1999 CIAU football season

The 1999 CIAU football season began on September 10, 1999, and concluded with the 35th Vanier Cup national championship on November 27, 1999 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, with the Laval Rouge et Or winning the first Vanier Cup in program history. Twenty-four universities across Canada competed in CIAU football this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU). The Regina Rams began their first season of play in the CIAU after previously playing in the Canadian Junior Football League.

Regular season

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Teams in bold earned playoff berths.^[1]

Offence
	First Team	Second Team
Quarterback	Phil Côté (Ottawa)	Blaine Scatcherd (Acadia)
Running Back	Mike Bradley (Waterloo) Akbal Singh (UBC)	Doug Rozon (Saskatchewan) Jeff Johnson (York)
Inside Receiver	James MacLean (Queen’s) Ibrahim Tounkara (Ottawa)	Brian Nugent (York) Jason Clermont (Regina)
Outside Receiver	Jamie Stoddard (Alberta) Andre Talbot (Wilfrid Laurier)	Marco Picotte (Acadia) Brad Coutts (UBC)
Centre	Carlo Panaro (Alberta)	Jacques Cloutier (Laval)
Guard	Aaron Barker (UBC) Pascal Chéron (Laval)	Michael Chuk (Western) John Salmas (Saint Mary’s)
Tackle	Kevin Lefsrud (Saskatchewan) André Trudel (Laval)	Paul Blenkhorn (Western) Eric Sanderson (York)

Defence
	First Team	Second Team
Defensive Tackle	Daaron McField (UBC) Jeremy Oxley (Guelph)	Ryan Henderson (Manitoba) Randy Chevrier (McGill)
Defensive End	Kojo Millington (Wilfrid Laurier) Tyson St. James (UBC)	Mathieu Gauthier (Mount Allison) Josh Thomas (Acadia)
Linebacker	Mike Letendre (Saskatchewan) Josh Tavares (Saint Mary’s) Dino DiMarino (Wilfrid Laurier)	Justin Anania (Western) Joey Mikawoz (Manitoba) Jason Casey (Concordia)
Free Safety	Derek Fink (Alberta)	Patrick Boies (Laval)
Defensive Halfback	Donnie Ruiz (Wilfrid Laurier) Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette (Laval)	Jeff Lewis (Calgary) Sean Spender (Guelph)
Cornerback	Jason Wimmer (Queen’s) Jason Hutchins (Alberta)	Jermaine Romans (Acadia) Mike Eberts (Alberta)

Special Teams
	First Team	Second Team
Kicker	Derek Livingstone (McMaster)	David Bradford (Mount Allison)
Punter	Michael O’Brien (Western)	Jamie Boreham (Saskatchewan)

Conference Semi-finals		Conference Championships		National Semi-finals		35th Vanier Cup

Waterloo Warriors	35
Western Ontario Mustangs	21	Waterloo Warriors	32
McMaster Marauders	27	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks	20
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks	42			Waterloo Warriors	14
				Saint Mary's Huskies	21
		Acadia Axemen	24
		Saint Mary's Huskies	25
						Saint Mary's Huskies	10
Manitoba Bisons	16					Laval Rouge et Or	14
Saskatchewan Huskies	42	Saskatchewan Huskies	31
Calgary Dinos	14	UBC Thunderbirds	24
UBC Thunderbirds	27			Saskatchewan Huskies	21
Laval Rouge et Or	42			Laval Rouge et Or	27
Concordia Stingers	16	Laval Rouge et Or	38
McGill Redmen	21	Ottawa Gee-Gees	6
Ottawa Gee-Gees	24

The Vanier Cup was played between the champions of the Atlantic Bowl and the Churchill Bowl, the national semi-final games. This year, the Dunsmore Cup Ontario-Quebec champion Laval Rouge et Or hosted the Canada West Hardy Trophy champion Saskatchewan Huskies for the Churchill Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship, the Saint Mary's Huskies, hosted the Ontario conference's Yates Cup championship team, Waterloo Warriors, for the Atlantic Bowl.^[4] The Saint Mary's Huskies appeared in their fifth Vanier Cup game while the Laval Rouge et Or, whose program began in 1996, made their first appearance in the championship game. The 35th Vanier Cup was played in Toronto's SkyDome where the Rouge et Or defeated the Huskies 14–10 to claim the team's first Vanier Cup championship.^[5]