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27-3007: The Russ Jackson Award is presented to the U Sports Football player best exemplifying the attributes of academic achievement, football skill, and citizenship and is named in honour of Canadian Football League Hall of Famer and former Ottawa Rough Riders and McMaster University quarterback , Russ Jackson . List of Russ Jackson award winners [ edit ] Year Athlete Team 1986 Charlie Galunic Queen's Golden Gaels 1987 Elio Geremia Calgary Dinos 1988 Andrew Allison Mount Allison Mounties 1989 Jock Climie Queen's Golden Gaels 1990 J.P. Veri McGill Redmen 1991 J.P. Veri McGill Redmen 1992 David Sykes Saint Mary's Huskies 1993 David Sykes Saint Mary's Huskies 1994 Steve Papp McGill Redmen 1995 Ted MacLean Saint Mary's Huskies 1996 Sean O'Neill Carleton Ravens 1997 Sam Stetsko Alberta Golden Bears 1998 Jean-Philippe Darche McGill Redmen 1999 Carlo Panaro Alberta Golden Bears 2000 Carlo Panaro Alberta Golden Bears 2001 Josh Alexander Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 2002 Lincoln Blumell Calgary Dinos 2003 Curt McLellan Queen's Golden Gaels 2004 Nathan Beveridge UBC Thunderbirds 2005 Dan Parker Mount Allison Mounties 2006 Naim El-Far Ottawa Gee Gees 2007 Clovis Langlois-Boucher Sherbrooke Vert-et-Or 2008 David Hamilton Toronto Varsity Blues 2009 Thomas Hall Manitoba Bisons 2010 Thomas Hall Manitoba Bisons 2011 Dillon Heap Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 2012 Zach Androschuk Guelph Gryphons 2013 Andrew Buckley Calgary Dinos 2014 Andrew Buckley Calgary Dinos 2015 Curtis Carmichael Queen's Golden Gaels 2016 Cameron Teschuk Manitoba Bisons 2017 Nick Vanin Western Mustangs 2018 Mackenzie Ferguson Western Mustangs 2019 Jacob Janke York Lions 2021 Francis Perron Ottawa Gee-Gees 2022 Duncan Patterson Saint Mary's Huskies 2023 Mark Rauhaus Manitoba Bisons 2024 Ryker Frank Saskatchewan Huskies See also [ edit ] Hec Crighton Trophy Presidents' Trophy Peter Gorman Trophy J. P. Metras Trophy References [ edit ] ^ "Past CIS Award Winners" . Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Archived from

54-478: A move to Hamilton for 2004 and 2005, followed by Saskatoon in 2006. Quebec City , Vancouver , Montreal , London , and Kingston have since hosted Vanier Cup games. There have been efforts at establishing new varsity football programs at institutions that currently do not have teams. A group of alumni from Carleton University in Ottawa successfully revived that school's program which returned in 2013. The team

81-420: A nationally televised package of regular-season games to be sold to a major broadcaster. The Northern 8 would be structured as a non-profit corporation and would subsidize production costs for its telecasts: profits would be distributed to non-member schools. It would start with eight teams but could expand to 10 in the future. The Canada West conference backed the proposal. The OUA, RSEQ and AUS showed concerns for

108-505: A record 208 U Sports alumni on CFL rosters. Maya Turner became the first woman to play in any U Sports regular season football game, on September 23, 2023, as a Manitoba Bisons kicker. She kicked the game winning field goal in overtime for the Bisons in their game against the Regina Rams . The regular season is nine to ten weeks long, depending on the conference, and, as of 2019 , opens on

135-487: Is a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports, returning football to Carleton University after a 15-year absence. The Université de Moncton investigated a possible football program in 2011, due to the construction of Moncton Stadium in 2010. In May 2011, the athletics department submitted a feasibility report to the school's president and are based part of their decision upon how

162-631: Is led by Pierre Arsenault. Arsenault came to Mount Allison from the New Brunswick Golf Association, where he served as executive director for seven years. Prior to this, Arsenault worked with Hockey Canada's Atlantic Centre of Excellence, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association, and with the University of Ottawa's Gee-Gees Varsity Hockey Team. He holds a Bachelor of Physical Education (concentration in sports administration) from

