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 94 ALL-CANADIANS | 266 CANADA WEST ALL-STARS | 35 CANADA WEST AWARD WINNERS | 7 U SPORTS AWARD WINNERS 2019 SCHEDULE Game Information Fri 8/30 at Manitoba L 43-19 Date ....................................Friday, Sept. 6 Fri 9/6 vs UBC 7:00 PM Time ........................................7 p.m. (CST) Fri 9/13 at Regina 7:00 PM Location ............................Saskatoon, SK Sat 9/21 at Alberta 1:00 PM Venue ..............Griffiths Stadium in Nutrien Park Fri 9/27 vs Calgary 7:00 PM Fri 10/4 vs Manitoba 7:00 PM Watch ......SaskTel Max/Canadawest.tv Sat 10/19 at UBC 5:00 PM Listen ........................................ CJWW 600 Fri 10/26 vs Alberta 2:00 PM Series ............................ SSK Leads 61-33 Sat 11/2 Semifinal TBD SASKATCHEWAN Current Streak ....................... SSK - 1 W UBC Sat 11/9 Hardy Cup TBD HUSKIES Last Meeting ................... Nov. 3, 2018 THUNDERBIRDS Sat 11/16 Mitchell Bowl TBD 0-1 SSK 31 @ UBC 28 0-1 Sat 11/24 Vanier Cup TBD CANADA WEST STANDINGS GP Record #5THINGS 1 Dating back to the 2003 season, the Huskies have won their last four home Calgary 1 1-0 openers in seasons following a Hardy Cup Championship The Huskies will raise their 2018 Canada West banner pre-game, with the four Manitoba 1 1-0 2 other Huskie Canada West winning teams being recognized at halftime. Regina 1 1-0 There is a new and improved Rally Alley in 2019. Now located in the south 3 Alberta 1 0-1 endzone and open throughout the game. Saskatchewan 1 0-1 The annual toga run for incoming students living in residence will also 4 happen at halftime. UBC 1 0-1 Nicholas Dheilly was a standout on the defensive side of the ball for Sas- 5 katchewan in his first game with the program, recording three tackles for U SPORTS TOP 10 loss. Pts (1st place) Last week #ByTheNumbers 1. Laval 540 (18) 1 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2. Western 503 2 1 Saskatchewan Category UBC The 2019 installment of the 3. Montreal 444 3 Thunderbirds features only one ADAM MACHART Rushing TED KUBONGO 4. Calgary 423 5 fifth-year player in A.J. Blackwell, 13 ATT, 93 YDS, 0 TDS 8 ATT, 32 YDS, 0 TD a linebacker from Calgary, Alta. 5. McMaster 418 6 MASON NYHUS Passing TOMMY YANCHUK 10 6. Manitoba 315 - 27-39, 315 YDS, 1 TDS 21-32, 248 YDS, 1 TDS 2018 All-Canadian Ben Hladik 7. Regina 281 - DANIEL PERRY Receiving JACOB PATTEN recorded a game-high 10 tackles 8. Guelph 281 - 6 REC, 76 YDS, 0 TDS 5 REC, 86 YDS, 1 TDS for UBC in their opener. 9. Acadia 239 - NICHOLAS DHEIILY Tackles BEN HLADIK 76 10. Laurier 170 - 6 TACKLES 10 TACKLES Daniel Perry set a career-high N. DHEILLY,E. MACHIBRODA Sacks NONE in receiving yards last week for SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: CAMERON DOHERTY 1 SACK 0 SACKS Saskatchewan with 76. PHONE: 306-966-1024 • CELL: 250-818-2408 NONE Interceptions NONE EMAIL: [email protected] 1.000 WEBSITE: HUSKIES.USASK.CA 0 INTS 0 INTS Huskies head coach Scott Flory is TWITTER: @HUSKIEATHLETICS DAVID SOLIE Field Goals NONE FACEBOOK: HUSKIE ATHLETICS batting 1.000 in home openers, INSTAGRAM: @HUSKIEATHLETICS 2-2 FGs, 1-2 XPs 0-0 sitting at 2-0 in his career. Game 2 vs UBC Thunderbirds • Huskie Football 2019 Game Notes 2019 Huskie Football Game Notes - 2 UOFS QUICK FACTS: SCOUTING THE THUNDERBIRDS Location: Saskatoon, SK Enrollment: 19,700 • Tommy Yanchuk got the start for the Thunderbirds against the Rams, where he totaled Founded: 1907 248 yards on 21-32 passing, including a touchdown and an interception. Nickname: Huskies • Ben Hladik is the lone returning CW All-Star from last season to return to the program. Huskie Colours: Green, White Hladik finished second in the conference with 49.5 total tackles, and will be the anchor Conference: Canada West of the UBC defense once again this season. Hladik will form a dynamic duo in the mid- President: Peter Stoicheff dle of the field with Nick Cross. Chief Athletics Officer: David Hardy • Local products Tom Schnitzler and James Vause each spent time with the Saskatoon Stadium: Griffiths Stadium Hilltops prior to making the jump to the Canada West. Surface: Field Turf Capacity: 5,743 HUSKIE HISTORY: PRONUNCIATION GUIDE All-Time Conference Record: #1 Ewanchyna, Josh ........................E-wan-chin-uh 211-162 (since 1972) #4 Whiting, Ben .................................White-ing All-Time Playoff Record: 31-22 #7 Klassen, Colton ............................Claw-sin VS UBC THUNDERBIRDS: #8 Nyhus, Mason...............................Ni-us All-Time: 61-33 #17 Kuntz, Jesse ...............................Koontz Conference: 51-28 #18 Lumeka, Clovis ..........................Loo-mek-ah Playoffs: 9-2 #20 Machart, Adam .........................Mak-hart Home: 36-11 Away: 24-21 #30 Thakurdeen, Malcolm ............Thak-er-deen #31 Dirham, Mason ..........................Dur-am #37 Thakurdeen, Eric ......................Thak-er-deen TEAM STATS #41 Sveinbjornson, Ciaran ...........Sven-byorn-son 19 (5th) Points per game #46 Todos, Matthew .......................Toe-dus 473 (2nd) Total offense #47 Whiting, Tom .............................White-ing 489 (1st) Yards per game #56 Olabimtan, Oluwayombo ..... Yombo 315 (3rd) Passing yards per game #57 Zerr, Bryce ...................................Zair 1 (5th) Passing touchdowns #60 Zerr, Noah ..................................Z-air 174 (2nd) Rushing yards per game #62 Summach, Nick........................ Sum-ick #78 Tkatchuk, Luke..........................Ka-chuk 7.3 (1st) Yards per rush #81 Piok, Yol.......................................Pee-awk 1 (3rd) Rushing touchdowns #83 Mandziuk, Matthew................Mand-zik 27 (1st) 1st downs per game #97 Eidsvik, Tom..............................Eds-vick 33 (6th) 3rd down % #99 Dheilly, Nicholas.......................Daily 14.2 (6th) Kick return average 4.0 (5th) Punt return average 100 (1st) Field goal % 37 (4th) Average per punt 75 (4th) Red zone % 2-4 (3rd) Red zone touchdowns 0 (5th) INT’s 46 (6th) Tackles 3 (1st) Sacks 9 (2nd) Penalties 85 (3rd) Penalty Yards Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Huskie Athletics huskies.usask.ca @huskieathletics 2019 Huskie Football Game Notes - 3 LAST WEEK... LAST MEETING... August 30, 20189 November 3, 2019 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 OT T SASKATCHEWAN (0-1) 3 6 3 7 19 SASKATCHEWAN (6-3) 0 17 3 8 3 31 MANITOBA (1-0) 7 20 3 13 43 UBC (5-4) 7 3 7 11 0 28 SASKATOON – It was a night of frustration for the reigning Hardy Cup SASKATOON – Sean Stenger knocked through the game-winning champion University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team, as seven field goal in overtime to send the University of Saskatchewan Huskies turnovers cost them a chance at victory in their first game of 2019 in football team past the UBC Thunderbirds, 31-28, and on to the Hardy Winnipeg against the Manitoba Bisons on Aug. 30. Cup Championship game for the first time in nine years. The Bisons' defence forced two interceptions and three fumbles on the In what was a wild affair played at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, night, as well as recording two stops on third down, giving their offence B.C. the Huskies were able to ride out huge swings in momentum to the chance to put up 43 points to the Huskies' 19, despite Saskatchewan book their ticket to Calgary to play against the Dinos for the 82nd out-gaining Manitoba 489-359 on offence. Hardy Cup, this coming Saturday, Nov. 10. In the first start of his Huskie career, quarterback Mason Nyhus went 27- "UBC is such a talented football team, our guys just played so well as a 39 for 315 yards and one touchdown. Adam Machart and Josh Ewanchy- team," said Saskatchewan head coach Scott Flory after his first playoff na combined for 159 yards on just 42 carries while Daniel Perry and Yol win with the Huskies. "We were connected top to bottom, from special Piok were the leading receivers, putting up 76 and 68 yards respectively teams to offence to defence. As it turns out we just made one more with Piok adding a touchdown. play in the end. I'm just so proud of our guys." All of that offensive production was for naught however, as the Bisons The game was sent into overtime in the most dramatic way possible. were able to put up 27 points on drives directly after turnovers by the Huskies. With UBC holding a seven-point lead and just 51 seconds left to play, fifth-year quarterback Kyle Siemens orchestrated a four-play drive that Des Catellier threw for just 163 yards but hit on three touchdowns in ended with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jesse Kuntz to tie the game the game while the triple-headed monster of Michael Ritchott, Victor and send it into overtime. St. Pierre Laviolette and Logan Fischer combined for 177 yards on the ground. Machu Bockru had an outstanding day for Manitoba, hauling in UBC took possession of the ball first in overtime but the Huskies six catches for 99 yards and three touchdowns. defence stood strong. Defensively the Huskies were led by Nicholas Dheilly, who finished the After a nine-yard completion to start the proceedings, the Thunder- game with one sack and six tackles, three of which came in the Bisons' birds needed just one more yard to extend their drive. Evan Machibro- backfield. da and the Huskies defensive line stepped up and combined for the huge stop however, forcing kicker Greg Hutchins to come out on the field and attempt a field goal. Hutchins sent his attempt wide-right, setting the stage for Saskatche- wan to extend their season.