October 13 - On Saturday afternoon at University Stadium, the #3 ranked Manitoba Bisons football used defence, a timely touchdown and a broken special teams play to secure a 26-14 win over the UBC Thunderbirds.

With the victory, the Bisons run their consecutive regular season win streak to 15 games (spanning from 2005-07) – the longest in the CIS right now - and remain in first place in the Canada West conference with a 6-0 record.

“It was a tough game. We showed a lot by digging deep in the fourth game and staying composed after UBC scored and captured the momentum, “ stated Bison football head coach Brian Dobie.

The game did not showcase offence as both teams were solid on the defensive end and prevented any long plays. The game remained in a tight 9-8 score after three quarters before fireworks erupted at the halfway mark of the fourth. UBC capitalized on a botched punt by the Bisons deep in their territory and marched 30 yards for a 14-9 lead after a missed two-point conversion.

The score seemed to awaken the Bisons offence and the home side proceeded to march 80 yards on seven plays and capped the drive with a 26 yard TD pass to Jeff Strome.

After a Bison FG, the Thunderbirds were desperate for the ball with 1:30 left on the clock. They forced Manitoba punter Jake Kennerd (Winnipeg, MB) out of his kick and he improvised by kicking while on the run and instead of great field position for UBC at midfield, the ball careened out of bounds on the UBC 16 yard line. On the ensuing play, UBC quarterback Marc McVeigh (Langley, BC) was intercepted by linebacker Kenton Onofrychuk (Winnipeg, MB). Onofrychuk returned the ball 30 yards for the final touchdown and lifted any suspense left in the game.

For Manitoba, QB John Makie was 23-32 passes for 264 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT. The defence was led by Mike Howard with seven tackles and one breakup and Brady Browne with six tackles and two breakups.

UBC QB Marc McVeigh was 22-42 for 222 yards and 3 INTs and ran six times for 51 yards and 1 TD. Linebacker Shea Emry had eight tackles (one for a loss) and CJ Stephenson, Tyler Codron and Nathan Kanya had seven tackles each.

Manitoba (6-0) host Regina (5-1) on Saturday, October 20 at 1 p.m. CT while UBC (3-4) has the conference bye.

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