UBC Thunderbirds football
| UBC Thunderbirds | |
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| First season | 1923 |
| Athletic director | Gilles Lépine |
| Head coach |
Blake Nill 2nd year, 9–7–0 (.563) |
| Other Staff | Steve Buratto (OC), Pat Tracey (DC) |
| Home Stadium | Thunderbird Stadium |
| Field | David Sidoo Field |
| Year built | 1967 |
| Stadium capacity | 3,411 |
| Stadium surface | Polytan LigaTurf |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| League | U Sports |
| Conference | CWUAA (1972 - present) |
| Past associations | Western Intercollegiate Football League, Western Intercollegiate Football Union, Evergreen Football League |
| All-time record | – |
| Postseason record | – |
| Tournaments | |
| Vanier Cups | 4 1982, 1986, 1997, 2015 |
| Uteck Bowls | 1 2015 |
| Churchill Bowls | 3 1978, 1986, 1987 |
| Atlantic Bowls | 2 1982, 1997 |
| Hardy Cups | 16 1929, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1945, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2015 |
| Hec Crighton winners | 3 Jordan Gagner, Mark Nohra, Billy Greene |
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| Colours | Blue and Gold |
| Fight song | Hail U.B.C. |
| Outfitter | Adidas |
| Rivals |
Saskatchewan Huskies Simon Fraser Clan |
| Website | www |
The UBC Thunderbirds football team represents the University of British Columbia athletics teams in U Sports and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The program has won the CWUAA Hardy Trophy conference championship 16 times, which is third all-time among competing teams. On a national level, the team has won the Vanier Cup championship four times, in 1982, 1986, 1997 and, most recently, in 2015. The team has also lost twice in the title game, in 1978 and 1987. The Thunderbirds program has also yielded three Hec Crighton Trophy winners: Jordan Gagner in 1987, Mark Nohra in 1997, and, most recently, Billy Greene in 2011.
Following four straight seasons of playoff drought from 2007 to 2010, UBC finished with a 6-2 record in 2011 earning second place in the Canada West with an appearance in the Hardy Cup. Quarterback Billy Greene would also become the third Thunderbird to win the Hec Crighton Award that year. However, all team accolades would be for naught as an ineligible student-athlete, who played in all eight games, would force UBC to forfeit all six regular season wins as well as its post-season results from that year. The school was fined and the program was placed on probation for the following season. This seemed to halt any progress that was made as the team finished 2-6 for the 2012 season and out of the playoffs for the fifth time in six years.
In 2013, the team bounced back with a 4-4 regular season record led by a solid defense and running back Brandon Deschamps, who was one of only three running backs in Canada to rush for more than 1,000 yards. They would lose in the Canada West semifinal to the eventual Mitchell Bowl champion Calgary Dinos 42-28. The program would regress again in 2014 as they finished with another 2-6 record and out of the playoffs.
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