McMaster Marauders
Encyclopedia
The McMaster Marauders are the athletic teams that represent McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...

 in Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Athletics at McMaster is currently managed by the university's student affairs, under their athletics & recreation department. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics
Ontario University Athletics
Ontario University Athletics is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public...

 conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...

. The Marauder's official colours are maroon and grey.

The men's water polo team has won the Ontario University Athletics championship 25 times, making it the most successful team at the provincial level. The men's wrestling team has been the most successful team at the national level, winning the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship four times.

History

Soccer was the university's first major sport. In 1889, a group of alumni from the Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College played a exhibition game against one another, sparking an early intercity rivalry (when McMaster University was based in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

). A full fledged hockey club was later organized during the winter of 1896-1897. In 1897, the university had made all athletics, physical activity and sports under the jurisdiction of a central executive committee.

In 1906 McMaster University, along with the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

, Royal Military College
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...

 and University of Trinity College
University of Trinity College
The University of Trinity College, informally referred to as Trin, is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Trinity was intended by Strachan as a college of strong Anglican alignment, after the University of Toronto severed its ties with the Church of...

 had joined the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU), the first formal organization of intercollegiate athletics in Canada and the forerunner of the present day Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The varsity teams have been known as the McMaster Marauders since 1948. The name, the Marauders had been credited to Bill Cline, who in 26 November 1948, had his suggestion for the nickname of the university's men's basketball team published on the school's student newspaper, The Silhouette
The Silhouette
The Silhouette is a student newspaper at McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is published every Thursday during the academic year, and once during each summer month. The circulation is 10,000 copies per week...

.

Facilities

The Marauders currently use the sports facilities located in the northeast corner of the main campus of McMaster. The university has a number of sports facilities including the Ron Joyce Stadium for football, the Ivor Wynne Centre for indoor sports, and Back Tens Field for soccer and rugby. Ron Joyce Stadium fields a full sized Canadian football field and FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 sized soccer pitch. The stadium is also equipped with permanent seating for 5,500. The David Braley Athletic Centre
David Braley Athletic Centre
David Braley Athletic Centre, is a new sports venue at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, which opened up in 2007. All McMaster students pay for year-round membership as part of their mandatory student union fees. The facility features an indoor rock climbing wall, Olympic weightlifting...

, another sports venue at McMaster, is also used by the Marauders.

The Marauder's football team has on occasion used the Ivor Wynne Stadium
Ivor Wynne Stadium
Ivor Wynne Stadium is a Canadian football stadium located at the corner of Balsam and Beechwood Avenues, two blocks west of Gage Avenue North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...

, home to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

.

Football

The earliest reference of the sport of football at McMaster was during a meeting on November 30, 1898, when the university's athletic association's debated about expanding into the sport of football. The association had reached a consensus two days later that the lateness of the season made it pointless to start the sport for that year. The university would form a football team in the following year.

The McMaster Marauder's football team played their first football game in an exhibition game against the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry
University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry
The Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Toronto is the largest dental school in Canada. The Faculty is considered the leading dental faculty in Canada and is highly regarded throughout the world...

 in 1901, losing 1-0. The Marauders would win their first game in an exhibition match against Royal Military College of Canada with a score of 17-5. The Marauders would play their first regular season game in 1902, losing their first game to the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 in a one game season. The Marauders would not win their first game in the regular season the next season, in which they would also make their first playoff appearance. The early football team at McMaster would not have a head coach until the end of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, with most of the coaching duties taken up by the team captains.
The Yates Cup
Yates Cup
The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassing both the Grey...

, which is awarded annually to the victorious team in the OUA football playoffs, has been awarded to the Marauders football team five times since they began playing. The Marauders have made twelve consecutive OUA post-season appearances, having not missed the playoffs since the 1998 playoffs. Despite this however, the Marauders have only made seven Vanier Cup
Vanier Cup
The Vanier Cup is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is currently played between the winners of the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl...

 semi-final appearances (the Mitchell Bowl
Mitchell Bowl
The Mitchell Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's football, and is the semifinal held in the westernmost location of the two semifinal venues. The winner of this game goes on to play against the Uteck Bowl champions for the Vanier Cup...

 and Uteck Bowl
Uteck Bowl
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...

