Fresh off a bye week, the No. 10 nationally-ranked University of Toronto Varsity Blues football team hosts the Queen's Gaels in our Under Armour Game of the Week this Saturday, September 21 at Varsity Stadium.
 
Kick off is set for 1 p.m. Advance tickets are on sale here. U of T students are free with a valid TCard. The game will also be streamed live on OUA.tv.
 
The Varsity Blues will celebrate the 1974 Yates Cup championship team, who was inducted into the U of T Sports Hall of Fame this past spring, in a special halftime presentation. Halftime will also feature the inaugural Varsity Blues spelling bee as we put academic bragging rights on the line.  The University of Toronto is ranked 18th in the Times Higher Education rankings and that will be put to the test as a U of T contingent takes on a group from unranked Queen's University.
 
An explosive Toronto offence has propelled the Varsity Blues to a 2-1 record in the early goings of the OUA football season. After narrowly dropping their season opener, 33-30, at Waterloo, the Blues defeated the Windsor Lancers, 54-26, in their home opener and went onto upset the then No. 10 nationally-ranked Laurier Golden Hawks, 38-34.
 
"We are looking forward to getting back in action this week versus Queen's," said Greg Marshall, who is in his second season as the Blues bench boss. "We have used the bye week to work on some things that we need to correct from the first three games, while also getting our players some rest. The timing of our bye should help us be in good shape for the second half of the season."
 
The Queen's Gaels are coming off their first win of 2019 as they topped the Lancers, 15-8, in Kingston this past Saturday. Prior to that, the Gaels had dropped three straight, falling to the Carleton Ravens, Western Mustangs and Ottawa Gee-Gees.
 
The Gaels hold an 84-77-4 regular season head-to-head advantage over the Blues since their first meeting in 1887. Toronto looks to capture their first regular season victory over Queen's since 1975 on Saturday. U of T previously defeated Queen's in exhibition action during their 1993 Yates and Vanier Cup winning season.
 
The Blues continue to hold the No. 1 offence in the country, averaging 542.7 yards per game and 40.7 points per game. That is thanks in large part to fourth-year quarterback Clay Sequeira and his deep receiving corps. Sequeira leads all U SPORTS QB's with 419 passing yards per game and a whopping 14 touchdowns, six more than the next best pivots.
 
His main targets have been third-year standouts Nolan Lovegrove and Will Corby. Lovegrove leads the nation with 132.7 receiving yards per game and ranks second with four TD's, while Corby tops U SPORTS with five receiving majors and ranks second with 118 yards per game.
 
Toronto's defence has been led by third-year linebacker Daniel Solaroli. The Toronto native has racked up 18 tackles in three games, while 2019 CFL draftee Malcolm Campbell and fifth-year defensive back Jordan Gillespie each have 15 tackles so far this season.
 
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