McGill Redmen football

McGill Redmen
McGill Redmen logo
First season 1874
Athletic director Drew Love
Head coach Ronald Hilaire
3rd year, 8–16–0  (.333)
Other Staff Benoit Groulx (OC)
Ronald Hilaire (DC)
Home Stadium Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Year built 1914
Stadium capacity 25,012
Stadium surface FieldTurf
Location Montreal, Quebec
League U Sports
Conference RSEQ (2010 – present)
Past associations CRFU (1898–1914, 1919–1939, 1946–1970)
QUAA (1971–1973)
OQIFC (1974–2000)
QSSF (2001–2009)
All-time record – 
Postseason record – 
Tournaments
Vanier Cups 1
1987
Mitchell Bowls 3
1958, 1960, 1973
Atlantic Bowls 2
1969, 1987
Yates Cups 10
1902, 1906, 1912, 1913,
1919, 1928, 1938, 1960,
1962, 1969
Dunsmore Cups 3
1987, 2001, 2002
Hec Crighton winners 1
Dave Fleiszer
Current uniform
Colours Red, White, and Black
              
Outfitter Adidas
Rivals Montreal Carabins
Concordia Stingers
Website McGill Football

The McGill Redmen football team represents McGill University athletics teams in U Sports and is based in Montreal, Quebec. The program is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1874. The team won its first championship in 1902 and since then have also won in 1912, 1913, 1919, 1928, 1938 and 1960 prior to the inauguration of the Vanier Cup in 1965. McGill appeared in the Vanier Cup final in 1969, 1973 and 1987, with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game. McGill plays out of Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, where the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes also play.

Since the retirement of long-time head coach Charlie Baillie in 2000, the team has only won two league championships (2001, 2002). In October 2005, the McGill administration cancelled the last three games of football team's season after confirmed reports of hazing involving sexual abuse.[1] After their 2005 suspension, the team struggled with three losing seasons, including two winless seasons in 2007 and 2008. The program showed signs of hope as the Redmen won three games in 2009, but soon sank back down to futility with consecutive winless campaigns in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, the Redmen qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2006, but lost to perennial powerhouse Laval.

Seasons

The McGill v. Harvard game played in 1874.

In 1874, McGill and Harvard met in the first North American style football game.[2] From 1898, McGill played in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union, and won their first championship, the Yates Cup in 1902. In 1912, Frank Shaughnessy was recruited as the first professional head coach. His teams won the Yates Cup during his first two seasons. In 1919, the team went undefeated and did not concede a touchdown,[3] and in 1928. The 1919 team was inducted into McGill's Hall of Fame in 2010.

McGill next won a championship in 1938. The team tied for the regular season 8–1 with Western after losing their final regular-season game to Western. The teams played off for the championship, won 9–0 by McGill, with all the scoring from kicker Herb Westman, who kicked a school record nine punt singles.[4] The Redmen would not win another title until 1960, when they won the Yates Cup, against Queen's University of Kingston, then defeated the Canada West champion Alberta Golden Bears in a challenge match for an unofficial national championship (Churchill Bowl).

In 1971, McGill joined a newly formed Quebec-only conference known as the Quebec University Athletic Association. In 1974, the three remaining Quebec teams merged with three Ontario teams in the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference.

McGill won the ODIFC's Dunsmore Cup again for the first time 1987, along with the Montreal Shrine Bowl, Shaughnessy Cup, Robert Stanfield trophy (Atlantic Bowl champions) and the Vanier Cup (CIAU national champions). The 1987 team featured Michael Soles at running back, who went on to a lengthy playing career in the Canadian Football League. That team was coached by Charlie Baillie who took over in 1972 and served as head coach until 2000. Baillie surpassed the legendary Frank Shaughnessy's school record for wins and went on to become McGill's winningest coach. His overall record was 119–111–2.

Recent regular season results

SeasonGamesWonLostOTLPCTPFPAStandingPlayoffs
2001853-0.6251611662nd in QUFLDefeated Concordia Stingers in semi-final 11–8
Lost to Laval Rouge et Or in Dunsmore Cup 42–14[A]
2002871-0.875299931st in QUFLDefeated Bishop's Gaiters in semi-final 44–0
Defeated Concordia Stingers in Dunsmore Cup 10–6
Lost to Saskatchewan Huskies in Mitchell Bowl 22–0
2003835-0.3751712054th in QUFLLost to Laval Rouge et Or in semi-final 47–7
2004844-0.5001621584th in QUFLLost to Montreal Carabins in semi-final 38–18
2005817-0.1251202336th in QUFLOut of playoffs
2006844-0.5001571684th in QUFLLost to Laval Rouge et Or in semi-final 52–0
2007808-0.0001442896th in QUFLOut of playoffs
2008808-0.0001304136th in QUFLOut of playoffs
2009835-0.3751812675th in QUFLOut of playoffs
2010909-0.0001023306th in QUFLOut of playoffs
2011909-0.0001392876th in RSEQOut of playoffs
2012936-0.3331572944th in RSEQLost to Laval Rouge et Or in semi-final 46–9
2013835-0.3752202635th in RSEQOut of playoffs
2014808-0.0001033426th in RSEQOut of playoffs
2015835-0.3751922495th in RSEQOut of playoffs
2016844-0.5001561734th in RSEQLost to Montreal Carabins in semi-final 42–0
2017817-0.1251052825th in RSEQOut of playoffs

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^ A. McGill was later awarded the Cup by forfeit after it was discovered that Laval had used ineligible players

Head coaches

NameYearsNotes
A.M. Hamilton1908
Bill Steedman1911
Frank Shaughnessy1912–27 & 1932–34First professional coach in Canadian college history;
Yates Cup in 1912, 1913 and 1919.
Lorne Montgomery1928–29Yates Cup in 1928
Flin Flanagan1928
T.H. Hall1928–29
A.A. Burridge1928–29
D. Stuart Forbes1930–31
Joe O'Brien1935
Doug Kerr1936–46Yates Cup in 1938
Vic Obeck1947–53
Larry Sullivan1954–57
Bruce Coulter1958–61Yates Cup, national championship in 1960
Bill Bewley1962–64Yates Cup in 1962
Tom Mooney1965–70Yates Cup in 1969
John Roberts1971
Charlie Baillie1972–2000National championship (Vanier Cup in 1987)
Chuck McMann2001–2006
Sonny Wolfe2007–11
Clint Uttley2011–2014Took over as interim for final three games of 2011 season; named head coach after season but resigned on September 30, 2014.
Ronald Hilaire2015–presentAppointed head coach Feb 17, 2015. Finished 2014 season as interim co-head coach.

Source: McGill.[6]

Notable former players

CFL

NFL

Former professional players

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hazing probe prompts McGill to cancel football". CTV News. October 19, 2005. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Spotlight Athletics:". Mcgill.ca. 2012-05-14. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
  3. ↑ "1919 McGill Football Team". McGill University. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ "1938 McGill Football team". McGill University. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.sportetudiant-stats.com/universitaire/football/classements-1.php
  6. ↑ "Coach profiles". McGill University. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
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