2009 Saskatchewan Huskies football team

2009 Saskatchewan Huskies football
Conference	Canada West Universities Athletic Association
Record	8–1 (7–1 Canada West)
Head coach	Brian Towriss
Offensive coordinator	Mike Harrington Travis Serke Bart Arnold Brent Schneider Jason Sulz
Defensive coordinator	Ed Carleton Darrell Burko Wade Dupont Aaron Moser Doug Humbert
Home stadium	Griffiths Stadium
Uniform
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2009 Canada West standings v t e
	Conf				Playoff Spot
Team (Rank)	W		L	PTS
#3 Saskatchewan	7	-	1	14	†
#2 Calgary	7	-	1	14	X
Alberta	4	-	4	8	X
Regina	3	-	5	6	X
UBC b	3	-	5	6
Manitoba c	2	-	5	4
Simon Fraser a	1	-	6	2
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 (Nov 3) a - Forfeited 2 wins for ineligible player. b - Awarded a win over Simon Fraser due to the Clan using an ineligible player. c - Forfeited 3 wins for ineligible player.

The 2009 Saskatchewan Huskies football team represented the University of Saskatchewan in the 2009 CIS university football season. They played their home games at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The team went into the season hoping to rebound from a disappointing loss to the Simon Fraser Clan in the Canada West Semi-Final.

Rankings

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
CIS Football Top 10	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7	5	3	3

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Preseason

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
08/28/2009	7:00 pm	Alberta Golden Bears *	No. 4	Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon, SK	W 26-21	2,130
*Non-conference game Rankings from CIS Football Top 10 Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: ^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
09/04/2009	7:00 pm	No. 3 Calgary Dinos	No. 4	Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon, SK	Shaw TV	W 34-33 2OT	6,053
09/11/2009	7:00 pm	Regina Rams	No. 3	Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon, SK (Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame Game)	Sasktel Local on Demand	W 10-9	6,090
09/25/2009	7:00 pm	Alberta Golden Bears	No. 3	Foote Field Edmonton, AB		L 27-7	1,709
10/02/2009	8:00 pm	Simon Fraser Clan	No. 7	Terry Fox Field Burnaby, BC		W 24-18 2OT	1,200
10/09/2009	7:00 pm	UBC Thunderbirds	No. 7	Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon, SK	Shaw TV	W 44-7	2,020
10/17/2009	11:00 am	Manitoba Bisons	No. 7	University Stadium Winnipeg, MB	Shaw TV	W 31-11	500
10/23/2009	7:00 pm	Alberta Golden Bears	No. 5	Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon, SK		W 39-3	3,317
10/30/2009	7:00 pm	Regina Rams	No. 3	Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field Regina, SK	Sasktel Local On Demand	W 42-17	1,380
Homecoming Rankings from CIS Football Top 10 Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Playoffs

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
11/07/2009	1:00 pm	Regina Rams	No. 3	Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon, SK (Canada West Semi-Final)		W 53-23	4,482
11/14/2009	1:00 pm	No. 2 Calgary Dinos	No. 3	Griffiths Stadium Saskatoon, SK (Canada West Hardy Cup Final)	Shaw TV	L 39-38	5,163
Rankings from CIS Football Top 10 Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Radio

All Huskies football games will be carried on CK750. The radio announcers are Darryl Skender and Kelly Bowers.

