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2016 University of Calgary Dinos Football PLAYOFF GAME DAY Mitchell Bowl vs. St. Francis Xavier Saturday, November 19, 2016 • 2 p.m. MT McMahon Stadium • Calgary, Alta. Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 2016 CALGARY SCHEDULE (6-2, 2-0) All times local; home games BOLD Sept. 1 @ Manitoba W 23-14 Sept. 9 UBC W 35-8 Sept. 16 @ Saskatchewan W 20-19 Sept. 23 @ Regina L 27-32 Oct. 1 ALBERTA W 50-15 Oct. 14 MANITOBA W 63-6 Oct. 22 SASKATCHEWAN L 35-38 Oct. 29 @ UBC W 41-35 (OT) INAUGURAL DINOS-X CLASH FOR VANIER CUP TRIP Nov. 5 SASKATCHEWAN W 47-17 The University of Calgary Dinos and the St. Francis Xavier X-Men have never met on the football field Nov. 12 UBC W 46-43 before – but that all changes Saturday when the X-Men play their first-ever Bowl game away from home 2016 STFX SCHEDULE (7-1, 1-0) in the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Mitchell Bowl. All times local; home games BOLD Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. MT, live nationwide on Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet NOW. Sept. 10 @ Mount Allison W 29-14 Sept. 17 ACADIA W 37-8 Both teams enter the U Sports final four after home wins in their respective conference championship Sept. 24 @ Concordia (RSEQ interlock) L 11-17 games. StFX topped Mount Allison 29-8 to capture the Loney Bowl for the second straight season last Oct. 1 SAINT MARY’S W 37-17 week in Antigonish, N.S., while the Dinos fought off a furious comeback attempt by UBC to knock off the Oct. 7 ACADIA W 42-21 defending Vanier Cup champion Thunderbirds 46-43 in a wild one. Oct. 15 @ Saint Mary’s W 45-6 Oct. 22 @ Acadia W 33-29 HEADLINES Oct. 29 MOUNT ALLISON W 65-17 First-ever meeting between Calgary and StFX. Calgary is 8-6 in Bowl games all-time (including 4-1 at Nov. 12 MOUNT ALLISON W 29-8 home), while StFX is 1-4 all-time, with all four of those games played in Nova Scotia. The Dinos are looking to return to the Vanier Cup after their last appearance in 2013, while the X-Men CANADA WEST STANDINGS have not played in the national championship game since 1996. Calgary last won it all in 1995, StFX in x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place 1966. Canada West teams have lost just two Bowl games at home since the inception of national semifinals G W L +/- Pts in 1967: the Dinos fell to Laval in 2011, while Queen’s defeated Manitoba in 1968 xy-Regina 8 6 2 +59 12 This is just the third time an AUS team has travelled to Canada West for a Bowl game; previous results x-CALGARY 8 6 2 +127 12 were Calgary 35, Saint Mary’s 8 (2010) and Saskatchewan 31, Saint Mary’s 16 (2004) x-Saskatchewan 8 5 3 +56 10 All-time the Dinos are 5-1 against AUS opponents in playoff games, with the lone loss in the 1992 x-UBC 8 3 5 +5 6 Manitoba 8 3 5 -47 6 Atlantic Bowl Alberta 8 1 7 -200 2 The winner advances to the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Vanier Cup next weekend, where they will face the LAST WEEK’S RESULTS – Conference Finals winner of the Uteck Bowl between Wilfrid Laurier and Laval in Quebec City. Nov. 12 Atlantic: Mt. Allison 8 @ StFX 29 No. 6 CALGARY DINOS (8-2) Ontario: Laurier 43 @ Western 40 Last week: defeated UBC 46-43 Quebec: Laval 20 @ Montreal 17 Canada West: UBC 43 @ CALGARY 46 The Dinos ran out to a big lead against UBC at halftime before giving most of it back, ultimately pulling th THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE – National Semifinals out a 46-43 decision to capture the program’s 16 Hardy Cup title last week th Uteck Bowl: Laurier @ Laval, 12:30 pm ET, Quebec City This is Calgary’s seventh Bowl game appearance in nine years and 14 overall. Saturday will mark the Mitchell Bowl: StFX @ CALGARY, 2 pm MT, Calgary sixth time in their history the Dinos have hosted a national semifinal, with wins in 1985 (Carleton), 1995 (Ottawa), 2010 (Saint Mary’s), and 2013 (Western). Their lone loss came in 2011 to Laval. FRC-U SPORTS TOP 10 (FINAL) QB Adam Sinagra, 2-0 in playoff starts in his rookie U Sports season, was named MVP of the Hardy Cup, Tuesday, November 1, 2016 completing 22 of 29 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns. LB Jakub Jakoubek earned defensive MVP honours as well as national player of the week kudos after 1. Laval (7-1) 6. CALGARY (6-2) his performance that included an interception and a 20-yard fumble recovery TD 2. Montreal (7-1) 7. McMaster (7-2) 19 players on the Calgary roster are appearing in their second Mitchell Bowl, having played in the game vs. Western in 2013 Continued on page 6… 3. Western (7-1) 8. Carleton (7-2) 4. Regina (6-2) 9. Saskatchewan (5-3) GAME BROADCAST INFO Sportsnet 360: Arash Madani (play-by-play), Andy Baechler (analyst), Eric Thomas (reporter) 5. Laurier (7-1) 10. StFX (7-1) University of Calgary Dinos • 2500 University Drive NW • Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 • goDINOS.com 2016 DINOS GAME DAY • Page 2 2016 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY DINOS FOOTBALL ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr Faculty Hometown Previous Team (High School) Pronunciation 1 Josiah Joseph QB 6-3 205 1 Arts Kelowna, BC Okanagan Sun (Mount Boucherie) 3 Adam Laurensse DB 6-1 185 4 Arts Sherwood Park, AB Edmonton Wildcats (Bev Facey) lore-ENZE 4 Robert Woodson DB 5-11 197 4 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 5 Jamal Noel R 5-7 169 2 Open Studies Montreal, QC CEGEP Champlain Lennoxville no-ELL 6 Kelton Bailey R 6-1 200 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 7 Trenton Smith R 6-6 200 4 Arts Green Street, GA, USA Contra Costa College 9 Deondré Townsend LB 6-2 205 3 Arts Indianapolis, IN, USA Johnson C. Smith Univ. (Lawrence Central) dee-AWN-dray 10 Jack McDonald R 6-1 210 2 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 11 Dallas Boath R 5-9 185 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Centennial) 12 Adam Sinagra QB 6-1 187 2 Open Studies Pointe Claire, QC John Abbott College sin-AGG-ruh 14 Thomas Goetz DB 5-11 155 2 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Mary's) GATES 15 Jackson Penner R 6-0 190 1 Engineering Kenora, ON (Beaver Brae) 16 Jimmy Underdahl QB 6-1 205 5 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 18 Matt Lamoureux R 6-0 195 3 Engineering Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Notre Dame) LAMM-or-oh 19 Michael Klukas R 6-1 193 4 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Mary's) KLOO-cuss 21 Jeshrun Antwi RB 6-0 192 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Father Lacombe) JESH-runn ANT-wee 22 Treshaun Abrahams-Webster DB 5-11 175 1 Arts Pickering, Ont. Canada Prep (Pickering) truh-SHAWN 23 Nathan Mitchell DB 5-10 190 4 Arts St. Albert, AB (Paul Kane) 24 Boston Rowe LB 6-0 210 3 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 25 Josh Quarles DB 5-10 185 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 26 Imoreshi Dania RB 6-0 195 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Bishop O'Byrne) imm-MORE-she 28 Hunter Turnbull DB 5-11 180 5 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 29 Seye Farinu LB 5-9 195 2 Business Victoria, BC (Mount Douglas) SHAY FARE-rin-noo 30 Robert Stewart RB 6-0 207 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Centennial) 31 Quentin Chown RB 6-0 225 4 Kinesiology Quispamsis, NB (Kennebecasis) 32 Cole Kussmann RB 5-10 188 1 Arts London, ON (Mother Teresa) 34 Iyanu Ojekale LB 6-0 215 3 Business Calgary, AB (Centennial) oh-jeh-CALL-lee 35 Anthony Anderson HB 6-0 230 5 Science Medicine Hat, AB (Medicine Hat) 36 Bryce Harper RB 5-7 188 5 Arts Elk Grove, CA, USA (Elk Grove) 38 Jean Ventose LB 5-10 190 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Henry Wise Wood) 39 Nick Statz DB 5-9 175 2 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 42 Micah Teitz LB 6-2 225 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Springbank) MIKE-uh TIGHTS 44 Brennan Van Nistelrooy DB 6-0 195 3 Open Studies Lethbridge, AB Okanagan Sun (Catholic Central) 45 Niko DiFonte K/P 6-0 170 1 Open Studies Winnipeg, MB (Oak Park) dif-FON-tay 47 Conner Robinson DB 6-0 170 2 Open Studies Lethbridge, AB Calgary Colts (Lethbridge Collegiate Inst.) 48 Ross DeLauw LB 5-11 215 2 Arts Lethbridge, AB (Sir Winston Churchill) de-LAW 49 Aaron Statz DB 5-10 173 3 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 51 Blake Gau LB 6-0 195 2 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 52 Brett Wade DL 6-2 285 4 Arts / Education Regina, SK Regina Thunder (Miller) 53 Jakub Jakoubek LB 5-11 225 2 Arts Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Bowness) JAY-cubb YAH-koo-beck 54 Mason Johnson LB 6-1 203 2 Business Calgary, AB (Centennial) 56 Spencer Roy OL 6-4 330 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 58 Ryan Sceviour OL 6-4 295 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Bowness) SEE-vee-or 59 Ryan Preuter OL 6-4 290 4 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (John G. Diefenbaker) PROO-terr 61 Curtis Krahn OL 6-3 290 4 Arts Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Rifles (College Louis-Riel) 63 Darius Ciraco OL 6-4 295 3 Business Burlington, ON (Assumption) 64 Dawson Drewniak OL 6-3 260 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) DREW-nee-ack 66 Steven Finot OL 6-3 260 1 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) finn-NOT 67 Jordan Filippelli OL 6-6 310 4 Arts Sherwood Park, AB (Salisbury) 69 Braden Schram OL 6-5 290 4 Arts Manning, AB (Peace River) 75 Connor McGough DL 6-2 251 4 Science Medicine Hat, AB (Crescent Heights) muh-GOFF 77 Cory Robinson DL 6-3 260 4 Arts Airdrie, AB (George McDougall) 80 Scott Childs R 6-2 180 2 Arts / Education Parksville, BC (Ballenas) 81 Tyler Ledwos R 5-11 191 3 Social Work Sylvan Lake, AB (H.J.