The Atlantic Bowl was one of the two national semifinal men's football games of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (now known as U Sports). The winner of the Atlantic Bowl would meet the winner of the Churchill Bowl for the Vanier Cup. It was replaced by the Uteck Bowl in 2001 following the death of Larry Uteck, a former athletic director at Saint Mary's University.
History The Atlantic Bowl was traditionally a match between the champions of Atlantic University Sport (and its various predecessors) and a conference-winning team from central Canada. It had been hosted in Halifax, Nova Scotia annually since 1956, often at Huskies Stadium, home to the Saint Mary's Huskies. There were exceptions to Halifax as the host city. In 1976, the Acadia Axemen hosted the game at Raymond Field. The second was in 1983 when the game was scheduled to be hosted by the Canada West champion. The AUAA withdrew from national competition and participation in the game due to the relocation from Halifax. As a result, the Calgary Dinos advanced to the Vanier Cup by virtue of their Hardy Trophy win over UBC.
The Atlantic Bowl champions would receive the Robert L. Stanfield trophy, a trophy named after the former leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition.
Traditionally, the winners of Atlantic University Sport would face one of the other three conference champions, with the other two meeting in the Churchill Bowl.
List of Atlantic Bowl Championships YearChampionsScoreRunner upScoreLocationDon Loney Trophy (MVP) Winner1956 Hamilton Jrs.21Greenwood Army7Halifax, N.S.1957Shearwater Navy12Brantford7Halifax, N.S.1958Fort William10St. Francis Xavier X-Men0Halifax, N.S.1959St. Francis Xavier X-Men 26Ontario Agricultural College 14Halifax, N.S.1960 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 21Ottawa Gee-Gees 6Halifax, N.S.1961St. Francis Xavier X-Men 14McMaster Marauders0Halifax, N.S.1962Toronto Varsity Blues20St. Francis Xavier X-Men14Halifax, N.S.1963St. Francis Xavier X-Men15Toronto Varsity Blues9Halifax, N.S.1964Saint Mary's Huskies15McMaster Marauders1Halifax, N.S. 1965 No Competition 1966 No Competition1967 McMaster Marauders7St. Francis Xavier X-Men 0Halifax, N.S.1968 Waterloo Lutheran (Wilfrid Laurier)37Saint Mary's Huskies 7Halifax, N.S.1969McGill Redmen20UNB Varsity Reds6Halifax, N.S.1970Ottawa Gee-Gees24UNB Varsity Reds13Huskies Stadium, Halifax1971Western Mustangs44Saint Mary's Huskies13Huskies Stadium, Halifax1972Waterloo Lutheran (Wilfrid Laurier) 50Saint Mary's Huskies 17Huskies Stadium, Halifax1973Saint Mary's Huskies19Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 17Huskies Stadium, Halifax1974 Toronto Varsity Blues45Saint Mary's Huskies 1Huskies Stadium, Halifax1975 Calgary Dinos38Acadia Axemen 16Huskies Stadium, HalifaxDan Diduck, Calgary1976Acadia Axemen18Ottawa Gee-Gees16Raymond Field, WolfvilleMike Murphy, Ottawa1977 Acadia Axemen35Queen's Golden Gaels 22Huskies Stadium, HalifaxHubert Walsh, Acadia1978 Queen's Golden Gaels31St. Francis Xavier X-Men10Huskies Stadium, HalifaxJim Rutka, Queen's1979 Acadia