Kingston's Mike Giffin had three touchdowns leading the No. 10 ranked Queen's Golden Gaels to a 24-20 come-from-behind victory over the No. 9 McMaster Marauders, Saturday at Richardson Stadium.

Early in the fourth quarter, with the Gaels trailing McMaster 20-9, Queen's drove down the field and Giffin ended the drive on third and goal from the one-yard line to make the score 20-16. With 8:19 left in the fourth, Gaels Quarterback Dan Brannagan of Burlington, Ont., connected with Giffin on a nifty nine-yard pass to put the Gaels up for good 23- 20.

"This is a big confidence boost for us." said Giffin. "We started 2-0 last year and then lost four in a row. This game was a big change for us. I think we realize we're pretty good this year, so hopefully we can keep it going next week." The Golden Gaels improve their record to 3-0 while the Marauders fall to 1-2. This week marked the first time since 2004 the Gaels made an appearance on the CIS National Football rankings. McMaster was the nation's ninth best team heading into today's game one spot better then the Gaels.

Next week the Gaels travel to Windsor to take on the Lancers in the Game of the Week broadcast nationally on TheSCORE television network. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm (EST).

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