189-806: The Canada West Universities Athletic Association , the UBC Okanagan Heat explored the feasibility of starting their own football program, partnered with the CJFL 's Okanagan Sun . UBCO would have partnered with the Sun in much the same way that the University of Regina was paired with the Prairie Football Conference 's Regina Rams . However, UBC-O lacked a stadium on campus. The Kelowna city-owned Apple Bowl Stadium did not meet

216-579: The Canadian Football League . Opening Day of the 2015 CFL season saw a record 199 U Sports football players on rosters around the League. In 2022 , 205 former U Sports football players were featured on CFL teams' rosters on opening day. The following is a list of recent numbers from the CFL Draft , which is an annual eight-round event with a current maximum of 74 players drafted. From 1997 to 2012

243-628: The Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl . The participant conferences of each bowl are determined several years in advance on a rotating basis. The winners of each bowl game meet in the Vanier Cup national championship, first established in 1965 and named in honour of Governor General Georges Vanier . The game was held in Toronto every year through 2003 when host conference bids were first accepted, yielding

270-814: The National Football League with Giovanni Manu being the most recent. As of 2023, U Sports had produced 41 players who have earned a spot on an NFL roster (including four who did not play a regular season game; players listed in chronological order by entry year in NFL): Mount Allison Mounties The Mount Allison Mounties are the varsity athletic teams that represent Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick , Canada. The Mounties sports teams play their matches at Alumni Field which seats 2,500. The Mount Allison University Athletics & Recreation

297-496: The Saskatchewan Huskies ) and Jim Mullin announced a proposal for a consortium known as the " Northern 8 ", which would organize interconference games between its member schools. Dube felt that this plan could help improve the prominence of CIS football on a national basis outside of the post-season (which, as of the 2014 season, was the only period of the season that featured nationally televised CIS games), as it would allow

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324-535: The Vanier Cup , first in 1984 , and then in 1991 . The team has won six Jewett Trophy conference championships in their 14 appearances, most recently during the team's undefeated 2014 season . The program has also featured a Hec Crighton Trophy winner, Éric Lapointe , who won the award twice and was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame based on his university career with the Mounties. This

351-524: The CFL Draft had six rounds of selections and from 2013 to 2015 it had seven rounds. From 2002 to 2005, the CFL had nine teams, then reverted to eight teams from 2006 to 2013, and then was back to its current number of nine teams in 2014. The high-water mark of 60 players from the U Sports drafted was recorded in the 2022 CFL Draft , which was the most since 1978 . There have been 15 U Sports players drafted into

378-462: The University of New Brunswick and a master's degree in sport administration from the University of Ottawa. Mount Allison Mounties teams compete in: The Mount Allison Mounties also field club teams in: In 1977, Garney Henley , a former Canadian Football League player with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, became Athletics Director at Mount Allison and changed the logo from the "Double-Winged" A to

405-471: The championship trophy of the professional Canadian Football League (CFL) since its founding in the 1950s, was originally contested by teams from the University of Toronto and Queen's University and other amateur teams since 1909. Many U Sports players have gone on to professional careers in the CFL and elsewhere; a number are drafted annually in the Canadian College Draft . In 2021 , there were

432-402: The famous "Flying A" which remained the Mounties' logo until 2011. The Flying A became synonymous with Mounties athletics, and was arguably the most recognizable aspect of the department and the university. In 2011, the university's administration undertook a re-branding initiative that would be campus-wide, stretching into the athletics department as well. Adopting a new, more modern look became

459-544: The fans in Moncton received the Uteck Bowl in 2011. The 2011 Uteck Bowl was not well supported in Moncton, and there has been little support for a team since. A club team league , the Atlantic Football League , features four-to-five universities, depending on the season. There is hope this may lead to varsity teams featured at some of these schools. Following their successful application to become full members of

486-421: The first documented game was played at University College at the University of Toronto in 1861. A number of U Sports programs have been in existence since the origins of the sport. It is from these Canadian universities that the game now known as Canadian football began. In 1874 , McGill University ( Montreal ) challenged Harvard University ( Cambridge, Massachusetts ) to a series of games. The Grey Cup ,

