The 2004 CIS football season began on September 2, 2004, and concluded with the 40th Vanier Cup national championship on November 27 at

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, with the

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winning their third championship and second consecutive. Twenty-seven

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across Canada competed in CIS football this season, the highest level of amateur play in

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, under the auspices of

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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 t ...

–

Jesse Lumsden Jesse Lumsden (born August 3, 1982) is a Canadian Olympic bobsledder and a retired Canadian football player, who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders. Career Football Lumsden is the son of former CFL fullba ...

, McMaster *

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 ...

–

Mickey Donovan Mickey Donovan is a professional Canadian football coach who is currently the special teams coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). College career Donovan played college football for two years for the Maine B ...

, Concordia *

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 ...

– Nathan Beveridge, UBC * J. P. Metras Trophy – Troy Cunningham, Concordia *

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 ...

– Kyle Williams, Bishop's

All-Canadian team

First Team

;Offence :Steve Bilan, QB, Saskatchewan :

, RB, McMaster :

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, RB, York :

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, WR, Western :Andrew Ginther, WR, Alberta :

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, IR, Windsor :Nathan Beveridge, IR, UBC :

Dominic Picard Dominic Picard (born June 22, 1982) is a former professional Canadian football centre and is currently the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the Sherbrooke Vert & Or of U Sports. He played for four different teams over an 11-year ...

, C, Laval :Ben Walsh, G, McGill :

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, G, McMaster :Pierre Tremblay, T, Laval :Richard Yalowsky, T, Calgary ;Defence :Troy Cunningham, DE, Concordia :Kyle Markin, DE, Acadia :Nick Johansson, DT, UBC :Marc-André Dion, DT, Laval :David Lowry, LB, Alberta : Jason Pottinger, LB, McMaster :

, LB, Concordia :Gregory Lavaud, CB, Montréal :Eric Nielsen, CB, Acadia :Derek Baldry, HB, Alberta : Ian Logan, HB, Laurier :Jason Milne, FS, Alberta ;Special Teams :

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, P, Concordia : Rob Pikula, K, Western

Second Team

;Offense :Ryan Pyear, QB, Laurier :Jarred Winkel, RB, Alberta :Jeronimo Huerta Flores, RB, Laval :Kenneth Branco, WR, Ottawa :Ivan Birungi, WR, Acadia :Michael Black, IR, Acadia :Iain Fleming, IR, Queen's :Evan Haney, C, Calgary :Geoff St. Denis, G, Western :Adam Krajewski, G, Simon Fraser :Ryan Jeffrey, T, Laurier :Chris Sutherland, T, Saskatchewan ;Defence :

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, DE, York : Jeff Robertshaw, DE, McMaster :Ryan Gottselig, DT, Saskatchewan : Andrew Jones, DT, McMaster :Marc Trépanier, LB, Montréal :Jesse Alexander, LB, Laurier :Matt Harding, LB, Mount Allison :Conor Healey, CB, Laurier :Ryan Barnstable, CB, Saskatchewan : Dustin Cherniawski, HB, UBC :

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, HB, Saint Mary's :John Sullivan, FS, Waterloo ;Special Teams : Rob Pikula, P, Western :No nomination, K

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

NR = Not Ranked.

Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the

Mitchell Bowl The Mitchell Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of U Sports football, Canada's national competition for university teams that play Canadian football. It is held in the more westerly location of the two semifinal venues. The winner of this game ...

and the

Uteck Bowl The Uteck Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of U Sports football, Canada's national competition for university teams that play Canadian football. It is held in the easternmost of the two semifinal venues. The Uteck Bowl champion moves on to f ...

, the national semi-final games. In 2005, according to the rotating schedule, the winners of the Canada West conference

Hardy Trophy The Hardy Trophy is a Canadian sport trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Football Conference of U Sports, the country's governing body for university athletics. It is named for Evan Hard ...

met the winners of the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship for the Mitchell Bowl. The Ontario conference's

Yates Cup The Yates Cup (french: La Coupe Yates) is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of U Sports. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back ...

championship team travelled to the

Dunsmore Cup The Dunsmore Cup (french: Coupe Dunsmore) is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the university-level football competition conducted by Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), the governing body for all student sport ...

Quebec champion for the Uteck Bowl.

Vanier Cup

Notes

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