//DATE: Sept. 11, 2009
//For Immediate Release
//Complete game
statistics attached
Late touchdown gives Huskies 10-9
win over Rams
SASKATOON, Sask. - Shayne Dueck’s five yard touchdown reception
with 72 seconds left in the fourth quarter gave the Saskatchewan
Huskies (2-0) a 10-9 home win over the Regina Rams (1-1) on
Friday night at Griffiths Stadium.
Engineered by Huskie quarterback Laurence Nixon, the
game-winning drive spanned eight plays and 75 yards and marked
the first time in the contest that either team managed to break
into the red zone.
The Rams had a chance to tie the game with 39 seconds remaining
after quarterback Marc Mueller drove the Rams downfield, but a
45-yard field goal attempt by Perri Scarcelli fell wide left. On
the final play of the game, the Rams were able to take down
Saskatchewan punter Grant Shaw in the end zone for a safety, but
it wasn’t enough to overcome the three-point deficit.
Nixon completed 26 of his 37 passes for 243 yards. Travis Gorski
was his top receiver, catching eight balls for 71 yards. Dueck
ended up with five receptions for 36 yards, none bigger than his
touchdown catch late in the fourth. Garrett Bolen led
Saskatchewan on the ground with 41 rushing yards.
Mueller completed 23 of 40 passes for 296 yards. Mark McConkey
led Regina in both receptions (7) and receiving yards (72).
The Rams thought they had scored the first major of the game
with three minutes remaining in the first quarter, as Mueller
aired out a 33-yard pass that was hauled in by McConkey in the
end zone. The play was called back because of a holding penalty,
however, and the Rams had to settle for a 30-yard Scarcelli
field goal that stood up as the only points of the opening
frame.
Saskatchewan tied the game with about five minutes left in the
first half, as the Huskies took advantage of good field position
following a Rams fumble and hit a 41-yard field goal. The two
teams went into the halftime break tied at three.
Regina retook the lead midway through the third quarter as
Scarcelli hit a 39-yard field goal following a 32-yard toss from
Mueller to Andrew Busby. Neither team scored until with three
minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, when a Scarcelli punt
went out of the side of the end zone for a single. The final
drive by Nixon took just two minutes and 15 seconds off the
clock.
The Rams will be back in action next Friday night against the
Calgary Dinos at Mosaic Stadium. The Huskies will have a week
off before heading to Alberta on Sept. 25.
NOTES: The game’s 17 total points scored marked the lowest
combined single-game output in 11 seasons of University of
Regina football … Rams first-year centre Brett Jones made his
first CIS start after Brenden Bennett was injured last Friday
against Manitoba.
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Braden Konschuh
Sports Information Director
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, SK S4S 0A2
Phone: (306) 585-5199
Fax: (306) 585-5693
braden.konschuh@uregina.ca
http://www.reginacougars.com
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