) since the Marauders football team first began to play.

The Marauders football team had made an appearance at the Mitchell Bowl three times, in 2000, 2001 and 2003. The Marauders have yet to win a game at the Mitchell Bowl to advance to the Vanier Cup. As for the Uteck Bowl
Uteck Bowl
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...

, the Marauders had made an appearance at the Uteck Bowl a total of five times, in 1961, 1964, 1967, 2002 and 2011. Of those five times however, the Marauders had only won twice, in 1967 and 2011, advancing to the Vanier Cup championships. The Marauders would eventually lose to the Alberta Golden Bears 10-9 on November 25, 1967. In their second Vanier Cup appearance, November 25th, 2011, the Marauders pulled off an overtime victory to the top ranked Laval Rouge et Or, winning the game 41-38 and leading McMaster to its first Vanier Cup victory.

The Marauders football team had also been awarded a CCIFC championship in 1967, as well as several OIFC championship, in 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963 and 1964.

Season-by-season record

The following is the record of the McMaster Marauders football team in the last ten seasons of play:
Season Games Won Lost Tie Pct % PF PA Standing Playoffs
2002 8 8 0 0 1.000 310 100 1st in OUA Defeated Guelph Gryphons in quarter-final 61-10
Defeated York Lions in semi-final 29-14
Defeated Queen's Golden Gaels in Yates Cup
Yates Cup
The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassing both the Grey...

 final 30-22
Lost to Saint Mary's Huskies in Churchill Bowl
Churchill Bowl
The Churchill Bowl was one of the two national semifinal men's football games of Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The winner of the Atlantic Bowl would meet the winner of the Churchill Bowl for the Vanier Cup....

 36-25
2003 8 8 0 0 1.000 424 87 1st in OUA Defeated Waterloo Warriors in quarter-final 70-7
Defeated Windsor Lancers in semi-final 55-15
Defeated Laurier Golden Hawks in Yates Cup
Yates Cup
The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassing both the Grey...

 final 41-17
Lost to Laval Rouge et Or in Mitchell Bowl
Mitchell Bowl
The Mitchell Bowl is one of the two semifinal bowls of Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's football, and is the semifinal held in the westernmost location of the two semifinal venues. The winner of this game goes on to play against the Uteck Bowl champions for the Vanier Cup...

 36-32
2004
2004 CIS football season
The 2004 CIS football season began on September 2, 2004, and concluded with the 40th Vanier Cup national championship on November 27 at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, with the Laval Rouge et Or winning their third championship and second consecutive...

8 7 1 0 0.875 395 119 2nd in OUA Defeated Western Ontario Mustangs in semi-final 40-23
Lost to Laurier Golden Hawks in Yates Cup
Yates Cup
The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassing both the Grey...

 final 31-19
2005
2005 CIS football season
The 2005 CIS football season began on September 1, 2005, and concluded with the 41st Vanier Cup national championship on December 3 at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, with the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks winning their second championship...

8 5 3 0 0.625 283 209 4th in OUA Defeated Windsor Lancers in quarter-final 49-19
Lost to Laurier Golden Hawks in semi-final 43-21
2006
2006 CIS football season
The 2006 CIS football season began on September 2, 2006, and concluded with the 42nd Vanier Cup national championship on November 25 at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the Laval Rouge et Or winning their fourth championship...

8 6 2 0 0.625 253 156 4th in OUA Lost to Queen's Golden Gaels in quarter-final 25-19
2007
2007 CIS football season
The 2007 CIS football season began on August 31, 2007, and concluded with the 43rd Vanier Cup national championship on November 23 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, with the Manitoba Bisons winning their third championship...

