GAME NOTES Week 1 at Alberta Friday, August 30, 2019 • 7 P.M
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2019 University of Calgary Dinos Football \ GAME NOTES Week 1 at Alberta Friday, August 30, 2019 • 7 p.m. MT Foote Field • Edmonton, Alta. Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 2019 CALGARY SCHEDULE (0-0) OFF WE GO: DINOS-BEARS KICKS OFF 2019 All times local; home games BOLD CALGARY – It has been a long off-season in Calgary. Aug 30 @ Alberta 7 p.m. MT After a season for the history books – an undefeated 8-0 record highlighted by stellar play on offence, Sept. 6 MANITOBA 5:30 p.m. MT including the Hec Crighton winner and a new U SPORTS single-season passing record – the University of Sept. 14 @ UBC 3 p.m. PT Calgary Dinos’ 2018 campaign was unceremoniously snuffed out by the Saskatchewan Huskies in the Sept. 20 REGINA 7 p.m. MT Sept. 27 @ Saskatchewan 7 p.m. MT 82nd Hardy Cup last November at McMahon Stadium. The bitter taste of that defeat has stuck with the Oct. 5 ALBERTA 1 p.m. MT Dinos throughout the off-season. Oct. 19 @ Manitoba 1 p.m. MT The Dinos will get the chance to finally put that game behind them when they step on the field for real as Oct. 26 UBC 3 p.m. MT they visit the Alberta Golden Bears to open the 2019 Canada West football season Friday night in Edmonton. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. MT, live on CanadaWest.tv presented by Co-op. 2019 ALBERTA SCHEDULE (0-0) All times local; home games BOLD Perhaps lost in the 2018 season’s end was just how impressive the campaign had been to that point. With one of the youngest lineups in Canada, the Dinos averaged better than 42 points per game and Aug. 30 CALGARY 7 p.m. MT Sept. 6 @ Regina 7 p.m. MT racked up more than 4,500 offensive yards in eight contests, all while allowing just 17 points per outing. Sept. 13 MANITOBA 7 p.m. MT Five Dinos were crowned first team All-Canadians, led by Hec Crighton winner Adam Sinagra at Sept. 21 SASKATCHEWAN 1 p.m. MT quarterback, with Calgary picking up 11 of the 27 positions available on the Canada West all-star team. Sept. 28 @ UBC 4 p.m. PT Oct. 5 @ Calgary 1 p.m. MT With a couple exceptions on defence, the entire group is back, a year older and more experienced, Oct. 19 REGINA 1 p.m. MT ready to take the next step. And they’ll open against a Bears squad that has missed the playoffs six times Oct. 26 @ Saskatchewan 2 p.m. MT in seven years and would love nothing more than to open with a big win over their provincial rivals. HEADLINES 2018 CW STANDINGS • The preseason Canada West coaches rankings put the Dinos at a unanimous No. 1, while the Bears x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place came it at No. 5 of the six teams in the conference G W L +/- Pts • Calgary takes the No. 5 national ranking to open the season, one back of defending Hardy Cup xy-CALGARY 8 8 0 +213 16 champion Saskatchewan x-UBC 8 5 3 -15 10 • It’s the first of two meetings between the Dinos and Bears this season, with the return tilt set for x-Saskatchewan 8 5 3 +84 10 Calgary in Week 6 on Saturday, Oct. 5 x-Manitoba 8 3 5 -30 6 • The Dinos last opened a season in Edmonton in 2017 with a 55-26 win. In the last 12 regular season Alberta 8 2 6 -142 4 match-ups between these two squads, one of the two teams has scored at least 50 points every time. Regina 8 1 7 -110 2 All but one of those has been Calgary, with the exception of the Week 8 game in 2017 where the Bears pulled off the feat at McMahon after the Dinos had already clinched top spot. THIS WEEK’S CANADA WEST SCHEDULE Aug. 30 Manitoba @ Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. MT No. 5 CALGARY DINOS (0-0) CALGARY @ Alberta, 7 p.m. MT CW Coaches Poll: 1st Aug. 31 Regina @ UBC, 7 p.m. PT Next week: host Manitoba NEXT WEEK’S CANADA WEST SCHEDULE Sept. 6 Manitoba @ CALGARY, 5:30 p.m. MT • Calgary is riding an eight-game road winning streak against Alberta, with the Bears’ last home-field UBC @ Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. MT win coming all the way back in 2008 Alberta @ Regina, 7 p.m. MT • Three Dinos were drafted by CFL teams in May, and all are returning after their stints in training camps: RB Jeshrun Antwi (Montreal), R Hunter Karl (Edmonton), and LB Nick Statz (Calgary). U SPORTS TOP 10 (#1) Tuesday, August 27, 2019 • QB Adam Sinagra also had a CFL training camp experience, taking part in the U SPORTS-CFL quarterback intern program for the second straight year, this time with the Edmonton Eskimos. Sinagra’s last outing against Alberta on the final day of the 2018 season saw him set the U SPORTS 1. Laval (1-0) 6. McMaster (1-0) single-season passing record with 3,233 yards. 2. Western (1-0) 7. StFX (1-0) • The Dinos return all five of their first team All-Canadians from 2018: QB Sinagra, OL Logan Bandy, R Hunter Karl, DB Deane Leonard, and PK Niko DiFonte. Continued on page 5… 3. Montreal (1-0) 8. Carleton (1-0) 4. Saskatchewan (0-0) 9. Ottawa (0-0) GAME BROADCAST INFO CanadaWest.tv 5. CALGARY (0-0) 10. UBC (0-0) 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.