513-873: The first round of the post-season in the OUA occurs during the same week that each of the other three conferences are playing their last regular season games. Each conference has its own championship trophy; the Hardy Trophy in the West, the Yates Cup in Ontario, the Dunsmore Cup in Quebec and the Jewett Trophy in the Atlantic conference. The conference champions proceed to national semifinal bowl games:

540-435: The goal, and thus the current logo with an "A" adorned with a flame/torch was born. Taken from the university's crest, the flame, which also forms a stylized "A", along with the slanted font spelling "MOUNTIES" below the logo became the new look for the Mounties. Along with a new partnership with popular brand UnderArmour, it introduced the Mounties to the 21st century, and spearheaded by Athletics Director Pierre Arsenault became

567-429: The guidelines required for entry into Canada West football after a conference site visit in 2014. The University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières explored the possibility of adding a football program with the launch planned for the 2017 season. The program would have been similar to Carleton University's in that there would be private funding from football alumni, but operated by shareholders. As of April 2015, $ 800,000 of

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594-560: The one identity among all of the Mounties' varsity sports teams. During the 2012 AUS Women's Hockey Playoffs, a new movement emerged on the Social Media website Twitter, when it is believed the phrase #MountiePride was first used in a popular fashion. Since then, the movement has leaped to new heights, and is now considered to be a part of this new identity, and a trademark of the Mounties teams. The Mounties football program has been in operation since 1955. The team has made two appearances in

621-2336: The original on 2016-07-14. External links [ edit ] U Sports Football Home Page v t e U Sports football AUS Acadia Axemen Bishop's Gaiters Mount Allison Mounties Saint Mary's Huskies St. Francis Xavier X-Men Canada West Alberta Golden Bears Calgary Dinos Manitoba Bisons Regina Rams Saskatchewan Huskies UBC Thunderbirds OUA Carleton Ravens Guelph Gryphons McMaster Marauders Ottawa Gee-Gees Queen's Gaels Toronto Varsity Blues Waterloo Warriors Western Mustangs Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Windsor Lancers York Lions RSEQ Concordia Stingers Laval Rouge et Or McGill Redbirds Montreal Carabins Sherbrooke Vert et Or Championships National Vanier Cup Mitchell Bowl Uteck Bowl Atlantic Bowl (historical) Churchill Bowl (historical) Conference Hardy Trophy Yates Cup Dunsmore Cup Jewett Trophy Awards Hec Crighton Trophy J. P. Metras Trophy Presidents' Trophy Peter Gorman Trophy Russ Jackson Award Frank Tindall Trophy Lois and Doug Mitchell Awards All-Canadian teams 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Seasons 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Other East–West Bowl Panda Game Shrum Bowl Northern 8 CFL Combine Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russ_Jackson_Award&oldid=1258876188 " Category : U Sports football trophies and awards U Sports football The origins of North American football can be traced here, where

648-480: The plan due to travel costs and their effects on standings and rejected the plan. There are post-season awards for on-the-field excellence. The players deemed to be the best at each position are named to the annual All-Canadian Football Team as first or second team players. Additionally there are a number of individual awards for categories like "best defensive player". Many players from U Sports football have become professional athletes with most of them playing in

675-428: The regular season, single elimination playoff games are held between the top teams in each conference to determine conference champions. In the Atlantic, Canada West, and Quebec conferences, the top four teams qualify for the playoffs. In Ontario, the top seven teams qualify with the top team receiving a playoff bye to the next round. Because the OUA teams have conference playoffs that last three weeks instead of two,

702-465: The required $ 3 million had been raised in support of the varsity sport at UQTR. The capacity of the football stadium would then be increased from 2000 to 6270 seats. However, the UQTR Board of Regents refused to commit to the proposal. The UQTR Patriotes previously fielded a senior varsity team from 1971 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. In February 2015, businessman David Dube (an alumnus and supporter of

729-614: The weekend before the Labour Day weekend. Teams play eight regular season games and regular season games are in-conference with exhibition (pre-season) games being played between conferences. Throughout the season, there are featured homecoming and rivalry games in most regions. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Hec Crighton Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of U Sports football. After

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