The 46th

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, ...

took place on November 27, 2010, at

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, determining the

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champions for

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. 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 c ...

defeated the

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29–2 to win their sixth national title in twelve years. Including the playoffs, the Rouge et Or won thirteen games, a single season record. Laval's defence held Calgary to 147 yards on offence; the Dinos' only points came on a conceded safety in the second quarter. Sébastien Lévesque won the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as

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, rushing for 168 yards and one touchdown. On defence, the Bruce Coulter Award went to Marc-Antoine Beaudoin-Cloutier, who recorded 4.5 tackles and a sack.

Game summary

Calgary Dinos (2) - safety touch. Laval Rouge et Or (29) - TDs, Sébastien Lévesque, Yannick Morin-Plante; FGs Christopher Milo (5); cons., Milo (2).

Scoring summary

;First Quarter :LAV - TD Lévesque 41 run (Milo convert) (4:27) 7 - 0 LAV :LAV - TD Morin-Plante 40 pass from Prud'homme (Milo convert) (7:43) 14 - 0 LAV :LAV - FG Milo 12 (13:39) 17 - 0 LAV ;Second Quarter :CGY - Safety Team, Milo concedes (4:09) 17 - 2 LAV :LAV - FG Milo 24 (6:46) 20 - 2 LAV :LAV - FG Milo 23 (10:49) 23 - 2 LAV :LAV - FG Milo 27 (14:49) 26 - 2 LAV ;Third Quarter :No Scoring ;Fourth Quarter :LAV - FG Milo 18 (13:29) 29 - 2 LAV

Notable game facts

*In what was statistically the most commanding defensive effort in Vanier Cup history, the Rouge et Or held the Dinos offence to just 140 net yards, bettering the previous Vanier Cup mark of 161 net yards allowed by the

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in their 1984 victory over the

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. *Laval became just the second school to win a Vanier Cup game in their home city, following the

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, who won championships at

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in 1965 and at SkyDome (now the

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) in 1993. *Calgary completed its third straight campaign with a defeat at

, having lost both the 2008

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to Laval and 2009 Vanier Cup to the

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in Quebec City. *Laval won a third Vanier Cup against head coach Blake Nill. The first two occurrences happened in 1999 and 2003 while Nill was coaching the

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. *After their win, the Laval Rouge et Or have now won six national titles, tied for first overall with the

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. However, Laval is undefeated in six games, whereas Western has won six games and lost six games. *With this title, Glen Constantin becomes the first to win 5 Vanier Cup titles as head coach. Peter Connellan, former Calgary head coach, comes second with 4 wins.

Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the

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and the

, the national semi-final games. In 2010, according to the rotating schedule, 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 championship team will meet 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 ...

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

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will host the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions for the Mitchell Bowl.

Playoff bracket

References

External links

Official website
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