Football
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| First season | 2002 |
| Athletic director | Paul Krivicky |
| Head coach | Danny Maciocia |
| 1st year, 6–3–0 (.667) | |
| Other staff | Marco Iadeluca (OC) Denis Touchette (DC) |
| Home stadium | CEPSUM Stadium |
| Stadium capacity | 5100 |
| Stadium surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec |
| League | CIS |
| Conference | QUFL/RSEQ (2002 - present) |
| Past associations | OIFC (1966) CCIFC (1967-1970) QUAA (1971) |
| All-time record | 51–31–0 (.622) |
| Postseason record | 4–9 |
| Vanier Cups | 0 |
| Dunsmore Cups | 0 |
| Hec Crighton winners | 0 |
| Colours | Royal Blue and White and Black
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| Outfitter | Nike |
| Rivals | Laval Rouge et Or |
| Website | carabins.umontreal.ca |
The Montréal Carabins CIS football team began its second incarnation in 2002 after over thirty years of being dormant. The Carabins first began play in 1966 in the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference and continued play for the next six seasons. The program was dropped after the 1971 season due to a shift in philosophy as many francophone universities placed an emphasis on community involvement and intramural athletic activities as opposed to intercollegiate athletics. That philosophy has shifted back to intercollegiate sports as Université Laval, Montréal and Université de Sherbrooke each began programs in 1996, 2002 and 2003, respectively.
The current program has seen marked success in the regular season, having qualified for the playoffs in each of the past nine seasons, but has never gotten past the Dunsmore Cup, and has lost the semi-final five of those nine times.
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