Queen's Golden Gaels - Football

Football

Queen's Golden Gaels
First season 1882
Athletic director Leslie Dal Cin
Head coach Pat Sheahan
11th year, 59–37–0 (.615)
Other staff Pat Tracey (DC)
Ryan Bechmanis (SC)
Ryan Sheahan (QB)
Home stadium Richardson Memorial Stadium
Year built 1971
Stadium capacity 10,258
Stadium surface Natural Grass
Location Kingston, Ontario
League CIS
Conference OUA (2001-present)
Past associations ORFU (1883-1897)
CIRFU (1898-1954)
O-QAA (1955-1970)
OUAA (1971-1973)
OQIFC (1974-2000)
All-time record 436–341–17 (.560)
Postseason record –
Grey Cups 3 (1922, 1923, 1924)
Vanier Cups 4 (1968, 1978, 1992, 2009)
Mitchell Bowl Championships 1 (2009)
Churchill Bowl Championships 3 (1968, 1983, 1992)
Atlantic Bowl Championships 1 (1978)
Yates Cups 23 (1900, 1904, 1922,
1923, 1924, 1925, 1927,
1929, 1930, 1934, 1935,
1937, 1955, 1956, 1961,
1963, 1964, 1966, 1968,
1970, 1977, 1978, 2009)
Dunsmore Cups 7 (1981, 1983, 1984,
1989, 1991, 1992, 1997)
Hec Crighton winners 3 (Larry Mohr, Tom Denison (2))
Current uniform
Colours Gold and Blue and Red

Fight song Oil Thigh
Mascot Boo-Hoo
Outfitter Adidas
Rivals Western Mustangs
Website gogaelsgo.com

The Queen's Gaels football program is one of the longest-lived and storied in the entire Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The team began organized play in 1883 when the Ontario Rugby Football Union was first founded and won ORFU champions in 1893 and 1894. Queen's has competed continuously since 1882, celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2007. The first organized university football league in Canada, the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union (CIRFU), was founded in Kingston in November, 1897, with charter members Queen's, McGill University, and the University of Toronto., the football squad showed continued success, winning three straight Grey Cups in 1922, 1923 and 1924. Once teams stopped competing for the Grey Cup, which was begun being solely awarded to Canadian Football League teams in 1955, the Gaels turned their attention to the Vanier Cup, appearing in the CIS championship game five times and winning four of those games in 1968, 1978, 1992 and 2009.

The team is recently coming off of their Vanier Cup win in 2009, but due to quarterback Danny Brannagan's graduation (and subsequent signing by the Toronto Argonauts) and other key players leaving, the team endured a difficult 3-5 season. The team just barely made the playoffs in 2010, but had a strong 2011 when the team finished 6-2 and in third place.

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