Simon Fraser Clan football

Simon Fraser Clan
First season 1965
Athletic director Theresa Hanson
Head coach Thomas Ford [1]
2018 season, 0–0 (–)
Stadium Terry Fox Field
Field surface Artificial turf
Conference GNAC
All-time record 183–297–2 (.382)
Bowl record 0–1 (.000)
Conference titles 1 (2003)
Current uniform
Colors Red and Blue[2]
         
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 CIS (now U Sports) 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, and have played the American format of football again since.[3]

The team had maintained 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 (and two different game formats), 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.[4]

Season results

Year Coach Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs Highest# Final°
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) (1965–2001)
Canada West (CIS) (2002–2009)
2002 Chris Beaton 2–66thNRNR
2003 Chris Beaton 5–32ndW Canada West semi-final
W Hardy Trophy
L Uteck Bowl		88
2004 Chris Beaton 3–56th6NR
2005 Chris Beaton 0–7–17thNRNR
2006 Frank Boehres 0–7–17thNRNR
2007 Dave Johnson 0–87thNRNR
2008 Dave Johnson 5–34thW Canada West semi-final
L Hardy Trophy		78
2009 Dave Johnson 1–6 (*)7th7NR
CIS: 16–47–2
Great Northwest (NCAA Division II) (2010–present)
2010 Dave Johnson 1–9 (0–9 NCAA)0–85thNRNR
2011 Dave Johnson 3–72–64thNRNR
2012 Dave Johnson 5–64–64thNRNR
2013 Dave Johnson 3–73–75thNRNR
2014 Jacques Chapdelaine 2–92–75thNRNR
2015 Kelly Bates 0–90–67thNRNR
2016 Kelly Bates 0–100–85thNRNR
2017 Kelly Bates 0–100–85thNRNR
2018 Thomas Ford 1–60–5
NCAA: 15–7311–61
Total:
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
  • #Highest rank during the course of the season (NR=not ranked).
  • °Final rank.
  • Since 2000, the final rankings were released following the playoffs.

[5]

(*) 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 34 and most first overall selections with five.[6][7]

As of the start of the 2018 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.[8] On July 30, 2013 the Seahawks released Marshall during training camp.[9]

On April 27th, 2018 former clan DE Nathan Sheperd was selected 72nd overall in the NFL draft by the New York Jets.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "SFU Common Look and Feel | Colour Palette". Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Simon Fraser University (2009-07-10). "SFU first Canadian school in NCAA". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  4. ↑ Josh Curran (2011-08-30). "Shrum Bowl called off for 2011 season". The Ubyssey. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  5. ↑ "SFU Clan football Year by Year Record". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  6. ↑ 2011 Canadian Draft Guide Archived 2011-12-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ SFU CFL Draft
  8. ↑ Seahawks make roster moves
  9. ↑ Seahawks make roster moves
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