33rd Vanier Cup

	1	2	3	4	Total
UBC Thunderbirds	9	10	10	10	39
Ottawa Gee-Gees	1	6	0	16	23

Date

November 22, 1997

Stadium

Location

Ted Morris Memorial Trophy

Stuart Scherck, LB, UBC

Bruce Coulter Award

Attendance

8,184

The 33rd Vanier Cup was played on November 22, 1997, at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, and decided the CIAU football champion for the 1997 season. The UBC Thunderbirds won their third championship by defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees by a score of 39-23.

Game summary

UBC Thunderbirds (39) - TDs, Shawn Olson, Frank Luisser, Mark Nohra (2); FGs, Aaron Roed (4); cons., Aaron Roed (3).

Ottawa Gee-Gees (23) - TDs, Ousmane Tounkara, Haluke; FGs, McNeice (4); 2-point cons., Ibrahim Tounkara (2); singles, Watters.

First Quarter: UBC - FG Roed 23 (4:29); UBC - TD Olson 1 run (convert failed) (9:10); OTT - Single Watters 54 (14:54)

Second Quarter: OTT - FG McNeice 14 (2:10); UBC - TD Luisser 29 pass from Olson (Roed Convert) (7:45); OTT - FG McNeice 44 (14:37); UBC - FG Roed 21 (15:00)

Third Quarter: UBC - FG Roed 23 (10:53); UBC - TD Nohra 1 run (Roed convert) (15:00)

Fourth Quarter: UBC - FG Roed 42 (2:50); UBC - TD Nohra 19 run (Roed convert) (5:23); OTT - TD O. Tounkara 1 run (I. Tounkara pass from Côté) (12:32); OTT - TD Haluke 11 pass from Côté (I. Tounkara pass from Côté) (13:06)

"The Vanier Cup Champions". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
"Vanier Cup" (PDF). Canada West. Canada West Universities Athletics Association. 1997.

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National	Vanier Cup
Semi-finals	Mitchell Bowl Uteck Bowl
Conference championships	Hardy Trophy Yates Cup Dunsmore Cup Jewett Trophy

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