GUELPH, Ont. – After winning on homecoming to extend their win streak to three games, the Gryphon Gryphons football team (3-2) will make the trip to the University of Toronto on Saturday (Oct. 3) to take on the Toronto Varsity Blues (0-4) who are still searching for their first win of the season. We get you set for this Week 6 matchup with our preview below.
Location: Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Time: 1pm
How to watch: oua.tv
The Gryphons (3-2) hit the road in Week 6 with momentum on their side, winners of three straight looking to add another win before entering their bye week. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues (0-4) are still in search of their first win of the 2026 football season as they host the Gryphons for an October Saturday afternoon matchup in Toronto.
The Varsity Blues have had to run the gauntlet, facing four of the top six teams in the OUA standings so far this season, and now welcome an in-form Gryphons team. Toronto is in the middle of a tough stretch where they havve already faced Queen's, Western, Ottawa and Windsor with McMaster looming next week. Points have been at a premium this season for the U of T Varsity Blues, who have scored just 18 points through 4 games this season with 12 coming in their first game of the season. Kaleb O'Donoghue leads Toronto at quarterback and is completing 65.2% of his passes for 462 yards and has thrown a touchdown and interception. Denayden Lee-Daniel is Toronto's leading receiver with 14 receptions for 129 yards on the season. The Varsity Blues offence is averaging only 178.5 yards per game and will now face a stingy Gryphon defence. On the other side, the Toronto defence has given up the most yards per game with teams averaging 565.5 yards per game. The Guelph offence will arrive in Toronto averaging 475.2 yards per game. Defensive back Oskar McPhie leads the Toronto defence with 29 total tackles and 2 interceptions on the year.
and the Gryphon offence will look to continue the momentum after putting up 613 yards of total offence against the Waterloo Warriors last week. Aboud was sharp in the win, completing 25 of his 35 passes for 377 yards and 2 touchdowns. Aboud is currently 5th in the conference with 1,411 passing yards and tied for 3rd in the OUA with 12 passing touchdowns on the season.
Willem Arseneau has been moving up the Gryphon leaderboard as he now sits in a tie for 5th (with former All-Canadian, Dave Irwin) in program history for most receiving yards in a career with 1,820 following his 8 reception, 144 yards game last week. Arseneau has been one of the top receivers in the conference this season with 24 receptions (6th in OUA) and 434 yards (4th in OUA).
The fourth-year receiver from Calgary is only 11 receptions away from 100 receptions in his Gryphon career and is 200 receiving yards away from passing Dan Tocher for second all-time in school history for most receiving yards in a career. Gryphons second-year defensive lineman,
Andre Thompson, continues to impact the game for the Gryphons on both sides of the ball. Thompson currently leads the team with 25 total tackles and 2 sacks on the season. The standout sophomore is also the current OUA leader with 5 rushing touchdowns on the season. Thompson has rushed for 136 yards and also has a touchdown pass on the season after finding
Justin Van Der Kooi in the end zone against Waterloo. Gryphon linebacker
Jevaun Jacobsen has helped stabilize the Gryphon defence since returning in Week 3 and is third on the team with 19 total tackles.
Anakin Guthrie can become the school's all-time leader in career punt return yards on Saturday at U of T. Guthrie currently sits at 1,698 punt return yards and needs 125 return yards to pass Ryan Nieuwesteeg's school record of 1,822 punt return yards in a career.
The Gryphons and Varsity Blues last met in the 2024 season with the Gryphons coming away with the 47-10 win from under the lights at Varsity Stadium.
Saturday afternoon's matchup from Varsity Stadium can be seen live online at
oua.tv with kickoff from the Toronto scheduled for 1pm. Following Saturday's trip to U of T, the Gryphons will have a bye week, and will then head to Kingston to face the No. 4-ranked Queen's Gaels on Saturday, October 17.
