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Mount Allison Mounties banner.1955-2000
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Mount Allison University resides out of Sackville, Nova Scotia. Mount Allison started playing rugby-football in the later parts of the 19th century with pressure from the students who came to like rugby-football through stories that they heard. Mount Allison's first game was played in 1876. The next important date in Mount Allison history was in 1890, when Mount Allison decided to play a game in Saint John New Brunswick. Mount Allison was the first team in Atlantic Canada to travel out of province.In 1903, Mount Allison decided to join the Intercollegiate Rugby Football League. The following year Mount Allison won the first ever King-Richardson football trophy (the King-Richardson trophy was a trophy donated by the King-Richardson company). Mount Allison won the King-Richardson trophy in 1904, 1905 and 1911. Also in 1911, Mount Allison travelled for the first time to Prince Edward Island, and started to compete for the Gass Shield (the Gass Shield is a silver shield that was donated by J.C. Gass that was played between the freshmen and sophomores of Mount Allison).
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The modern era of Mount Allison football started in 1955 against other universities' in Atlantic Canada. In fact Mount Allison's first league that they joined after World War II was the Maritime Intercollegiate Football League (MIFL) in 1958 in which they were a part of until the beginning of the 1960 season in which they decided to join the Atlantic Football Conference (AFC) 'A' section with St. Francis Xavier, and Dalhousie just to name a few. Mount Allison's first head coach of the modern era was Angus MacFarlane, in which he coached from 1957-1970.During his time as head coach, he was the first coach in Atlantic Canada to use the horseshoe huddle and spread formations. Also during his tenure, MacFarlane encouraged his football players to have fun while playing the game, and they were until 1965, when they moved to a new conference in which Saint Mary's, University of New Brunswick, and St. Dunstan's were a part of. To end the 1960s, Mount Allison was winless, and only supported 13 players.
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To start the 1970s, the Mount Allison won their first game in five years when they beat the University of Montreal. Mount Allison continued their success until 1973 with their new head coach John Wheelock. Before the start of the 1974 season, Mount Allison was joined by St. Francis Xavier, Saint Mary's and Acadia and competed in the Atlantic Universities Athletic Association (AUAA). These four clubs were part of this association until the end of the 1998 season, in which after they joined the Atlantic University Sports (AUS).After their short success in the early part of the seventies, Mount Allison started to return to way it was before and for the rest of the decade, Mount Allison only won five more times and had three more coaches in the process.
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In the early part of the 1980s, Mount Allison was still struggling on the field, recording under .500 records.All that changed during the 1984 season, in which Mount Allison decided to play Maine Maritime Academy of the NCAA. Even though Mount Allison lost a close game to them, the Mounties used their experience from the NCAA game to capture the school's first ever Jewett Trophy, when they defeated the Acadia Axemen 32-16.
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The 1984 Mount Allison team photo.Circa 1984
Mount Allison University, Saskville, New Brunswick, Canada
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A game helmet used during the 1984 season.Circa 1984
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Game jersey worn by #28 Peter Winters.Circa 1984
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Newspaper headlines about Mount Allison.Circa 1984
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With capturing the Jewett Trophy, Mount Allison went to their first Atlantic Bowl where they played the Queen's Golden Gaels. In the game, the Mounties only held Queen's to a total of 17 points and won the game 29-17.11
Fans celebrating Mount Allison's victory in the Atlantic Bowl.Circa 1984
Huskies Stadium, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Mount Allison players celebrating their first Atlantic Bowl victory.Circa 1984
Huskies Stadium, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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With their first win in the Atlantic Bowl, the Mounties went on to play in their first Vabier Cup in Toronto against the Guelph Gryphons. Unfortunately for Mount Allison, their championship dreams ended when Guelph defeated Mount Allison 22-13 in a close game.14
Game action from the 1984 Vanier Cup.24 November 1984
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits:A. Martin
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