The 2012 CIS football season began on August 31, 2012 with the Saskatchewan Huskies hosting the Alberta Golden Bears at Griffiths Stadium. The season concluded on November 23 in Toronto, Ontario with the 48th Vanier Cup championship, won by the Laval Rouge et Or after they defeated the McMaster Marauders 37-14. This year, 26 university teams in Canada are scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

Regular season standings

Top 10 + FRC-CIS Top 10 Rankings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121009-top10-7 FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#7): McMaster still No. 1, Laval up to No. 3 following big win 8https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121016-top10-8 FRC – CIS Football Top 10 (#8): McMaster still No. 1, Montreal and Guelph win Top-10 battles 9https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121023-top10-9 FRC - CIS Football Top 10 (#9): No. 1 McMaster wraps up unblemished regular season 10https://presto-fr.usports.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121030-top10-10 Top 10 Football de SIC - AJFC (#10): McMaster domine le dernier scrutin de 2012 Acadia Axemen 9 (51) 9 (51) 8 (76) 11 (19) 11 (21) 10 (41) 10 (43) 9 (53) 9 (39) 9 (48) Alberta Golden Bears NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Bishop's Gaiters NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Calgary Dinos 3 (246-1) 3 (249) 2 (256) 2 (267-1) 2 (268-1) 2 (270-1) 2 (268-1) 2 (270-1) 3 (225) 3 (229) Concordia Stingers 15 (3) 13 (5) NR 14 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR Guelph Gryphons 13 (23) 14 (2) 12 (13) 13 (5) 12 (17) 9 (50) 7 (114) 5 (177) 5 (169) 5 (167) Laurier Golden Hawks 16 (2) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Laval Rouge et Or 2 (257-4) 2 (256) 3 (224) 4 (220) 4 (223) 4 (220) 3 (243) 3 (238) 2 (266) 2 (266) Manitoba Bisons 14 (6) 10 (44) 7 (126) 8 (89) 8 (92) 8 (87) 8 (94) 10 (22) 10 (28) 12 (7) McGill Redmen NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR McMaster Marauders 1 (294-25) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) 1 (299-29) 1 (299-29) 1 (299-29) 1 (299-29) 1 (299-29) 1 (300-30) 1 (300-30) Montreal Carabins 4 (180) 4 (220) 4 (210) 3 (231) 3 (223) 3 (236) 5 (180) 4 (212) 4 (224) 4 (219) Mount Allison Mounties NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ottawa Gee-Gees NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Queen's Golden Gaels 6 (121) 6 (156) 6 (160) 5 (184) 5 (162) 5 (175) 4 (190) 6 (161) 6 (140) 6 (146) Regina Rams 12 (35) 12 (8) 10 (31) 9 (70) 7 (129) 6 (157) 6 (146) 8 (84) 7 (139) 7 (138) Saint Mary's Huskies NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Saskatchewan Huskies 8 (81) 8 (93) 9 (39) 7 (89) 10 (25) 13 (3) NR 11 (18) 12 (4) 11 (9) Sherbrooke Vert et Or 11 (45) 15 (1) 11 (14) 10 (35) 9 (32) 11 (10) 11 (7) 12 (16) 11 (27) 10 (33) St. Francis Xavier X-Men NR NR 14 (2) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Toronto Varsity Blues NR 16 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR UBC Thunderbirds 7 (100) 11 (12) NR 15 (1) NR NR NR NR NR NR Waterloo Warriors NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Western Mustangs 5 (142) 5 (161) 5 (177) 6 (141) 6 (143) 7 (115) 9 (48) 7 (98) 8 (89) 8 (88) Windsor Lancers 10 (50) 7 (95) 13 (4) 12 (6) 13 (1) 12 (5) NR NR NR NR York Lions NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not ranked, received no votes. Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.

Championships The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2012, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions (Acadia Axemen) met the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team (Laval Rouge et Or) for the Uteck Bowl. The Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Acadia Axemen in this game. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy (Calgary Dinos) visited the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion (McMaster Marauders) for the Mitchell Bowl. The Laval Rouge et Or defeated the McMaster Marauders 37-14 in the Vanier Cup to earn their seventh title.

Playoff bracket

Post-Season Awards + CIS Post-Season Awards QuebecMcMaster’s Quinlan claims Hec Crighton Trophy Ontario Atlantic Canada West NATIONAL Hec Crighton Trophy Rotrand Sené (Montreal) Kyle Quinlan (McMaster) Kyle Graves (Acadia) Eric Dzwilewski (Calgary) Kyle Quinlan (McMaster) Presidents' Trophy Frédéric Plesius (Laval) Aram Eisho (McMaster) Brett Hubbeard (St. Francis Xavier) Mike Edem (Calgary) Frédéric Plesius (Laval) J. P. Metras Trophy Jean-Samuel Blanc (Montreal) Ben D'Aguilar (McMaster) Rob Jubenville (Saint Mary's) Brett Jones (Regina) Ben D'Aguilar (McMaster) Peter Gorman Trophy Shaquille Johnson (McGill) Yannick Harou (Western) Thomas Troop (Acadia) Brett Blaszko (Calgary) Shaquille Johnson (McGill) Russ Jackson Award David Haddrall (Bishop's) Zach Androschuk (Guelph) Matthew Albright (Saint Mary's) Brett Jones (Regina) Zach Androschuk (Guelph)Ptaszek named top coach, Androschuk claims Russ Jackson Award Frank Tindall Trophy Glen Constantin (Laval) Stefan Ptaszek (McMaster) Jeff Cummins (Acadia) Blake Nill (Calgary) Stefan Ptaszek (McMaster)

All-Canadian Team

First Team Offence Kyle Quinlan, QB, McMaster Garrett Sanvido, RB, Western Steven Lumbala, RB, Calgary Kit Hillis, WR, Saskatchewan Nick Anapolsky, WR, Waterloo Jordan Brescacin, IR, Windsor Michael Squires, IR, Acadia Pierre Lavertu, C, Laval Kirby Fabien, OT, Calgary Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, OT, McGill Jason Medeiros, G, McMaster Brett Jones, G, Regina Defence David Rybinski, DT, Saskatchewan Daryl Waud, DT, Western Ben D'Aguilar, DE, McMaster Jean-Samuel Blanc, DE, Montreal Aram Eisho, LB, McMaster Frédéric Plesius, LB, Laval Mathieu Masseau, SAM, Laval Teague Sherman, FS, Manitoba Tijani Chase-Dunawa, HB, Queen's Kirby Kezama, HB, Regina Jamir Walker, CB, Regina Joey Cupido, CB, McMaster Special Teams Kyle Graves, P, Acadia Tyler Crapigna, K, McMaster Nic Demski, RET, Manitoba Second Team Offence Kyle Graves, QB, Acadia Anthony Coombs, RB, Manitoba Ryan Granberg, RB, Queen's Shaq Johnson, WR, McGill Taylor Renaud, WR, Acadia Chris Dobko, IR, Calgary Robert Babic, IR, McMaster Quinn McCaughan, C, Calgary Matt Sewell, OT, McMaster Christopher Mercer, OT, Regina Charles Vaillancourt, G, Laval Colin Murray, G, Acadia Defence Jacob LeBlanc, DT, Mount Allison John Miniaci, DT, Queen's Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, DE, Laval Rob Jubenville, DE, Saint Mary's Sam Sabourin, LB, Queen's Brett Hubbeard, LB, St Francis Xavier Steve Famulak, LB, Regina Michael Daly, FS, McMaster Antoine Pruneau, HB, Montreal Cameron Wade, HB, Acadia Kayin Marchand-Wright, CB, Saint Mary's Fode Yansane, CB, Montreal Special Teams Chris Bodnar, P, Regina Johnny Mark, K, Calgary Kris Robertson, RET, Concordia https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/all-cdns AMJ Campbell All-Canadian banquet: All-Canadian teams announced

Teams

+ Canada West Football ConferenceHardy TrophyInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Vancouver BC1923Shawn Olson43,579$1.05B Thunderbird Stadium3,500 University of Calgary Dinos Calgary AB1964Blake Nill28,196$516.7M McMahon Stadium35,650 University of Alberta Golden Bears Edmonton AB1910Jeff Stead36,435$800.3M Foote Field3,500 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon SK1912Brian Towriss19,082$214M Griffiths Stadium6,171 University of Regina Rams Regina SK1999Frank McCrystal12,800$27.4M Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field32,848 University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB1920Brian Dobie27,599$357M University Stadium5,000

+ Ontario University AthleticsYates CupInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity University of Windsor Lancers Windsor ON 1968 Joe D'Amore 13,496 $65.3M South Campus Stadium 2,000 University of Western Ontario Mustangs London ON 1929 Greg Marshall 30,000 $371.7M TD Waterhouse Stadium 10,000 University of Waterloo Warriors Waterloo ON 1957 Joe Paopao 27,978 $247.3M Warrior Field 5,200 Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1961 Gary Jeffries 12,394 $70.1M University Stadium 6,000 University of Guelph Gryphons Guelph ON 1950 Stu Lang 19,408 $228.2M Alumni Stadium 4,100 McMaster University McMaster Marauders Hamilton ON 1901 Stefan Ptaszek 25,688 $519.2M Ron Joyce Stadium 6,000 University of Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto ON 1877 Greg Gary 73,185 $1.518B Varsity Stadium 5,000 York University Lions Toronto ON 1969 Warren Craney 42,400 $331.1M York Stadium 2,500 Queen's University Golden Gaels Kingston ON 1882 Pat Sheahan 20,566 $584.4M Richardson Stadium 10,258 University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa ON 1894 Gary Etcheverry 35,548 $183.9M Beckwith Stadium 1,500

+ Quebec University Football LeagueDunsmore CupInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1974 Gerry McGrath 38,809 --- Concordia Stadium 4,000 Université de Montréal Carabins Montreal QC 2002 Danny Maciocia 55,540 $133.9 CEPSUM Stadium 5,100 McGill University Redmen Montreal QC 1898 Clint Uttley 32,514 $920.8M Molson Stadium 25,012 Université Laval Rouge et Or Quebec City QC 1996 Glen Constantin 37,591 --- PEPS Stadium 12,257 Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or Sherbrooke QC 1971 David Lessard 35,000 --- Université de Sherbrooke Stadium 3,359 Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1884 Kevin Mackey 1,817 --- Coulter Field 2,200

+ Atlantic University Football ConferenceJewett TrophyInstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacity Acadia University Axemen Wolfville NS 1957 Jeff Cummins 3,770 $57.4M Raymond Field 3,000 Mount Allison University Mounties Sackville NB 1955 Kelly Jeffrey 2,614 $111.1M MacAulay Field 2,500 Saint Francis Xavier University X-Men Antigonish NS 1954 Gary Waterman 4,871 $90.05M Oland Stadium 4,000 Saint Mary's University Huskies Halifax NS 1956 Perry Marchese 7,433 $22.7M Huskies Stadium 4,000

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