Alberta Golden Bears football

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.

CIS Playoff Results

 * 2001 Out of Playoffs
 * 2002 Out of Playoffs
 * 2003 Defeated Saskatchewan Huskies in semi-final 10-4 Lost to Simon Fraser Clan in Hardy Cup 28-18
 * 2004 Defeated Calgary Dinos in semi-final 39-13 Lost to Saskatchewan Huskies in Hardy Cup 21-20
 * 2005 Defeated Manitoba Bisons in semi-final 33-24 Lost to Saskatchewan Huskies in Hardy Cup 30-17
 * 2006 Out of Playoffs
 * 2007 Out of Playoffs
 * 2008 Out of Playoffs
 * 2009 Lost to Calgary Dinos in semi-final 45-13
 * 2010 Defeated Saskatchewan Huskies in semi-final 31-30 Lost to Calgary Dinos in Hardy Cup 56-3
 * 2011 Out of Playoffs
 * 2012 Out of Playoffs

Golden Bears in the CFL
As of the start of the 2012 CFL season, four former Golden Bears players are on CFL teams' rosters:
 * Gordon Hinse, Edmonton Eskimos
 * Hugh O'Neill, BC Lions
 * Simeon Rottier, Edmonton Eskimos
 * Dale Stevenson, Edmonton Eskimos