The 44th Vanier Cup was played on November 22, 2008, at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, and decided the CIS Football champion for the 2008 season. The Laval Rouge et Or dominated the Western Mustangs to win the championship 44-21, en route to a perfect 12-0 season. The win gave Laval its fifth Vanier Cup in school history and its fourth in the last six years. Laval receiver Julian Feoli Gudino was awarded the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the game after scoring a 74-yard punt return touchdown and an 82-yard touchdown reception. He finished the game with four receptions for 112 yards and three punt returns for 95 yards. Laval defensive lineman Marc-Antoine Fortin received the Bruce Coulter Award as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the game. Fortin had five solo tackles, three tackles for losses and one sack. Game summary Western Mustangs (21) - TDs, Nick Trevail, Jesse Bellamy, Nathan Riva; cons., Darryl Wheeler (3). Laval Rouge et Or (44) - TDs, Cesar-Roberto Hernandez-Sanchez, Julian Feoli Gudino (2), Mathieu Bouvette, Sébastien Lévesque; FGs Christopher Milo (3); cons., Christopher Milo (5). Scoring summary First Quarter LAV - FG Milo 33 (12:25) Second Quarter LAV - FG Milo 27 (3:18) LAV - TD Hernandez-Sanchez 2 run (Milo convert) (7:17) LAV - TD Feoli Gudino 74 punt return (Milo convert) (8:50) UWO - TD Trevail 14 pass from Faulds (Wheeler convert) (11:36) LAV - TD Feoli Gudino 82 pass from Groulx (Milo convert) (12:27) Third Quarter LAV - TD Bouvette 92 pass from Groulx (Milo convert) (4:05) UWO - TD Bellamy 23 pass from Faulds (Wheeler convert) (6:58) LAV - TD Lévesque 63 rush (Milo kick) (12:01) Fourth Quarter UWO - TD Riva 9 pass from Faulds (Wheeler convert) (0:17) LAV - FG Milo 37 (11:50) The game started slowly at a snowy Ivor Wynne Stadium with only a 33-yard Laval field goal scored by kicker Christopher Milo in the first quarter. Milo scored another field goal at 3:18 of the second quarter and then Laval heated up with first a two-yard touchdown scored by a quarterback sneak by back-up Ceaser Hernandez-Sanchez and then, only a minute and half later, receiver Julian Feoli Gudino scored a 74-yard punt return touchdown, the third longest in Vanier history, to put the Rouge et Or up 20-0 midway through the second quarter. The Mustangs did respond quickly,