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Along with teammates Trey Montour (21) and Zach Patfield, running back Marvyn Larozar (centre) and the rest of the football 'Birds aren't much a secret these days. UBC defeated No. 4 Regina 25-20 on Homecoming Weekend Friday, Sept. 19, 2026 at Thunderbird Stadium. (Photo by Rich Lam property UBC athletics 2026. All Rights Reserved)
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A SUNDAY READ: With nation’s best RB now calling Point Grey home, UBC’s football stakes rise! Coach Nill, at his cautionary best, won’t rest on the laurels of Homecoming win over No. 4 Regina!

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By Howard TsumuraVarsity LettersVANCOUVER — No, the UBC Thunderbirds did not steal fire from the football gods.Yet to give credit where it is due, they did maybe the next best thing… they seem to have plucked 18-year-old running back Marvyn Larozar from under the noses of every college and university football program that can claim […]

UBC's Trey Montour does what he does best Friday in Regina as the "birds rallied late to stun the host Rams and earn a spot in the Hardy Cup semifinals this weekend at Saskatchewan. (Photo by Piper Sports Photography provided by Regina Athletics 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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Musing on the Magic of Miracle Comebacks: At the confluence of down, distance and desperation, UBC’s youthful football ‘Birds shed tackles and tropes with miraculous playoff-clinching OT win at Regina!

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By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caWhen you’ve marched out the kind of young core that the 2025 UBC Thunderbirds have this season, on both offence and defence, and you’ve made a commitment to keep those student-athletes engaged in that day-to-day, game-to-game development space, you have to expect that the downs may initially outweigh the ups.Yet while the process […]

As part of his near record-setting performance, UBC quarterback Drew Viotto unleashed a pass as the Thunderbirds saw a late rally from 25 points down at the half fall short in a 35-31 loss in Winnipeg on Saturday to the host Manitoba Bisons. (Photo by Zachary Peters property of Manitoba Bisons athletics 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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Despite epic rally from 25 points down at half & freshman QB Drew Viotto’s 473 yards passing, UBC falls 35-31 to Manitoba! Thunderbirds’ Canada West playoff hopes take another hit!

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By Howard Tsumura(VarsityLetters.ca)For the UBC Thunderbirds, it’s been a season in which its ‘ups’ have been doing their brave best to battle a plethora of ‘downs.’And perhaps that’s why after answering one of its most listless opening-half performances in a decade with a second half that seemed to come out of nowhere, it became almost […]