Box Score Andrew Lomasney kicked a 37-yard field goal with 56 seconds remaining to secure a 10-8 Varsity Blues win in the 42nd annual Red & Blue Bowl on Saturday afternoon at York Stadium.

With the win, the Blues improve to 1-1, while the York Lions remain pointless with a 0-2 record. Toronto now holds a 26-16-0 head-to-head record over their York counterparts.

The game, which saw a total of five field goals, a safety and a rouge, broke the record for the lowest scoring Red & Blue Bowl in history, previously held by a 14-6 York victory in 2002.

Lomasney hit 3-of-4 field goal attempts of 17, 24 and 37 yards in the second, third and fourth quarters, respectively.

Fifth-year quarterback Andrew Gillis of Toronto was 19-of-39 for 268 yards, while sophomore running back Aaron Milton (Whitby, Ont.) led all players with 114 yards on 19 carries. Fellow second-year receiver and London, Ont., native Alex Pierzchalski was Gillis’s prime target for the day, with nine receptions for a game-high 127 yards in the win.

Veteran defensive lineman Adam Fehler (Toronto) led the Blues with 6.5 tackles and fourth-year transfer Dorian Munroe of Miami, Fla., had six tackles on the day.

Leading 7-2 heading into the fourth quarter, the Lions came from behind and hit back-to-back field goals of 41 and 17 yards. The home team built a one-point lead (8-7) with 4:47 remaining in the game.

U of T started to charge down the field with just over two minutes to go and got in field-goal range thanks in large part to Pierzchalski, who had three catches for 22 yards in the series.

The Varsity Blues return to the field next Saturday, September 17 when they host the Guelph Gryphons in their 2011 home opener at Varsity Centre. Kick off is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on University Rush on theScore.

Advance ticket sales for Saturday’s game are available here or by calling Zack Sholdra at 416-946-3811.



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