42nd Vanier Cup
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| Date | November 25, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Griffiths Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Saskatoon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Morris Memorial Trophy | Éric Maranda, Laval LB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Coulter Award | Samuel Grégoire-Champagne, Laval WR | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,567 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | The Score/The Score HD | ||||||||||||||||||
The 42nd Vanier Cup was played on November 25, 2006, at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and decided the CIS Football champion for the 2006 season.[1] The hometown Saskatchewan Huskies lost their CIS record third straight Vanier Cup to the Laval Rouge et Or by a score of 13–8. Laval became the second team in CIS history to win three championships over a four-year period after the Western Ontario Mustangs won in 1974, 1976, and 1977.[2]
Game summary[edit]
Laval Rouge et Or (13) - TDs, Guillaume Allard-Caméus; FGs, Cameron Takacs (2); cons., Cameron Takacs (1).
Saskatchewan Huskies (8) - TDs, Tyler O'Gorman; safety touch (1).
Scoring summary[edit]
- First Quarter
- No Scoring
- Second Quarter
- LAV - FG Takacs 26 (6:03)
- SSK - Team Safety (12:09)
- LAV - TD Allard-Caméus 1 rush (Takacs kick) (13:49)
- Third Quarter
- No Scoring
- Fourth Quarter
- SSK - TD O'Gorman 3 rush (Two-point convert failed) (14:10)
- LAV - FG Takacs 26 (14:16)
Notable game facts[edit]
- Not only was this the first Vanier Cup game to be played in Saskatoon, it was also the first Vanier Cup to be played in Western Canada
- The Rouge et Or gained a measure of revenge over the Huskies after they defeated them in the previous years' Mitchell Bowl, in Saskatoon, by a score of 29–27. Laval had been vying to become the first CIS team to three-peat as Vanier Cup Champions.
- The two teams first met in the 40th Vanier Cup, where Laval won a similar low-scoring affair 7–1.
- The Laval victory over Saskatchewan in Saskatoon ended an impressive 16 playoff games streak where a Canada West team won against the visiting team when playing on home turf. The previous victory by a visiting team in Western Canada happened in the 1968 Churchill Bowl, in Winnipeg (Queen's 29 - Manitoba 6).
References[edit]
- ^ "Laval wins Vanier Cup". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ url=http://www.pbase.com/goldengaelsphotos/2006_vanier_cup_game