LONDON, Ont. (November 9, 2013) - The No. 4 Queen's Gaels could not make their way back after falling behind to the No. 1 Western Mustangs at TD Waterhouse Stadium in London. The Mustangs took the 106th Yates Cup 51-22 in front of 5,805 fans.

"Our goal was to get to the Yates Cup game, many of the kids would have been disappointed had we not got here," said head coach Pat Sheahan after the loss. "We did get here and we competed for a championship. Sometimes you have to win some big games on the road and these were the two we couldn't win against the best team. It was a terrific year there is no question about that."

The Gaels were undone by a strong offensive effort from Western QB Will Finch and the Mustang offense. On the day Finch hooked up with Matt Uren on seven occasions with two coming for touchdowns. Gaels quarterback Billy McPhee (Burlington, Ont.) was 21 for 35 for 275 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Receivers Justin Chapdelaine (Abbotsford, B.C.) and Doug Corby (Burlington, Ont.) both finished with 82 yards receiving and a touchdown for the Gaels.

Justin Baronaitis (Rexdale, Ont.) led all defensive players on the day with 13.5 tackles. Preston Huggins had eight tackles and an interception for Western.

After the Gaels put up a 5-3 lead after the first quarter, the Mustangs then exploded for 45 straight points to put the game out of hand. Western running back Yannick Harou ran for his two touchdowns during that span and finished with 98 yards rushing on 20 attempts on the day.

The Gaels managed to get their offense going in the fourth quarter but it was too little too late by that point. McPhee hooked up with Chapdelaine for a score and two point conversion and followed up with a 22-yard pass to Corby to bring it to 51-21. The Gaels added a rouge and for the final score of 51-22.

With the win the Mustangs have claimed their 30th Yates Cup championship, the most amongst any school. Queen's has won 23 Yates Cup championships in their history along with seven Dunsmore Cup titles for a total of 30 league championships.