GAME NOTES Week 5 at Saskatchewan Friday, September 27, 2019 • 7 P.M
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2019 University of Calgary Dinos Football \ GAME NOTES Week 5 at Saskatchewan Friday, September 27, 2019 • 7 p.m. MT Griffiths Stadium • Saskatoon, Sask. Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 HARDY CUP REMATCH IN SASKATOON 2019 CALGARY SCHEDULE (4-0) All times local; home games BOLD CALGARY – This one has been circled on both teams’ calendars since the schedule was announced last Aug 30 @ Alberta W 41-31 winter. Sept. 6 MANITOBA W 24-10 Sept. 14 @ UBC W 47-13 The fourth-ranked, 4-0 University of Calgary Dinos make the trip east Friday for a date with the No. 9, 2-2 Sept. 20 REGINA W 20-7 Saskatchewan Huskies in a rematch of last year’s Hardy Cup – a Saskatchewan upset at McMahon Sept. 27 @ Saskatchewan 7 p.m. MT Stadium. It’s the only meeting of the season between the old rivals, and it all gets underway at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 ALBERTA 1 p.m. MT Friday night at Griffiths Stadium, live on TELUS Optik channel 998 and CanadaWest.tv, presented by Co- Oct. 19 @ Manitoba 2 p.m. CT op. Oct. 26 UBC 3 p.m. MT What was expected to be a showdown for first place isn’t, at least not this week, after the Huskies fell 2019 SASKATCHEWAN SCHEDULE (2-2) 19-17 to the upstart Alberta Golden Bears last week in Edmonton. That adds some motivation to the All times local; home games BOLD Huskies, to be sure, as a loss to the Dinos would put them below .500 at 2-3 as the season approaches Aug. 30 @ Manitoba L 19-43 the homestretch. The Dinos, meanwhile, have stayed above the standings fray to this point, posting an Sept. 6 UBC W 40-7 outstanding defensive effort through the first four games to own one of the nation’s four undefeated Sept. 13 @ Regina W 44-9 records. Sept. 21 @ Alberta L 17-19 Sept. 27 CALGARY 7 p.m. MT The injury bug has hit both teams over the last few weeks. Calgary’s sick bay includes several starting Oct. 4 MANITOBA 7 p.m. MT receivers, leading to Jalen Philpot being the Dinos’ top ball-catcher with 25 receptions for 296 yards and Oct. 19 @ UBC 3 p.m. PT two touchdowns, while on Saskatchewan’s side QB Mason Nyhuis went down Week 3 against Regina Oct. 26 ALBERTA 2 p.m. MT and did not play against the Golden Bears last weekend. 2019 CW STANDINGS HEADLINES x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place • Only meeting of the season between the combatants for the 82nd Hardy Cup last November in Calgary G W L +/- Pts • The Dinos are 6-0 in their last half-dozen appearances in Saskatoon, and 9-1 in their last 10 conference CALGARY 4 4 0 +71 8 meetings with the Huskies Alberta 4 3 1 -4 6 • It’s a battle between Saskatchewan’s top-ranked rush offence, averaging better than 200 yards per Saskatchewan 4 2 2 +42 4 game, against Calgary’s run defence that allows only 85 yards – the stingiest in the conference. Manitoba 4 2 2 +25 4 Regina 4 1 3 -19 2 UBC 4 0 4 -115 0 No. 4 CALGARY DINOS (4-0) Last week: defeated Regina 20-7 Next week: host Alberta LAST WEEK’S CANADA WEST RESULTS Sept. 20 Regina 7 @ CALGARY 20 Sept. 21 Saskatchewan 17 @ Alberta 19 • Another sparkling defensive effort last Friday against Regina led the Dinos to a 20-7 win. UBC 19 @ Manitoba 37 • The Regina win marked the third straight game that the Dinos have held the opposition’s offence out THIS WEEK’S CANADA WEST SCHEDULE of the end zone. That streak is now above 193 minutes, dating back to the third quarter of their Sept. 27 CALGARY @ Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. MT Week 1 contest at Alberta – and the only TD of any kind surrendered in that span was on a blocked Sept. 28 Regina @ Manitoba, 2 p.m. CT Alberta @ UBC, 3 p.m. PT punt against UBC in Vancouver. • The Dinos’ regular-season win streak is now at 12 games, and Calgary has won 19 of its last 20 conference contests U SPORTS TOP 10 (#4) Tuesday, September 24, 2019 • Calgary QB Adam Sinagra posted his best statistical performance of the season last week against Regina, tossing for 361 yards – putting him second in the conference. He returns to the scene of his career-best performance, when he threw for 569 yards in Saskatoon a year ago. 1. Western (5-0) 6. Guelph (3-2) • The Dinos return home for Week 6 to face the Alberta Golden Bears next Saturday, Oct. 5 before 2. Montreal (4-0) 7. Acadia (4-0) heading into a badly-needed bye week. • Continued on page 5… 3. Laval (3-1) 8. Ottawa (3-1) 4. CALGARY (4-0) 9. Saskatchewan (2-1) GAME BROADCAST INFO TELUS Optik 997 / CanadaWest.tv: Wray Morrison (play-by-play), Justin Dunk (analyst), Darren Dupont (host) 5. McMaster (4-1) 10. Alberta (3-1) 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. Andrew's College) 61 Nicolas Auvigne OL 6-2 280 2 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 66 Tyler Packer OL 6-6 330 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 67 Carter Comeau OL 6-6 350 4 Arts Riverton, MB Okanagan Sun (Riverton Collegiate) 68 John Bosse OL 6-6 285 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Lester B.