The 33rd

Vanier Cup The Vanier Cup (french: Coupe Vanier) is the championship of Canadian university football. It is organized by U Sports football and is currently played between the winners of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl. It is named after Georges Vanier, ...

was played on November 22, 1997, at the

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, and decided the CIAU football champion for the 1997 season. The

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won their third championship by defeating the

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by a score of 39-23.

Game summary

UBC Thunderbirds (39) - TDs, Shawn Olson, Frank Luisser,

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(2); FGs, Aaron Roed (4); cons., Aaron Roed (3). Ottawa Gee-Gees (23) - TDs,

Ousmane Tounkara Ousmane Tounkara (born December 25, 1973) is a former Canadian football wide receiver who played three seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Roughriders in the second round of the ...

, Haluke; FGs, McNeice (4); 2-point cons.,

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(2); singles, Watters.

Scoring summary

;First Quarter :UBC - FG Roed 23 (4:29) :UBC - TD Olson 1 run (convert failed) (9:10) :OTT - Single Watters 54 (14:54) ;Second Quarter :OTT - FG McNeice 14 (2:10) :UBC - TD Luisser 29 pass from Olson (Roed Convert) (7:45) :OTT - FG McNeice 44 (14:37) :UBC - FG Roed 21 (15:00) ;Third Quarter :UBC - FG Roed 23 (10:53) :UBC - TD Nohra 1 run (Roed convert) (15:00) ;Fourth Quarter :UBC - FG Roed 42 (2:50) :UBC - TD Nohra 19 run (Roed convert) (5:23) :OTT - TD O. Tounkara 1 run (I. Tounkara pass from Côté) (12:32) :OTT - TD Haluke 11 pass from Côté (I. Tounkara pass from Côté) (13:06)

References

External links

Official website
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