GAME NOTES Week 4 Vs Regina Friday, September 20, 2019 • 7 P.M
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2019 University of Calgary Dinos Football \ GAME NOTES Week 4 vs Regina Friday, September 20, 2019 • 7 p.m. PT McMahon Stadium • Calgary, Alta. Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 BANGED-UP DINOS WELCOME RAMS 2019 CALGARY SCHEDULE (3-0) All times local; home games BOLD CALGARY – The 2019 Canada West season reaches the midpoint this weekend, and the fourth-ranked Aug 30 @ Alberta W 41-31 University of Calgary Dinos will look to extend their regular season win streak to 12 when they host the Sept. 6 MANITOBA W 24-10 Regina Rams Friday night at McMahon Stadium. Sept. 14 @ UBC W 47-13 Sept. 20 REGINA 7 p.m. MT Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. MT, live on the Canada West Football Showcase (TELUS Optik channel 997 in Sept. 27 @ Saskatchewan 7 p.m. MT Alberta), along with CanadaWest.tv presented by Co-op. Oct. 5 ALBERTA 1 p.m. MT Oct. 19 @ Manitoba 2 p.m. CT Injuries have been the story of the season so far for Calgary, with five of their top six receivers either out Oct. 26 UBC 3 p.m. MT of the lineup or unable to finish the game last Saturday in rainy Vancouver. That they’re 3-0 at this point in the season is a testament to the team’s depth, and they’ll look to start reinserting guys into the lineup 2019 REGINA SCHEDULE (1-2) as early as this week. All times local; home games BOLD Aug. 31 @ UBC W 46-16 The Rams, meanwhile, come to Calgary smarting from a tight loss to Alberta and a blowout defeat at the Sept. 6 ALBERTA L 17-18 hands of Saskatchewan, both of which came on home field. Like the Dinos, Regina’s biggest win came at Sept. 13 SASKATCHEWAN L 9-44 UBC – a 46-16 season-opening victory. Sept. 20 @ Calgary 7 p.m. MT Sept. 28 @ Manitoba 2 p.m. CT Regina’s potent offence, second-best in Canada West with 421 yards per game, will face a Dinos squad Oct. 4 UBC 7 p.m. MT that has allowed just 54 points in three games – the best in the league. Calgary hasn’t given up an Oct. 19 @ Alberta 1 p.m. MT offensive touchdown in more than 138 minutes of playing time, all the way back to the third quarter in Oct. 25 MANITOBA 7 p.m. MT Week 1 against Alberta. 2019 CW STANDINGS HEADLINES x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place • Only meeting of the season between the Dinos and Rams • Calgary won both contests in 2018 by 49-35 and 58-6 scores, with the second extending a long record G W L +/- Pts of futility in Calgary for the Rams: Regina’s last win at McMahon was all the way back in October 2003 CALGARY 3 3 0 +58 6 • The Dinos will look to start a season 4-0 for the third straight year. The last time that didn’t happen, in Saskatchewan 3 2 1 +44 4 2016, it was the Rams that ended the Dinos’ undefeated run with a 32-27 win in Regina. Alberta 3 2 1 -6 4 Manitoba 3 1 2 +7 2 • Calgary remains solidly in the No. 4 spot in the national rankings this week, with Western taking over Regina 3 1 2 -6 2 No. 1 and Montreal moving up to No. 2 after defeating Laval. The Rouge et Or sit just in front of the UBC 3 0 3 -97 0 Dinos at No. 3. • Saskatchewan is the only other Canada West team in the national top-10 this week, sitting at No. 8, LAST WEEK’S CANADA WEST RESULTS th while Alberta is just on the outside in 12 spot. Sept. 13 Saskatchewan 44 @ Regina 9 Manitoba 26 @ Alberta 29 No. 4 CALGARY DINOS (3-0) Sept. 14 CALGARY 47 @ UBC 13 Last week: defeated UBC 47-13 THIS WEEK’S CANADA WEST SCHEDULE Next week: at Saskatchewan Sept. 20 Regina @ CALGARY, 7 p.m. MT Sept. 21 Saskatchewan @ Alberta, 1 p.m. MT • As the injury woes piled up for the Dinos in Vancouver, opportunities cropped up for other guys to UBC @ Manitoba, 2 p.m. CT step up. The biggest of those was Matson Tulloch, whose 7-catch, 78-yard, 2-TD performance earned him player of the game honours for the Dinos. U SPORTS TOP 10 (#4) • Backup QB Josiah Joseph got into the act at receiver as well, making a pair of catches for 14 yards as Tuesday, September 17, 2019 the Dinos scored 47 unanswered points to knock off the Thunderbirds • Calgary sits atop the leaderboard in both points scored (36.7/game) and points allowed (17.3/game) 1. Western (4-0) 6. Guelph (3-1) • The Dinos’ defenders have been ball hawks through the first three weeks, picking up seven interceptions. Deane Leonard has three of those, running two back for touchdowns. 