CALGARY – The sixth-ranked University of Saskatchewan Huskies could not find a way past the undefeated No. 3 Calgary Dinos in a 33-13 loss Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium.
 
With the win the Dinos improve to 5-0 on the season heading into the bye week, while Saskatchewan falls to 3-2 – with both of those losses coming at the hands of Calgary.
 
Kyle Siemens went to the air often, completing 21 of 40 passes for 297 yards and one interception. Jesse Kuntz was his top target with six catches for 87 yards, while Carter Dahl had 93 receiving yards on just three receptions.
 
Those 297 yards were more than enough to continue moving Siemens further up the Huskie record books. The native of Saskatoon is now fourth in all-time career passing yards with 7,233 moving past his father Doug with his efforts in Calgary.
  
Two promising Saskatchewan drives were snuffed out in the first quarter by turnovers.
 
Calgary's Deane Leonard intercepting Siemens inside the 10-yard line 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 grasp and Blake Gau jumped on it to give the Dinos great field position. One play later, Sinagra found Jalen Philpot for a 40-yard touchdown to give the Dinos a 6-0 lead after a bad snap on the convert.
 
Saskatchewan got on the board early in the second with a 17-yard field goal, and the Dinos offence went to work from there. Calgary scored on three of its next four drives – a 35-yard touchdown to Justin Julien, a 13-yard Niko DiFonte field goal, and a 26-yard Hunter Karl TD grab – to take a 23-3 lead into the break.
 
The Huskies scored the only points of the third quarter on a 39-yard Stenger field goal and a one-yard Mason Nyhus touchdown plunge, bringing the game within 10 points as the game moved into the fourth quarter. The game turned on the next Calgary drive, though: after being forced into a punting situation, the Dinos kept possession of the ball on a roughing the kicker call and, again, made Saskatchewan pay for the error right away. This time, it was Sinagra finding Alex Basilis for a 53-yard touchdown on the very next play, snuffing out any momentum the Huskies had built and re-establishing their comfortable lead.
 
Calgary quarterback Adam Sinagra overcame a slow start to throw for 432 yards and four touchdowns on the day while the Calgary defence allowed just three points in the first half and held Saskatchewan to just one touchdown.
 
For the Dinos, Basilis and Dallas Boath each had five catches for 116 and 55 yards, respectively, while Karl and Julien each had four receptions on the day.
 
Neither team was able to establish much on the ground, with Saskatchewan picking up j97 rushing yards and the Dinos just 87.
 
The two teams join the rest of Canada West in the Thanksgiving bye next week before returning to action Friday, Oct. 12 when the Huskies visit UBC while the Dinos host Manitoba.