The Uteck Bowl is one of the two semifinals in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's football, held in the easternmost of the two semifinal venues. The Uteck Bowl champion moves on to face the Mitchell Bowl champion for the Vanier Cup.
History
The Atlantic Bowl was once a maritime tradition where the Atlantic University Sport champions would face a champion from another conference in front of a faithful crowd at Huskies Stadium. However, in the interests of competitive fairness, the Atlantic Bowl was replaced by the Mitchell Bowl, its venue, like the Churchill Bowl that had paralleled it for so long, rotating among two of the conference champions.
With the sudden death of Larry Uteck, a longtime Canadian football coach at Saint Mary's University and, at the time, the university's athletic director, it was decided that the Churchill Bowl would be retired, the Mitchell Bowl taking the place of the Churchill Bowl, and a new championship be named in Uteck's memory. Thus, the Uteck Bowl formally replaced the Atlantic Bowl.
The inaugural Uteck Bowl was played, appropriately enough, at Huskies Stadium, where two-time defending Vanier Cup champions and home team Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the newly formed Simon Fraser Clan (the clan had transferred to the CIS from NAIA that year) by one of the largest margins of victory for the Atlantic or Uteck Bowls.
List of Uteck Bowl Champions
| Year | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Score | Location | Uteck Bowl MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-11-15 | Saint Mary's | 60 | Simon Fraser | 9 | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Les Mullings, Saint Mary's |
| 2004-11-20 | Laval | 30 | Laurier | 11 | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Jeronimo Huerta-Flores, Laval |
| 2005-11-19 | Laurier | 31 | Acadia | 10 | Huskies Stadium, Halifax | Ryan Pyear, Laurier |
| 2006-11-18 | Laval | 57 | Acadia | 10 | PEPS Stadium, Quebec City | Olivier Turcotte-Létourneau, Laval |
| 2007-11-17 | Laval | |||||
| Saint Mary's | ||||||
| Huskies Stadium, Halifax |
Future Participants
The teams and host sites of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl rotate on a six-year cycle, so that in each cycle each of the four conferences hosts and visits every other conference once.
The participants and sites for future Mitchell Bowl games are listed below:
| Date | Visiting Conference | Host Conference |
| 2007-11-17 | QIFC | Atlantic University Sport |
| 2008-11-15 | Canada West | QIFC |
| 2009-11-21 | Canada West | Atlantic University Sport |
| 2010-11-20 | Ontario University Athletics | QIFC |
To date, the Uteck Bowl games hosted by Quebec have been played at the champion's home field, while the games hosted by the AUS have been played at Huskies Stadium in Halifax.
Team Won/Loss Records
| Team | GP | W | L | Pct. |
| Laval Rouge et Or | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Simon Fraser Clan | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Acadia Axemen | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |