Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1991. The 1991 version of the Saskatoon Hilltops began their season with three straight victories in the Prairie Junior Football League (PJFL). Their only loss of the year came in their fourth game when their Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) Football champions, 1990 (Vanier Cup). The 1990 University of Saskatchewan Huskies football team became the first football team in that university’s long involvement to win the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) championship. Their 24-21 Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Football League Champions (Grey Cup), 1989. The “greatest fans in the world” had waited a long time for November 26, 1989. After winning their first Grey Cup in 1966 (also on November 26), the Saskatchewan Roughriders had been Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1987. When the Rams entered the 1987 season the mentality on the team was to win another national championship. With the majority of their players returning, Coach McCrystal thought this was a good bet. They Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1986. On November 6, 1986, the Regina Rams Football Club issued a press release stating that the Rams had won the Canadian Junior Football Championship (CJFC) in 1966 and 1976, and asking “will 1986 end Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1985. The motto of the 1985 Saskatoon Hilltop Football team was often described by the media as “They bent, but they didn’t break.” The team received this inscription during the regular Prairie Junior Football Conference Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1981. Although the nucleus of the 1981 team remained the same as the successful 1980 team, the expectations were different. The Rams were expected to win – and win they did! The Rams went undefeated Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1980. The success of the 1980 Regina Rams Football Team reflects the peak of Jerry Zbytnuik’s six-year stint as head coach. The Rams were determined not to repeat their 1979 loss in the Canadian final. Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1978. The 1978 Saskatoon Hilltops won their sixth National Junior Championship by winning all 15 games in their season under Head Coach, Paul Schoenhals, with assistants Dean Dickson, Kevin Scott, Gord Simle, and the late Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1975 For the first time since 1970 the Regina Rams failed to finish first in the Manitoba Saskatchewan Junior Football League. They finished the regular season with a 6 – 3 record, leaving them to face Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1973. The 1973 Regina Rams Football team was a group of 32 young men and four coaches who believed they couldn’t be beat and weren’t. During the regular season, the Rams compiled a 6 win, Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1971. In 1971, the Rams went through the regular schedule with a perfect 8-0 record, only the third time a team had recorded a perfect season in the 19 year history of the Man-Sask Football Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1970. In 1970 the Rams fashioned a 6-2 league record, finishing in second place in the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Junior football League. They defeated the Winnipeg Hawkeyes in the league final with a close high scoring battle Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1969 In 1969 the Saskatoon Hilltops set off to win their second consecutive Canadian Junior Football championship. The team had lost a lot of their players from the winning ’68 team along with their coach Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1968. With leadership from veteran line-backers Don Seaman and Mark Abraham along with rookie quarterback Dave Pickett, the Hilltops set their sights on the Canadian championship. Although Pickett was a rookie he learned and adapted Read more →