Wikipedia / Atlantic Bowl
Wikipedia / Atlantic Bowl
The Atlantic Bowl was one of the two national semifinal men's football games of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (now known as U Sports). The winner of the Atlantic Bowl would meet the winner of the Churchill Bowl for the Vanier Cup. It was replaced by the Uteck Bowl in 2001 following the death of Larry Uteck, a former athletic director at Saint Mary's University.
History
The Atlantic Bowl was traditionally a match between the champions of Atlantic University Sport (and its various predecessors) and a conference-winning team from central Canada. It had been hosted in Halifax, Nova Scotia annually since 1956, often at Huskies Stadium, home to the Saint Mary's Huskies. There were exceptions to Halifax as the host city. In 1976, the Acadia Axemen hosted the game at Raymond Field. The second was in 1983 when the game was scheduled to be hosted by the Canada West champion. The AUAA withdrew from national competition and participation in the game due to the relocation from Halifax. As a result, the Calgary Dinos advanced to the Vanier Cup by virtue of their Hardy Trophy win over UBC.
The Atlantic Bowl champions would receive the Robert L. Stanfield trophy, a trophy named after the former leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition.
Traditionally, the winners of Atlantic University Sport would face one of the other three conference champions, with the other two meeting in the Churchill Bowl.
List of Atlantic Bowl Championships
Year | Champions | Score | Runner up | Score | Location | Don Loney Trophy (MVP) Winner |
1956 | Hamilton Jrs. | 21 | Greenwood Army | 7 | Halifax, N.S. | |
1957 | Shearwater Navy | 12 | Brantford | 7 | Halifax, N.S. | |
1958 | Fort William | 10 | 0 | Halifax, N.S. | ||
1959 | 26 | 14 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1960 | 21 | 6 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1961 | 14 | 0 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1962 | 20 | 14 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1963 | 15 | 9 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1964 | 15 | 1 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1965 | No Competition | |||||
1966 | No Competition | |||||
1967 | 7 | 0 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1968 | Waterloo Lutheran (Wilfrid Laurier) | 37 | 7 | Halifax, N.S. | ||
1969 | 20 | 6 | Halifax, N.S. | |||
1970 | 24 | 13 | ||||
1971 | 44 | 13 | ||||
1972 | Waterloo Lutheran (Wilfrid Laurier) | 50 | 17 | |||
1973 | 19 | 17 | ||||
1974 | 45 | 1 | ||||
1975 | 38 | 16 | Dan Diduck, Calgary | |||
1976 | 18 | 16 | Mike Murphy, Ottawa | |||
1977 | 35 | 22 | Hubert Walsh, Acadia | |||
1978 | 31 | 10 | Jim Rutka, Queen's | |||
1979 | 23 | 7 | John Stevens, Acadia | |||
1980 | 28 | 8 | Mike Giftopoulos, Ottawa | |||
1981 | 40 | 14 | Larry Priestnall, Acadia | |||
1982 | 54 | 1 | Glenn Steele, UBC | |||
1983 | 0 | AUAA Forfeits on protest of game location | 0 | No winner | ||
1984 | 33 | 11 | Paul Henry, Mount Allison | |||
1985 | 34 | 3 | ||||
1986 | 29 | 22 | ||||
1987 | 30 | 29 | Jim Fitzsimmons, St. Mary's | |||
1988 | 44 | 10 | ||||
1989 | 38 | 33 | ||||
1990 | 31 | 30 | ||||
1991 | 31 | 14 | Sean Hickey, Mount Allison | |||
1992 | 21 | 11 | Brian Johnson, St. Mary's | |||
1993 | 37 | 23 | James Buchanan, Calgary | |||
1994 | 35 | 24 | Brent Schneider, Saskatchewan | |||
1995 | 55 | 45 | Sean Reade, Western | |||
1996 | 13 | 5 | Jacob Marini, St. FX | |||
1997 | 34 | 29 | Shawn Olson, UBC | |||
1998 | 25 | 24 | Dave Miller-Johnston, Concordia | |||
1999 | 21 | 14 | Dean Jones, St. Mary's | |||
2000 | 40 | 36 | ||||
2001 | 48 | 8 | Joe Bonaventura, St. Mary's |
Team Win/Loss records
Team | GP | W | L | Win % |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
Fort William | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Hamilton Jrs. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
Shearwater Navy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | .666 | |
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (Waterloo Lutheran) | 3 | 2 | 1 | .666 |
4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |
11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | |
9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | |
16 | 7 | 9 | .438 | |
5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
Brantford | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Greenwood Army | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
References