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 ....................................Friday, Oct. 12 Fri 9/7 at Manitoba W 48-46 Time ....................................................7 p.m. Fri 9/14 vs Calgary L 37-28 Location ......................... Vancouver, B.C. Fri 9/21 vs Regina W 33-20 Venue ......................Thunderbird Stadium Sat 9/29 at Calgary L 33-13 Fri 10/12 at UBC 6:00 PM 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 ............................ SSK Leads 59-31 Sat 11/3 TBD TBD SASKATCHEWAN Current Streak ...................... UBC - 2 W UBC Sat 11/10 TBD TBD HUSKIES Last Meeting ..................Oct. 14, 2017 THUNDERBIRDS Sat 11/17 OUA TBD 3-2 SSK 25 vs. UBC 29 2-3 Sat 11/24 U SPORTS TBD CANADA WEST STANDINGS GP Record #5 THINGS 1 The Huskies have shown a killer instinct, leading the conference in touch- Calgary 5 5-0 downs per redzone appearance and failing to score on just 1 of 20 trips. Kyle Siemens passed his father Doug for fourth in all-time passing yards for Saskatchewan 5 3-2 2 the Huskies last weekend and needs just 112 to move into third. Manitoba 5 3-2 The Huskies ground-game has powered their offense so far this season. Alberta 5 2-3 3 The team sits in first-place in the Canada West in yards per rush as well as UBC 5 2-3 rushing first downs. Josh Hagerty and Nelson Lokombo lead the Canada West in interceptions Regina 4 0-5 4 through five games with three apiece. Dating back to 2012, the Huskies have won 8 of 11 matchups against the U SPORTS TOP 10 5 Thunderbirds. Pts (1st place) Last week #ByTheNumbers 1. Western 231 (7) 1 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2. Laval 219 (4) 2 4 3. Calgary 196 (1) 3 Saskatchewan Category UBC Tristian Koronkiewicz is tied for TYLER CHOW Rushing BEN CUMMINGS first in the Canada West with four 4. Montreal 168 4 55 ATT, 375 YDS, 0 TDS 41 ATT, 192 YDS, 1 TD sacks. 5. Ottawa 119 9 KYLE SIEMENS Passing MICAHEL O'CONNOR 6 6. Saint Mary's 90 7 103-174, 1419 YDS, 11 TDS 127-197, 1510 YDS, 6 TDS Colton Klassen remains the 7. Laurier 90 8 COLTON KLASSEN Receiving TRIVEL PINTO Canada West leader in receiving 8. Saskatchewan 62 7 24 REC, 388 YDS, 6 TDS 36 REC, 451 YDS, 2 TDS touchdowns with six. 9. McMaster 58 - BEN WHITING Tackles BEN HLADIK 28 10. Guelph 39 10 28 TACKLES 33 TACKLES Ben Whiting sits in third in the T. KORONKIEWICZ Sacks SHERIDAN LAWLEY Canada West with 28 total tackles SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: CAMERON DOHERTY 3 SACKS 3 SACKS through five games this season. PHONE: 306-966-1024 • CELL: 250-818-2408 N. LOKOMBO, J. HAGERTY Interceptions STAVROS KATSANTONIS EMAIL: [email protected] 50 WEBSITE: HUSKIES.USASK.CA 3 INTS 1 INT Siemens sits at 50 career passing TWITTER: @HUSKIEATHLETICS SEAN STENGER Field Goals GREG HUTCHINS FACEBOOK: HUSKIE ATHLETICS touchdowns. Just six back of the INSTAGRAM: @HUSKIEATHLETICS 10-12 FGs, 18-18 XPs 7-7 FGs, 6-6 XPs Huskie record. Game 6 at UBC T-Birds • Huskie Football 2018 Game Notes 2017 Huskie Football Game Notes - 2 UOFS QUICK FACTS: SCOUTING THE THUNDERBIRDS Location: Saskatoon, SK Enrollment: 19,700 • The Thunderbirds have been a strong team at home this season, as they stand with Founded: 1907 a 1-1 record while on home turf after a week one victory over Manitoba and played a Nickname: Huskies strong game despite a narrow 32-28 defeat at the hands of the Calgary Dinos in week Huskie Colours: Green, White four. Conference: Canada West • Trivel Pinto has been electrifying when in the lineup for the Thunderbirds as the President: Peter Stoicheff fourth-year receiver sits in second in the Canada West with 112.8 receiving yards per Chief Athletics Officer: Shawn Burt game. Stadium: Griffiths Stadium Surface: Field Turf Capacity: 5,743 HUSKIE HISTORY: SERIES HISTORY All-Time Conference Record: 210-158 (since 1972) All-Time Playoff Record: 29-21 VS UBC THUNDERBIRDS: All-Time: 59-31 Conference: 51-29 Playoffs: 8-2 Home: 36-11 Away: 23-20 TEAM STATS 32.8 (3rd) Points per game 20.6 (5th) 2289 (4th) Total offense 1948 (5th) 464.4 (4th) Yards per game 401.2 (5th) 305.6 (4th) Passing yards per game 