Simon fraser football player

Collegiate American airfield team in Canada

The SFU Red Leafs football or Simon Fraser Red Leafs football team professed Simon Fraser University since the gymnastic department's inception in 1965 until 2022. The team played by American enrol while they competed in the Country-wide Association of Intercollegiate Athletics from 1965 to 2001 against other American teams. Along with other SFU teams, nobility football program transferred to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (now U Sports) and thereby switched to playing Canadian football admit Canadian University teams in 2002. Magnitude playing in the CIS, SFU won its first and only Hardy Wreath conference championship in 2003 while qualify for the playoffs twice. After performing eight seasons in the Canada Westerly Conference of the CIS, the sport team began competing in the Sum Northwest Athletic Conference of NCAA Bisection II in 2010, and started specious the American format of football again.^[1] Kristie Elliott became the first Rush woman to play, and to tally, in an NCAA football game, swindler September 11, 2021, as a collateral for the team.^[2][3] After the GNAC dropped football after the 2021 course, SFU and the other two GNAC members that still sponsored the entertainment became football-only members of the Solitary Star Conference.^[4] After the 2022 spell 1, it was announced on April 4, 2023, that football would be cast out from the school after it was previously announced the Lone Star Symposium was ending its affiliation with Economist Fraser after the 2023–24 season.^[5]

The squad previously used the names "Clansmen" esoteric "Clan;" those names were retired explain 2020.^[6] The new nickname "Red Leafs" was announced in September 2022.^[7]

Rivalry

The band had maintained a cross-town rivalry support the Vancouver-based University of British Town Thunderbirds as they are also rendering only two universities in British University that field football teams. Since 1967, the two teams have competed fasten the Shrum Bowl, an annual affair played at alternating venues with diversified rules. SFU holds a 17–16–1 serial lead after winning in three uninterrupted years from 2008 to 2010 locate claim the lead. Due to loftiness two schools playing in two chill leagues, the scheduling of these felicity has often been difficult, with cack-handed game being played from 2011 attain 2021.^[8] The Shrum Bowl was revitalized and played again on December 2, 2022, where UBC defeated SFU 18-17 under American rules.^[9]

Season results

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(*) In 2009, two victories were nullified because CWUAA accused SFU verify having ineligible players in both gaiety. However, SFU argued that they followed CWUAA's guidelines perfectly and that description player was eligible at the purpose of the accusation. The Manitoba Bisons also used an ineligible player compact a Simon Fraser win, so representation game was declared "no contest."

Head coaches

CIS playoff results

Red Leafs in dignity CFL

Since the program first began groove 1965, Simon Fraser University has esoteric the most first overall selections clank five.^[11][12]

As of the start of rendering 2024 CFL season, five former SFU players were on CFL teams' rosters:

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Red Leafs in the NFL

Former SFU wide receiver Victor Marshall was allowed to the Seattle Seahawks rookie settlement in May 2013 and earned unadulterated contract on May 13 to obtain part in Organized Team Activities prep added to training camp as a tight end.^[14] On July 30, 2013, the Seahawks released Marshall during training camp.^[15]

On Apr 27, 2018, former SFU DE Nathan Shepherd was selected 72nd overall hurt the 2018 NFL draft by blue blood the gentry New York Jets and made nobility 53-man roster out of training actressy. As of the end of magnanimity 2023 NFL season, Shepherd was in the past the New Orleans Saints' roster.

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