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SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES FOOTBALL VANIER CUP CHAMPIONS : 1990, ‘96, ‘98 | CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: 1965, ‘74, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘94, ‘96, ‘98, ‘99, 2002, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 90 CIS ALL-CANADIANS | 261 CANADA WEST ALL-STARS | 35 CANADA WEST AWARD WINNERS | 7 U SPORTS AWARD WINNERS 2018 SCHEDULE Game Information Fri 8/31 vs Alberta W 42-0 Date ................................ Saturday, Oct. 2 Fri 9/7 at Manitoba W 48-46 Time ....................................................2 p.m. Fri 9/14 vs Calgary L 37-28 Location ............................Saskatoon, SK Fri 9/21 vs Regina W 33-20 Venue ..............................Griffiths Stadium Sat 9/29 at Calgary L 37-28 Fri 10/12 at UBC L 33-13 Watch ......SaskTel Max/Canadawest.tv Sat 10/20 vs Manitoba 2:00 PM Listen ........................................ CJWW 600 Fri 10/26 at Regina 7:00 PM Series .............................. MB leads 45-44 Sat 11/3 TBD TBD SASKATCHEWAN Current Streak ....................... SSK - 1 W MANITOBA Sat 11/10 TBD TBD HUSKIES Last Meeting ....................Sep. 7, 2018 BISONS Sat 11/17 OUA TBD 3-3 SSK 48 vs.MAN 46 3-3 Sat 11/24 U SPORTS TBD CANADA WEST STANDINGS GP Record #5The THINGS fifth years will be honoured at the game, with Lance Bashutsky, Tyler 1 Chow, Ryan Breadner, Tristian Koronkiewicz, Kyle Siemens, Sean Stenger Calgary 6 6-0 and Brendan Ernst all playing their final regular season home games. UBC 6 3-3 The Huskies offence will look to rebound after producing their lowest 2 points total in a single game this season. They did put up 48 on the Bisons Saskatchewan 6 3-3 earlier in the season however. Manitoba 6 3-3 Saskatchewan enters the matchup with the best turnover margin in the 3 Alberta 6 2-4 Canada West, forcing 13 and surrendering 8. The Bisons have defeated the Huskies in three of their last four regular sea- Regina 6 1-5 4 son matchups at Griffiths Stadium. Jamal Lyles has paced the offense for the Bisons, as the third-year back U SPORTS TOP 10 5 leads the Canada West in rushing yards per game with 109 Pts (1st place) Last week #ByTheNumbers 1. Western 309 (9) 1 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2. Laval 292 (5) 2 7 3. Calgary 260 (2) 3 Saskatchewan Category Manitoba Colton Klassen added another TYLER CHOW Rushing JAMEL LYLES major in last week's game and 4. Montreal 227 4 69 ATT, 459 YDS, 0 TDS 86 ATT, 545 YDS, 1 TD leads the conference in REC TDS. 5. Ottawa 151 5 KYLE SIEMENS Passing DES CATELLIER 94 6. Saint May's 142 6 112-192, 1535 YDS, 11 TDS 139-211, 1870 YDS, 16 TDS The Bisons and Huskies com- 7. Laurier 122 7 COLTON KLASSEN Receiving DYLAN SCHROT bined for 94 points scored during 8. Guelph 65 10 31 REC, 515YDS, 7 TDS 40 REC, 603 YDS, 5 TDS their first meeting of the season. 9. Carleton 54 - BEN WHITING Tackles KYLE GORDON 489.5 35.5 TACKLES 28.5 TACKLES Manitoba’s offense has been 10. UBC 48 - powerful this season, as they sit T. KORONKIEWICZ Sacks BROCK GOWANLOCK in second in the Canada West in SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: CAMERON DOHERTY 5 SACKS 1.5 SACKS yards per game PHONE: 306-966-1024 • CELL: 250-818-2408 N. LOKOMBO, J. HAGERTY Interceptions ARJAY SHELLEY EMAIL: [email protected] 2 WEBSITE: HUSKIES.USASK.CA 3 INTS 2 INTS The Huskies hold the head-to-head TWITTER: @HUSKIEATHLETICS SEAN STENGER Field Goals BRAD MIKOLUFF tiebreaker over the Bisons virtue FACEBOOK: HUSKIE ATHLETICS of their two-point win earlier this 11-14 FGs, 19-19 XPs 12-19 FGs, 15-15 XPs INSTAGRAM: @HUSKIEATHLETICS season. Game 7 vs. Manitoba Bisons • Huskie Football 2018 Game Notes 2017 Huskie Football Game Notes - 2 UOFS QUICK FACTS: SCOUTING THE BISONS Location: Saskatoon, SK Enrollment: 19,700 • The Bisons will be looking for revenge in Saskatoon on Saturday afternoon as they will Founded: 1907 take the field looking to return the favour after the Huskies stole a win out of Investor’s Nickname: Huskies Group Field in week two. Huskie Colours: Green, White • Third-year quarterback Des Catellier has thrived under centre for Manitoba, as he Conference: Canada West currently ranks second in the Canada West in both passing yards with 1870 and passing President: Peter Stoicheff touchdowns with 16. Chief Athletics Officer: Shawn Burt • Dylan Schrot has excelled in his second year in Winnipeg with the program, as the Stadium: Griffiths Stadium former Calgary Colt leads the team in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touch- Surface: