The 2nd

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 19, 1966, at

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, and decided Canada's university football champions by way of a national invitation to participate in the game. The

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and the Waterloo Lutheran Golden Hawks were invited by a national panel to compete in a single elimination game to decide the Canadian

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

champion for the 1966 season. The X-Men won their first ever championship by defeating the Golden Hawks by a score of 40-14.

References

External links

Official website
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