8 5 3 0 0.625 230 221 4th in OUA Lost to Guelph Gryphons in quarter-final 25-21
2008
2008 CIS football season
The 2008 CIS football season began on August 23, 2008, and concluded with the 44th Vanier Cup national championship on November 22 at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, with the Laval Rouge et Or winning their fifth championship...

8 4 4 0 0.500 230 198 6th in OUA Lost to Laurier Golden Hawks in quarter-final 29-0
2009
2009 CIS football season
The 2009 CIS football season began on August 29, 2009, and concluded its campaign with the 45th Vanier Cup national championship on November 28 at PEPS stadium in Quebec City, Quebec. Twenty-seven universities across Canada compete in CIS football, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian...

8 6 2 0 0.750 232 148 5th in OUA Defeated Ottawa Gee-Gees in quarter-final 27-15
Lost to Queen's Golden Gaels in semi-final 32-6
2010
2010 CIS football season
The 2010 CIS football season began on August 31, 2010 with the Windsor Lancers hosting the Ottawa Gee-Gees and the defending Vanier Cup champion Queen's Golden Gaels visiting the McMaster Marauders. The season concluded on November 27 at the PEPS stadium in Quebec City, Quebec with the Laval Rouge...

8 6 2 0 0.750 289 200 3rd in OUA Defeated Queen's Golden Gaels in quarter-final 40-19
Lost to Western Ontario Mustangs in semi-final 34-28
2011
2011 CIS football season
The 2011 CIS football season began on September 1, 2011 with the Montreal Carabins hosting the McGill Redmen at CEPSUM Stadium. The season concluded on November 25 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia with the 47th Vanier Cup championship...

8 7 1 0 0.875 277 146 2nd in OUA Defeated Queen's Golden Gaels in semi-final 40-13
Defeated Western Ontario Mustangs in Yates Cup
Yates Cup
The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassing both the Grey...

 final 41-19
Defeated Acadia Axemen in Uteck Bowl
Uteck Bowl
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...

 45-21
Defeated Laval Rouge et Or in 47th Vanier Cup
47th Vanier Cup
-External links:*...

 41-38

Records

The Marauders currently hold a number of Ontario University Athletics records, both in terms of the team, as well as individuals who had played for the Marauders. Current records held by the Marauders are:

Team records

  • Most points for in a season - 2003 season (424 points)
  • Most touchdowns in a season - 2004 season (49 touchdowns)
  • Most yards rushing in a season - 2003 season (2807 yards)
  • Most penalty yardage in a season - 2005 season (1170 yards)
  • Most yards passing in a game - 17 October 1981 vs. Waterloo Warriors (10 interceptions)

Individual records

  • Most touchdowns in a season: Jesse Lumsden
    Jesse Lumsden
    Jesse Lumsden is a retired Canadian football player for the Calgary Stampeders and Olympic bobsledder for Canada.-Football:Lumsden is the son of former CFL fullback Neil Lumsden...

    , 2004 season (21 touchdowns)
  • Most touchdowns in a career: Jesse Lumsden, 2001-04 seasons (47 touchdowns)
  • Most field goals in a season: Michael Ray, 2003 season (22 field goals)
  • Most converts in a season: Michael Ray, 2004 season (48 conversions)
  • Most converts in a career: Michael Ray, 2001-04 seasons (148 conversions)
  • Most yards rushing in a season: Jesse Lumsden, 2004 season (1816 yards)
  • Most rushing touchdowns in a season: Jesse Lumsden, 2004 season (21 touchdowns)
  • Most rushing touchdowns in a career: Jesse Lumsden, 2001-04 seasons (46 touchdowns)
  • Longest rush: Jesse Lumsden, 11 September 2004 vs. Waterloo Warriors (108 yards)
  • Most rushing attempts in a game: Kyle Pyear, 28 September 2002 vs. Laurier Golden Hawks (39 attempted rushes)

McMaster Marauders in the CFL

As of the end of the 2011 CFL season
2011 CFL season
The 2011 CFL season was the 58th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 54th season of the league. The complete schedule was released on February 18 and featured the defending Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes opening the season against the visiting BC Lions on...

