The Saskatchewan Huskies football team represents the

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that competes in the

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conference of

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. The program has won the

Vanier Cup The Vanier Cup () is the trophy awarded annually to the champion Canadian football team in U Sports, the governing body for university sports in Canada. The U Sports football champion is determined in a one-game playoff (the Vanier Cup game), pl ...

national championship three times, in 1990, 1996 and 1998. The Huskies became only the second U Sports team to advance to three consecutive Vanier Cup games, after the

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, but lost all three games from 2004-2006. The team has won the most

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titles in

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, having won a total of 21 times. The 2006 Huskies became only the third team to play in a Vanier Cup that their school was hosting, when the University of Saskatchewan hosted the 42nd Vanier Cup. The

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were the first when they won two Vanier Cups in 1965 and 1993. Saskatchewan also became the first

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school to host the national championship game.

Recent regular season results

National Postseason Results

Saskatchewan is 11–4 in national semi-final games and 3–8 in the Vanier Cup.

Head coaches

Saskatchewan Huskies in the CFL

As of the end of the 2024 CFL season, 10 former Huskies players are on CFL teams' rosters: * Nathan Cherry,

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division (CFL), West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions playe ...

* Josh Hagerty,

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* George Idoko,

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* Evan Johnson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats * Nelson Lokombo,

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* Patrick Neufeld,

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* Riley Pickett, BC Lions * Charlie Ringland, BC Lions * Nick Wiebe, Saskatchewan Roughriders *

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, Saskatchewan Roughriders

Award winners

Notable alumni

Gallery

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References

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