46th Vanier Cup

46th Vanier Cup

Calgary Dinos Laval Rouge et Or (6–2) (9–0) 2 29 Head coach:  Blake Nill Head coach:  Glen Constantin
1 2 3 4 Total Calgary Dinos 0 2 0 0 2 Laval Rouge et Or 17 9 0 3 29
Date	November 27, 2010
Stadium	PEPS Stadium
Location	Quebec City
Ted Morris Memorial Trophy	Sébastien Lévesque
Bruce Coulter Award	Marc-Antoine Beaudoin-Cloutier
Attendance	16,237
Broadcasters
Network	TSN, Radio Canada

The 46th Vanier Cup took place on November 27, 2010, at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec, determining the CIS Football champions for 2010. The Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Calgary Dinos 29–2 to win their sixth national title in twelve years. Including the playoffs, the Rouge et Or won thirteen games, a single season record. Laval's defence held Calgary to 147 yards on offence; the Dinos' only points came on a conceded safety in the second quarter.

Sébastien Lévesque won the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as Most Valuable Player, rushing for 168 yards and one touchdown. On defence, the Bruce Coulter Award went to Marc-Antoine Beaudoin-Cloutier, who recorded 4.5 tackles and a sack.

Game summary

Calgary Dinos (2) - safety touch.

Laval Rouge et Or (29) - TDs, Sébastien Lévesque, Yannick Morin-Plante; FGs Christopher Milo (5); cons., Milo (2).

Scoring summary

First Quarter

LAV - TD Lévesque 41 run (Milo convert) (4:27) 7 - 0 LAV

LAV - TD Morin-Plante 40 pass from Prud'homme (Milo convert) (7:43) 14 - 0 LAV

LAV - FG Milo 12 (13:39) 17 - 0 LAV

Second Quarter

CGY - Safety Team, Milo concedes (4:09) 17 - 2 LAV

LAV - FG Milo 24 (6:46) 20 - 2 LAV

LAV - FG Milo 23 (10:49) 23 - 2 LAV

LAV - FG Milo 27 (14:49) 26 - 2 LAV

Third Quarter

No Scoring

Fourth Quarter

LAV - FG Milo 18 (13:29) 29 - 2 LAV

Notable game facts

• In what was statistically the most commanding defensive effort in Vanier Cup history, the Rouge et Or held the Dinos offence to just 140 net yards, bettering the previous Vanier Cup mark of 161 net yards allowed by the Guelph Gryphons in their 1984 victory over the Mount Allison Mounties.
• Laval became just the second school to win a Vanier Cup game in their home city, following the Toronto Varsity Blues, who won championships at Varsity Stadium in 1965 and at SkyDome (now the Rogers Centre) in 1993.
• Calgary completed its third straight campaign with a defeat at PEPS Stadium, having lost both the 2008 Uteck Bowl to Laval and 2009 Vanier Cup to the Queen's Golden Gaels in Quebec City.
• Laval won a third Vanier Cup against head coach Blake Nill. The first two occurrences happened in 1999 and 2003 while Nill was coaching the Saint Mary's Huskies.
• After their win, the Laval Rouge et Or have now won six national titles, tied for first overall with the Western Ontario Mustangs. However, Laval is undefeated in six games, whereas Western has won six games and lost six games.
• With this title, Glen Constantin becomes the first to win 5 Vanier Cup titles as head coach. Peter Connellan, former Calgary head coach, comes second with 4 wins.

Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2010, according to the rotating schedule, the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team will meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy will host the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions for the Mitchell Bowl.

Playoff bracket

	Conference Quarter-finals					Conference Semi-finals					Conference Championships					National Semi-finals					46th Vanier Cup
						Acadia Axemen		22
						Mount Allison Mounties		14
											Acadia Axemen		8
											Saint Mary's Huskies		37
																Saint Mary's Huskies		8
																Calgary Dinos		35
						Alberta Golden Bears		31
						Saskatchewan Huskies		30
											Alberta Golden Bears		3
											Calgary Dinos		56
						Regina Rams		33
						Calgary Dinos		40
																					Calgary Dinos		2
																					Laval Rouge et Or		29
						McMaster Marauders		28
	Queen's Golden Gaels		19			Western Ontario Mustangs		34
	McMaster Marauders		40								Western Ontario Mustangs		26
											Ottawa Gee-Gees		25
						Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks		31
	Guelph Gryphons		10			Ottawa Gee-Gees		32
	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks		42													Western Ontario Mustangs		11
																Laval Rouge et Or		13
						Sherbrooke Vert et Or		33
						Montreal Carabins		26
											Sherbrooke Vert et Or		17
											Laval Rouge et Or		22
						Bishop's Gaiters		1
						Laval Rouge et Or		56

External links

• Official website