Simon Fraser Clan The Simon Fraser Clan are the athletic teams that represent Simon Fraser University in Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada . SFU ' s teams formerly played in the United States National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for all sports . In 1997 , Simon Fraser sought to join the U . S . NCAA as a Division II school , but was turned down . After this , SFU decided in 2000 - 01 to partially transfer to Canadian Interuniversity Sport . Before the transfer , SFU did not compete in Canadian football , instead playing American football . On July 10 , 2009 the NCAA approved SFU ' s bid to join NCAA Division II starting in 2011 - 12 , where SFU intended to compete in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference . However , Canada West , the CIS association the SFU teams were scheduled to play in , issued a probation on all SFU teams for the 2010 - 11 season , leading to speculation that Clan teams would not have conference to play in . Fortunately , GNAC admitted SFU one year earlier than planned as a full conference member in time for the 2010 - 2011 season . Varsity teams . SFU currently has 17 varsity programs competing in the following sports ( affiliations included ) : SFU is the only school to have finished in the top five of the NAIA division of the NACDA Director ' s Cup , an award given to the top overall college sports program in the United States , in each year since the award was first given to NAIA schools in 1996 . The Clan won the NAIA Cup consecutively from 1997 through 2001 , and again in 2004 . The last win was especially impressive because it occurred after SFU partially transferred to CIS . Oddly , the SFU Clan holds the NAIA record for most All - Americans and U . S . National Champions ( individual ) . Football . The Simon Fraser Clan football team has been competing continuously 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 Canadian Interuniversity Sport 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 in the NCAA ' s Division II in 2010 . The team also maintains 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 , 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 . Season results . ( * ) 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 . " 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 32 and most first overall selections with five . As of the start of the 2012 CFL season , seven former Clan players are on CFL teams ' rosters : Women ' s Basketball . Team championships : Men ' s Soccer . A few team highlights : Women ' s Soccer . Team championships : Softball . Team championships : Clan TV . Clan TV is an online streaming broadcast of most home games for Football , Basketball , and Softball . Over the years the format has changed but it is the main broadcast for Clan fans , and athletes families out of town .