| Number: | 57 |
| Type: | Vanier Cup |
| Date: | November 26, 2022 |
| Visitor Record: | 7–1 |
| Home Record: | 7–1 |
| Visitor1: | 3 |
| Visitor2: | 14 |
| Visitor3: | 0 |
| Visitor4: | 7 |
| Home1: | 3 |
| Home2: | 14 |
| Home3: | 3 |
| Home4: | 10 |
| Mvp: | Kevin Mital |
| Mv2: | Charles-Alexandre Jacques |
| Referee: | Al Gates |
| Halftime: | Delaney Jane[1] |
| Attendance: | 8,420 |
| Network: | English: CBC Sports,[2] French: TVA Sports[3] |
| Announcers: | Mark Lee (play-by-play) Dashawn Stephens (analyst) Signa Butler (sideline reporter) Rob Pizzo (sideline reporter)[4] |
The 2022 Vanier Cup, the 57th edition of the U Sports Football Championship, took place on November 26, 2022 at Western Alumni Stadium in London, Ontario.[5] [6] The game determined the U Sports football national champion for the 2022 season.
The RSEQ champion Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Canada West champion Saskatchewan Huskies by a score of 30–24.[4] The Rouge et Or won their U Sports-leading 11th Vanier Cup championship.[4]
This was the first time that London had hosted the Vanier Cup game.[7]
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl, and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games.
The Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team, the Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Yates Cup Ontario championship team, the Western Mustangs, for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West Hardy Trophy, the Saskatchewan Huskies, defeated the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team, the St. Francis Xavier X-Men, for the Uteck Bowl. These games were played on November 19, 2022, and both of the visiting teams were victorious.
The Saskatchewan Huskies and Laval Rouge et Or played for the championship, following their victories in the bowl games.[4] The Huskies were playing in their second straight Vanier Cup game and 11th overall, having won three championships in program history.[4] The Rouge et Or were playing in their 13th championship game and won their 11th Vanier Cup.[4] The two programs also played in 2004 and 2006 with both games also resulting in Laval victories.[4]
First quarter[8]
SSK – FG Solie 20 yards (6:27) 3–0 SSK
LAV – FG Blanchard 15 yards (1:54) 3–3
Second quarter[8]
SSK – TD Iverson 3-yard pass from Nyhus (Solie convert) (13:45) 10–3 SSK
LAV – TD Muganda 3-yard run (Blanchard convert) (11:19) 10–10
LAV – Single Blanchard 85 yards (kickoff through the endzone) (11:19) 11–10 LAV
SSK – TD Vavra 3-yard pass from Nyhus (Solie convert) (8:35) 17–11 SSK
LAV – FG Blanchard 28 yards (6:15) 17–14 SSK
LAV – FG Blanchard 49 yards (0:01) 17–17
Third quarter[8]
LAV – FG Blanchard 10 yards (3:25) 20–17 LAV
Fourth quarter[8]
LAV – TD Dallaire 1-yard pass from Mital (Blanchard convert) (13:10) 27–17 LAV
SSK – TD Wiebe 3-yard pass from Nyhus (Solie convert) (4:58) 27–24 LAV
LAV – FG Blanchard 25 yards (1:56) 30–24 LAV