2016 CIS football season

2016 CIS football season
Regular season
Duration August 28, 2016 – TBD
Playoffs
Start date October 29, 2016
Yates Cup 2016-11-12
Mitchell Bowl 2016-11-19
Uteck Bowl 2016-11-19
Vanier Cup
Date November 26, 2016
Site Hamilton, Ontario
2015 ← CIS football seasons → 2017

The 2016 CIS football season will begin on August 28, 2016 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day.[1] The season will conclude on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.[2] This year, 27 university teams in Canada are scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2016, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will host the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will host the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Uteck Bowl.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "OUA announces 2016 Football regular season and Yates Cup playoff schedule". Ontario University Athletics. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. ↑ CIS football: Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017 from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, January 18, 2015, retrieved 2016-01-18.
  3. ↑ "CIS 5-year Championship Schedule" (PDF). Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
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