The 2018
U Sports football
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season began on August 24, 2018 with the
St. Francis Xavier X-Men
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His ...
visiting the
Saint Mary's Huskies in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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.
The
Quebec Student Sport Federation
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teams played an hour later with the
Laval Rouge et Or
The Laval Rouge et Or (, ''Red and Gold'') are the athletic teams that represent Université Laval, located in Quebec City, Quebec. Home games are all held in the PEPS indoor and outdoor sports facilities.
Varsity teams
Laval Rouge et Or teams co ...
visiting the
Sherbrooke Vert et Or
The Sherbrooke Vert & Or ("Sherbrooke Green & Gold") is the athletic teams that represent the Université de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The team plays in Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (French for "Quebec Student Sports Netw ...
and the
McGill Redmen
The McGill Redbirds (formerly the McGill Redmen) and McGill Martlets are the varsity athletic teams that represent McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Team name
According to Suzanne Morton, a professor of history at McGill, the name ...
playing the
Montreal Carabins
The Montréal Carabins are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Teams play at the CEPSUM Stadium and at l'aréna du CEPSUM, located at the Université de Montréal campus.
...
.
The
Ontario University Athletics
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teams began play on August 25, 2018 and the
Canada West
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teams opened their season one week later on August 31, 2018.
The conference championships were played on November 10 and the season will conclude on November 24 with the
54th Vanier Cup championship at
PEPS Stadium
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in
Quebec City, Quebec
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.
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teams in Canada
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are scheduled to play U Sports football
U Sports football is the highest level of amateur play of Canadian football and operates under the auspices of U Sports (formerly Canadian Interuniversity Sport). Twenty-seven teams from Canadian universities are divided into four athletic confe ...
, the highest level of amateur Canadian football
Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...
.
Regular season
Standings
Post-season awards
Award-winners
All-Canadian Team
Post-season
The Vanier Cup
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is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl
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and the Uteck Bowl
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, the national semi-final games. In 2018, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy
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championship team will visit the 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 ...
Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl will visit the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup
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championship team for the Uteck Bowl.
Conference Playoffs
Atlantic University Sport
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Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
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Ontario University Athletics
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Canada West Universities Athletic Association
National Semifinals
National Championship
References
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