The 2002 CIS football season began on August 27, 2002, and concluded with the 38th Vanier Cup national championship on November 23 at the

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, with the

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winning their second consecutive championship and third overall. Twenty-six

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across Canada competed in

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this season, the highest level of amateur play in

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, under the auspices of the

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(CIS).

Awards and records

Awards

Hec Crighton Trophy The Hec Crighton Trophy (sometimes referred to as the Hec Crighton Award) is awarded annually to the most outstanding Canadian football player in U Sports. The trophy is named after the late Hec Crighton - teacher, coach, referee, and author of th ...

– Tommy Denison, Queen's *

Presidents' Trophy The Presidents' Trophy (french: Trophée des présidents) is an award presented by the National Hockey League (NHL) to the team that finishes with the most points (i.e. best record) during the NHL regular season. If two teams are tied for the mo ...

– Adam MacDonald, St. Francis Xavier *

Russ Jackson Award 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 ...

– Lincoln Blumell, Calgary Dinos *

J. P. Metras Trophy The J. P. Metras Trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding down lineman in U Sports football. The award was first initiated in 1974 and is named after John Pius Metras. Metras was a former coach of the Western Mustangs from 1939 to 1969 ...

–

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, Manitoba *

Peter Gorman Trophy The Peter Gorman Trophy is awarded to the Rookie of the Year in U Sports Football. The Trophy acknowledges the great contribution Peter Gorman has made to the development of Canadian University Football. As founder of the Canadian College Bowl, his ...

–

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, Western Ontario

All-Canadian team

First team

Offence

* QB Tommy Denison, Queen's * RB Kyle Pyear, McMaster * RB Dean Jones, St. Mary's * WR

, Western * WR Andrew Noel, Acadia * IR Andrew Sharp, Manitoba * IR

Brad Smith Brad or Bradley Smith may refer to: Sportspeople * Bradley Smith (cricketer) (born 1969), English former cricketer * Brad Smith (footballer, born 1948), Australian rules footballer and premiership coach of East Fremantle * Brad Smith (ice hockey) ...

, Queen's * OT François Boulianne, Laval * OT Brock Flemming, Ottawa * OG Jim Merrick, McGill * OG Dave Forde, McMaster * C Chris Bochen, Manitoba

Defence

* DE Paul Brown, StFX * DE Stephen Young, McGill * DT

, Manitoba * DT

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, Laval * LB Adam MacDonald, StFX * LB

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, UBC * LB

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, McMaster * CB Richard Karikari, StFX * CB Boyd Barrett, Manitoba * DB Art Tolhurst, UBC * DB

Matthieu Proulx Matthieu Proulx (born April 16, 1981) is a former safety with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Early years Proulx was born in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, but his family relocated to Gatineau. He began Canadian football as ...

, Laval * FS David Aiken, Concordia

Special teams

* K

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, Manitoba * P

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, Regina

Second Team

Offence

* QB Shane Munson, Manitoba * RB

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, Regina * RB Nick Hoffmann, McGill * WR Jamie Elliott, Calgary * WR Jason Currie, St. Mary's * IR

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, St. Mary's * IR Blake Machan, Calgary * OT Steve Morley, St. Mary's * OT

Fabio Filice Fabio Filice (born July 16, 1981) is a Canadian former Canadian Football League guard who retired after the 2008 CFL season. Filice played most of his career as an offensive lineman with his crowning achievement coming in 2008 when he won the Gre ...

, McMaster * OG Darren Presley, Calgary * OG Daniel Frame, Acadia * C Jonathon Landon, Queen's

Defence

* DE Warren Doepker, Manitoba * DE Jeet Rana, York * DT Nicholas Comly, Acadia * DT Tyler Lynem, Calgary * LB Mike Mahoney, McGill * LB Sebastien Roy, Mt Allison * LB Joey Mikawoz, Manitoba * CB Pascal Masson, Laval * CB Kwame Aidoo, McMaster * DB Dennis Mavrin, York * DB Brandon Little, McMaster * FS

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, UBC

Special teams

* K Michel Ray, McMaster * P Anand Pillai, McGill

Results

Regular-season standings

''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points'' ''Teams in bold have earned playoff berths.

Top 10

Ranks in ''italics'' are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes.
NR = Not Ranked. Source:

Championships

The Vanier Cup was played between the champions of the

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and the

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, the national semi-final games. In 2002, the Mitchell Bowl replaced the long-standing

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that had traditionally seen

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in Halifax host the annual game. This was done to increase competitive fairness in the CIAU. The Ontario conference's

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championship team hosted the winners of the Atlantic conference

Loney Bowl The Jewett Trophy is a Canadian sports trophy, in honour of Dr. B. L. Jewett, presented annually to the winner of the Atlantic University Sport Football Conference of U Sports. Unlike the other three conference championship games, the game in whi ...

championship for the Churchill Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference

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visited the

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Quebec champion for the Mitchell Bowl.

Vanier Cup

Notes

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