Alberta defeats the Huskies for the second time this season
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The Alberta Golden Bears have taken a giant step in securing home field advantage for the 2023 Canada West football playoffs. The Bears pulled out a thrilling 23-20 win over the Huskies at Foote Field in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon. The win gives the U of A sole possession of top spot in the conference at 5 and 1, while the Huskies have fallen to 4 and 2, in a 2nd place tie with UBC.
The Bears capped off a 65-yard, 1 minute 7 second drive with a 33-yard Justin Giustini field goal with no time left on the clock for the win. Alberta tailback, Matt Peterson, had a huge 23-yard carry to the Saskatchewan 28-yard line with less than a minute to go to set the stage for the game winning field goal. Peterson, the runaway leader in Canada West rushing, had 22 carries for 175 yards and a touchdown.
Huskie head coach Scott Flory was asked for his team’s take on the game. “I saw a team that had every opportunity to win but didn’t. End of the game scenarios are something we try to replicate, but you can’t until you’re in the game. You can say ‘tip of the cap’ to Alberta for making the plays, but I’m looking at us and saying why didn’t we make those plays?”
Despite having three elite backs dressed for the game, (Ryker Frank, Josh Ewanchyna, Ted Kubongo) the Huskies had just 109 net yards in rushing. “There were too many times when we were in 2nd down and 11 and 2nd and 10”, said Flory. “That puts our quarterback and our receiving corps in a tough situation. We have to, collectively, be better on first down.”
