Windsor Lancers

Windsor Lancers
University	University of Windsor
Association	Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Conference	Ontario University Athletics
Athletics director	Gord Grace
Location	Windsor, Ontario
Varsity teams	11
Football stadium	University of Windsor Stadium
Mascot	Lancer
Nickname	Lancers
Colours	blue and gold
Website	Official website

The Windsor Lancers are the varsity athletic teams that represent the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

The Lancers compete in Ontario University Athletics (OUA) as part of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), and have over 10 provincial and national championships to date.

Varsity teams

On the fields, the Windsor Lancers participate in the following varsity sports:

• Basketball (men's and women's teams)
• Cross Country
• Football
• Golf
• Ice hockey (men's and women's teams)
• Soccer (men's and women's teams)
• Track and Field
• Volleyball (men's and women's teams)

Windsor Lancers football

Windsor Lancers
First season	1968
Athletic director	Gord Grace
Head coach	Joe D'Amore
	2nd year, 8–8  (.500)
Other staff	Jon Dent (OC) Jim MacDougall (DC)
Home stadium	University of Windsor Stadium
Year built	2005
Stadium capacity	2000
Stadium surface	FieldTurf
Location	Windsor, Ontario
League	CIS
Conference	OUA (2001 - present)
Past associations	CCIFC (1968-1970) OUAA (1971-1973) OQIFC (1974-2000)
All-time record	–
Postseason record	–
Vanier Cups	0
Yates Cups	1, 1975
Hec Crighton winners	3 Andrew Parici, Scott Mallender, Daryl Stephenson
Current uniform
Colours	Blue and Gold and White
Outfitter	Adidas
Rivals	Western Ontario Mustangs
Website	golancers.ca

The Windsor Lancers football team began competing in the Central Canada Intercollegiate Football Conference in 1968, and have continued play uninterrupted since then. The team plays out of University of Windsor Stadium located on the campus grounds at the University of Windsor. The program is notable for featuring three Hec Crighton Trophy winners, most recently being current Hamilton Tiger-Cats player, Daryl Stephenson, when he won the award in 2006. While the teams have had success at an individual level, the team has struggled to establish dominance in the Ontario University Athletics conference, winning the fewest number of Yates Cup trophies, with just one in 1975.

In 2006, the team finished with a winning record for the first time since 1990, posting a 6-2 win-loss total and a fourth place finish, meaning that they would also host their first playoff game since 1990 as well. The Lancers lost that game to the Western Ontario Mustangs and failed to maintain a winning pedigree, enduring four straight losing seasons since that season. The program's fortunes would turn around in 2011 under interim head coach Joe D'Amore as the team finished in fifth place with a 5-3 record. The team won their first playoff game since 2003 over the Ottawa Gee-Gees, but lost once again to the Mustangs in the semi-finals.

Season-by-season record

The following is the record of the Windsor Lancers football team in the last ten seasons of play:

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Pct %	PF	PA	Standing	Playoffs
2003	8	4	4	0.500	243	211	5th in OUA	Defeated Western Mustangs in quarter-final 21-18 Lost to McMaster Marauders in semi-final 55-15
2004	8	3	5	0.375	201	241	7th in OUA	Did not qualify
2005	8	4	4	0.375	250	226	5th in OUA	Lost to McMaster Marauders in quarter-final 49-19
2006	8	6	2	0.625	265	167	4th in OUA	Lost to Western Mustangs in quarter-final 20-16
2007	8	2	6	0.250	156	261	8th in OUA	Did not qualify
2008	8	3	5	0.375	189	254	7th in OUA	Did not qualify
2009	8	2	6	0.250	110	244	8th in OUA	Did not qualify
2010	8	2	6	0.250	156	261	8th in OUA	Did not qualify
2011	8	5	3	0.625	260	174	5th in OUA	Defeated Ottawa Gee-Gees in quarter-final 50-33 Lost to Western Mustangs in semi-final 33-27
2012	8	3	5	0.375	230	229	5th in OUA	Lost to Western Mustangs in quarter-final 56-35

Windsor Lancers in the CFL

As of the start of the 2012 CFL season, six former Lancers players are on CFL teams' rosters:

• Jordan Brescacin, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Matt Bucknor, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Arjei Franklin, Calgary Stampeders
• Seamus Postuma, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Daryl Stephenson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Daryl Townsend, Montreal Alouettes

Windsor Lancers men's hockey

Lancers at Windsor Arena vs. York Lions in playoff game (February 16, 2012)

History

The Windsor Lancers men's hockey team began in the early 1960s as members of the Ontario Intercollegiate Athletics Association (as the Assumption College Lancers). The league was a second-tier league to the Quebec-Ontario Athletics Association, the top-tier university sports hockey league in the region. The Lancers won their division in 1965, but lost the OIAA final to Laurentian University in a sudden-death 4–2 loss. In 1968, the Lancers were promoted to the QOAA. In 1971, the QOAA was dissolved and the Lancers joined the newly formed Ontario University Athletics Association, now known as the OUA.

Despite their longtime membership in the OUA, the Lancers have only won three regular-season titles (1988, 1998, and 1999) and one Queen's Cup as league playoff champions in 1998. In the 1998 University Cup, the Lancers went winless, losing to the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds 3-2 and the Alberta Golden Bears 6–3 to get swept from the tournament.

