The 2023 U Sports football season began on August 25, 2023, with the defending champion Laval Rouge et Or visiting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or.
The Vanier Cup game was held at Richardson Memorial Stadium in Kingston, Ontario, for the first time in its history.
[6] On September 23, 2023, Manitoba Bisons kicker Maya Turner became the first woman to play in a U Sports regular season football game.
Seven teams will qualify for the playoffs, which begin on October 28, 2023, with the top seed having a first-round bye.
[3][4] [9][10][11][12][13] Jared Chisari (Queen's) Amlicar Polk (Ottawa) Darius Simmons (McGill) Savaughn Magnaye-Jones (Western) A. K. Gassama (Manitoba) Kaseem Ferdinand (Carleton) Ben Harrington (St. Francis Xavier) Hassane Dosso (Montreal) Alassane Diouf (Montreal) Evan Floren (Queen's) Erik Andersen (Western) Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay (Laval) Darien Newell (Queen's) Kyle Samson (UBC) Tyson Hergott (Waterloo) George Idoko (Saskatchewan) Nick Wiebe (Saskatchewan) Ife Onyemenam (Laurier) Max Charbonneau (Ottawa) Lourenz Bowers-Kane (Western) Eric Cumberbatch (Ottawa) Daniel Bell (Mount Allison) Katley Joseph (Saskatchewan) Louis Lavaud (Carleton) [13] The Vanier Cup was played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games.