HAMILTON, Ont. β Ontario University Athletics (OUA) announced today that the 2014 football schedule has been revised and the regular season will now begin on Monday, Sept. 1.
Athletic directors of the 11 OUA football schools voted in unanimous favour of opening the regular season on Labour Day to coincide with the adjusted dates of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) bowl games and Vanier Cup. The Mitchell and Uteck Bowl games are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 and the 50th Vanier Cup will be awarded on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Regular season games originally scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 24 will be played in week nine on Saturday, Oct. 25.
The OUA quarter-finals will take place on Nov. 1, followed by the semifinals on Nov. 8. Football fans should mark Nov. 15 on their calendars as the top two teams in the league meet in the 107th Yates Cup, presented by Pioneer Energy.
Week 1
Labour Day
September 1
Queen’s @ Windsor
Guelph @ McMaster
York @ Ottawa
Carleton @ Waterloo
Laurier @ Toronto
Week 2
September 6
Western @ York
McMaster @ Waterloo
Laurier @ Windsor
Ottawa @ Queen’s
Toronto @ Guelph
Week 3
September 13
Western @ Queen’s
Carleton @ McMaster
Guelph @ Ottawa
York @ Toronto
Waterloo @ Laurier
Week 4
September 20
Toronto @ Western
Queen’s @ Guelph
McMaster @ York
Ottawa @ Carleton
Windsor @ Waterloo
Week 5
September 27
Queen’s @ McMaster
Windsor @ York
Carleton @ Laurier
Western @ Waterloo
Ottawa @ Toronto
Week 6
October 4
York @ Laurier
Waterloo @ Ottawa
McMaster @ Western
Toronto @ Carleton
Guelph @ Windsor
Week 7
Thanksgiving
October 9
Laurier @ Western
October 10
Ottawa @ Windsor
Carleton @ Guelph
October 11
Toronto @ Queen’s
Week 8
October 18
York @ Queen’s
Windsor @ Carleton
Western @ Guelph
Laurier @ McMaster
Waterloo @ Toronto
Week 9
October 25
Windsor @ Western
McMaster @ Ottawa
Queen’s @ Carleton
Guelph @ Laurier
Waterloo @ York
OUA Quarter-finals
November 1
No. 6 @ No. 3
No. 5 @ No. 4
Bye β No. 1 and No. 2
OUA Semifinals
November 8
Lowest remaining seed @ No. 1
Highest remaining seed @ No. 2
107th Yates Cup, presented by Pioneer Energy
November 15
OUA semifinal winners @ highest remaining seed
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