302 (5th) 12 (3rd) Passing touchdowns 6 (5th) 158.8 (3rd) Rushing yards per game 99.2 (6th) 6.4 (1st) Yards per rush 5.4 (6th) 4 (3rd) Rushing touchdowns 3 (5th) 24.6 (4th) 1st downs per game 21.4 (5th) 63 (1st) 3rd down % 31 (6th) 22.3 (1st) Kick return average 18.5 (3rd) 9.6 (3rd) Punt return average 9.4 (5th) 84.6 (3rd) Field goal % 87.5 (1st) 43.1 (1st) Average per punt 36.6 (5th) 95 (1st) Red zone % 57 (6th) 13-20 (1st) Red zone touchdowns 3-7 (6th) 3 (3rd) Fumbles recovered 8 (1st) 10 (1st) INT’s 1 (6th) 2 (1st) Defensive TD’s 2 (1st) 259 (3rd) Tackles 257 (5th) 10 (2nd) Sacks 9 (3rd) 46 (2nd) Penalties 55 (6th) 413 (3rd) Penalty Yards 446 (4th) 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... SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 T SASKATCHEWAN (3-2) 0 3 10 0 13 UBC (4-2) 0 14 9 6 29 CALGARY (5-0) 6 17 0 10 33 SASKATCHEWAN (2-4) 2 0 0 23 25 The sixth-ranked University of Saskatchewan Huskies could not find a The UBC Thunderbirds (4-2) held off a furious, fourth quarter come- way past the undefeated No. 3 Calgary Dinos in a 33-13 loss Saturday back attempt from the Saskatchewan Huskies (2-4) to take a 29-25 afternoon at McMahon Stadium. victory at Griffith Stadium in Saskatoon on Saturday night. With the win the Dinos improve to 5-0 on the season heading into the "We came into a situation where we got the 'W' and we're four and bye week, while Saskatchewan falls to 3-2 – with both of those losses two," said UBC head coach Blake Nill. "That's the important thing. Can coming at the hands of Calgary. we play better? Of course. Did we play well at times? Of course." Kyle Siemens went to the air often, completing 21 of 40 passes for 297 UBC quarterback Michael O'Connor completed 37 passes, breaking yards and one interception. Jesse Kuntz was his top target with six Billy Greene's previous mark of 36 from 2010, but also threw three catches for 87 yards, while Carter Dahl had 93 receiving yards on just interceptions to go along with his three touchdowns, 466 yards and three receptions. one more rushing touchdown. Those 297 yards were more than enough to continue moving Siemens UBC wide receiver Alex Morrison caught two long touchdown passes further up the Huskie record books. The native of Saskatoon is now and also had an interception, while Trivel Pinto had 13 receptions for fourth in all-time career passing yards with 7,233 moving past his father 156 yards on the evening. Doug with his efforts in Calgary. Saskatchewan quarterback Kyle Siemens was 26-47, for 310 yards Two promising Saskatchewan drives were snuffed out in the first quarter with three scores of his own. Siemens did much of his damage in the by turnovers. game's fourth quarter, erasing a 29-9 UBC deficit, only to fall short on the game's final play when his hail mary pass was intercepted by Calgary's Deane Leonard intercepting Siemens inside the 10-yard line Morrison, who had come onto the field as a defensive back. on the Huskies' first drive; then, after a missed 43-yard field goal try by Sean Stenger, Grant McDonald popped the ball out of Tyler Chow's Penalties were once again a major concern for the UBC coaching staff, grasp and Blake Gau jumped on it to give the Dinos great field position. as the 'Birds were flagged 15 times for 154 yards. Saskatchewan was One play later, Sinagra found Jalen Philpot for a 40-yard touchdown to also in the referee's cross hairs on the evening, committing 13 infrac- give the Dinos a 6-0 lead after a bad snap on the convert. tions for 110 yards. Saskatchewan got on the board early in the second with a 17-yard field "The problem with our team that we have to rectify is our discipline goal, and the Dinos offence went to work from there. Calgary scored on and penalties," explained Nill. "In my opinion, the only way that you three of its next four drives – a 35-yard touchdown to Justin Julien, a 13- do that is appeal to the common sense of the athlete and we're doing yard Niko DiFonte field goal, and a 26-yard Hunter Karl TD grab – to take that. They know when they make mistakes and take foolish penalties. a 23-3 lead into the break.