Toronto Varsity Blues football

Toronto Varsity Blues
First season 1877
Athletic director Beth Ali
Head coach Greg Gary
5th year, 11–21  (.344)
Other staff Luigi Costanzo (OC)
Kevin Eiben (DC)
Hugh Smith (Biggest Fan)
Home stadium Varsity Stadium
Year built 2007
Stadium capacity 5000
Stadium surface Polytan Ligaturf
Location Toronto, Ontario
League CIS
Conference OUA (1980-present)
Past associations ORFU (1883-1897)
CIRFU (1898-1970)
OUAA (1971-1973)
OQIFC (1974-1979)
All-time record 524–421–35 (.553)
Postseason record 24–27
Grey Cups 4
1909, 1910, 1911, 1920
Vanier Cups 2
1965, 1993
Churchill Bowl Championships 1
1993
Atlantic Bowl Championships 2
1962, 1974
Yates Cups 25
1898, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905,
1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914,
1920, 1921, 1926, 1932, 1933,
1936, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1958,
1965, 1967, 1974, 1983, 1993
Hec Crighton winners 4
Mike Eben, Mike Raham, Dan Feraday, Eugene Buccigrossi
Colours Blue and White

             

Mascot True Blue
Outfitter Adidas
Rivals York Lions
Website varsityblues.ca

The Toronto Varsity Blues football team won the first Grey Cup game ever held in 1909, and went on to win the cup again in 1910, 1911, and 1920. After intercollegiate teams no longer competed for the Grey Cup, the team won the first Vanier Cup ever held in 1965, and then again in 1993 as Canadian national football champions. The team has 25 Yates Cup championship wins as champions of the Ontario University Athletics conference of the CIS, a total second only to the 29 won by the Western Ontario Mustangs.

However, hard times have fallen on the University of Toronto football team in recent years. The football program had not won a game since the 2001 season (a win that itself ended an 18-game losing streak).[1] On October 13, 2007, they set the record for the longest losing streak in Canadian university history, at 49 losses in a row. This losing streak was snapped on September 1, 2008 when they defeated the Waterloo Warriors 18-17 for their first win in almost seven years.[2] The team last posted a winning record in 1995.[3]

The team was led by head coach Greg DeLaval who won his first game with the Blues when the team ended their record-setting losing streak in 2008. In 2010, the Blues posted a remarkable 40-35 win over the second-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees, which was their first win over a nationally ranked opponent since 1997 against the Waterloo Warriors.[4] The Blues finished with a 3-5 record in 2010, which was their best since the 1996 season when they posted the same mark. The Blues posted a 3-5 record again in 2011, while once again finishing just out of the playoffs in seventh place. The team took a step back with a 2-6 record in 2012, including home losses to fellow 2-6 teams York and Ottawa. However, in 2013, they finished the season 4-4, the first time since 1993, but failed to make the play-offs.[5]

Season-by-season record

The following is the record of the Toronto Varsity Blues football team in the last eleven seasons of play:

Season Games Won Lost Pct % PF PA Standing Playoffs
20038 08 0.000 42 438 10th in OUA Did not qualify
20048 08 0.000 82 450 9th in OUA Did not qualify
20058 08 0.000 126 433 9th in OUA Did not qualify
20068 08 0.000 125 418 10th in OUA Did not qualify
20078 08 0.000 111 345 10th in OUA Did not qualify
20088 26 0.250 168 272 8th in OUA Did not qualify
20098 17 0.125 98 279 9th in OUA Did not qualify
20108 35 0.375 140 236 7th in OUA Did not qualify
20118 35 0.375 110 189 7th in OUA Did not qualify
20128 26 0.250 136 279 9th in OUA Did not qualify
20138 44 0.500 230 231 7th in OUA Did not qualify
20148 26 0.250 265 321 9th in OUA Did not qualify[6]

Varsity Blues in the CFL

As of the start of the 2015 CFL season, six former Varsity Blues players are on CFL teams' rosters:

References

  1. ↑ "U of T football sets new university futility streak". cbc.ca (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  2. ↑ VarsityBlues.ca post-game summary
  3. ↑ "U of T football sets new university futility streak". cbc.ca (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  4. ↑ http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/3/12/FB_0312114409.aspx
  5. ↑ De Pass sets record, Blues top Warriors from VarsityBlues.ca retrieved 19 October 2013
  6. ↑ OUA 2013 Standings retrieved 19 October 2013

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