SATURDAY

#7 Saskatchewan 17 UBC 12

Huskies-Thunderbirds Stats

by Lee Dorner, UBC Sports Information Assistant

VANCOUVER ­ - The UBC Thunderbirds had their first home win of the season in their sights in the fourth quarter, but failed to come away with points on two separate first-and-goal situations inside the five, losing 17-12 to #7 Saskatchewan on Saturday at David Sidoo Field.

UBC was actually pitching a defensive shutout into the fourth quarter, with the Huskies' points through three quarters coming on a rouge, a safety and a blocked punt touchdown. Saskatchewan's offence finally got on the board early in the fourth when Shane Buchanan capped off a long drive with a one-yard touchdown run to make it 17-12 Huskies.

The 'Birds were without star running back Brandon Deschamps in the second half after the nation's leading rusher was injured on his first carry of the third quarter. Greg Bowcott threw a touchdown passes to Micha Theil and Patrick Bull.

The score was just 5-1 UBC at halftime.

The Huskies scored the first major when they broke through in numbers to block a UBC punt. It was recovered and run back for the touchdown by Seamus Neary to make the score 8-5 Huskies.

The Huskies improve to 4-1 on the year and maintain a one-game lead for second place in Canada West, which comes with home field advantage for week one of the playoffs. They host 5-0 Calgary next Friday.

UBC falls to 2-3, with a big match up against 3-2 Manitoba next Saturday on the road. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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#10 Manitoba 34 Regina 15

Rams-Bisons Stats

by Chris Zuk, U of Manitoba Bisons Sports Information

WINNIPEG - On a wet, rainy day during the annual Homecoming Game for Manitoba, the #10 Manitoba Bisons secured a 34-15 win at home against the Regina Rams in front of 4,890 soaked fans at Investors Group Field.

With the victory, Manitoba improves to 3-2 while Regina slips to 1-4 during the 2013 campaign.

The game started off with a special teams play when Andrew Barry blocked kicker Zach Schmidt and DJ Lalama scooped up the ball off the ricochet in the end zone for the first score of the contest (the convert was botched). Manitoba second score was aided by two pass interference calls and Barry converted a third-and-one from the one yard line for a 13-0 lead after the first quarter.

After a missed FG by Regina, the Bisons scored again when QB Jordan Yantz found OL Matt Hallock for his second TD of the season with a short three yard pass to complete a eight play, 75 yard drive and make it 20-1.

If there was any hope for a comeback it became tougher after the Rams and conference pass leader in yardage Cayman Shutter was knocked out of the game by DB Jordan Linnen. Halfway in the second, he went for a QB slide after a run and was clipped around the head. Linnen earned a player disqualification for the play while backup and Winnipeg product John Kiesman was summoned for his first time in 2013 to take the reins for the rest of the game.

Michael Stefanovic recovered a fumble and ran in for a touchdown for 20-8 Bison lead, With only 55 seconds left on the clock to the half, Manitoba quickly struck back on one play. Yantz found SB Andrew Smith for an 89 pass and catch for a TD for the fourth-longest reception in team history.

For the home side, Yantz went 9-17 for 134 passing yards, 3 TDs and 1 INT along with tying RB Anthony Coombs for top rusher with 97 yards.

In week six, Regina will host the Alberta Golden Bears on Saturday, October 5 at 1 p.m. MT while the Bisons finish off their regular season home schedule when they host UBC Thunderbirds on Oct. 5 at 1 p.m.

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#5 Calgary 76 Alberta 21

Dinos-Golden Bears Stats

by Ben Matchett, U of C Dinos Sports Information

EDMONTON – Another week, another multi-touchdown night for Mercer Timmis as the University of Calgary Dinos improved to 5-0 with a 76-21 win over the Alberta Golden Bears Saturday night at Edmonton's Foote Field.
 
The sophomore running back carried the ball 16 times for 214 yards and a whopping four touchdowns, averaging better than 13 yards per carry in just over two quarters' work, leading the Dinos to a whopping 848 yards of total offence in the game.
 
It was Timmis' second consecutive four-touchdown game, bringing his total to 14 all-purpose majors on the year – just three shy of the school record of 17 set by Don Blair in his Hec Crighton-winning season of 1995. He also tied the Dinos record of 13 rushing touchdowns in a season and sits just one back of the conference record in that category.

Reigning CIS offensive player of the week Andrew Buckley had another solid outing, completing 22 of 29 passes for 336 yards and three touchdowns to receivers Anthony Anderson, Chris Dobko, and Kyle Brick before being pulled in favour of Jimmy Underdahl with the outcome secured midway through the third quarter. Buckley improves to 4-0 as a starting quarterback in his CIS career.
 
Underdahl added a pair of rushing touchdowns of his own in the third quarter and opened the fourth with a 39-yard TD strike to Brett Blaszko.

The win sets up a huge match-up next weekend in Saskatoon as the 5-0 Dinos take on the 4-1 Saskatchewan Huskies Friday night at Griffiths Stadium on Shaw TV. The Dinos defeated the Huskies 36-24 in the teams' previous meeting Sept. 14 at McMahon Stadium, and a victory Friday night would give Calgary the inside track to a third-straight first place finish in Canada West.
 
Following the Saskatchewan game, the Dinos enjoy the bye week before wrapping up the regular season with home games against Regina and UBC.

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