Field Turf downs. Capacity: 5,743 HUSKIE HISTORY: SERIES HISTORY All-Time Conference Record: 210-157 (since 1972) All-Time Playoff Record: 29-21 VS MANITOBA BISONSS: All-Time: 44-45 Conference: 40-41 Home: 22-21 Away: 22-24 TEAM STATS 29.0 (4th) Points per game 31.2 (3rd) 2742 (3rd) Total offense 2833 (2nd) 462.5 (4th) Yards per game 489.5 (2nd) 313.2 (3rd) Passing yards per game 312 (4th) 13 (3rd) Passing touchdowns 16 (2nd) 149.3 (3rd) Rushing yards per game 177.5 (1st) 6.3 (2nd) Yards per rush 6.6 (1st) 4 (4th) Rushing touchdowns 3 (5th) 24.5 (4th) 1st downs per game 24.7 (2nd) 63 (1st) 3rd down % 41 (4th) 23.1 (1st) Kick return average 17.5 (6th) 8.7 (5th) Punt return average 10.9 (3rd) 80 (3rd) Field goal % 63.2 (6th) 41.4 (2nd) Average per punt 42.3 (1st) 87 (1st) Red zone % 86 (2nd) 13-23 (1st) Red zone touchdowns 10-21 (3rd) 3 (4th) Fumbles recovered 1 (6th) 10 (1st) INT’s 7 (2nd) 2 (1st) Defensive TD’s 1 (4th) 317 (2nd) Tackles 299 (6th) 11 (1st) Sacks 8 (5th) 53 (1st) Penalties 65 (4th) 458 (1st) Penalty Yards 595(6th) Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Huskie Athletics huskies.usask.ca @huskieathletics 2017 Huskie Football Game Notes - 3 LAST WEEK... LAST MEETING... OCTOBER 2, 2018 SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 T SASKATCHEWAN (3-3) 3 0 7 0 10 SASKATCHEWAN (2-0) 10 10 14 14 48 UBC (3-3) 10 3 0 7 20 MANITOBA (0-2) 7 13 14 12 46 Turnovers proved to be the difference as the No. 8 Saskatchewan Hus- here were offensive fireworks all over the field as the University of Sas- kies surrendered possession of the ball four times en route to a 20-10 katchewan Huskie football team and the Manitoba Bisons combined loss to the UBC Thunderbirds at Thunderbird Stadium Friday night. to score 94 points with the Huskies emerging victorious, 48-46, in a game that took place on Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, MB. on It was all about takeaways for the T-Birds who improved to 3-3 on the Sept. 7. season largely thanks to a young defensive secondary that came up big when it counted most with three second half red zone takeaways to There were numerous outstanding performances for the Huskies frustrate the Huskies who fell to 3-3 on the campaign. throughout the evening. Mason Nyhus and Kyle Siemens combined for 352 yards through the Fifth-year quarter back Kyle Siemens passed for four touchdowns and air, while fifth-year running back Tyler Chow rumbled for 84 yards on 14 306 yards on 24-35 passing. carries. Colton Klassen and Tyler Chow were dynamic both on the ground and Colton Klassen caught seven balls for 127 yards and added his through the air. Klassen rushed twice for 11 yards and one touchdown league-leading seventh receiving touchdown of the season, helping the while also hauling in seven catches for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Huskies out-gain UBC 454 yards to 359 in the game. Chow meanwhile, ran the ball 18 times for 134 yards, also making four receptions for 28 yards and a touchdown. The T-Birds enjoyed a quick start right from the opening kickoff thanks to receiver Trivel Pinto's slashing 63 yard return up the right sideline The standouts defensively were Nelson Lokombo, Payton Hall and before being taken down in Saskatchewan territory. With favorable field Riley Pickett. position to work with, UBC quarterback Michael O'Connor led the of- fence on a six play 40-yard scoring drive that was appropriately capped Forcing a fumble and recording an interception in the game Lokombo, off by an 11-yard Pinto touchdown reception and an early 7-0 lead. the reigning Canada West defensive player of the week, now has four turnovers to his name through just the first two games of the season. The Huskies responded by moving the ball to the T-Birds 44-yard line where they set up for their first points of the contest but Sean Stenger Fourth-year defensive back Payton Hall ran back a 90-yard pick-six at a just barely pushed the field goal attempt wide right and it was time for crucial point of the game, while Pickett rounded out the top defensive Pinto to shine once again. Pinto broke out for another spirited return, efforts from the Huskies with two sacks in the contest. this time scampering for 68-yards before being tackled at the Huskies 42-yard line. Saskatchewan's defence would hold strong however as A game that went right down to the wire and featured multiple mo- UBC would settle for a 43-yard Greg Hutchins field goal to increase their mentum shifts saw the Bisons out-gain the Huskies 560 yards to 517. lead to 10-0.