Roster

2009 Saskatchewan Huskies roster
Quarterbacks  9 Trevor Barss Third Year 11 Laurence Nixon Fourth Year  6 Parker Siemens Second Year Running backs 20 Alex Baloguin Second Year FB 34 Jeff Hassler First Year -- Terrell Klassen First Year 21 Mark Klause First Year  7 Tyler O'Gorman Fifth Year -- Ben Randall First Year -- Devin Sapara First Year 30 Dathan Thomas Fourth Year Wide receivers  4 Nick Baldwin Second Year  4 Garrett Burgess First Year 75 Jade Etienne Second Year 18 Travis Gorski Fourth Year 17 Cory Jones Fifth Year  2 Rory Kohlert Third Year -- Adam Nesbitt First Year -- Matthew Pfeifer Second Year Slotbacks 25 Garrett Bolen First Year -- Andrew Breker First Year 71 Shayne Dueck Third Year 19 Braeden George Second Year 70 Scott McHenry Fifth Year 78 Jeffrey Moore Second Year  8 Matt Walker First Year		Offensive linemen 55 Hubert Buydens Fifth Year 64 Micheal Fuller Second Year 67 Evan Greff First Year 59 Burton Haig First Year 48 Ben Heenan Second Year 61 Darcy Hinds Second Year 65 Darren Hinds Fourth Year 68 Ryan Kemp First Year 68 Braden Kolybaba Third Year 67 Jarod Koroll Third Year 62 Brandon Myre Third Year 58 Brad Nehring First Year 66 Patrick Neufeld Third Year 47 Cam Redl First Year -- Mark Roney First Year -- Matthew Rozdilsky First Year Defensive linemen -- Tololima Auva'a First Year -- Alex Burko First Year -- Justin deMontarnal First Year 44 Zachary Hart First Year -- Colton Jensen First Year 60 Carter Kolybaba First Year 63 Stephen Kovach First Year 42 Kyle Kuzek Fourth Year 51 Vaughan Rice Fourth Year DE 56 David Rybinski Second Year 77 Joel Seutter First Year DE 42 Levi Steinhauer First Year -- Nathan Wielgoz First Year 46 Craig Woloshyn Second Year		Linebackers 45 Lyndon Boychuk Fourth Year 32/37 Stephen Dereniwski First Year 32 Eric Grisdale Fourth Year -- Thomas Hilderman First Year 39 Rylund Hunter Third Year 37 Tony Michalchuk Third Year -- Charlie Power First Year 29 Brody Rothe First Year 31 Peter Thiel Second Year 54 Taylor Wallace Fifth Year Defensive backs -- Andrew Abbs First Year  3 Alex Adams Third Year 12 Jimi Cabylis Fourth Year 23 Anthony Dudar Third Year 24 Mitch Friesen Second Year 35 Cody Halseth Fourth Year 26 Nico Higgs Second Year -- Zachary Horsman First Year 28 Harley Irwin Third Year 14 Jon Krahenbil Fifth Year 15 Connor Lutz First Year  5 Keenan MacDougall Second Year 27 Bryce McCall Second Year  1 Nnamdi Metu Fourth Year 22 Seamus Neary First Year -- Derek Oleksyn First Year 10 Grant Shaw Fourth Year 30 Luke Thiel First Year Special teams -- Stephen McDonald First Year P/K 10 Grant Shaw Fourth Year P/K updated 2009-09-11

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Awards

Regular Season
Date	Player	Award
September 8, 2009	Bryce McCall [4]	Canada West Defensive Player of the Week
September 8, 2009	Travis Gorski [5]	Canada West Special Teams Player of the Week
October 19, 2009	Grant Shaw [6]	Canada West Special Teams Player of the Week
October 26, 2009	Grant Shaw [7]	Canada West Special Teams Player of the Week
November 2, 2009	Jeff Hassler [8]	Canada West Offensive Player of the Week
November 9, 2009	Cory Jones [9]	Canada West Offensive Player of the Week

Postseason
Date	Player	Award
November 10, 2009	Patrick Neufeld [10]	Canada West All-Star Offensive Tackle
November 10, 2009	Hubert Buydens [11]	Canada West All-Star Offensive Guard
November 10, 2009	Grant Shaw [12]	Canada West All-Star Cornerback
November 10, 2009	Taylor Wallace [13]	Canada West All-Star Linebacker
November 12, 2009	Taylor Wallace [14]	Canada West Most Outstanding Defensive Player

2010 CFL draft Choices

	Rnd.	Pick #	CFL team	Player	Pos.	School	Conf.	Notes
	2	11	Toronto Argonauts	Grant Shaw	DB	Saskatchewan	CWUAA
	5	33	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Patrick Neufeld	OL	Saskatchewan	CWUAA

References

1. "2009 Top 10 Football". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
2. "2009 Canada West Football Schedule". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
3. Huskies Football Roster Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Canada West Release #3" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
5. "Canada West Release #3" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
6. "Canada West Release #9" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
7. "Canada West Release #10" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
8. "Canada West Release #11" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
9. "Canada West Release #12" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
10. Canada West Football All-Stars ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
11. Canada West Football All-Stars ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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14. 2009 Canada West Football Awards ^{[ permanent dead link ]}