59th Vanier Cup facts for kids
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| Date | November 23, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Richardson Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kingston, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Morris Memorial Trophy | Felipe Forteza, Laval | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Coulter Award | Arnaud Desjardins, Laval | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | {} | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | English: CBC Sports, French: TVA Sports |
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| Announcers | Mark Lee (play-by-play) Dashawn Stephens (analyst) Signa Butler (sideline reporter) |
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The 2024 Vanier Cup was the 59th edition of the Canadian university football championship, held on November 23, 2024, at Richardson Memorial Stadium in Kingston, Ontario. It took place between the Uteck Bowl champions, the Laurier Golden Hawks and the Mitchell Bowl champions, the Laval Rouge et Or.
Host
This was the second time that Kingston hosted the Vanier Cup with the first being in the previous year with the 58th Vanier Cup game. However, it was the fourth time that the school has hosted the university final, with the others taking place in 1920 and 1929.
Date
While no date was specified in the press release announcement, the U Sports calendar confirmed that the game was scheduled to take place on November 23, 2024.
Semi-Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl, the Laval Rouge et Or and the Uteck Bowl, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks the national semi-final games. The week before, the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team, the Laval Rouge et Or visited the winners of the Canada West Hardy Trophy, the Regina Rams for the Mitchell Bowl and defeated them. The Yates Cup Ontario Conference championship team visited the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team, the Bishop's Gaiters for the Uteck Bowl, and defeated them.
Background
Semi-final games
As part of the rotating schedule, the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team, the Laval Rouge et Or visited the winners of the Canada West Hardy Trophy, the Regina Rams for the Mitchell Bowl where they won 17–14. The Yates Cup Ontario Conference champions, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, visited the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team, the Bishop's Gaiters for the Uteck Bowl, and won 48–24. These games were played on November 16, 2024.
Bracket
| November 16th Semi-finals |
November 23rd Final |
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| 21st Uteck Bowl – Lennoxville, QC | ||||||
| Laurier | 48 | |||||
| 59th Vanier Cup – Kingston, ON | ||||||
| Bishop's | 24 | |||||
| Laurier | 17 | |||||
| 22nd Mitchell Bowl – Regina, SK | ||||||
| Laval | 22 | |||||
| Regina | 14 | |||||
| Laval | 17 | |||||
Teams
The championship game featured Wilfrid Laurier from Ontario University Athletics and Laval from the RSEQ Conference. The Golden Hawks last appeared in the 41st Vanier Cup and had a 2–3 record in the Cup, while the Rouge et Or made their second appearance in three years and were 11–2 in the Vanier Cup. The Rouge et Or and Golden Hawks have met twice previously, both times in the Uteck Bowl in Quebec City, in 2004 and 2016, where Laval won both matchups.
