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QUFL television schedule announced
Montreal, February 9, 2010 – The Quebec Student Sport
Federation (QSSF) and the French television service of the CBC, la
Société Radio-Canada (SRC), are pleased to announce
their broadcast schedule for the 2010 Quebec University Football
League (QUFL) season.
Radio-Canada will present a total of 14 games this season including
nine (9) from the QUFL regular season, one conference semi-final
game, the Dunsmore Cup championship, both Canadian Interuniversity
Sport (CIS) semi-final bowl games and culminates with the 2010
Desjardins Vanier Cup at PEPS Stadium on the campus of
Université Laval on November 27.
“We are extremely satisfied with the record setting
television ratings that the QUFL received during our first season
on Radio-Canada,” said QSSF director of university programs
Patricia Demers. “Fans from coast-to-coast in Canada were
exposed to the quality of the QUFL every week and we are very happy
to continue our partnership with Radio-Canada for a second
season.”
Quebec collegiate football also benefited from the partnership with
the SRC, as highlights from the AAA Bol d’or were broadcast
during the Dunsmore Cup championship game.
“Last season, 290 000 viewers watched the Dunsmore Cup and
another 325 000 watched the national semi-final game involving the
Laval Rouge et Or," noted François Messier, sports director
at Radio-Canada. “It is an indication of the popularity of
our brand of university football that stretches well beyond the
hotbeds of Quebec City, Montreal and the Eastern Townships.
Radio-Canada is proud of its involvement in helping to increase the
popularity of the sport by bringing games to fans from across the
country “
Each team will appear a minimum of two times on Radio-Canada, with
at least one game being on home turf. Some of the highlights in
this year’s schedule include the renewal of the
Quebec-Montreal gridiron rivalry when the Carabins de
Montréal take on the Rouge et Or on October 9. Not to be
outdone, the Battle of the Eastern Townships takes centre-stage
when the Bishop’s Gaiters host the Sherbrooke Vert & Or
on October 23.
Radio-Canada will be heading to the East Coast on September 18th
for this year’s lone inter-conference telecast when the Laval
Rouge et Or travel to Halifax to face the Saint Mary’s
University Huskies.
This year’s broadcast schedule provides Radio-Canada and the
QUFL greater flexibility for the selection of the final regular
season telecast in week 9 as the two partners will determine which
game will be televised in the days leading up to the contest. This
flexibility will allow SRC to present fans with a game that has the
greatest potential impact on the post-season.
Play-by-play man Jean St-Onge and analyst Jacques Dussault return
to the booth for their second season behind the microphones calling
QUFL games on Radio-Canada, and will be joined by sideline reporter
Antoine Deshaies who also returns a second year.
Pierre Durivage of Rivage Communications will head up the
production of QUFL games, working in collaboration with the
talented technical crew of Radio-Canada to present the games.
All QUFL on Radio-Canada broadcasts will available on Sports Extra,
Sirius Satellite radio channel 96 as well as via webcast at
www.Radio-Canada.ca/sports.
2010 QUFL
Football Schedule
(All games listed in Eastern Time)
Televised games in bold
Week 1
Thursday September 2: Sherbrooke vs. Montréal, 7 pm
Saturday September 4: Concordia vs. Bishop's, 7 pm
Sunday September 5: McGill vs. Laval, 2 pm (SRC)
Week 2
Saturday September 11: Bishop's vs. McGill, 1 pm
Saturday September 11: Montréal vs. Concordia, 1 pm
(SRC)
Saturday September 11: Laval vs. Sherbrooke, 7 pm
Week 3
Friday September 17: Concordia vs. McGill, 7 pm
Saturday September 18: Acadia vs. Bishop's, 1 pm
Saturday September 18: Laval vs. Saint Mary's, 1 pm
(SRC)
Saturday September 18: Montréal vs. St. Francis Xavier, 1
pm
Saturday September 18: Mount Allison vs. Sherbrooke, 7 pm
Week 4
Friday September 24: McGill vs. Montréal, 7 pm
Saturday September 25: Bishop's vs. Concordia, 1 pm
(SRC)
Sunday September 26: Sherbrooke vs. Laval, 1 pm
Week 5
Saturday October 2: Montréal vs. Bishop's, 1 pm
Saturday October 2: Sherbrooke vs. McGill, 1 pm (SRC)
Sunday October 3: Concordia vs. Laval, 1 pm
Week 6
Friday October 8: Bishop's vs. Sherbrooke, 7 pm
Saturday October 9: Laval vs. Montréal, 1 pm
(SRC)
Saturday October 9: McGill vs. Concordia, 1 pm
Week 7
Saturday October 16: Montréal vs. McGill, 1 pm
Saturday October 16: Concordia vs. Sherbrooke, 1 pm
(SRC)
Sunday October 17: Bishop's vs. Laval, 1 pm
Week 8
Friday October 22: Concordia vs. Montréal, 7 pm
Saturday October 23: Sherbrooke vs. Bishop's, 1 pm
(SRC)
Saturday October 23: Laval vs. McGill, 1 pm
Week 9
Saturday October 30: Bishop's vs. Montréal, 1 pm *
Saturday October 30: Laval vs. Concordia, 1 pm *
Saturday October 30: McGill vs. Sherbrooke, 1 pm *
* The selection of the final regular season telecast in week 9 will
be determined in the days leading up to the contest.
Quebec University football League semi-finals
Saturday November 3: 4th place at 1st place, 1 pm
Saturday November 3: 3rd place at 2nd place, 1 pm
Dunsmore Cup
Saturday November 13: Lowest seed at highest remaining
seed, 1 pm (SRC)
CIS semi-finals
Saturday November 20
Uteck Bowl: OUA champions at QUFL champions, TBA (SRC)
Mitchell Bowl: AUS champions at Canada West champions, TBA
(SRC)
2010 Desjardins Vanier Cup
Saturday November 27, TBA (SRC)
Uteck Bowl champions vs. Mitchell Bowl champions
PEPS Stadium - Université Laval
La Fédération québécoise du sport
étudiant assure la promotion et le développement du
sport et de l’activité physique en milieu
étudiant, de l’initiation jusqu’au sport de haut
niveau. Elle favorise ainsi l’éducation, la
réussite scolaire et la santé des jeunes.
Source :
Mylène Vézina - Fédération
québécoise du sport étudiant
