42nd Vanier Cup

42nd Vanier Cup
(7–1)	(6–2)
13	8
Head coach: ; Glen Constantin	Head coach: ; Brian Towriss
Date	November 25, 2006
Stadium	Griffiths Stadium
Location	Saskatoon
Ted Morris Memorial Trophy	Éric Maranda, Laval LB
Bruce Coulter Award	Samuel Grégoire-Champagne, Laval WR
Attendance	12,567
Broadcasters
Network	The Score/The Score HD
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The 42nd Vanier Cup was played on November 25, 2006, at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and decided the CIS Football champion for the 2006 season.^[1] The hometown Saskatchewan Huskies lost their CIS record third straight Vanier Cup to the Laval Rouge et Or by a score of 13–8. Laval became the second team in CIS history to win three championships over a four-year period after the Western Ontario Mustangs won in 1974, 1976, and 1977.^[2]

Game summary

Laval Rouge et Or (13) - TDs, Guillaume Allard-Caméus; FGs, Cameron Takacs (2); cons., Cameron Takacs (1).

Saskatchewan Huskies (8) - TDs, Tyler O'Gorman; safety touch (1).

Second Quarter: LAV - FG Takacs 26 (6:03); SSK - Team Safety (12:09); LAV - TD Allard-Caméus 1 rush (Takacs kick) (13:49)

Fourth Quarter: SSK - TD O'Gorman 3 rush (Two-point convert failed) (14:10); LAV - FG Takacs 26 (14:16)

Not only was this the first Vanier Cup game to be played in Saskatoon, it was also the first Vanier Cup to be played in Western Canada
The Rouge et Or gained a measure of revenge over the Huskies after they defeated them in the previous years' Mitchell Bowl, in Saskatoon, by a score of 29–27. Laval had been vying to become the first CIS team to three-peat as Vanier Cup Champions.
The two teams first met in the 40th Vanier Cup, where Laval won a similar low-scoring affair 7–1.
The Laval victory over Saskatchewan in Saskatoon ended an impressive 16 playoff games streak where a Canada West team won against the visiting team when playing on home turf. The previous victory by a visiting team in Western Canada happened in the 1968 Churchill Bowl, in Winnipeg (Queen's 29 - Manitoba 6).