1993 Vanier Cup Game Recap

1993 – Toronto 37, Calgary 34

The U of T Varsity Blues captured the 29th Vanier Cup championship in a game to be remembered.

Diminutive Glen McCausland scored on an 81-yard punt return, a Vanier Cup record, to pace Toronto to an exciting 37-34 victory over the Calgary Dinosaurs. Calgary kicker Bruce Parsons could have sent the game into overtime with 10 seconds remaining, but his 22-yard field goal attempt was blocked by the Blues' John Raposo.

The Blues took a 23-7 lead in the third quarter, but Calgary rallied to make it 23-21. It was then that McCausland, who was named the game's Most Valuable Player, took matters into his own hands. The five-foot-six, 165-pound star made a scintillating punt return 28 seconds into the fourth frame for a touchdown. Toronto linebacker Barry McCamus then put the Blues ahead 37-21 at 3:29 when he scored on a 22-yard interception return.

Calgary again rallied, thanks to Chris Lewis' one-yard touchdown run at 7:30 and John Kalin's 13-yard scoring strike to James Buchanan at 12:09. These scores cut Toronto's lead to 37-34. Calgary got the ball at its 45-yard line with less than a minute remaining after a surprising third-down Toronto gamble failed. Kalin guided Calgary to the Toronto 15 prior to Raposo's block.

The win was Toronto’s first Vanier Cup title since 1965.