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Team photo from the 1920 season.Circa 1920
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In 1921, U of T won their second straight Yates Cup. The following season in 1922, U of T had a one game playoff to determine the winner of the Yates Cup that year in which they played Queen's University. In the championship game, U of T suffered their first loss in a championship game for the Yates Cup as they were defeated 12-6.Once Varsity Stadium was expanded in 1924, U of T fans were going to the game in droves. Crowds of upward 20,000 were attending the games regularly. During the 1926 season, U of T won another Yates Cup after four seasons of not winning the Yates Cup. Also during the 1926 season, U of T went to their last Grey Cup game in which they played the Ottawa Senators and unfortunately for U of T they lost their final Grey Cup appearance ever 10-7.
U of T's last appearance in any sort of championship game was in 1929, when they competed in the Yates Cup and once again faced Queen's University. In this Yates Cup game, Queen's won the Yates Cup 15-5.
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U of T in the 1930s won three more Yates Cup in this decade. The years in which they won the Yates Cup was in 1932, 1933, and 1936. During the 1932 and 1936 seasons, U of T went on to defeat Queen's University 10-3 and 11-3 respectively. With the three Yates Cup victories, U of T also suffered defeat in three Yates Cups as well. The seasons in which the Varsity Blues lost in the Yates Cup were in 1934, 1935, and 1937. In those defeats, Queen's University was their opponent in which they lost 8-7, 6-4, and 7-6 respectively.17
From 1940-1944, the CIRFU suspended operations due to World War II. The only time in which U of T won a Yates Cup was in 1948, in which they had the best record in the CIRFU. This Yates Cup victory was their 17th in school history.18
The 1948 U of T football team.Circa 1948
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The 1950s was some people considered the greatest decade in their football program history. In this decade, U of T captured three more Yates Cups with the first one being in 1951. The 1951 Yates Cup victory was of significance to the school because this was the seventh time in which a U of T team went undefeated. This season U of T went 8-0-1, outscoring their opponents 152-60 in the process.During the 1954 season, U of T defeated Western 9-8 to capture their second Yates Cup in the decade. The final time in which the U of T captured the Yates Cup in the 1950s was in 1958 in which this team outscored their opponents 273-57.
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In the 1960s itself, U of T went on to win four more championships in collegiate football. The first championship in the 1960s was in 1962 when U of T captured their first Atlantic Bowl in school history when they defeated St. Francis Xavier 20-14.The 1965 season was a special one for U of T, when they captured another Yates Cup and with that victory, U of T got an invite to the first ever Canadian College Bowl (now called the Vanier Cup) with the Alberta Golden Bears to determine the best university team in Canada. In the championship game, U of T won the first ever Canadian Bowl when they defeated Alberta 14-7. With that victory in the Canadian College Bowl, U of T became the one and only school to win the first inaugural championships for the Yates Cup, Grey Cup and the College Bowl.
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Roster for the 1965 Canadian College Bowl champions.20 November 1965
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The 1965 Yates Cup and Canadian College Bowl champions.Circa 1965
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The last Yates Cup and championship that they won in the 1960s was in 1967. Also during the 1967 season receiver Mike Eben won the first ever Hec Crighton award for being the most outstanding player in Canadian College football that season (the other three Hec Crighton winners from U of T are Mike Raham in 1968, Dan Feraday in 1981, and Eugene Buccigrossi in 1992) .In total, U of T captured 28 championships during their time in the CIRFU. After the demise of the CIRFU, U of T decided to go into the Ontario University Athletic Association (OUAA). This association was a new 12 team conference, in which the Yates Cup was awarded to the league champion. Carleton University and Queen's University were part of the Capital division. In the three seasons in which the Varsity Blues were part of this association, no championships were won.
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After the 1973 season in which the Quebec University Athletic Association (QUAA) collapsed, a new association was formed between the Ontario and Quebec schools, now known as the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference (OQIFC), this conference has two divisions; East and West. And the winners of each division would be co-champions of the Yates Cup. Once the OQIFC started, U of T started off in the East Division, and that lasted until the end of the 1975 season when they moved to the West division in which they stayed until the end of the OQIFC at the end of the 1979 season. In U of T's time in the OQIFC, their only successful season was their first one in the OQIFC in 1974 in which U of T was co-champions of the Yates Cup. Their co-champion for that year was the Western Mustangs. With co Yates Cup champions Western, U of T went to one national semi-final (the Atlantic Bowl), while Western went to the Churchill Bowl. In the Atlantic Bowl, U of T went on to play the Saint Mary's in which U of T won 45-1 and went on to their second Vanier Cup appearance.In the Vanier Cup game, U of T went on to play their OQIFC member and co-champions, the Western Mustangs. In the Vanier Cup game, U of T dominated most of the statistical categories, but not the score as Western won the national championship 19-15.
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Before the 1980 season started, the OUAA (now the Ontario University Athletics) was reborn in the form of the OQIFC West division. With the OUAA now, the Yates Cup is solely goes to the winner of the OUAA. For the rest next 20 years, the Varsity Blues would go on to win their last four championships. The first championship in the OUAA was in 1983, when they won their 24th Yates Cup when U of T defeated the McMaster Marauders 20-16.The last season in which U of T won any sort of championships was in 1993, in which they won their last Yates Cup by defeating Western 24-16, their first and only Churchill Bowl by defeating the Concordia Stingers 26-16, and their last Vanier Cup when they defeated the Calgary Dinos 37-34. At the end of the millennium, the Varsity Blues won 25 Yates Cups, the second most in history, four Grey Cups, and two Vanier Cups.
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Roster for the 1993 Churchill Bowl.13 November 1993
Skydome, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Autographed picture of the 1993 Vanier Cup champions.Circa 1993
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