The 2011 CIS football season began on September 1, 2011, with the Montreal Carabins hosting the McGill Redmen at CEPSUM Stadium. The season concluded on November 25 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia with the 47th Vanier Cup championship. This year, 26 university teams in Canada played CIS football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

Regular season standings

Top 10 + FRC-CIS top 10 rankings 01FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#1): Laval opens season at No. 1 02FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#2) - Top teams stay put, UBC enters top 10 03FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#3): Laval stays on top, losers punished by FRC voters 04FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#4): Laval still No. 1, many changes to national poll 05FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#5): Laval still No. 1, no changes to Top 6 06FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#6): Leading trio resumes domination 07FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#7): Western moves up to No. 1 08FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#8): National leaders keep rolling 09FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#9): Undefeated Dinos climb up to No. 1 10FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#10): Laval back at No. 1 in final media poll Acadia Axemen 12 NR 14 12 14 12 12 12 9 9 Alberta Golden Bears NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Bishop's Gaiters NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Calgary Dinos 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 Concordia Stingers 11 12 12 14 13 13 14 NR NR NR Guelph Gryphons 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Laurier Golden Hawks 10 8 13 NR 15 11 13 13 NR NR Laval Rouge et Or 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 Manitoba Bisons NR 14 15 10 12 NR NR NR NR NR McGill Redmen NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR McMaster Marauders 3 3 7 6 6 5 6 5 3 4 Montreal Carabins 7 6 6 4 4 6 5 6 5 7 Mount Allison Mounties NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ottawa Gee-Gees 13 11 9 13 10 NR 10 9 12 NR Queen's Golden Gaels 14 NR NR 16 NR 14 11 11 8 8 Regina Rams 6 13 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Saint Mary's Huskies 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 7 11 12 Saskatchewan Huskies 5 5 4 7 9 7 7 10 10 10 Sherbrooke Vert et Or 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 St. Francis Xavier X-Men NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Toronto Varsity Blues NR NR NR 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR UBC Thunderbirds 16 10 11 9 8 9 9 8 7 6 Western Mustangs 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 Windsor Lancers NR NR 10 11 11 10 NR NR 13 11 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.

Championships The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2011, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions will meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy will host the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.

Playoff bracket

Post-season awards + CIS post-season awards QuebecCIS Football: Graves, DiCroce, Greene round out Hec Crighton nominations Ontario2011 OUA football major awards announced Atlantic2011 AUS football major awards announced Canada West2011 Canada West football major awards announced NATIONAL Hec Crighton Trophy Simon Charbonneau-Campeau (Sherbrooke) Michael DiCroce (McMaster) Kyle Graves (Acadia) Billy Greene (UBC) Billy Greene (UBC) Presidents' Trophy Max Caron (Concordia) Ryan Chmielewski (McMaster) Tom Labenski (Acadia) Sam Hurl (Calgary) Max Caron (Concordia) J. P. Metras Trophy Arnaud Gascon-Nadon (Laval) Osie Ukwuoma (Queen's) Jake Thomas (Acadia) Akiem Hicks (Regina) Arnaud Gascon-Nadon (Laval) Peter Gorman Trophy Jérémi Doyon-Roch (Sherbrooke) Tyler Varga (Western Ontario) Jacob LeBlanc (Mount Allison) Jordan Arkko (Saskatchewan) Tyler Varga (Western Ontario) Russ Jackson Award Austin Anderson (McGill) Dillon Heap (Wilfrid Laurier) Andrew Frazer (Acadia) Brett Jones (Regina) Dillon Heap (Wilfrid Laurier)http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111125-coach Cummins named top coach, Heap claims Russ Jackson award Frank Tindall Trophy André Bolduc (Sherbrooke) Joe D'Amore (Windsor) Jeff Cummins (Acadia) Shawn Olson (UBC) Jeff Cummins (Acadia)

All-Canadian team

First team Offence Billy Greene, QB, UBC Steven Lumbala, RB, Calgary Anthony Coombs, RB, Manitoba Simon Charbonneau-Campeau, WR, Sherbrooke Michael DiCroce, WR, McMaster Jordan Brescacin, IR, Windsor Michael Squires, IR, Acadia Pierre Lavertu, C, Laval Kirby Fabien, OT, Calgary Brendan Dunn, OT, Western Ontario Matthew Norman, G, Western Ontario Brett Jones, G, Regina Defence Stefan Charles, DT, Regina Seamus Postuma, DT, Windsor Akiem Hicks, DE, Regina Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, DE, Laval Max Caron, LB, Concordia Samuel Hurl, LB, Calgary Kevin Régimbald Gagné, LB, Sherbrooke Teague Sherman, FS, Manitoba Cameron Wade, HB, Acadia Beau Landry, HB, Western Ontario Dominic Noël, CB, Laval Kayin Marchand-Wright, CB, Saint Mary's Special teams Chris Bodnar, P, Regina Tyler Crapigna, K, McMaster Kris Robertson, RET, Concordia Second team Offence Kyle Quinlan, QB, McMaster Ryan Granberg, RB, Queen's Sébastien Lévesque, RB, Laval Dustin Zender, WR, Waterloo Jordan Grieve, WR, UBC Dillon Heap, IR, Wilfrid Laurier Alexander Fox, IR, Bishop's Quinn McCaughan, C, Calgary Matthew Sewell, OT, McMaster Ben Heenan, OT, Saskatchewan Jason Medeiros, G, McMaster Reed Alexander, G, Calgary Defence Linden Gaydosh, DT, Calgary Jake Thomas, DT, Acadia Jonathan Pierre-Etienne, DE, Montreal Rob Jubenville, DE, Saint Mary's Jordan Verdone, LB, Calgary Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard, LB, Montreal Sam Sabourin, LB, Queen's Jonathan Laliberté, FS, Laval Matt McGarva, HB, Windsor Patrick Chénard, HB, Sherbrooke Sam Carino, CB, UBC Andrew Lue, CB, Queen's Special teams Darryl Wheeler, P, Western Ontario Johnny Mark, K, Calgary Nic Demski, RET, Manitoba http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fball/2011-12/releases/20111124-allcdns All-Canadian teams announced

Teams

+ Canada West Universities Athletic AssociationHardy 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 AB1910Jeff Stead36,435$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 Field28,800 University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB1920Brian Dobie27,599$303M University Stadium5,000

+ 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 Dennis McPhee 27,978 $172M Warrior Field 1,100 Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1961 Gary Jeffries 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 4,000 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 Jean Philippe-Asselin 35,548 $128.4M Frank Clair Stadium 14,542

+ Quebec University Football LeagueDunsmore CupInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1974 Gerry McGrath 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 André Bolduc 35,000 --- Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 3,359 Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1884 Tony Addona 1,817 --- Coulter Field 3,000

+ Atlantic University SportJewett 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 Steve Sumarah 7,433 $16.9M Huskies Stadium 4,000

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