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Queen's Gaels football
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The Queen's Gaels football team represents Queen's University in the sport of Canadian football. The Gaels compete at the U Sports football level, within the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference. Queen's began competing in intercollegiate football in 1882. The Gaels play in the Richardson Memorial Stadium in Kingston, which has a capacity of 8,000.
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First season | 1882 |
Athletic director | Linda Melnick (interim) |
Head coach | Steve Snyder 4th year, 21–9 (.700) |
Other staff | Ryan Bechmanis (DC) Ben D'Andrea (SC) Tom Flaxman (OC) |
Home stadium | Richardson Memorial Stadium |
Year built | 1971; refurbished 2016 |
Stadium capacity | 8,500 |
Stadium surface | Artificial Turf |
Location | Kingston, Ontario |
League | U Sports |
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 | 492–377–17 (.565) |
Postseason record | – |
Titles | |
Grey Cups | 3 (1922, 1923, 1924) |
Vanier Cups | 4 (1968, 1978, 1992, 2009) |
Mitchell Bowls | 1 (2009) |
Churchill Bowls | 3 (1968, 1983, 1992) |
Atlantic Bowls | 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, Tommy Denison x2) |
Current uniform | |
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Colours | Gold, Blue, and Red |
Fight song | Oil Thigh |
Mascot | Boo-Hoo |
Outfitter | Nike |
Website | gogaelsgo.com |
Since its inception, the team has won 23 Yates Cup championships and four Vanier Cup championships, the most recent being in 2009. Unique to only two Canadian universities (the other being University of Toronto Varsity Blues), Queen's has also won three Grey Cup championships (1922, 1923, 1924).[1]
The program has had three Hec Crighton Trophy winners, Larry Mohr and Tommy Denison, who won it twice.