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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, '18 90 U SPORTS ALL-CANADIANS | 265 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, Nov. 17 Fri 9/7 at Manitoba W 48-46 Time ....................................................3 p.m. Fri 9/14 vs Calgary L 37-28 Location ................................London, ON Fri 9/21 vs Regina W 33-20 Venue ..........................McMahon Stadium Sat 9/29 at Calgary L 37-28 Fri 10/12 at UBC L 33-13 Watch .................................Sportsnet 360 Sat 10/20 vs Manitoba W, 27-24 Listen ........................................ CJWW 600 Fri 10/26 at Regina W, 57-3 SASKATCHEWAN Series .................................WES leads 3-1 WESTERN Sat 11/3 at UBC W, 31-28 HUSKIES Current Streak ....................... SSK - 1 W MUSTANGS Sat 11/10 at Calgary W, 43-18 Last Meeting ..................................1998 Sat 11/17 at OUA TBD 7-3 SSK 33 vs WES 17 (Churchill Bowl) 10-0 Sat 11/24 U SPORTS TBD (2-0) (1-0) CANADA WEST STANDINGS GP Record #5 THINGS 1 The Huskies are Hardy Cup Champions and will play in a national semifinal Calgary 8 8-0 for the first time since 2006. Western are the reigning Vanier Cup Champions and have won their past UBC 8 5-3 2 22 games in a row. Saskatchewan 8 5-3 The winner of the game will face either Laval or StFX in the Vanier Cup, 3 Manitoba 8 3-5 scheduled for Nov. 24 in Quebec City. Alberta 8 2-6 4 Saskatchewan is 9-2 since 1989 in national semifinal games. Regina 8 1-7 The Huskies defence came up big in the Hardy Cup, forcing the previously 5 undefeated Dinos into making seven turnovers. U SPORTS TOP 10 Pts (1st place) Last week 1. Western 232(7) 1 REG SEASON STAT LEADERS #ByTheNumbers 2. Laval 220 (4) 2 222 3. Calgary 196 (1) 3 Saskatchewan Category Western Tyler Chow rushed for the third- TYLER CHOW Rushing CEDRIC JOSEPH most yards in Huskies history on 4. Montreal 168 4 100 ATT, 640 YDS, 2 TDS 119 ATT, 965 YDS, 12 TDS Saturday. 5. Guelph 135 6 KYLE SIEMENS Passing CHRIS MERCHANT 9 6. Saskatchewan 111 7 155-249, 2117 YDS, 16 TDS 127-174, 2094 YDS, 17 TDS Kyle Siemens is in the top-10 7. StFX 75 - COLTON KLASSEN Receiving HARRY MCMASTER in all 9 major Huskies passing 8. Ottawa 65 5 38 REC, 676 YDS, 8 TDS 29 REC, 616 YDS, 7 TDS records. 9. Saint Mary's 50 - BEN WHITING Tackles FRASER SOPIK 370 10. Carleton 39 8 44 TACKLES 38 TACKLES Western has outscored their T. KORONKIEWICZ Sacks ANDREW THURSTON oppenents by over 350 points SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: CAMERON DOHERTY 7 SACKS 6.5 SACKS this season. PHONE: 306-966-1024 • CELL: 250-818-2408 N. LOKOMBO, J. HAGERTY Interceptions MACKENZIE FERGUSON EMAIL: [email protected] 10 WEBSITE: HUSKIES.USASK.CA 3 INTS 3 INTS Western led the OUA in ten major TWITTER: @HUSKIEATHLETICS SEAN STENGER Field Goals MARC LIEGGHIO FACEBOOK: HUSKIE ATHLETICS team statistical categories in the INSTAGRAM: @HUSKIEATHLETICS 14-18 FGs, 29-29 XPs 19-22 FGs, 42-42 XPs regular season. Game 11 vs. Western Mustangs • Huskie Football 2018 Game Notes 2017 Huskie Football Game Notes - 2 UOFS QUICK FACTS: SCOUTING THE MUSTANGS Location: Saskatoon, SK Enrollment: 19,700 • The Mustangs led the OUA with 14 total all-stars afer their regular season, seven first Founded: 1907 team and seven second team. Nickname: Huskies • Western plays a style of football the Huskies haven't seen much this year, preferring to Huskie Colours: Green, White keep the ball on the ground, where Cedric Joseph racked up 965 yards in eight game. Conference: Canada West The Mustangs led the OUA with 24 rushing touchdowns during the regular season. President: Peter Stoicheff • Mustang's QB Chris Merchant was named the Vanier Cup MVP last season after Chief Athletics Officer: Shawn Burt throwing for 276 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 96 yards and two touch- Stadium: Griffiths Stadium downs. Surface: Field Turf • Much like the Huskies, the Mustangs force alot of turnovers, recovering 7 fumbles and Capacity: 5,743 making 12 interceptions in the regular season. HUSKIE HISTORY: All-Time Conference Record: 213-158 (since 1972) CANADA WEST ALL-STARS All-Time Playoff Record: 32-21 TYLER CHOW, RB TEAM STATS 32.3 (2nd) Points per game 48.0 (1st) 3905 (2nd) Total offense 4342 (1st) 492.9 (2nd) Yards per game 556.9 (1st) MATTLAND RILEY, OG 320.8 (3rd) Passing yards per game 