VANIER CUP PREVIEW: Huskies & Carabins Meet in Final Chapter of 2025 Season

SASKATOON, Sask. - This Saturday at Moasic Stadium in Regina, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies will clash with the Montreal Carabins in the 60th edition of the Vanier Cup. The national championship contest will serve as the Huskies third appearance in U SPORTS title game in the pas three seasons, and just the second-ever meeting with the Carabins.

Kickoff for the final game of the 2025 season is set for 1:00 PM Saturday afternoon at Mosaic Stadium. Tickets are available at showpass.com/vaniercup. Fans can watch live on CBC TV or stream on CBCSports.ca, and CBC Gem, or listen at HuskieFAN.ca.

GAME INFO

Huskie Football
Saturday, November 22, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 60th Vanier Cup
Saskatchewan (10-1, 7-1) vs Queen's Gaels (9-2, 6-2)
Mosaic Stadium | Regina, Sask.

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JUMP TO: Vanier History | Team Stats | Team Leaders

GAME NOTES

HUSKIES IN THE VANIER CUP: The Huskies will be playing in their 12th Vanier Cup this Saturday and looking to break a streak of sixth consecutive losses in the national championship. Their most recent appearance came in 2022 against the Laval Rouge while the program's last win came in 1998 against the Concordia Stingers.

HUSKIES/CARABINS IN THE POSTSEASON: The two teams are meeting for just the second time, with the only other matchup coming in the 2021 Uteck Bowl. The Huskies won the previous meeting 14-10 in Montreal thanks to a touchdown from Adam Machart with five seconds remaining.

DEFENCE, SPECIAL TEAMS LEADS HUSKIES TO VANIER CUP BERTH: In last week's Mitchell Bowl, the Huskie defence held the visiting Queen's Gaels to just one first-half, 84 yards on the ground, and pressured quarterback Alex Vreeken all day for, recording three sacks. On special teams, the Huskie coverage was phenomenal, limiting the Gaels to 21 yards on nine punts while Daniel Kubongo totaled 177 return yards which included an 85-yard house call.

RYKER FRANK CONTINUES PLAYOFF HEROICS: In three postseason games this season, Frank has recorded 74 carries for 425 yards while adding 111 in the passing game. The fifth-year running back will now look to close out an outstanding career with a Vanier Cup championship. During his time in green & white Frank ranks third in career carries (430), second in career yards (2990), and in the past two seasons broke the program's career rushing touchdown (27) and total touchdown (32) records. The Regina product has also been a proven playoff performer, totaling 1200 yards in the postseason alone.

HUSKIE COACHES & STUDENT-ATHLETES LOOKING FOR VANIER REDEMPTION: 23 student-athletes remain from the 2022 Huskie Football team while just 14 remain on the roster from the 2021 season. Included among the players present in 2021 are fifth-years Seth Hundeby, Ryker Frank, Daniel Wiebe, John Stoll, Jayden Engel, and Derek Beaubein who be suiting up in green & white for the final time Saturday.
On the coaching staff eight former student-athletes are back in championship game after losing at least once in the Vanier Cup. Six suffered multiple losses in the title game.

MASON NYHUS RETURNS TO VANIER FOR FOURTH TIME IN FIVE YEARS: As a Saskatchewan starting quarterback Nyhus led the Huskies to two Vanier Cups (2021 & 2022) during his Hall of Fame-worthy career in green & white. In his first season as a coach, he went back to the title game with the UBC Thunderbirds as the T-Birds quarterback coach in 2023. Now he returns once again, and in just his first season as Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator of his alma mater.
During his time under centre for the Huskies, Nyhus was a Canada West Player of the Year, two-time All-Star, and in 2022 was named a Second Team All-Canadian. He closed out his career as the most productive pivot in program history, holding records for career attempts (1,155), completions (739), passing yards (9,649), and passing touchdowns (66).

THREE HUSKIE COACHES BACK IN A SASKATCHEWAN VANIER CUP: The last time the Vanier Cup was in the province of Saskatchewan—2006—three current Huskie coaches we're playing for the Huskies in Dan Houle (Running Backs), Paul Woldu (Defensive Backs) and Braden Suchan (Kickers).

SCOTT FLORY LOOKS TO MAKE PROGRAM HISTORY: Head Coach Scott Flory will look to become the first member of the Saskatchewan Huskies to take home a Vanier as both a player and coach. Flory won the national title twice as a player in 1996 and 1998.

