41st Vanier Cup explained

Number:41
Type:Vanier Cup
Date:December 3, 2005
Stadium:Ivor Wynne Stadium
City:Hamilton
Visitor Name:Saskatchewan Huskies
Home Name:Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
Visitor Coach:Brian Towriss
Home Coach:Gary Jeffries
Visitor Record:8–0
Home Record:8–0
Visitor1:0
Visitor2:7
Visitor3:6
Visitor4:10
Home1:1
Home2:7
Home3:7
Home4:9
Mvp:Ryan Pyear, Wilfrid Laurier QB
Mv2:David Montoya, Wilfrid Laurier DE
Attendance:16,827
Network:The Score/The Score HD

The 41st Vanier Cup was played on December 3, 2005, at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, and decided the CIS Football champion for the 2005 season. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks completed a perfect season by defeating the previously undefeated Saskatchewan Huskies by a score of 24-23, on a last minute field goal by placekicker Brian Devlin.[1] In a game that saw five lead-changes, the Golden Hawks overcame an eight-point fourth quarter deficit to take the lead with 19 seconds remaining, a lead they would not relinquish.

Game summary

Saskatchewan Huskies (23) - TDs, David Stevens (3); FGs Braden Suchan (1); cons., Braden Suchan (2).

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (24) - TDs, Andy Baechler, Nick Cameron, Bryon Hickey; FGs Brian Devlin (1); singles, Brian Devlin (1); cons., Brian Devlin (2).

Scoring summary

First Quarter
  • WLU - Single Devlin missed 30 yard field goal attempt (3:29)
    Second Quarter
  • SSK - TD Stevens 1 rush (Suchan kick) (2:35)
  • WLU - TD Baechler 23 pass from Pyear (Devlin convert) (5:18)
    Third Quarter
  • WLU - TD Cameron 5 pass from Pyear (Devlin convert) (5:18)
  • SSK - TD Stevens 6 pass from Bilan (Two-point convert failed) (13:54)
    Fourth Quarter
  • SSK - FG Suchan 41 (2:19)
  • SSK - TD Stevens 85 rush (Suchan kick) (8:14)
  • WLU - TD Hickey 10 pass from Pyear (Two-point convert failed) (12:07)
  • WLU - FG Devlin 32 (14:41)

    Notable game facts

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Laurier wins Vanier Cup thriller. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105090131/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/12/03/vaniercup051203.html. 2012-11-05.