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The Quebec University Football League was the Canadian football conference for Quebec universities who participate in CIS football until the completion of the 2010 football season. It has since been renamed Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec football, or noted by the acronym RSEQ .
The team is a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports, returning football to Carleton University after a 15-year absence. [ 4 ] The Université de Moncton investigated a possible football program in 2011, due to the construction of Moncton Stadium in 2010. [ 5 ]
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body for universities in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country and four regional conferences: Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), Canada West (CW), and Atlantic University Sport (AUS).
The Laval Rouge et Or football team began its first regular season in 1996 and has quickly become one of the most successful programs in U Sports history. The Rouge et Or have won a record eleven Vanier Cup championships and their most recent victory occurred at the 57th Vanier Cup in 2022.
After the merger between Quebec's university, collegiate, and high school governing bodies in 1989, the amalgamated association was named the Fédération du sport scolaire du Québec/Quebec Student Sports Federation, abbreviated FSSQ and QSSF. The current name has been in use since November 2010.
[5] [6] 27 university teams in Canada played U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football. [7] Manitoba kicker Maya Turner became the first woman to be named an all-star in U Sports football when she was named to the Canada West all-star team. She made 14 of 18 field goal attempts for the team, and made all her conversions. [8]
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As of the 2024 season, 48 teams from Canadian universities are divided into four athletic conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of U Sports: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, and Atlantic University Sport. [3]