The 2009 CIS football season began on August 29, 2009, and concluded its campaign with the 45th

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national championship on November 28 at

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stadium in

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. Twenty-seven

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across

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compete in CIS football, the highest level of amateur play in

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, under the auspices of

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(CIS). The

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defeated the

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33-31 in the Vanier Cup to claim the 2009 national championship and their fourth in school history.

Schedule

The regular-season schedule began early with a single

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game in week one on Saturday, August 23, between the

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and the

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. The

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, and remaining CWUAA teams got underway the following week during the

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weekend, and the

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conference began their matches the week following that.

Awards and records

Awards

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– Erik Glavic, Calgary *

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 ...

–

Cory Greenwood Cory James Greenwood (born June 5, 1985) is a professional Canadian football linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a Grey Cup champion having won the 106th Grey Cup with the Stampeders. He played coll ...

, 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 ...

– Thomas Hall, Manitoba * J. P. Metras Trophy –

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, Windsor *

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–

Linden Gaydosh Linden David Gaydosh (born January 4, 1991) is a Canadian football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played CIS football with the Calgary D ...

, Calgary

All-Canadian Team

First Team

;Offence : Erik Glavic, QB, Calgary :

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, RB, Sherbrooke :

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, RB, Calgary :

Nathan Coehoorn Nathan Joel Coehoorn (born September 17, 1986) is a former Canadian football wide receiver who played his entire professional career for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. After the 2010 CIS football season, 2010 CIS season, he w ...

, WR, Calgary :

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, WR, St. Francis Xavier : Gary Ross, IR, Mount Allison : Scott Valberg, IR, Queen's :

, C, Windsor : Matthew O'Donnell, OT, Queen's : David Bouchard, OT, Laval : Justin Glover, G, McMaster : Pascal Baillargeon, G, Laval ;Defence : Jean-Philippe Gilbert, DT, Laval : Gregory Alexandre, DT, Montreal : Mathieu Brossard, DE, Montreal : Osie Ukwuoma, DE, Queen's :

, LB, Corcordia : John Surla, LB, Western Ontario : Henoc Muamba, LB, St. Francis Xavier : Anthony DesLauriers, FS, Simon Fraser : Maxime Bérubé, HB, Laval : James Savoie, HB, Guelph : Olivier Turcotte-Létourneau, CB, Laval : Jim Allin, CB, Queen's ;Special Teams : Hugh O'Neill, P, Alberta : Perri Scarcelli, K, Regina : Dillon Heap, RET, Wilfrid Laurier

Second Team

;Offence :

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, QB, Western Ontario : Nathan Riva, RB, Western Ontario : Nick FitzGibbon, RB, Guelph : Julian Feoli Gudino, WR, Laval : Cyril Adjeitey, WR, Ottawa : Anthony Parker, IR, Calgary :

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, IR, Concordia : Derek Weber, C, Saint Mary's : Kristian Matte, OT, Concordia :

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, OT, Calgary : Terriss Paliwoda, G, Alberta :

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, G, Western Ontario ;Defence : Sébastien Tétreault, DT, Ottawa :

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, DT, Manitoba : Craig Gerbrandt, DE, Alberta : David Skillen, DE, St. Francis Xavier :

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, LB, Calgary : Tommy Lynch, LB, St. Francis Xavier : Giancarlo Rapanaro, LB, Wilfrid Laurier : Courtney Stephen, FS, Wilfrid Laurier : Mike Miller, HB, Acadia : Mark Holden, HB, Saint Mary's :

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, CB, Saskatchewan : Dylan Hollohan, CB, St. Francis Xavier ;Special Teams :

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, P, Laval :

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, K, Saint Mary's : Gary Ross, RET, Mount Allison

Records

, three active CIS quarterbacks were climbing the top ten career passing records. Danny Brannagan of Queen's Golden Gaels was in fifth place for both all-time 9,236 career passing yards and 71 touchdowns.

of Western Mustangs was in sixth place just behind Brannagan with 9,137 career passing yards and Justin Dunk, of the Guelph Gryphons was seventh with 9,093 passing yards. In their rivalry game on October 17, 2009, both Brannagan and Faulds became only the second and third players, respectively, to pass for over 10,000 yards in their career. Faulds would eventually pass Brannagan and claim the title of All-Time Passing Leader, totaling 10,811 career yards, as well as the CIS single-season passing record with 3,033 yards. Brannagan would have to settle with second on the all-time list after a disappointing final game of the season left him with 10,714 for his career. McGill wide receiver Charles-Antoine Sinotte was in eighth place on the career receptions list with 172 catches, and working towards reaching the record of 194 catches that former Redmen teammate

Erik Galas Erik Galas (born July 16, 1986) is a former professional Canadian football slotback. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Alouettes in 2009. He played CIS football for the McGill Redmen. Galas is the all-time leader for catches ...

set in the 2008 CIS football season. Guelph kicker

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was in eighth place on the CIS all-time field goals list with 54. Saskatchewan Huskies kicker

, kicked a 55-yard field goal on October 17 against Manitoba, to tie a

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record for longest field goal. It was two yards shy of the all-time CIS record of 57 yards.

Results

Regular season standings

Top 10

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

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and the

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, the national semi-final games. In 2009, according to the rotating schedule, the

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Quebec championship team will meet the Ontario conference's

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champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference

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travel to the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions for the Uteck Bowl. The Canada West play-offs start with the top four placed teams from the regular season, with the top placed team hosting the fourth place and the second place team hosting the third placed. The winners of those semi-finals then compete for the Hardy Cup championship who then travels to the Atlantic champion for a national semi-final game. The Quebec play-offs similarly play-off the top four placed teams with the Dunsmore Cup champions moving on to compete for the Mitchell Bowl against the Ontario champions. The Ontario conference starts out with the top six placed teams from the regular season. The third placed team hosts the sixth place team and the fourth placed team host the team in fifth place. The winners then take on the top two placed teams in the conference semi-finals and the semi-final champions compete for the Yates Cup. The Ontario champions, in 2009, host the Quebec conference champions for the Mitchell Bowl national semi-final game. The Atlantic conference play-offs the second and third placed teams to determine who plays the first place team at the Loney Bowl for the

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. The Atlantic winner then hosts the Canada West champion to meet in the Uteck Bowl national semi-final.

Playoff bracket

Notes

External links

2009 Vanier Cup Media Kit
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