2009 CIS football season The 2009 CIS football season began on August 29 , 2009 , and concluded its campaign with the 45th Vanier Cup national championship on November 28 at PEPS stadium in Quebec City , Quebec . Twenty - seven universities across Canada compete in CIS football , the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football , under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport ( CIS ) . The Queen ' s Golden Gaels defeated the Calgary Dinos 33 - 31 in the Vanier Cup to claim the 2009 national championship and their fourth in school history . Schedule . The regular - season schedule began early with a single Canada West Universities Athletic Association game in week one on Saturday , August 23 , between the UBC Thunderbirds and the Simon Fraser Clan at Thunderbird Stadium in Greater Vancouver . The Ontario University Athletics , Quebec University Football League , and remaining CWUAA teams got underway the following week during the Labour Day weekend , and the Atlantic University Sport conference began their matches the week following that . Awards and records . Records . , three active CIS quarterbacks were climbing the top ten career passing records . Danny Brannagan of Queen ' s Golden Gaels was in fifth place for both all - time 9 , 236 career passing yards and 71 touchdowns . Michael Faulds of Western Mustangs was in sixth place just behind Brannagan with 9 , 137 career passing yards and Justin Dunk , of the Guelph Gryphons was seventh with 9 , 093 passing yards . In their rivalry game on October 17 , 2009 , both Brannagan and Faulds became only the second and third players , respectively , to pass for over 10 , 000 yards in their career . Faulds would eventually pass Brannagan and claim the title of All - Time Passing Leader , totaling 10 , 811 career yards , as well as the CIS single - season passing record with 3 , 033 yards . Brannagan would have to settle with second on the all - time list after a disappointing final game of the season left him with 10 , 714 for his career . McGill wide receiver Charles - Antoine Sinotte was in eighth place on the career receptions list with 172 catches , and working towards reaching the record of 194 catches that former Redmen teammate Erik Galas set in the 2008 CIS football season . Guelph kicker Rob Maver was in eighth place on the CIS all - time field goals list with 54 . Saskatchewan Huskies kicker Grant Shaw , kicked a 55 yard field goal on October 17 against Manitoba , to tie a Canada West record for longest field goal . It was two yards shy of the all - time CIS record of 57 yards . Results . Top 10 . Ranks in " italics " are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes . NR = Not Ranked , received no votes . Championships . The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl , the national semi - final games . In 2009 , according to the rotating schedule , the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team will meet the Ontario conference ' s Yates Cup champion for the Mitchell Bowl . The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy travel to the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions for the Uteck Bowl . The Canada West play - offs start with the top four placed teams from the regular season , with the top placed team hosting the fourth place and the second place team hosting the third placed . The winners of those semi - finals then compete for the Hardy Cup championship who then travels to the Atlantic champion for a national semi - final game . The Quebec play - offs similarly play - off the top four placed teams with the Dunsmore Cup champions moving on to compete for the Mitchell Bowl against the Ontario champions . The Ontario conference starts out with the top six placed teams from the regular season . The third placed team hosts the sixth place team and the fourth placed team host the team in fifth place . The winners then take on the top two placed teams in the conference semi - finals and the semi - final champions compete for the Yates Cup . The Ontario champions , in 2009 , host the Quebec conference champions for the Mitchell Bowl national semi - final game . The Atlantic conference play - offs the second and third placed teams to determine who plays the first place team at the Loney Bowl for the Jewett Trophy . The Atlantic winner then hosts the Canada West champion to meet in the Uteck Bowl national semi - final .