Queen's Football lost 51-21 to the No. 1 ranked Laurier Golden Hawks Saturday afternoon in Waterloo, Ont.

After opening the scoring with a safety, Laurier would find the end zone twice in the first quarter to take a 16-0 lead.

Queen's Football responded with a 66-yard touchdown pass from Anthony Lio (Kinesiology) to Matt Camillo (Economics), cutting the score to 16-7 heading into the second quarter.

Down 23-7 late in the second quarter, Queen's Football blocked a field goal and drove the distance of the field, capped by a two-yard touchdown run by Jared Chisari (Graduate Studies), to cut Laurier's lead to 23-14.

The Golden Hawks would respond with 10 late points in the quarter to take a 33-14 lead into half time.

Laurier would add a touchdown and another safety to take a 42-14 lead into the fourth quarter.

Lio and Mateo Tuioti (Arts & Science) would connect for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter for Queen's Football, and the game would end with Laurier earning the 30-point victory.

Justin Pace (Economics) led Queen's defence with 10.5 tackles (10 solo, one assisted) and a sack.

With the loss, Queen's Football's record fell to 4-3. Queen's has a bye next week before closing out the regular season with their Homecoming Game on Saturday, October 19, taking on the Waterloo Warriors at Richardson Stadium.

Tickets for the Homecoming Game are on sale now on the Queen's Gaels Tickets Website.