2011 Saskatchewan Huskies football | |
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Conference | Canada West Universities Athletic Association |
Record | 6-4 (5-4 Canada West) |
Head coach | |
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 |
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2011 Canada West standings | |||||||||||
Team (Rank) | W | L | PTS | Playoff Spot | |||||||
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#2 Calgary | 8 | - | 0 | 16 | † | ||||||
#6 UBC* | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | X | ||||||
#10 Saskatchewan | 5 | - | 3 | 10 | X | ||||||
Regina | 5 | - | 3 | 10 | X | ||||||
Manitoba | 4 | - | 4 | 8 | |||||||
Alberta | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | |||||||
*UBC forfeited all six wins due to use of an ineligible player † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
The 2011 Saskatchewan Huskies football team represented the University of Saskatchewan in the 2011 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 fourth quarter collapse resulting in a loss to the Alberta Golden Bears in the 2010 Canada West Semi-Final.
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Final | |
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CIS Football Top 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
RV – Received Votes
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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08/26/2011 | 7:00 pm | Windsor Lancers * |
| W 34-23 | [2] |
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The schedule is as follows: [3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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09/02/2011 | 7:00 pm | Alberta Golden Bears | No. 5 |
| W 38-7 | 5,128 [4] | |
09/09/2011 | 7:00 pm | Regina Rams | No. 5 |
| Shaw TV | W 33-10 | 7,370 [5] |
09/17/2011 | 12:00 pm | Manitoba Bisons | No. 4 |
| Shaw TV | L 26-16 | 3,500 [6] |
09/23/2011 | 7:00 pm | No. 3 Calgary Dinos | No. 7 | Canadawest.tv | L 38-24 | 1,725 [7] | |
09/30/2011 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 UBC Thunderbirds | No. 9 |
| W 36-33 | 6,461 [8] | |
10/14/2011 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Calgary Dinos | No. 7 |
| L 20-8 | 5,446 [9] | |
10/22/2011 | 7:00 pm | Regina Rams | No. 10 | Shaw TV | W 16-15 | 1,915 [10] | |
10/29/2011 | 1:00 pm | Alberta Golden Bears | No. 10 | Canadawest.tv | W 67-3 | 1,614 [11] | |
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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11/05/2010 | 3:00 pm | No. 6 UBC Thunderbirds | No. 10 |
| Shaw TV | L 27-22 | 3,006 [12] |
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All Huskies football games will be carried on CK750. The radio announcers are Darryl Skender and Kelly Bowers.
Saskatchewan Huskies roster | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||
Date | Player | Award | |||||||
September 6, 2011 | Seamus Neary | Canada West Defensive Player of the Week [14] | |||||||
September 14, 2011 | Tony Michalchuk | Canada West Defensive Player of the Week [15] CIS Defensive Player of the Week [16] |
Postseason | |||||||||
Date | Player | Award | |||||||
November 9, 2011 | Ben Heenan | Canada West All-Star Offensive Tackle [17] | |||||||
November 9, 2011 | Zach Hart | Canada West All-Star Interior Defensive Line [18] | |||||||
November 10, 2011 | Jordan Arkko | Canada West Rookie of the Year [19] | |||||||
November 24, 2011 | Ben Heenan | CIS Second Team All-Canadian Offensive Tackle [20] |
All-Star Game Selections | |||||||||
Date | Player | Team | Game | ||||||
December 14, 2011 | Ben Heenan | Team West | East–West Shrine Game [21] | ||||||
December 17, 2011 | Jordan Arkko | IFAF World Team | IFAF International Bowl [22] | ||||||
January 27, 2012 | Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren | IFAF World Team | IFAF International Bowl [23] |
Player | Position |
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Seamus Neary | Linebacker |
Joel Seutter | Defensive end |
Luke Thiel | Defensive back |
Brian Towriss | Assistant coach (Huskies head coach) |
Jason Sulz | Assistant coach |
Rnd. | Pick # | CFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes | |
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1 | 1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Ben Heenan | OL | Saskatchewan | CWUAA | ||
3 | 15 | Calgary Stampeders | Keenan MacDougall | DB | Saskatchewan | CWUAA |
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