After a lengthy decline in play through the 2000s, the Lancers returned with their best season since 1998–99 during the 2011–12 season. With a 15–12–1 record, the Lancers finished one point behind the fourth-place York Lions in the Western Conference standings. The Lancers met the Lions in the conference quarter-final and defeated them in two straight games. In the conference semi-final, the Lancers dropped game one in overtime at home, but came back on the road against the second-place Lakehead Thunderwolves with a 4–1 win and a 3–2 overtime win to take the series. The Lancers then moved on to the Western final against the Western Mustangs and lost the series 2-games-to-1 despite winning the first game. Game 2 of the series was supposed to be the last major hockey game in the Windsor Arena, due to be converted into a shopping centre that summer (delayed that summer). The game was played in front of a crowd of 3468 fans. The Lancers were given a final chance to move on to the University Cup, a bronze medal game against the UQTR Patriotes. The Lancers traveled to Trois-Rivieres to play them, but dropped the game 5–3 and fell just short of their first berth in the national final in over a decade.

Season-by-season standings

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	Goals for	Goals against	Points	Standing	Playoffs
1964-65	OIAA Statistics Not Available									Lost Final
1965-66	10	1	9	0	-	36	55	2	6th OIAA	No Playoffs
1966-67	12	7	5	0	-	--	--	14	3rd OIAA	No Playoffs
1967-68	12	6	6	0	-	--	--	12	4th OIAA	No Playoffs
1968-69	15	5	8	2	-	59	76	12	5th QOAA-W	DNQ
1969-70	15	4	9	2	-	50	84	10	5th QOAA-W	DNQ
1970-71	15	3	9	3	-	40	83	9	6th QOAA-W	DNQ
1971-72	19	8	8	3	-	79	90	19	4th OUAA-W	DNQ
1972-73	17	9	8	0	-	78	83	18	4th OUAA-W	DNQ
1973-74	18	2	14	2	-	52	119	6	6th OUAA-W	DNQ
1974-75	17	1	15	1	-	43	132	3	8th OUAA-W	DNQ
1975-76	20	3	14	3	-	78	130	9	5th OUAA-W	DNQ
1976-77	18	5	12	1	-	55	68	11	5th OUAA-W	DNQ
1977-78	20	6	9	5	-	84	113	17	3rd OUAA-W
1978-79	16	8	7	1	-	70	69	17	2nd OUAA-C
1979-80	22	1	20	1	-	58	163	3	12th OUAA
1980-81	22	8	13	1	-	77	126	17	8th OUAA
1981-82	22	7	13	2	-	91	147	16	9th OUAA
1982-83	24	11	12	1	-	111	134	23	8th OUAA
1983-84	24	8	15	1	-	117	139	17	10th OUAA	DNQ
1984-85	24	12	8	4	-	137	111	28	7th OUAA	DNQ
1985-86	24	13	6	5	-	132	102	31	5th OUAA	Lost Quarter-final
1986-87	24	9	9	6	-	107	109	24	6th OUAA	Lost Semi-final
1987-88	26	16	7	3	-	157	92	35	1st OUAA-W	Lost Semi-final
1988-89	26	14	11	1	-	125	101	29	2nd OUAA-W	Lost Division SF
1989-90	22	12	9	1	-	101	95	25	3rd OUAA-W	Lost Conf. SF
1990-91	22	13	8	1	-	100	81	27	2nd OUAA-W	Lost Conf. SF
1991-92	22	12	10	0	-	109	95	24	5th OUAA-W	Lost Conf. QF
1992-93	22	9	12	1	-	106	139	19	5th OUAA-W	Lost Conf. SF
1993-94	24	8	14	2	-	83	99	18	4th OUAA-FW
1994-95	24	8	11	5	-	79	93	21	4th OUAA-FW	DNQ
1995-96	26	14	11	1	-	112	101	29	3rd OUAA-FW
1996-97	26	15	8	3	-	134	101	33	2nd OUAA-FW	Lost Division SF
1997-98	26	22	3	1	-	133	71	45	1st OUA-FW	Won League
1998-99	26	17	6	3	-	115	72	37	1st OUA-FW
1999-00	26	11	9	6	-	79	77	28	2nd OUA-FW	Lost Division SF
2000-01	24	8	14	2	-	82	114	18	4th OUA-FW	DNQ
2001-02	24	8	15	1	-	58	110	17	3rd OUA-FW	Lost Division SF
2002-03	24	8	15	1	-	80	107	17	3rd OUA-FW	Lost Division SF
2003-04	24	7	17	0	0	85	90	14	4th OUA-FW	DNQ
2004-05	24	7	10	4	3	73	85	21	4th OUA-FW	DNQ
2005-06	24	7	12	3	2	62	66	19	4th OUA-FW	DNQ
2006-07	28	10	17	0	1	99	133	21	4th OUA-FW	DNQ
2007-08	28	6	21	-	1	72	147	13	5th OUA-FW	DNQ
2008-09	28	13	13	-	2	76	81	28	5th OUA-FW	DNQ
2009-10	28	10	13	-	5	87	104	25	7th OUA-W	Lost Conf. SF
2010-11	28	12	12	-	4	75	77	28	8th OUA-W	Lost Conf. QF
2011-12	28	15	12	-	1	106	95	31	5th OUA-W	Lost Bronze Medal Game
2012-13	28	18	9	-	1	101	80	37	2nd OUA-W

External links

• golancers.ca