HUSKIES BOAST 8 ALL-STARS: Nearly three weeks ago Canada West announced the All-Stars for the 2025 season. The Huskies were well represented with 8 All-Star selections including QB Anton Amundrud, RB Ryker Frank, REC Daniel Wiebe, DL Charlie Parks, DL Reece McCormick, LB Seth Hundeby, DB Anesu Latmore, and RETURNER Daniel Kubongo. It marked the most selections for the Huskies since the 2022 season.

FOUR HUSKIES GO FORWARD AS U SPORTS MAJOR AWARD NOMINEES: Four Huskies were named Canada West Major Award winners in 2025, the second most in a single-season for the program. As Player of the Year, Daniel Wiebe will go forward as the conference's Hec Creighton nominee, Seth Hundeby (Outstanding Defensive Player) as the President's Trophy nominee, Charlie Parks (Outstanding Lineman) as the J.P. Metras Trophy nominee, and Head Coach Scott Flory (Coach of the Year) as the Frank Tindall Trophy nominee.

HOME GROWN HUSKIES: Of the 85 student-athletes on the 2025 Huskie Football roster, 58 come from the province of Saskatchewan and 36 from Saskatoon. The program also has 20 from Alberta, 4 from Manitoba, 2 from British Columbia, and 1 from Ontario.

HUSKIE VANIER HISTORY

All-Time Bowl Record: 3-8

Year	Opponent	Result
2022	Laval Rouge et Or	L, 24-30
2021	Western Mustangs	L, 21-27
2006	Laval Rouge et Or	L, 8-13
2005	Laurier Golden Hawks	L, 23-24
2004	Laval Rouge et Or	L, 1-7
2002	Saint Mary's Huskies	L, 21-33
1998	Concordia Stingers	W, 24-17
1996	StFX X-Men	W, 31-12
1994	Western Mustangs	L, 40-50 (OT)
1990	Saint Mary's Huskies	W, 24-21
1989	Western Mustangs	L, 10-35

TEAM STATS (U SPORTS rank)
*Regular Season only*

Saskatchewan		Montreal
31.6 (6th)	Points per Game	35.0 (4th)
17.9 (5th)	Points Against	16.0 (4th)
434.3 (9th)	Yards per Game	441.8 (6th)
409.6 (12th)	Defensive Yards	342.6 (5th)
286.0 (11th)	Passing Yards	317.4 (4th)
148.3 (11th)	Rushing Yards	124.4 (15th)
22 (2nd)	Passing TDs	19 (T-3rd)
6 (T-19th)	Rushing TDs	11 (9th)
23.8 (T-8th)	1st Downs per Game	21.0 (17th)
74% (2nd)	3rd Down %	61% (6th)
61.1% (22nd)	Field Goal %	62.5% (19th)
42.1 (7th)	Punt Average	42.4 (4th)
7 (T-14th)	Interceptions	11 (6th)
9 (T-4th)	Fumble Recoveries	6 (T-14th)
18 (6th)	Sacks	22 (3rd)
70 (14th)	Penalties	83 (4th)
686 (8th)	Penalty Yards	682 (10th)

TEAM LEADERS
*Regular Season only*

Saskatchewan		Montreal
PASSING (COMP-ATT / YDS / TD / INT)
Anton Amundrud	115-166 / 1641 / 14 / 0	Pepe Gonzalez	151-227 / 2284 / 19 / 8
RUSHING (ATT / YDS / AVG / TD / FUM)
Ryker Frank	97 / 723 / 7.5 / 3 / 0	Lucas Dembele	65 / 447 / 6.9 / 1 / 0
RECEIVING (REC / YDS / AVG / TD)
Daniel Wiebe	60 / 926 / 15.4 / 11	Enrique Jaimes Leclair	29 / 578 / 19.9 / 4
Dawson Lennea	28 / 376 / 13.4 / 4	Simon Larose	17 / 397 / 23.4 / 1
Thomas Jule	21 / 301 / 14.3 / 1	Hassane Dosso	26 / 393 / 15.1 / 3
TACKLES (TOT / SOLO / AST)
Jacob Goldstone, LB	56.0 / 44 / 24	Charles-Elliot Bouliane, LB	33.0 / 26 / 14
Seth Hundeby, LB	41.5 / 35 / 13	Mohamed Elshal, LB	30.0 / 17 / 26
Cameron Kaun, DB	30.5 / 25 / 11	Harold Miessan	24.0 / 20 / 8
SACKS (NO. / YDS)
Charlie Parks, DL	5.0 / 29	Gabriel Maisonneuve, DL	4.5 / 13
TURNOVERS (FF / FR / INT)
Seth Hundeby, LB	3 / 0 / 2	Charles-Elliot Bouliane, LB	1 / 2 / 1