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The team's current head coach, Mathieu Lecompte, hired in advance of the 2017 season, is the first former Vert et Or football player to become the head of the program. In 2021, the Sherbrooke Vert et Or beat the Laval Rouge et Or for the first time in its history, at home, with a final score of 23-17.
The Sherbrooke Vert & Or U Sports football team began its second incarnation in 2003, thirty years after the first program was dropped in 1973. The Vert & Or first began to play in 1971 in the Quebec Universities Athletic Association, but only played for three seasons. The program was dropped after the 1973 season due to a shift in philosophy ...
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The Sherbrooke University Vert et Or will have a new coordinator starting Thursday, January 11th. Jason Hogan, who has been associated with the Montreal Alouettes for three years, will take over the offensive coordinating duties.
Oct 21, 2023 · Mathieu Lecompte, entraîneur-chef du Vert et Or de l’Université de Sherbrooke (Yves Longpré/Yves Longpré). La terre avait tremblé le 11 septembre 2021, dans le petit monde du football du RSEQ, quand le Vert & Or de l’Université de Sherbrooke avait renversé le Rouge et Or de l’Université Laval pour la première fois de son histoire par la marque de 23 à 17 dans un match disputé ...
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Early years
The competitive sports of cricket and rugby-football held annual matches as early as 1873, School (Bishop's College School) vs. Old Boys (University of Bishop's College, later known simply as Bishop's University). The College teams also played against local teams who were able to hold their own against despite the College's small enrolment. Bishop's first fielded a football team in 1884 and played in the Quebec Rugby Football Union, while also competing in 1885, 1889, and 1891. The team then...
Bruce Coulter era
It wasn't until the early 60's that Principal Ogden Glass gave the university the direction that athletics needed to provide the necessary moral and financial support that ultimately shaped the modern day success of the Gaiters football program. Principal Glass hired Bruce Coulter as Director of Athletics and Head Football Coach in 1961. This hiring would help Bishop's develop a full-fledged athletic program with teams that could compete on the senior intercollegiate level. Coulter's team won...
Recent years
The program remained competitive shortly after Coulter's departure, with four consecutive appearances in the Dunsmore Cup game, with the one victory in 1994 over the McGill Redmen. This was the last win and appearance for the Gaiters in the Dunsmore Cup. Despite their success at the conference level, the Gaiters were winless in five Vanier Cup Semi-final bowl games. After the 1995 season, the Gaiters would not produce a team with a winning record until the 2007 season. The OQIFC was renamed t...
The Bishop's football team competes for two special trophies: The Mayor's Cup, which is awarded to the winner of one of the annual contests Bishop's and the Sherbrooke Vert et Or, and the Bigg Bowl, which currently goes to the winner of one of the games between Bishop's and the St. Francis Xavier X-Men. Sherbrooke and Bishop's first met in the 1971...
The following is the record of the Bishop's Gaiters football team since 2000: A. Bishop's originally finished in fourth place with a 2–6 record in 2001 and lost the QUFL semi-final playoff game to Laval by a score of 48–12.However, Laval used an ineligible player throughout the entire season and vacated all regular season wins (forfeiting two wins...
Presidents' Trophy: Leroy Blugh(1988), Ray Bernard (1991), David Stipe (2001)As of the start of the 2023 CFL season, one former Gaiters players is on a CFL team's roster: 1. Jake Kelly, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
May 13, 2023 · Anthony Robichaud, the quarterback for the Sherbrooke Vert et Or, shone in the 2023 U SPORTS East-West Bowl, going 18-of-23 on the day for 228 total passing yards while also adding two touchdowns in the process. Robichaud and the rest of Team East put on a dominant performance to secure a 37-0 victory, the team’s first win since 2015.
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