Axemen23Alberta Golden Bears 7Huskies Stadium, HalifaxJohn Stevens, Acadia 1980 Ottawa Gee-Gees 28Acadia Axemen 8Huskies Stadium, HalifaxMike Giftopoulos, Ottawa1981 Acadia Axemen40Queen's Golden Gaels14Huskies Stadium, HalifaxLarry Priestnall, Acadia1982 UBC Thunderbirds54St. Francis Xavier X-Men 1Huskies Stadium, HalifaxGlenn Steele, UBC1983 Calgary Dinos0AUAA Forfeits on protest of game locationList of Uteck Bowl and Atlantic Bowl games - 0McMahon Stadium, CalgaryNo winner1984 Mount Allison Mounties33Queen's Golden Gaels 11Huskies Stadium, HalifaxPaul Henry, Mount Allison1985 Western Mustangs34Mount Allison Mounties 3Huskies Stadium, HalifaxBlake Marshall, Western1986 Western Mustangs29Acadia Axemen 22Huskies Stadium, HalifaxBlake Marshall, Western1987 McGill Redmen30Saint Mary's Huskies 29Huskies Stadium, HalifaxJim Fitzsimmons, St. Mary's1988 Saint Mary's Huskies44Bishop's Gaiters 10Huskies Stadium, HalifaxChris Flynn, St. Mary's1989 Western Mustangs38Saint Mary's Huskies 33Huskies Stadium, HalifaxDuane Forde, Western1990 Saint Mary's Huskies31Western Mustangs30Huskies Stadium, HalifaxChris Flynn, St. Mary's1991 Mount Allison Mounties31Saskatchewan Huskies 14Huskies Stadium, HalifaxSean Hickey, Mount Allison1992 Saint Mary's Huskies21Calgary Dinos 11Huskies Stadium, HalifaxBrian Johnson, St. Mary's1993 Calgary Dinos 37Saint Mary's Huskies 23Huskies Stadium, HalifaxJames Buchanan, Calgary1994 Saskatchewan Huskies35Saint Mary's Huskies 24Huskies Stadium, HalifaxBrent Schneider, Saskatchewan1995 Western Mustangs55Acadia Axemen 45Huskies Stadium, HalifaxSean Reade, Western1996 St. Francis Xavier X-Men13Ottawa Gee-Gees 5Huskies Stadium, HalifaxJacob Marini, St. FX1997 UBC Thunderbirds34Mount Allison Mounties 29Huskies Stadium, HalifaxShawn Olson, UBC1998 Concordia Stingers25Acadia Axemen 24Huskies Stadium, HalifaxDave Miller-Johnston, Concordia1999 Saint Mary's Huskies21Waterloo Warriors 14Huskies Stadium, HalifaxDean Jones, St. Mary's2000 Regina Rams40Saint Mary's Huskies 36Huskies Stadium, HalifaxNeal Hughes, Regina2001 Saint Mary's Huskies48Laval Rouge et Or 8Huskies Stadium, HalifaxJoe Bonaventura, St. Mary's
Team Win/Loss records TeamGPWLWin % McGill Redmen 2 2 0 1.000 UBC Thunderbirds 2 2 0 1.000 Concordia Stingers 1 1 0 1.000 Fort William 1 1 0 1.000 Hamilton Jrs. 1 1 0 1.000 Regina Rams 1 1 0 1.000 Shearwater Navy 1 1 0 1.000 Western Mustangs 6 5 1 .833 Calgary Dinos 4 3 1 .750 Toronto Varsity Blues 3 2 1 .666 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (Waterloo Lutheran) 3 2 1 .666 Mount Allison Mounties 4 2 2 .500 Saskatchewan Huskies 2 1 1 .500 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 11 5 6 .455 Acadia Axemen 9 4 5 .444 Saint Mary's Huskies 16 7 9 .438 Ottawa Gee-Gees 5 2 3 .400 McMaster Marauders 3 1 2 .333 Queen's Golden Gaels 4 1 3 .250 Alberta Golden Bears 1 0 1 .000 Bishop's Gaiters 1 0 1 .000 Brantford 1 0 1 .000 Greenwood Army 1 0 1 .000 Laval Rouge et Or 1 0 1 .000 Ontario Agricultural College 1 0 1 .000 Waterloo Warriors 1 0 1 .000 UNB Varsity Reds 2 0 2 .000
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