# Uteck Bowl

The Uteck Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of U Sports football, Canada's national competition for university teams that play Canadian football. It is held in the easternmost of the two semifinal venues. The Uteck Bowl champion moves on to face the Mitchell Bowl champion for the Vanier Cup. It was named for Larry Uteck, a former professional football player and university coach who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2002.

## History

The Atlantic Bowl traditionally saw the Atlantic University Sport champions face a champion from another conference at Huskies Stadium in Halifax. However, in the interests of competitive fairness, the Atlantic Bowl was replaced by the Mitchell Bowl, its venue, like the Churchill Bowl that had paralleled it for so long, rotating among two of the conference champions.
Larry Uteck was a longtime football coach at Saint Mary's University and, at the time, the university's athletic director. It was decided that the Churchill Bowl would be retired, the Mitchell Bowl would take the place of the Churchill Bowl, and a new championship would be named in Uteck's memory. Thus, the Uteck Bowl formally replaced the Atlantic Bowl.
The inaugural Uteck Bowl was played at Huskies Stadium, where two-time defending Vanier Cup champions and home team Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the Simon Fraser Clan.
The 2020 game was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Uteck Bowl champions

| Date | Champion | Score | Runner Up | Location | Uteck Bowl MVP |
| November 15, 2003 | Saint Mary's | 60–9 | Simon Fraser | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Les Mullings, Saint Mary's |
| November 20, 2004 | Laval | 30–11 | Laurier | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Jeronimo Huerta-Flores, Laval |
| November 19, 2005 | Laurier | 31–10 | Acadia | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Ryan Pyear, Laurier |
| November 18, 2006 | Laval | 57–10 | Acadia | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Olivier Turcotte-Létourneau, Laval |
| November 17, 2007 | Saint Mary's | 24–2 | Laval | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Tim St. Pierre, Saint Mary's |
| November 16, 2008 | Laval | 59–10 | Calgary | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Benoit Groulx, Laval |
| November 21, 2009 | Calgary | 38–14 | Saint Mary's | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Matt Walter, Calgary |
| November 20, 2010 | Laval | 13–11 | Western | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Christopher Milo, Laval |
| November 18, 2011 | McMaster | 45–21 | Acadia | Moncton Stadium, Moncton | Kyle Quinlan, McMaster |
| November 17, 2012 | Laval | 42–7 | Acadia | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Maxime Boutin, Laval |
| November 16, 2013 | Laval | 48–21 | Mount Allison | MacAulay Field, Sackville | Guillaume Rioux, Laval |
| November 22, 2014 | Montreal | 29–26 | Manitoba | CEPSUM Stadium, Montreal | Gabriel Cousineau, Montreal |
| November 21, 2015 | UBC | 36–9 | St. Francis Xavier | Oland Stadium, Antigonish | Brandon Deschamps, UBC |
| November 19, 2016 | Laval | 36–6 | Laurier | Telus Stadium, Quebec City | Félix Faubert-Lussier, Laval |
| November 18, 2017 | Western | 81–3 | Acadia | Raymond Field, Wolfville | Chris Merchant, Western |
| November 17, 2018 | Laval | 63–0 | St. Francis Xavier | Telus Stadium, Quebec City | Hugo Richard, Laval |
| November 16, 2019 | Montreal | 38–0 | Acadia | Raymond Field, Wolfville | Reda Malki, Montreal |
| November 21, 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| November 27, 2021 | Saskatchewan | 14–10 | Montreal | CEPSUM Stadium, Montreal | Offence: Adam Machart, Saskatchewan Defence: Riley Pickett, Saskatchewan |
| November 19, 2022 | Saskatchewan | 36–19 | St. Francis Xavier | Oland Stadium, Antigonish | Offence: Mason Nyhus, Saskatchewan Defence: John Stoll, Saskatchewan |
| November 18, 2023 | Montreal | 29–3 | Western | CEPSUM Stadium, Montreal | Offence: Jonathan Sénécal, Montreal Defence: Nicolas Roy, Montreal |
| November 16, 2024 | Laurier | 48–24 | Bishop's | Coulter Field, Lennoxville | |

## Future participants

The teams and host sites of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl rotate on a six-year cycle, so that in each cycle each of the four conferences hosts and visits every other conference once. With the 2020 game cancelled, the cycle was delayed by one year with the 2020 teams playing in 2021.
The participants and sites for future Uteck Bowl games are listed below:
| Date/Year | Visiting conference | Host conference |
| 2024 | OUA | AUS |
| 2025 | AUS | RSEQ |
| 2026 | RSEQ | AUS |
| 2027 | Canada West | RSEQ |
| 2028 | Canada West | AUS |
| 2029 | OUA | RSEQ |
To date, the Uteck Bowl games hosted by Quebec have been played at the champion's home field, while the first four games hosted by Atlantic University Sport (AUS) were played at Huskies Stadium in Halifax. The 2011 game was held in Moncton at the newly built Moncton Stadium. All subsequent games were hosted by the Loney Bowl champion. As of 2023, home teams have a record of 11–9.

## Team win–loss records

| Team | W | L | Win % |
| Laval Rouge et Or | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| Montreal Carabins | 3 | 1 | .667 |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Western Mustangs | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Calgary Dinos | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| McMaster Marauders | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Acadia Axemen | 0 | 6 | .000 |
| St. Francis Xavier X-Men | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Manitoba Bisons | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Mount Allison Mounties | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Simon Fraser Clan | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Bishop's Gaiters | 0 | 1 | .000 |