SkyDome – University of Toronto 37 vs. University of Calgary 34
In 1993, the University of Toronto’s Varsity Blues both won the championship and overcame cancellation. The university needed to plug a $1.3 million budget gap, so they opted to drop the school’s most expensive sport – football. The team proposed a compromise: if the school covered half the cost, the team and alumni would fundraise the rest. That deal salvaged the season, in which the Varsity Blues, behind stars like Glenn McCausland, Francis Etienne and Lou Tiro, won 11 games and lost just one, and finished the season with a dramatic victory over Calgary to win the national championship.
