Stories tagged "Football" from The Ubyssey

The Ubyssey’s Breakout Player of the Year: Trey Montour

Ubyssey Sports Staff and Ayla Cilliers — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:00:14 +0000

Collage by Ayla Cilliers / The Ubyssey, photo courtesy Rich Lam / UBC Thunderbirds

For our fourth award, we’ll be recognizing the player that made the largest jump in play from year-to-year — and for us, that was receiver Trey Montour, who came out of nowhere to produce a spectacular, star-making season.

Seattle's Super Bowl win was eleven years in the making

Caleb Peterson — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:09 +0000

Courtesy Seattle Seahawks

On Feb. 8, the Seahawks defeated the Patriots 29–13 in Super Bowl LX, a game that, by itself, wasn't the most entertaining. But for Seattle, that moment was the culmination of a decade-long project, rebuilding a contender after a would-be dynasty collapsed.

Is Canadian football becoming ‘more American’? How the CFL's rule changes will impact U Sports football

Annaliese Gumboc and Seneesha Ekanayake — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:11:00 +0000

Seneesha Ekanayake / The Ubyssey

The game of Canadian football is changing. With new rules implemented in September, the CFL will alter their game substantially. With an infrastructure built upon the pro league’s foundation, university football — and, by extension, UBC — may have to change with them.

The Ubyssey sports team’s end-of-term report

Ayla Cilliers, Ubyssey Sports Staff, Sidney Shaw, Zoe Wagner and Lichia Lo — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Design by Ayla Cilliers / The Ubyssey, Photos by Zoe Wagner / The Ubyssey, Sidney Shaw / The Ubyssey

At this point in the year, all of UBC’s varsity sports have played their last games of 2025. With the courts, rinks and fields going silent until January, our Sports + Rec team is here to recount how each varsity team has performed thus far.

Football’s season ends after falling to Huskies in conference semifinal

Annaliese Gumboc — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:44:13 +0000

Courtesy Electric Umbrella

After salvaging a tough campaign with a playoff berth the week prior, the UBC Thunderbirds ended another season on a loss to the University of Saskatchewan last Saturday, falling 26–7 in Saskatoon in the Hardy Cup semifinal.

‘It meant everything’: Football falls 24–10 in final home game

Navya Chadha and Annaliese Gumboc — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:00:08 +0000

Navya Chadha / The Ubyssey

With their playoff chances on life support, the Thunderbirds dropped to 2–5 last Friday night, falling 24–10 to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in UBC’s final home game of the season.

Football’s comeback comes up short in key loss to Manitoba

Annaliese Gumboc — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:00:06 +0000

Courtesy Zachary Peters / Manitoba Bisons

With a 2–3 record heading into the weekend and a tough schedule to close out the season, Saturday’s game against the University of Manitoba Bisons in Winnipeg bordered on must-win territory for UBC football. Despite their efforts in the second half, the T-Birds came up shy, falling 35–31 in a wild match-up that came down to the final drive.

‘Birds stunned by winless Golden Bears, lose crucial ground in playoff race

Annaliese Gumboc — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:00:07 +0000

Courtesy Tony Lewis / Source

In Edmonton on Friday, UBC Football possessed a crucial opportunity to get back on track and go into the home stretch of the season with a winning record. Instead, the Thunderbirds fell 38–18 to the Golden Bears, a team that has allowed over 20 points in each of their previous games this season.

Exclusive: The most nonchalant guy at Homecoming

Kyla Flynn and Sidney Shaw — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 07:00:09 +0000

Sidney Shaw / The Ubyssey

I'm a journalist, why does no one believe me?

Thunderbirds win on missed field goal in wild Homecoming game

Zoe Wagner, Navya Chadha, Annaliese Gumboc and Sidney Shaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:25:00 +0000

Zoe Wagner / The Ubyssey

UBC Football defeated the University of Calgary Dinos 23–22 on Friday night, eking out the win in an electric Homecoming match-up that came down to the final second.