, eight former Marauders players are on CFL teams' rosters:
  • Jason Arakgi
    Jason Arakgi
    Jason Arakgi is a Canadian football Linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2008 CFL Draft by the BC Lions. He played college football at McMaster....

    , BC Lions
    BC Lions
    The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

  • Mike Bradwell
    Mike Bradwell
    Mike Bradwell is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the second round of the 2008 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts...

    , Toronto Argonauts
    Toronto Argonauts
    The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

  • Andrew Jones
    Andrew Jones (Canadian football)
    Andrew Jones is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Lions in the fourth round of the 2007 CFL Draft. He played CIS football for the McMaster Marauders.-External links:*...

    , BC Lions
  • Kyle Koch
    Kyle Koch
    Kyle Koch is a professional Canadian football offensive linemen currently with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was originally signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played CIS Football for the McMaster Marauders.-External links:*...

    , Edmonton Eskimos
    Edmonton Eskimos
    The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

  • Ray Mariuz
    Ray Mariuz
    Ray Mariuz is a professional Canadian football linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted 28th overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2003 CFL Draft and won a Grey Cup championship in 2004...

    , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

  • Jason Pottinger, Toronto Argonauts
  • Jeff Robertshaw
    Jeff Robertshaw
    Jeff Robertshaw is a Canadian football defensive end for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2007. He played college football at McMaster.-External links:*...

    , Montreal Alouettes
    Montreal Alouettes
    The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...

  • Chris Van Zeyl
    Chris Van Zeyl
    Chris Van Zeyl is a professional Canadian football offensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League...

    , Toronto Argonauts

Championships

The Marauders have won several championships since they began competitive play in their provincial conference, as well as within the national league they are in. The following is a table of the number of championships won by the Marauders men's teams and individual competitors since the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union was formed in 1961 as well as the number of championships won by Marauders women's teams and individual competitors since the Ontario Women's Interuniversity Athletic Association was formed in 1971.

Provincial Championships

Men's
Sport Years Total
Basketball 1969-70, 1986-87, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 2005-06 6
Cross Country 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65 3
Curling 1956-57, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1998-99 7
Football 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2011-12 5
Golf 1964-65, 1965-66, 1971-72, 1973-74, 2002-03, 2004-05 6
Gymnastics 1969-70, 1970-71, 1992-93, 1993-94 4
Ice Hockey 1962-63 1
Karate 1973-74, 1986-87 2
Rowing 1965-66, 1966-67 2
Rugby 1992-93, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2010-11 7
Sailing 1968-69, 1969-70 2
Soccer 1970-71, 1974-75, 1992-93, 2011-12 4
Swimming 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2002-03 8
Tennis 1990-91, 1999-00 2
Track & Field 1966-67, 1969-70 2
Water Polo 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2001-02 26
Wrestling 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1992-93 4
Volleyball 1991-92, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11 4

Women's
Sport Years Total
Badminton 1977-78 1
Basketball 1999-99, 2002-03, 2005-06 3
Curling 1989-90, 1994-95 2
Fencing 1973-74 1
Figure Skating 1971-72 1
Gymnastics 1977-78, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1993-94 9
Ice Hockey 1975-76, 1977-78 2
Rowing 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76 3
Soccer 1987-88, 1991-92 2
Squash 1990-91 1
Swimming 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00 6
Synchronized Swimming 1971-72, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1984-85 5
Tennis 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1986-87, 2000-01 7
Track & Field 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78 4
Water Polo 1991-92, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05 5

National Championships

Men's
Sport Years Total
Baseball 1997-98 1
Cross Country 1963-64 1
Ice Hockey 1962-63 1
Tennis 1999-00 1
Wrestling 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1993-94 4
Football 2011-12 1

Women's
Sport Years Total
Gymnastics 1980-81 1
Soccer 1991-92 1
Tennis 1999-00 1

External Links

McMaster Marauders
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK