Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas

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Alberta Golden Bears
Logo
University University of Alberta
Conference Canada West
U Sports East Division (basketball)
Athletic director Ian Reade
Location Edmonton, Alberta
Varsity teams 17
Football stadium Foote Field
Arena Clare Drake Arena
Other arenas Universiade Pavilion
Gymnasium Saville Community Sports Centre
Mascot GUBA (Great University Bear of Alberta)
Nickname Golden Bears
Fight song "Alberta Cheer Song"
Website www.ualberta.ca/athletics

The Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas are the sports teams that represent the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

History

The University of Alberta fields in 17 sports administered by U Sports in the Canada West conference.[citation needed]

The football and soccer teams play their home games at Foote Field, and the basketball and volleyball teams' home is the Saville Community Sports Centre.[citation needed]

The ice hockey team plays at Clare Drake Arena, named after long-time coach Clare Drake.[citation needed] Professor W. G. Hardy coached the team from 1922 to 1926, and played a leading role in getting the first ice hockey rink built at the university campus in 1927.[1]

University of Alberta Golden Bears football team

Sports sponsored

Men's sports Women's sports
Basketball Basketball
Cross country Curling
Football Hockey
Golf Rugby
Hockey Soccer
Soccer Swimming
Tennis Track and field†
Volleyball Volleyball
Wrestling
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Football

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Main article: Alberta Golden Bears football

The Alberta Golden Bears football team have been in competition since 1910. 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 three players win the Hec Crighton Trophy, with Mel Smith winning in 1971, Bryan Fryer winning in 1975, and most recently Ed Ilnicki winning the award in 2017.

Awards and standings

The Bears are considered a strong school team in Canada in multiple sports. The hockey and volleyball teams, in particular, are frequent challengers in U Sports national championships.

The hockey team has won a total of 15 National Championships and 25 Canada West championships, having won 5 National Championships (04-05, 05–06, 07–08, 13–14, 14–15) and 13 Canada West championships in the past 15 seasons.

The volleyball team has been strong over the past decade, having been crowned National Champions on four occasions: 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2015. In addition, they were runners-up in 2006 and 2007. They have also won the Canada West 13 times.

In addition to their success over Canadian competition, the Golden Bears host the annual Husky Energy Can-Am Challenge of Champions tournament, where they frequently spearhead the Canadian contingent's success. This tournament sees four top teams from both Canada and the USA competing for supremacy, with the Canadian teams holding the overall title, having won 9 of the 13 tournaments.

Championships

Sport National Championships Additional National Appearances Conference Championships Conference Podiums
Basketball 3 (1994, 1995, 2002)[2][3] 10 (1974, 1977, 1990 (7th), 1996 (2nd), 1998 (7th), 1999 (2nd), 2000 (5th), 2003 (t3), 2005 (t5), 2008 (t7), 2012 (t2) 11 (1973, 1974, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2014)[4][5] 24 (1st – 10, 2nd – 6, 3rd – 8)
Cross-Country 1 (1980)[6][7] 16 (1983 (2nd), 1984 (4th), 1985 (4th), 1986 (2nd), 1997 (5th), 1998 (12th), 1999 (9th), 2000 (2nd), 2001 (4th), 2002 (3rd), 2003 (3rd), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (4th), 2006 (7th), 2007 (12th), 2008 (t9) 12 (1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)[8][9] 22 (1st – 12, 2nd – 6, 3rd – 4)
Curling 1 (2012)[10] 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) 2012, 2013 -
Football 3 (1967, 1972, 1980)[11][12] 3 (1965, 1971, 1981) 16 (1922, 1926, 1928, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981)[13][14] 22 (1st – 16, 2nd – 6)
Hockey 16 (1964, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2018) [15][16] 22 (1966 (2nd), 1969 (3rd), 1970, 1972 (3rd), 1973, 1977, 1984, 1985 (2nd), 1987, 1989, 1991 (2nd), 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 (3rd), 2004 (4th), 2009, 2010 (2nd), 2011, 2013) 25 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) [17][18] 39 (1st – 25, 2nd – 10, 3rd – 4)
Soccer 5 (1972, 1979, 2003, 2006, 2016)[19][20] 7 (1973 (2nd), 1981 (2nd), 1988 (3rd), 1994 (2nd), 1995 (2nd), 1998 (2nd), 1999 (2nd)) 9 (1972, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003)[21][22] 31 (1st – 9, 2nd – 8, 3rd – 14)
Swimming 0 [23][24] 37 (1972–2009: 2nd – 2, 3rd – 10, 4th – 7, 5th – 2, 6th – 5, 7th – 2, 8th – 2, 9th – 1, 10th – 2, 12th – 3, 18th – 1) 9 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1996 (tied))[25][26] 32 (1st – 9, 2nd – 7, 3rd – 16)
Track and Field 1 (2001)[27][28] 27 (1981–1987, 1989–2000, 2002–2009: 2nd – 3, 3rd – 5, 4th – 2, 5th – 3, 6th – 4, 7th – 2, 8th – 1, 10th – 2, 11th – 2, 14th – 1, 16th – 1, 19th – 1) 6 (1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1993, 2006)[29][30] 25 (1st – 6, 2nd – 11, 3rd – 8)
Volleyball 8 (1981, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015)[31][32] 18 (1975 (2nd), 1980 (3rd), 1990 (6th), 1993 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1995 (4th), 1996 (2nd), 1998 (3rd), 1999 (3rd), 2001 (5th), 2003 (2nd), 2004 (2nd), 2006 (2nd), 2007 (2nd), 2010 (3rd), 2011 (5th), 2012 (6th), 2013 (5th)) 13 (1975, 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015) [33][34] 30 (1st – 13, 2nd – 11, 3rd – 6)
Wrestling 4 (1970, 1971, 1972, 2013)[35][36] 33 (1980, 1983–1987, 1989–2015: 1st – 1, 2nd – 1, 3rd – 2, 4th – 1, 5th – 4, 6th – 3, 7th – 4, 8th – 2, 9th – 3, 10th – 4, 11th – 2, 13th – 1, 14th – 1, 16th – 1) 15 (1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2013,2014,2015) [37][38] 27 (1st – 15, 2nd – 7, 3rd – 5)
Total 41 176 118 252 (1st – 115, 2nd – 72, 3rd – 65)

