SATURDAY

#10 Saskatchewan 33 Regina 15

Huskies-Rams Stats

Courtesy U of Regina Sports Information

REGINA - The Regina Rams' season ended on Saturday afternoon with a 33-15 loss to CIS 310 Saskatchewan in a sloppy Canada West game at Mosaic Stadium.

The two teams combined for 14 turnovers, including eight for the Rams alone as they gave up the ball six times on interceptions, once on a fumble, and once on downs. Four of Saskatchewan's six turnovers came off fumbles, while the other two were off interceptions.

Saskatchewan (5-3) will now wait for the outcome of Saturday night's Manitoba/Alberta game. A win for the Bisons will put the Huskies in third place and send them to Manitoba next weekend for the Canada West semifinals, while a win by the 0-7 Golden Bears will give Saskatchewan a home playoff game against UBC.

The Huskies' Drew Burko completed 18 of his 37 passes for 217 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including a seven-yard strike to Mitch Stevens. Kit Hillis had five catches for 69 yards including a 27-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth.

Cayman Shutter was 22-for-36 for the Rams, but was picked off five times by the Huskies.

The Rams finish the season in fifth place in Canada West with a 2-6 record and miss the post-season for the first time since the 2005 campaign.

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#9 Manitoba 60 Alberta 18

Bisons-Golden Bears stats

by Matt Gutsch, Communications, U of A Athletics

EDMONTON - In the final game of the 2013 Canada West conference season, the Alberta Golden Bears and Manitoba Bisons combined to produce 1,751 all-purpose yards, while Manitoba's star runningback Anthony Coombs broke a Canada West record as the Bisons thumped the home-town Golden Bears 60-18 at Foote Field in Edmonton.
 
The win improved Manitoba's record to 5-3 on the season, and clinched second place in the conference standings. With that finish comes a home playoff date for the Bisons, as they will host the Saskatchewan Huskies next weekend at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg.
 
Coombs, a third-year back, broke the Canada West record for longest rush when he took a hand-off deep in his own territory and burned across the Foote Field turf for a 107-yard touchdown run. The previous conference high was set in 1979 by Alberta's Sean Kehoe, who rushed for 102 yards, while the CIS record is 108 yards, which has been done twice (1967 and 2004).
 
The two teams, who earlier in the season combined to produce the third highest scoring game in Canada West history with a 65-41 game in Winnipeg, this time produced a whopping 1,751 all-purpose yards.
 
Receiver Nic Demski caught a pair of touchdown passes for Manitoba, while Coombs and Alex Christie rushed for a combined 286 yards and five touchdowns. Quarterback Jordan Yantz completed 17 of 22 passes for 370 yards and five touchdowns.
 
For the Golden Bears, the loss means a 0-8 season and the end of the 2013 campaign. Alberta's last on-field win came on November 6, 2010.
 
Rookie receiver Tylor Henry had a special night as the Edmonton product ran for an incredible 341 all-purpose yards, and broke a Golden Bears' record. Henry caught a game high 11 passes for 149 yards, but also returned five punts and two kick-offs for 192 yards and a touchdown. In fact, his 106-yard kick-off return for a TD is the longest in U of A history, surpassing the old mark of 103-yards which was set in 1962 by Ken Neilson. The conference record is 110 yards.
 
The Bisons will begin their playoff journey next weekend at home to Saskatchewan.

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FRIDAY

#3 Calgary 34 UBC 17

Thunderbirds-Dinos stats

by Ben Matchett, Communications, U of C Athletics

CALGARY – The CIS #3 Calgary Dinos were able to accomplish a first in program history Friday night, wrapping up an 8-0 record with a 34-17 win over the UBC Thunderbirds at McMahon Stadium.
 
The undefeated season – a first in program history – comes after the team lost two-thirds of its starting lineup and played the bulk of the season without the reigning conference MVP, Eric Dzwilewski. It's an incredible accomplishment for a team full of youth, and it was sophomore tailback Mercer Timmis that carried the team to victory one more time Friday night.
 
Timmis ran the ball 23 times for 184 yards and one touchdown to lead the Calgary offence Friday night to all but wrap up the national rushing crown with 1,183 yards on the season, the third-best campaign in school history. He extended his conference and school single-season touchdown record to 19, and it would require a massive performance in action elsewhere in the nation Saturday for him to be caught for the 2013 CIS rushing crown.

Dinos QB Andrew Buckley completed 17 of 24 passes for 228 yards and two majors. His top target was Jake Harty, who hauled in five passes for 73 yards and a touchdown.
 
For the Thunderbirds, running back Brandon Deschamps had another outstanding outing with 20 carries for 161 yards, finishing the season just behind Timmis in most rushing categories, including breaking the 1,000-yard barrier.

The Dinos will enjoy home field advantage throughout the Canada West playoffs and will host a semi-final next Saturday, Nov. 2. Kickoff will go at 3 p.m. MT – likely against these very same UBC Thunderbirds. The final playoff positioning will be determined with the final two games in the conference on Saturday.

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