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VANIER CUP MEDIA GUIDE (PDF 584 KB)

LAVAL UNIVERSITY ROUGE ET OR (Mitchell Bowl champions)

MEDIA GUIDE (PDF 1.85 MB)

2011 season summary
Overall record: 11-1
Regular season record: 8-1
Regular season standing: 1st
Playoff record: 3-0
Final Top 10 ranking (Nov. 1): No. 1
Best Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 1 (7 weeks)
Lowest Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 3 (2 weeks)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (10 weeks): 10
Regular season offence points (32.8 ppg): 1st RSEQ / 6th CIS
Regular season offence total yards (407.7 ypg): 1st RSEQ / 12th CIS
Regular season offence passing (224.8 ypg): 6th RSEQ / 19th CIS
Regular season offence rushing (182.9 ypg): 1st RSEQ / 7th CIS
Regular season defence points (12.0 ppg): 1st RSEQ / 1st CIS
Regular season defence total yards (286.2 ypg): 1st RSEQ / 2nd CIS
Regular season defence passing (232.6 ypg): 2nd RSEQ / 10th CIS
Regular season defence rushing (53.7 ypg): 1st RSEQ / 1st CIS

2011 results
Sept. 3 (away): Laval 36, Concordia 8
Sept. 10 (home): Laval 24, Montreal 14
Sept. 17 (away): Laval 40, Sherbrooke 27
Sept. 25 (home): Laval 12, McGill 4
Oct. 2 (home): Laval 37, Concordia 4
Oct. 8 (away): Montreal 17, Laval 12
Oct. 16 (home): Laval 57, Bishop’s 9
Oct. 23 (home): Laval 40, Sherbrooke 10
Oct. 29 (away): Laval 37, Bishop’s 15
Nov. 5 (home): Laval 33, Concordia 7 (RSEQ semifinal)
Nov. 12 (home): Laval 30, Montreal 7 (Dunsmore cup)
Nov. 18 (away): Laval 41, Calgary 10 (Mitchell Bowl)

2011 RSEQ individual honours
Major awards: Arnaud Gascon-Nadon (outstanding down lineman)
All-stars offence: Bruno Prud’homme (QB), Sébastien Lévesque (RB), Julian Feoli-Gudino (WR), Pierre Lavertu (C), Karl Lavoie (T)
All-stars defence: Arnaud Gascon-Nadon (DE), Jean-Alexandre Bernier (DT), Dominique Noël (CB), Jonathan Laliberté (S)
All-stars special team: none

All-time head-to-head vs. McMaster
Overall record: 2-0 *
2003 (away): 36-32 win (Mitchell Bowl)
1999 (away): 49-6 win (regular season - interlock)

* Laval and McMaster also played a pre-season game on Aug. 28, 2011 in Quebec City (24-10 Laval)

Vanier Cup history
All-time record: 6-0

2010 (PEPS Stadium, Quebec City): 29-2 win vs. Calgary
2008 (Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton): 44-21 win vs. Western
2006 (Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon): 13-8 win vs. Saskatchewan
2004 (Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton): 7-1 win vs. Saskatchewan
2003 (SkyDome, Toronto): 14-7 win vs. Saint Mary's
1999 (SkyDome, Toronto): 14-10 win vs. Saint Mary's

Head coach: Glen Constantin
Season: 11th
Career regular season record: 75-15 (.833)
Career playoff record: 29-7 (.806)
Career overall record (season and playoffs): 104-22 (.825)
Career overall record vs. McMaster: 1-0
Vanier Cup record: 5-0
Vanier Cup wins: 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2003
Vanier Cup losses: None
Laval Vanier Cup head coaches
Glen Constantin: 2011, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2003
Jacques Chapdelaine: 1999

McMASTER UNIVERSITY MARAUDERS (Uteck Bowl champions)

MEDIA GUIDE (PDF 5.60 MB)

2011 season summary
Overall record: 10-1
Regular season record: 7-1
Regular season standing: 2nd
Playoff record: 3-0
Final Top 10 ranking (Nov. 1): No. 4
Best Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 3 (3 weeks)
Lowest Top 10 ranking (10 weeks): No. 7 (1 week)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (10 weeks): 10
Regular season offence points (34.6 ppg): 3rd OUA / 5th CIS
Regular season offence total yards (530.5 ypg): 1st OUA / 1st CIS
Regular season offence passing (329.9 ypg): 1st OUA / 1st CIS
Regular season offence rushing (200.6 ypg): 2nd OUA / 4th CIS
Regular season defence points (18.2 ppg): 2nd OUA / 6th CIS
Regular season defence total yards (357.9 ypg): 3rd OUA / 10th CIS
Regular season defence passing (235.6 ypg): 3rd OUA / 11th CIS
Regular season defence rushing (122.2 ypg): 4th OUA / 12th CIS

2011 results
Sept. 5 (away): McMaster 26, Queen’s 2
Sept. 10 (home): Western 48, McMaster 21
Sept. 17 (away): McMaster 21, Windsor 19
Sept. 24 (away): McMaster 37, Guelph 13
Oct. 1 (home): McMaster 46, Waterloo 20
Oct. 6 (home): McMaster 50, Toronto 14
Oct. 15 (away): McMaster 25, Laurier 6
Oct. 22 (home): McMaster 51, Ottawa 24
Nov. 5 (home): McMaster 40, Queen’s 13 (OUA semifinal)
Nov. 12 (away): McMaster 41, Western 19 (Yates Cup)
Nov. 18 (away): McMaster 45, Acadia 21 (Uteck Bowl)

2011 OUA individual honours
Major awards: Michael DiCroce (MVP), Ryan Chmielewski (defensive MVP)
All-stars offence (First Team): Kyle Quinlan (QB), Michael DiCroce (WR), Matt Sewell (T), Jason Medeiros (G)
All-stars defence (First team): Ryan Chmielewski (LB), Mike Daly (S)
All-stars special teams (First Team): Tyler Crapigna (PK)
All-stars offence (Second Team): Matt Peressini (IR), Elliott Montag (G)
All-stars defence (Second Team): Scott Caterine (DE), Steven Ventresca (CB)
All-stars special teams (Second Team): none

All-time head-to-head vs. Laval
Overall record: 0-2 *
2003 (home): 36-32 loss (Mitchell Bowl)
1999 (home): 49-6 loss (regular season - interlock)
* McMaster and Laval also played a pre-season game on Aug. 28, 2011 in Quebec City (24-10 Laval)

Vanier Cup history
All-time record: 0-1
1967 (Varsity Stadium, Toronto): 10-9 loss vs. Alberta

Head coach: Stefan Ptaszek
Season: 6th
Career regular season record: 34-14 (.708)
Career playoff record: 5-5 (.500)
Career overall record (season and playoffs): 39-19 (.672)
Career overall record vs. Laval: 0-0
Vanier Cup record: 0-0
Vanier Cup wins: none
Vanier Cup losses: none

McMaster Vanier Cup head coaches
Stefan Ptaszek: 2011
Jack Kennedy: 1967