2. Montreal (4-0) 7. McMaster (3-1) • Continued on page 5… 3. Laval (2-1) 8. Saskatchewan (2-1) 4. CALGARY (3-0) 9. Ottawa (2-1) GAME BROADCAST INFO TELUS Optik 997 / CanadaWest.tv: Wray Morrison (play-by-play), Justin Dunk (analyst), Darren Dupont (host) 5. Acadia (3-0) 10. Toronto (2-1) University of Calgary Dinos • 2500 University Drive NW • Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 • GoDinos.com 2019 DINOS GAME NOTES • Page 2 2019 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY DINOS FOOTBALL # Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr Faculty Hometown Previous Team (High School) Pronunciation 1 Josiah Joseph QB 6-3 215 4 Kinesiology Peachland, BC Okanagan Sun (Mount Boucherie) 2 Deane Leonard DB 6-2 193 3 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 3 Jacob Biggs DB 6-0 185 2 Business Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 4 Sterling Taylor IV DB 6-2 200 5 Arts Atlanta, GA, USA Murray State Univ. (Morrow) 5 Jalen Philpot R 6-1 185 2 Open Studies Delta, BC (Seaquam) 6 Tyson Philpot R 6-1 190 2 Open Studies Delta, BC (Seaquam) 8 Nick Statz DB 5-10 180 5 Education Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 9 Grant McDonald LB 6-3 225 3 Arts Tsawwassen, BC Univ. of Maine (South Delta) 10 Jack McDonald R 6-1 210 5 Business Tsawwassen, BC (South Delta) 11 Dallas Boath R 5-9 185 5 Arts Calgary, AB (Centennial) 12 Adam Sinagra QB 6-1 195 5 Arts Pointe Claire, QC John Abbott College sin-AGG-ruh 14 Jason Anyimadu DB 6-1 205 4 Open Studies Mississauga, ON Hamilton Hurricanes (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) 15 Treshaun Abrahams-Webster DB 5-11 185 4 Arts Pickering, ON Canada Prep (Pickering) truh-SHAWN 18 Andrew Ricard DB 6-2 195 4 Open Studies Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Rifles (Elmwood) 19 Matson Tulloch R 5-8 170 1 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 20 Alessandro Molnar RB 5-9 195 3 Business Calgary, AB (Rundle College) 21 Jeshrun Antwi RB 6-0 210 5 Arts / Education Calgary, AB (Father Lacombe) JESH-runn ANT-wee 22 Patrick Pankow DB 5-11 185 4 Graduate Studies Perth, ON Univ. of Toronto (St. John CHS) 23 Trey Dube DB 6-0 198 1 Arts / Business Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 25 Beko Wande DB 6-0 173 1 Open Studies Red Deer, AB (Notre Dame) BAY-koh WAN-day 26 Matthew Lucyshyn DB 6-0 180 3 Engineering Calgary, AB (Bishop Grandin) loo-SIH-shin 27 Joe Cant DB 6-0 185 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 30 Tyler Santos RB 6-1 210 1 Engineering Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 31 O'Shae Ho-Sang RB 6-1 200 1 Arts Lasalle, QC (Kents Hill) 32 Cole Kussmann RB 5-10 195 4 Arts London, ON (Mother Teresa) 33 Robinson Rodrigues RB 5-10 195 2 Arts Burnaby, BC Okanagan Sun (Coquitlam) 34 Payton Burbank R 6-2 180 1 Business Okotoks, AB (Foothills Composite) 35 Ross DeLauw LB 5-11 225 5 Arts Lethbridge, AB (Sir Winston Churchill) de-LAW 36 Tyson Rowe RB 6-1 225 1 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 37 Zach Newman RB 6-2 245 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Robert Thirsk) 38 Caleb Guthrie LB 6-0 208 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Robert Thirsk) 40 Josh Yanchishyn DB 6-0 170 1 Arts Winnipeg, MB (Dakota Collegiate) 41 Madison Spewak DB 5-10 170 1 Science Winnipeg, MB (Dakota Collegiate) 42 Noah McDonough DB 6-0 195 2 Business Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 43 Subomi Oyesorro LB 6-1 215 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Crescent Heights) 44 Aidan Miele LB 5-10 208 1 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) mee-ELL-lay 45 Niko DiFonte K/P 6-0 170 4 Arts Winnipeg, MB (Oak Park) dif-FON-tay 49 Jacob Kirk DB 6-1 175 1 Business Tsawwassen, BC (South Delta) 50 Charlie Moore LB 6-3 215 3 Arts South Delta, BC (South Delta) 51 Daniel Flanagan LB 6-0 190 1 Business Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 52 Peter Nicastro OL 6-2 310 3 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 54 Chaz Marshall LS 6-0 215 1 Open Studies Port Coquitlam, BC (Terry Fox) 55 Salim Fraser DL 6-3 257 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Sir Winston Churchill) 56 Spencer Roy OL 6-4 330 4 Arts Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 57 Daniel Teitz LB 6-0 220 3 Business Calgary, AB (Springbank) TIGHTS 59 George Hutchings OL 6-2 300 3 Business Calgary, AB (St.