The 44th Vanier Cup was played on November 22, 2008, at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, and decided the CIS Football champion for the 2008 season.
The game started slowly at a snowy Ivor Wynne Stadium with only a 33-yard Laval field goal scored by kicker Christopher Milo in the first quarter.
[3][4] Laval continued in the third quarter with Mathieu Bouvette making a 92-yard touchdown reception, the longest ever in a Vanier Cup.
The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy travel to the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team for the Uteck Bowl.
Saint Mary's victory means that they then travel to the Ontario champion Western Mustangs to meet in the Mitchell Bowl.
[9] The 2008 Uteck Bowl saw the number one ranked Laval Rouge-et-Or dominate the sixth-ranked Calgary Dinos with a 59 to 10 win, and quarterback Benoit Groulx was named the game MVP.