The 2015 CIS football season began on August 30, 2015 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 28 with the UBC Thunderbirds defeating the Montreal Carabins 26-23 in the 51st Vanier Cup championship at Telus Stadium in Quebec City.Laval to host 2015 Vanier Cup in Quebec City from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, 8 December 2014, retrieved 2014-12-09. This year, 27 university teams in Canada played 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 16 (3) 15 (3) NR 10 (32) 12 (8) NR NR NR NR NR Alberta Golden Bears NR 14 (3) 11 (31) 15 (4) NR 13 (1) 13 (1) NR NR NR Bishop's Gaiters NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Calgary Dinos 4 (213-1) 2 (241-6) 1 (274-13) 1 (292-26) 1 (295-28) 1 (299-29) 1 (298-28) 1 (296-27) 1 (285-24) 1 (296-26) Carleton Ravens NR NR 13 (5) 12 (13) NR 11 (7) 11 (8) 10 (22) 10 (12) 10 (43) Concordia Stingers 13 (7) NR NR 14 (5) 15 (1) NR NR 12 (3) 12 (6) 11 (17) Guelph Gryphons 6 (137) 5 (156-1) 5 (162) 5 (187) 5 (190) 7 (134) 7 (129) 7 (119) 5 (153) 5 (170) Laurier Golden Hawks NR 13 (4) NR NR NR NR NR NR 13 (5) 9 (51) Laval Rouge et Or 2 (231-2) 1 (285-20) 2 (272-14) 2 (264-2) 2 (260-1) 2 (259-1) 2 (259-1) 4 (214) 3 (220-1) 3 (238) Manitoba Bisons 10 (73) 6 (144) 7 (114) 8 (75) 6 (114) 8 (126) 8 (129) 8 (89) 8 (101) 8 (76) McGill Redmen NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR McMaster Marauders 5 (148) 7 (144) 6 (144) 7 (112) 7 (113) 6 (143) 6 (149) 6 (145) 6 (120) 12 (9) Montreal Carabins 1 (289-25) 4 (235) 4 (213) 4 (211) 4 (208) 4 (164) 4 (164) 3 (231) 4 (218) 4 (216) Mount Allison Mounties 9 (79) 8 (52) 8 (86) 13 (5) NR NR NR NR 11 (11) 13 (4) Ottawa Gee-Gees 14 (5) 12 (26) 12 (8) 9 (42) 11 (17) NR NR NR NR NR Queen's Golden Gaels 12 (9) NR 14 (3) 16 (2) 13 (5) 10 (27) 10 (29) 11 (13) NR NR Regina Rams NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Saint Mary's Huskies NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Saskatchewan Huskies 8 (87) 9 (43) NR NR 8 (82) 12 (3) 12 (2) 13 (1) NR NR Sherbrooke Vert et Or 11 (10) 11 (35) 9 (48) 11 (32) 9 (69) 5 (147) 5 (150) 5 (160) 7 (108) 7 (126) St. Francis Xavier X-Men NR 16 (2) NR 17 (2) NR NR NR NR NR 14 (2) Toronto Varsity Blues NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR UBC Thunderbirds 7 (109) 10 (41) 10 (39) 6 (123) 10 (46) 9 (89) 9 (77) 9 (88) 9 (95) 6 (134) Waterloo Warriors NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Western Mustangs 3 (226-2) 3 (239-3) 3 (253-3) 3 (244-2) 3 (244-1) 3 (247) 3 (250-1) 2 (267-3) 2 (261-4) 2 (270-4) Windsor Lancers NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 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 Quebec2015 CIS Football Awards and All-Canadians Ontario Atlantic Canada West NATIONAL Hec Crighton Trophy Trenton Miller (Concordia) Will Finch (Western) Ashton Dickson (St. Francis Xavier) Andrew Buckley (Calgary) Andrew Buckley (Calgary) Presidents' Trophy Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou (Montreal) John Rush (Guelph) Drew Morris (Acadia) Robert Woodson (Calgary) John Rush (Guelph) J. P. Metras Trophy Charles Vaillancourt (Laval) Kwaku Boateng (Wilfrid Laurier) Jesse St. James (Acadia) David Onyemata (Manitoba) David Onyemata (Manitoba) Peter Gorman Trophy Mathieu Betts (Laval) Jesse Amankwaa (York) Donovan Glave (Mount Allison) Jamel Lyles (Manitoba) Mathieu Betts (Laval) Russ Jackson Award Jérémi Roch (Sherbrooke) Curtis Carmichael (Queen's) Will Wojcik (Acadia) DJ Lalama (Manitoba) Curtis Carmichael (Queen's) Frank Tindall Trophy Glen Constantin (Laval) Greg Marshall (Western) Gary Waterman (St. Francis Xavier) Wayne Harris Jr. (Calgary) Wayne Harris Jr. (Calgary)

All-Canadian team

First team Offence QB – Andrew Buckley – Calgary RB – Dillon Campbell – Laurier RB – Mercer Timmis – Calgary IR – Mitch Hillis – Saskatchewan IR – Ian Stewart – Ottawa WR – Rashaun Simonise – Calgary WR – Daniel Vandervoort – McMaster C – Sean McEwen – Calgary G – Charles Vaillancourt – Laval G – Sean Jamieson – Western T – Braden Schram – Calgary T – Jason Lauzon-Séguin – Laval Defence DT – David Onyemata – Manitoba DT – Samuel Narkaj – Concordia DE – Mathieu Betts – Laval DE – Jesse St. James – Acadia LB – John Rush – Guelph LB – Drew Morris – Acadia LB – Doctor Cassama – Calgary FS – Jesse McNair – Western HB – Robert Woodson – Calgary HB – Maïko Zepeda – Montreal CB – Godrey Onyeka – Laurier CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary Special teams P – Quinn van Gylswyk – British Columbia K – Johnny Mark – Calgary RET – Tunde Adeleke – Carleton Second team Offence QB – Will Finch – Western RB – Alex Taylor – Western RB – Ashton Dickson – St. Francis Xavier IR – Brian Jones – Acadia IR – Jimmy Ralph – Alberta WR – Yanic Lessard – Concordia WR – Jacob Scarfone – Guelph C – Matthew Van Praet – Western G – Darius Ciraco – Calgary G – Philippe Gagnon – Laval T – Eddie Meredith – Western T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier Defence DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia DT – Adam Melanson – Acadia DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal LB – Shayne Gauthier – Laval LB – Jake Heathcote – McMaster LB – Micah Teitz – Calgary FS – Kwame Adjei – Mount Allison HB – Nicholas Parisotto – Guelph HB – Mikaël Charland – Concordia CB – Alex Hovington – Laval CB – Devante Sampson – Mount Allison Special teams P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal K – Gabriel Ferraro – Guelph RET – Jamel Lyles – Manitoba

Championships The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2015, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.

Playoff bracket

The seed of the OUA Semi-Final is done so that the first-place team play the weakest team still alive.

Teams

+ Canada West Football ConferenceHardy TrophyInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityHardy TrophiesVanier Cups University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Vancouver BC1923Blake Nill43,579$1.01B Thunderbird Stadium3,500143 University of Calgary Dinos Calgary AB1964Wayne Harris Jr.28,196$444M McMahon Stadium35,650154 University of Alberta Golden Bears Edmonton AB1910Chris Morris36,435$751M Foote Field3,500183 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon SK1912Brian Towriss19,082$136.7M Griffiths Stadium6,171203 University of Regina Rams Regina SK1999Mike Gibson12,800$25.9M Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field32,84810 University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB1920Brian Dobie27,599$303M Investors Group Field33,422113

+ Ontario University AthleticsYates CupInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityYates CupsVanier Cups University of Windsor Lancers Windsor ON 1968 Joe D'Amore 13,496 $32.5M South Campus Stadium 2,000 1 0 University of Western Ontario Mustangs London ON 1929 Greg Marshall 30,000 $266.6M TD Stadium 10,000 30 6 University of Waterloo Warriors Waterloo ON 1957 Chris Bertoia 27,978 $172M Warrior Field 5,200 2 0 Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1961 Michael Faulds 12,394 --- University Stadium 6,000 7 2 University of Guelph Gryphons Guelph ON 1950 Stu Lang 19,408 $164.2M Alumni Stadium 4,100 3 1 McMaster University Marauders Hamilton ON 1901 Stefan Ptaszek 25,688 $498.5M Ron Joyce Stadium 6,000 7 1 University of Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto ON 1877 Greg Gary 73,185 $1.823B Varsity Stadium 5,000 25 2 York University Lions Toronto ON 1969 Warren Craney 42,400 $306M York Stadium 2,500 0 0 Queen's University Golden Gaels Kingston ON 1882 Pat Sheahan 20,566 $657M Richardson Stadium 8,500 23 4 University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa ON 1894 Jamie Barresi 35,548 $128.4M Gee-Gees Field 4,152 4 2 Carleton University Ravens Ottawa ON 1945 Steve Sumarah 25,890 $230M Keith Harris Stadium 3,000 0 0

+ Réseau du sport étudiant du QuébecDunsmore CupInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityDunsmore CupsVanier Cups Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1974 Mickey Donovan 38,809 $54.4M Concordia Stadium 4,000 3 0 Université de Montréal Carabins Montreal QC 2002 Danny Maciocia 55,540 $89.5M CEPSUM Stadium 5,100 2 1 McGill University Redmen Montreal QC 1898 Ronald Hilaire 32,514 $973.6M Molson Stadium 25,012 3 1 Université Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City QC 1996 Glen Constantin 37,591 $105.3M PEPS Stadium 12,257 12 8 Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or Sherbrooke QC 1971 David Lessard 35,000 --- Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 3,359 0 0 Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1884 Kevin Mackey 1,817 --- Coulter Field 2,200 4 0

+ Atlantic University Football ConferenceJewett TrophyInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityJewett TrophiesVanier Cups Acadia University Axemen Wolfville NS 1957 Jeff Cummins 3,770 $40M Raymond Field 3,000 12 2 Mount Allison University Mounties Sackville NB 1955 Kelly Jeffrey 2,614 $110M MacAulay Field 2,500 5 0 Saint Francis Xavier University X-Men Antigonish NS 1954 Gary Waterman 4,871 $59.4M Oland Stadium 4,000 11 1 Saint Mary's University Huskies Halifax NS 1956 Perry Marchese 7,433 $16.9M Huskies Stadium 4,000 24 3

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