SaskatchewanThe University of Saskatchewan Huskies will be hosting the Queen’s University Gaels in the Mitchell Bowl on Saturday, the first matchup between the teams in more than 30 years. A trip to the Vanier Cup is on the line.Mitchell Bowl kicks off at 2:15 p.m. CST Saturday at Griffiths Field in SaskatoonChris Edwards · CBC News · Posted: Nov 15, 2025 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.University of Saskatchewan Huskies head coach Scott Flory reacts during the first half of the USports Canada West Hardy Cup football championship action against the University of Regina Rams in Saskatoon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (Heywood Yu/The Canadian Press)The University of Saskatchewan Huskies and Queen’s University Gaels will go head to head in the Mitchell Bowl on Saturday afternoon at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, with a trip to the national championship Vanier Cup on the line.The game follows the Huskies’ close win against the Regina Rams on Nov. 8, where they edged out a 25-24 victory to win the Hardy Cup.The Huskies finished first place in the Canada West conference regular season, entering the postseason with a dominant 7-1 record.The Queen’s University Gaels finished fourth in the Ontario University Athletics season. They finished with a 5-3 record, and beat the Laurier Golden Hawks 30-27 in the Yates Cup to land the match against the Huskies.The last time the two teams clashed was in the 1989 Churchill Bowl, which was replaced by the Uteck Bowl in 2003. That Huskies won that game 40-10.Kick off in the Mitchell Bowl is at 2:15 p.m. CST.ABOUT THE AUTHORChris Edwards is a reporter at CBC Saskatchewan. Before entering journalism, he worked in the tech industry.
U of S Huskies, Queens Gaels ready to fight for ticket to Vanier Cup
