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14
Alberta ALB 2-3 , 2-3
19
Winner Regina RAMS 4-1 , 4-1
Alberta ALB
2-3 , 2-3
14
Final
19
Regina RAMS
4-1 , 4-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
ALB Alberta 8 0 0 6 14
RAMS Regina 0 12 1 6 19

Game Recap: Rams Football |

Rams clinch playoff berth with 19-14 win over Alberta

HEADLINE
  • The University of Regina Rams ensured a return to the postseason for the first time since the 2017 season on Saturday after hanging on for a 19-14 win over Alberta on Saturday afternoon at Leibel Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Alberta scored first on a fine 19-yard reception by Orin Schellenberg in the opening quarter.
  • The Rams responded in the second quarter first with a short Aldo Galvan field goal, then with an Olivier Savard nine-yard touchdown run which capped a six-play, 60-yard drive that also featured three Riley Boersma runs and a Boersma catch.
  • The Rams led 12-8 at halftime and 13-8 heading into the fourth, and went up 16-8 with a Galvan 32-yard field goal with six minutes to go.
  • Alberta marched downfield with a quick, long drive that was finished off by a Dakota McKay touchdown catch, but the Golden Bears' two-point attempt that would have tied the game was no good thanks in large part to solid coverage by Jaxon Ford.
  • The Rams responded with their best drive of the game, going 11 plays and 77 yards and taking 4:42 off the clock before Galvan hit another field goal to put the Rams up 19-14.
  • Alberta took over with 40 seconds to go, but had no timeouts left and a completion on the final play of the game left the Golden Bears well short of the end zone and sealed Regina' fourth win of the season.
 
NOTES
  • The Rams clinch a playoff berth thanks to Alberta, Manitoba, and UBC all being locked in a three-way tie for third place at 2-3. The possibility exists for a four-way knot for second place at 4-4, but in that case the Rams would win that tiebreaker based on their winning percentage against those other three teams.
  • Anthony Bennett had a solo sack and shared another with Garth Knittig, and with 6.5 sacks this season now shares the school single-season record with Akiem Hicks and Nicholas Dheilly.
  • Knittig had a huge game, collecting two solo tackles and nine assisted tackles and also recovering a fumble deep in Alberta territory which set the table for the Rams' first points of the game.
  • Noah Pelletier was 20-for-34 for 227 yards, with Bennett Stusek as his top receiver with six catches for 99 yards.
  • Olivier Savard made his first U SPORTS start and rushed 16 times for 64 yards and a touchdown.
  • Aldo Galvan had arguably the best game of his U SPORTS career, punting seven times for an average of 52.7 yards including two in excess of 60 yards. Galvan also pinned Alberta inside the 20-yard line on three occasions and was 3-for-4 on field goals.
 
QUOTABLE
  • "I'm so proud of the way our guys battled today against a great U of A team. It was another great team win for us with our defence continuing to play at a very high level. We didn't play great offensively today, but we found a way to put together a huge drive to finish out the game. I know we're 4-1 heading into the bye week, but I still feel like this team has a ton of room to improve moving forward." - Rams head coach Mark McConkey
 
NEXT UP
  • The Rams will enjoy a well-deserved bye week before returning to action on Saturday, Oct. 15 against the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. The Rams will close out the Canada West schedule on the road at Calgary and at home to Manitoba in Week 7 and Week 8.
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