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_basketball/2006MBB.pdf Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's BB Almanac
  3. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_basketball/index.cfm Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's BB Page
  4. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsBasketball.pdf Archived 2006-10-11 at the Wayback Machine U of A Men's BB History
  5. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=1 Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Canada West Men's BB Page
  6. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_xcountry/almanac_men07.pdf Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's XC Almanac
  7. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_xcountry/index.cfm Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's XC Page
  8. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-XC.pdf[permanent dead link] U of A Men's XC History
  9. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=3 Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Canada West Men's XC Page
  10. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/championships/curling/2009/index.cfm Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Curling Page
  11. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/football/documents/10_2008Football-final.pdf Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine CIS Football Almanac
  12. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/football/ Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine CIS Football Page
  13. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2007BearsFootballHistory.pdf[permanent dead link] U of A Football History
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada West Football Page
  15. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_icehockey/documents/11_2008MIceHockey-final.pdf[permanent dead link] CIS Men's Hockey Almanac
  16. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_icehockey/ Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Hockey Page
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. U of A Men's Hockey History
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada West Men's Hockey Page
  19. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_soccer/MSoccer.pdf Archived 2006-05-25 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Soccer Almanac
  20. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_soccer/ Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Soccer Page
  21. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-BearsSoccer.pdf Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine U of A Men's Soccer History
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada West Men's Soccer Page
  23. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_swimming/documents/16_2008MSwimming-final.pdf[permanent dead link] CIS Men's Swimming Almanac
  24. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_swimming Archived 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Swimming Page
  25. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-Swimming.pdf Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine U of A Men's Swimming History
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Canada West Men's Swimming Page
  27. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_track/2007_almanacM.pdf Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Track Almanac
  28. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_track Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Track Page
  29. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-TrackandField.pdf Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine U of A Men's Track History
  30. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=12 Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Canada West Men's Track Page
  31. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_volleyball/documents/20_2008MVB-final.pdf[permanent dead link] CIS Men's VB Almanac
  32. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_volleyball/ Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's VB Page
  33. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2008-Bears%20Volleyball.pdf[permanent dead link] U of A Men's VB History
  34. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=13 Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Canada West Men's VB Page
  35. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_wrestling/MWrestling.pdf Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Wrestling Almanac
  36. ↑ http://www.universitysport.ca/e/m_wrestling/ Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine CIS Men's Wrestling Page
  37. ↑ http://www.bears.ualberta.ca//pdfs/2006-Wrestling.pdf[permanent dead link] U of A Men's Wrestling History
  38. ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team.aspx?id=15 Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Canada West Men's Wrestling Page

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