey 2,614 $82.8M MacAulay Field 2,500 Saint Francis Xavier University X-Men Antigonish NS 1954 Gary Waterman 4,871 $59.4M Oland Stadium 4,000 Saint Mary's University Huskies Halifax NS 1956 Perry Marchese 7,433 $16.9M Huskies Stadium 4,000

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