2016 CIS football season

The 2016 CIS football season began on August 28 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

During the 2016 season, CIS adopted the new name of U Sports, with the name change officially taking effect on October 20.

Regular season standings

Top 10

Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. <br />NR = Not ranked, received no votes. <br />Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.

Post-season awards

All-Canadian team

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First team

Offence

QB – Noah Picton – Regina

RB – Tyler Chow – Saskatchewan

RB – Alex Taylor – Western

IR – Kaion Julien-Grant – St. Francis Xavier

IR – Mitchell Picton – Regina

WR – Louis-Mathieu Normandin – Montreal

WR – Nathaniel Behar – Carleton

C – Matthew Van Praet – Western

G – Geoff Gray – Manitoba

G – Zach Intzandt – McMaster

T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier

T – Jean-Simon Roy – Laval

Defence

DT – Rupert Butcher – Western

DT – Vincent Desjardins – Laval

DE – Mathieu Betts – Laval

DE – Michael Kashak – McMaster

LB – DeAndre Smith – Saint Mary's

LB – D. J. Lalama – Manitoba

LB – Nakas Onyeka – Laurier

FS – Stavros Katsantonis – British Columbia

HB – Malcolm Thompson – Laurier

HB – Malcolm Brown – Western

CB – Godfrey Onyeka – Laurier

CB – Samuel Polan – Sherbrooke

Special teams

P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal

K – Sean Stenger – Saskatchewan

RET – Tunde Adeleke – Carleton

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Second team

Offence

QB – Derek Wendel – Ottawa

RB – Jordan Socholotiuk – St. Francis Xavier

RB – Jayde Rowe – Carleton

IR – Austen Hartley – Calgary

IR – Mitchell Baines – Ottawa

WR – Dejuan Martin – St. Francis Xavier

WR – Danny Vandervoort – McMaster

C – Levi Hua – British Columbia

G – Samuel Lefebvre – Laval

G – Ryan Sceviour – Calgary

T – Evan Johnson – Saskatchewan

T – Sean Jamieson – Western

Defence

DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia

DT – Junior Luke – Montreal

DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier

DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal

LB – Frédéric Chagnon – Montreal

LB – Jean-Gabriel Poulin – Western

LB – Alexandre Gagné – Sherbrooke

FS – Brandon Jennings – Acadia

HB – Robert Woodson – Calgary

HB – Adam Auclair – Laval

CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary

CB – Robbie Yochim – McMaster

Special teams

P – TJ Morton – Toronto

K – Adam Preocanin – McMaster

RET – Marcus Davis – UBC

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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 champions host the AUS champions in the Mitchell Bowl and be the home team at the Vanier Cup, while the RSEQ champions host the OUA champions in the Uteck Bowl.

Conference Playoffs

Atlantic University Sport

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec

Ontario University Athletics

Canada West Universities Athletic Association

National Semifinals

National Championship

References