Gonzalez throws for three touchdowns as Carabins beat Huskies 30-16 in Vanier Cup

By Canadian Press on November 22, 2025.

REGINA — There was championship football redemption for Montreal on Saturday as the Carabins captured the 60th Vanier Cup with a 30-16 victory over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies

The victory came six days after the Montreal Alouettes lost the 112th Grey Cup to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The Carabin offence, led by U Sports rookie of the year Pepe Gonzalez, put on an aerial clinic for much of the afternoon.

Gonzalez passed for 344 yards and touchdowns to Brandon Gourgon, Hassane Dosso and Simon Larose in securing Montreal’s third national title and second in the past three years. The Carabins also won in 2023.

The game at Regina’s Mosaic Stadium was a quasi-home date for the Huskies, just a two-and-a-half hour drive from their Saskatoon campus, in the first ever Vanier Cup hosted by Regina and just the second ever played in the province.

The Carabins win marks the third straight national championship for a Quebec-based program. Laval won in 2024 and 2022.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 22, 2025.

Brendan McGuire, The Canadian Press