Simon Fraser Clan football

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Simon Fraser Clan
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First season 1965
Athletic director Dr. Milton Richards
Head coach Kelly Bates
1 year, 0–9–0 (.000)
Stadium Swangard Stadium
Field surface Natural grass
Conference GNAC
Bowl record 0–1 (.000)
Claimed nat'l titles 0
Conference titles 1 (2003)
Current uniform
CIS SFU Jersey 2009.png
Colors Red and Blue           
Mascot McFogg the Dog
Website athletics.sfu.ca

The Simon Fraser Clan football team has represented Simon Fraser University since the athletic department's inception in 1965. The Clan played by American rules while they competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics from 1965 to 2001 against other American teams. Along with other SFU teams, the football program transferred to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and thereby switched to playing Canadian football against Canadian University teams in 2002. While playing in the CIS, SFU won their first and only Hardy Trophy conference championship in 2003 while qualifying for the playoffs twice. After playing eight seasons in the Canada West Conference of the CIS, the Clan football team began competing in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference of NCAA Division II in 2010.[1]

The team also maintains a cross-town rivalry with the Vancouver-based University of British Columbia Thunderbirds as they are also the only two universities in British Columbia that field football teams. Since 1967, the two teams have competed in the Shrum Bowl, an annual game played at alternating venues with alternating rules. SFU holds a 17-15-1 series lead while also being the most recent champion having won the 2010 game at Thunderbird Stadium. Due to the two schools playing in two different leagues, the scheduling of these games has often been difficult, with no game being played in 2011, the 12th time the game hadn't been played since the game's inception.[2]

Season results

Year Coach Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Highest# Final°
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) (1965–2001)
Canada West (CIS) (2002–2009)
2002 Chris Beaton 2–6 6th NR NR
2003 Chris Beaton 5–3 2nd W Canada West semi-final
W Hardy Trophy
L Uteck Bowl		 8 8
2004 Chris Beaton 3–5 6th 6 NR
2005 Chris Beaton 0–7–1 7th NR NR
2006 Frank Boehres 0–7–1 7th NR NR
2007 Dave Johnson 0–8 7th NR NR
2008 Dave Johnson 5–3 4th W Canada West semi-final
L Hardy Trophy		 7 8
2009 Dave Johnson 1–6 (*) 7th 7 NR
CIS: 16–47–2
Great Northwest (NCAA Division II) (2010–present)
2010 Dave Johnson 1–9 (0–9 NCAA) 0–8 5th NR NR
2011 Dave Johnson 3–7 2–6 4th NR NR
2012 Dave Johnson 5–6 4–6 4th NR NR
2013 Dave Johnson 3–7 3–7 5th NR NR
2014 Jacques Chapdelaine 2–9 2–7 5th NR NR
2015 Kelly Bates 0-9 0-6 7th NR NR
NCAA: 14–47 11–40
Total:
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Highest rank during the course of the season (NR=not ranked).
°Final rank. Since 2000, the final rankings were released following the playoffs.

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(*) In 2009, two victories were nullified because CWUAA accused SFU for having ineligible players in both games. However, SFU argued that they followed CWUAA's guidelines perfectly and that the player was eligible at the time of the accusation. The Manitoba Bisons also used an ineligible player in a Simon Fraser win, so the game was declared "no contest."

CIS playoff results

Simon Fraser in the CFL

Simon Fraser University holds the record for the most players selected in the Canadian Football League Draft since 1965, when the athletics program first began. Moreover, SFU holds the record for most first round selections with 33 and most first overall selections with five.[4]

As of the start of the 2015 CFL season, 12 former Clan players are on CFL teams' rosters:

Simon Fraser in the NFL

Former Clan wide receiver Victor Marshall was invited to the Seattle Seahawks rookie camp in May 2013 and earned a contract on May 13 to take part in Organized Team Activities and training camp as a tight end.[5] On July 30, 2013 the Seahawks released Marshall during training camp.[6]

References

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  4. ↑ 2011 Canadian Draft Guide
  5. ↑ [1]
  6. ↑ http://www.seahawks.com/news/press/article-1/Seahawks-Make-Roster-Moves/f2ebc6eb-9913-4c48-81bd-8887a45487f7

External links

Official website

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