[3] The Marauders won their first ever national championship while the Rouge et Or lost a Vanier Cup game for the first time.

This Vanier Cup is notable for being considered one of the best Canadian football games ever played.

His 36 completions and 482 passing yards were both the second best totals ever recorded in a Vanier Cup game.

In 2011, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champion Acadia Axemen met the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion McMaster Marauders for the Uteck Bowl.

The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy, the Calgary Dinos, hosted the Dunsmore Cup Quebec champion Laval Rouge et Or for the Mitchell Bowl.