285.3 (5th) 19 (2nd) Passing touchdowns 18 (2nd) 172.1(1st) Rushing yards per game 271.6 (1st) 6.3 (2nd) Yards per rush 7.5 (1st) 7 (2nd) Rushing touchdowns 24 (1st) 26.6 (1st) 1st downs per game 27.6 (1st) TRISTIAN KORONKIEWICZ, DE 57 (1st) 3rd down % 58 (3rd) 20.3 (1st) Kick return average 16.3 (10th) 7.7 (5th) Punt return average 7.2 (8th) 77.8 (3rd) Field goal % 86.4 (1st) 41.6 (2nd) Average per punt 42.1 (1st) 85 (3rd) Red zone % 91 (4th) 19-33 (1st) Red zone touchdowns 24-33 (1st) EVAN MACHIBRODA, DT 5 (4th) Fumbles recovered 7 (4th) 10 (1st) INT’s 12 (2nd) 3 (2nd) Defensive TD’s 2 (3rd) 395 (5th) Tackles 368 (9th) 17 (1st) Sacks 23 (2nd) 70 (1st) Penalties 67 (2nd) 588(1st) Penalty Yards 624(4th) Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Huskie Athletics huskies.usask.ca @huskieathletics 2017 Huskie Football Game Notes - 3 HARDY CUP... SEMIFINAL... NOVEMBER 10, 2018 NOVEMBER 3, 2018 1 2 3 4 T 1 2 3 4 OT T SASKATCHEWAN (7-3) 0 18 7 18 43 SASKATCHEWAN (6-3) 0 17 3 8 3 13 CALGARY (9-1) 1 14 3 0 18 UBC (5-4) 7 3 7 11 0 33 The Saskatchewan Huskies forced seven turnovers and kept the Sean Stenger knocked through the game-winning field goal in over- high-powered Calgary offence at bay to capture their first Hardy Cup time to send the University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team championship since 2006 Saturday, with a 43-18 win over the previously past the UBC Thunderbirds, 31-28, and on to the Hardy Cup Champi- undefeated Dinos at McMahon Stadium. onship game for the first time in nine years. Canada West player of the year Adam Sinagra threw four interceptions In what was a wild affair played at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, on the day, while fifth-year Huskie Tyler Chow rumbled 24 times for 222 B.C. the Huskies were able to ride out huge swings in momentum to yards and a pair of majors as the Huskies handed the Dinos their first book their ticket to Calgary to play against the Dinos for the 82nd and only loss of 2018, completing a pair of unlikely playoff wins away Hardy Cup, this coming Saturday, Nov. 10. from home in the Canada West playoffs. "UBC is such a talented football team, our guys just played so well as a The 222 yards from Chow was the third-highest single game total in team," said Saskatchewan head coach Scott Flory after his first playoff Huskies history. win with the Huskies. "We were connected top to bottom, from special teams to offence to defence. As it turns out we just made one more Saskatchewan (7-3) will face No. 1 Western (10-0) in the U SPORTS play in the end. I'm just so proud of our guys." Mitchell Bowl next Saturday in London, Ont., with the winner advancing to the Vanier Cup. The game was sent into overtime in the most dramatic way possible. A fellow senior, quarterback Kyle Siemens, completed 18 of 27 passes for With UBC holding a seven-point lead and just 51 seconds left to play, 263 yards and a TD. Huskies Head Coach Scott Flory knew his fifth-year fifth-year quarterback Kyle Siemens orchestrated a four-play drive that players were going to be key if they were going to take down the Dinos, ended with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jesse Kuntz to tie the game and he was thrilled with their effort. and send it into overtime. "Coming out of our last loss UBC, the message was that our best players, UBC took possession of the ball first in overtime but the Huskies our fifth-years, have to be our best players," said the second-year Sas- defence stood strong. katchewan bench boss. "Those guys got the message. The guys believe in them, and they love them, and they play for them. After a nine-yard completion to start the proceedings, the Thunder- birds needed just one more yard to extend their drive. Evan Machibro- "I believe in these guys all the time – I have nothing but the utmost faith da and the Huskies defensive line stepped up and combined for the in them because they believe in themselves and each other. We're a huge stop however, forcing kicker Greg Hutchins to come out on the team, and we preach that all the time. These guys just keep fighting." field and attempt a field goal. The first quarter was a harbinger of things to come. After the Huskies' Hutchins sent his attempt wide-right, setting the stage for Saskatche- opening drive of the game stalled due to a holding penalty, Alex Basilis wan to extend their season.