Hurricanes capture Atlantic Football League championship

Published on November 19, 2011 in The Guardian

It was a celebration 51 years in the making.

 

The Holland College Hurricanes captured the first intercollegiate football title of any kind for a P.E.I.-based team since 1960 on Saturday and did it in style, thrilling a crowd of more than 2,000 at MacAdam Field on the UPEI campus with a 28-0 shutout of the New Brunswick Red Bombers in the Atlantic Football League championship game.

 

Demetrius Ferguson played on both sides of the ball and scored on both, with a nine-yard touchdown run at 3:29 of the first quarter on the game’s opening drive and a dazzling 63-yard interception return 8:25 into the second quarter that made it 14-0.

 

Robbie Tufts caught a two-yard pass from quarterback Nick Hunsley for a touchdown with 48.1 seconds left before halftime and workhorse running back Dave Clark tacked on a one-yard run for a major with 1:44 to go in regulation.

 

The New Brunswick offence never got inside the Hurricanes’ 20-yard line. The Holland College defence recorded three interceptions, a sack and blocked a punt.

 

It was the third year for the AFL, and the second for the Hurricanes program. Holland College won the regular-season title with a 5-1 record and defeated Dalhousie 38-7 a week ago in the semifinals.

 

For more details, read Monday’s edition of The Guardian.