Football
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| First season | 1910 |
| Athletic director | Vang Ioannides |
| Head coach | Jeff Stead |
| 2nd year, 2–14–0 (.125) | |
| Home stadium | Foote Field |
| Year built | 2001 |
| Stadium capacity | 3500 |
| Stadium surface | PureGrass |
| Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
| League | CIS |
| Conference | CWUAA (1910 - present) |
| All-time record | 325–293–9 (.526) |
| Postseason record | – |
| Vanier Cups | 3 1967, 1972, 1980 |
| Churchill Bowl Championships | 4 1971, 1972, 1980, 1981 |
| Hardy Cups | 18 1922, 1926, 1928, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
| Hec Crighton winners | 2 Mel Smith, Bryan Fryer |
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| Colours | Green and Gold
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| Rivals | Calgary Dinos |
| Website | bears.ualberta.ca |
The Alberta Golden Bears football team has been in competition since 1910 and completed their 90th year of active competition in 2012. The Golden Bears have won three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1967, 1972 and most recently in 1980. The program has also won 18 Hardy Cup conference titles, second only to the Saskatchewan Huskies who have won 19 of them. The Golden Bears have also had two players win the Hec Crighton Trophy, with Mel Smith winning in 1971 and Bryan Fryer winning the award in 1975.
The Golden Bears have seen mixed results in the last decade as the team has made the playoffs in five of their last ten seasons. In four of those seasons, Alberta has reached the Hardy Cup, but come away with losses each time. Despite playing in the Hardy Cup in 2010, the Golden Bears finished winless in 2011 following the resignation of longtime head coach Jerry Friesen. UBC defaulted two wins to Alberta that year, but the following season was once again winless as the Golden Bears finished at the bottom of the standings.
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“In this dream that dogs me I am part
Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
All moving the same way.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)