Carabins will meet Marauders for Vanier Cup
Carabins 29-26 over Bisons; Marauders 24-12 over Mounties
Uteck Bowl
Gabriel Cousineau passed for more than 400 yards with a pair of touchdown tosses to Mikhail Davidson as the University of Montreal Carabins held on to beat the Manitoba Bisons in a 29-26 victory in the Uteck Bowl at CEPSUM stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Cousineau also ran in a TD while Louis-Philippe Simoneau had a field goal before a sellout crowd of 5,100 for the Carabins, who advanced to the Vanier Cup final next Saturday at Percival Molson Stadium in Montreal.
Jordan Yantz threw a pair of TD passes to Matt Sawyer and ran one in himself for Manitoba. The Bisons had three interceptions to give them 12 in three post-season games.
Trailing by five points in the final two minutes, Yantz completed five passes to the Montreal 12, but then was stripped of the ball by Anthony Coady and Byron Archambault recovered to end the threat and seal the Carabins' first visit to the Vanier Cup.
The Carabins, who have won 10 in a row, were coming off an upset win in the Quebec conference final over the top-ranked Laval Rouge et Or while the Bisons, underdogs who were 4-4 in the regular season, had beaten powerhouse Calgary to win the Canada West conference.
Mitchell Bowl
Running back Wayne Moore rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown to lead the McMaster Marauders to a 24-12 victory over the Mount Allison Mounties on Saturday in the Mitchell Bowl, the semifinal for the Canadian university football championship.
McMaster will play the Montreal Carabins in the Vanier Cup on Nov. 29. The Carabins slipped by the Manitoba Bison 29-26 in the Uteck Bowl earlier Saturday. The Vanier Cup will be held in Montreal.
QB Marshall Ferguson completed 18-of-32 pass attempts for 154 yards and an interception for McMaster.
Quarterback Brandon Leyh completed 15-of-33 pass attempts for 186 yards with one TD and one interception for Mount Allison. Aside from a strong second quarter, the Mounties offensive line was porous, allowing Leyh to be sacked nine times for a loss of 63 yards.
Moore's heroics were set up by an unfortunate injury to teammate Chris Pezzetta.
Pezzetta ran the ball on McMaster's first offensive play of the game, gaining three yards. He stayed on the ground after being tackled, clutching his surgically repaired left knee. He walked off the field under his own power after trainers came to his aid but did not return to the game.