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Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 2018 CALGARY SCHEDULE (6-0) All times local; home games BOLD CALGARY – The Regina Rams’ season hasn’t gone exactly the way they expected it to, and it hangs in the Aug 31 @ Regina W 49-35 balance as they visit McMahon Stadium in Week 7. Sept. 7 UBC W 57-7 Sept. 14 @ Saskatchewan W 37-28 The Rams (1-5) visit the third-ranked, still-undefeated University of Calgary Dinos (6-0) in a contest that Sept. 22 @ UBC W 32-28 means everything to the road team but nothing to the home squad, at least in terms of playoff Sept. 29 SASKATCHEWAN W 33-13 positioning: the Dinos have clinched first place already and will use their final two games to tune up Oct. 12 MANITOBA W 34-16 heading into the playoffs. Regina, on the other hand, needs to win out to have any chance of qualifying Oct. 19 REGINA 7 p.m. MT for the postseason after being stripped of three wins due to an ineligible player. Oct. 27 @ Alberta 1 pm MT Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday night at McMahon Stadium, live on TELUS Optik 997 and CanadaWest.tv. 2018 REGINA SCHEDULE (1-5) “We’re approaching it as a playoff game, because it really is for Regina,” said Dinos Head Coach Wayne All times local; home games BOLD Harris. “They’d be a second-place team if circumstances were different, and they’re going to be really Aug. 31 CALGARY L 35-49 hungry to play and come in with that kind of attitude. We have to understand that’s the kind of approach Sept. 7 @ Alberta L 0-1* we will need in playoff time, so it’s a great opportunity for us to get some experience at that right now.” Sept. 14 UBC L 0-1* Sept. 21 @ Saskatchewan L 20-33 The Dinos defeated the Rams 49-35 in their season opener Aug. 31 in Regina, coming back from a 29-23 Sept. 29 @ Manitoba L 0-1* deficit at the half and scoring touchdowns from 62, 75, and 74 yards in the second half. Adam Sinagra Oct. 12 ALBERTA W 32-17 threw for 444 yards in that contest, sparking him on the incredible season that has him in striking Oct. 19 @ Calgary 7 p.m. MT distance of the U SPORTS single-season passing record. Oct. 26 SASKATCHEWAN 7 p.m. CT The Rams’ situation is complicated by an injury to quarterback Noah Picton, who missed his first game ever last week against Alberta. Seb Britton showed will in his first start, completing 18 of 32 passes for CANADA WEST STANDINGS 273 yards and two touchdowns in the Rams’ 32-17 win. x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place HEADLINES G W L +/- Pts • Second of two meetings between the Dinos and Rams. Calgary took the season opener 49-35 on Aug. xy-CALGARY 6 6 0 +115 12 UBC 6 3 3 -38 6 31 at Mosaic Stadium in Regina Saskatchewan 6 3 3 +18 6 • All-time the Dinos are 21-7 against Regina in conference play, and the Rams have not won a game at Manitoba 6 3 3 -3 6 McMahon Stadium in 15 years, dating back to Oct. 4, 2003. Alberta 6 2 4 -77 4 • The Dinos will recognize their graduating fifth-year seniors prior to Friday’s game: DL Joel Van Pelt, DB Regina 6 1 5 -15 2 Aaron Statz, LB Boston Rowe, R Tyler Ledwos, and RB Quentin Chown. LAST WEEK’S RESULTS No. 3 CALGARY DINOS (6-0) Before bye: defeated Manitoba 34-16 Oct. 12 Alberta 17 @ Regina 32 Manitoba 16 @ CALGARY 34 Next week: at Alberta Saskatchewan 10 @ UBC 20 • A Boston Rowe scoop-and-score sparked the Dinos to a 34-16 win over Manitoba last Friday night, THIS WEEK’S CANADA WEST SCHEDULE clinching first place in Canada West for the seventh time in eight years. Calgary will host a Canada Oct. 19 Regina @ CALGARY, 7 p.m. MT Oct. 20 Manitoba @ Saskatchewan, 2 p.m. MT nd West semifinal Saturday, Nov. 3 and, if the Dinos win that game, the 82 Hardy Cup would be at Alberta @ UBC, 1 p.m. PT McMahon Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 10. • With the playoffs and first place locked up, all eyes turn to Adam Sinagra’s record chase. The fourth- U SPORTS TOP 10 (#8) year Dinos pivot enters the game with 2,450 passing yards on the season – that’s already the third- Tuesday, October 16, 2018 best total in school history and No. 12 on the Canada West all-time list. He’s chasing Regina’s Noah Picton, who threw for 3,186 yards in the 2016 season to set the U SPORTS single-season record, 1. Western (7-0) 6. Saint Mary’s (7-0) needing 737 more in the final two games to get there. Sinagra’s average on the season is 408 yards. 2. Laval (7-0) 7. Laurier (4-3) Continued on page 5… 3. CALGARY (6-0) 8. Guelph (4-3) 4. Montreal (5-2) 9. Carleton (5-3) GAME BROADCAST INFO SaskTel / TELUS Optik / CanadaWest.tv: Dustin Nielsen (play-by-play), Justin Dunk (analyst), Darren Dupont (host) 5. Ottawa (5-2) 10. UBC (3-3) University of Calgary Dinos • 2500 University Drive NW • Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 • GoDinos.com 2018 DINOS GAME NOTES • Page 2 # Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr Faculty Hometown Previous Team (High School) Pronunciation 1 Josiah Joseph QB 6-3 205 3 Kinesiology Peachland, BC Okanagan Sun (Mount Boucherie) 2 Deane Leonard DB 6-2 175 2 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 3 Jacob Biggs DB 6-0 178 1 Business Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 4 Sterling Taylor IV DB 6-2 200 4 Arts Atlanta, GA, USA Murray State Univ (Morrow) 5 Jalen Philpot R 6-1 190 1 Open Studies Delta, BC (Seaquam) 6 Tyson Philpot R 6-1 185 1 Open Studies Delta, BC (Seaquam) 7 Aaron Statz DB 5-10 178 5 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 8 Nick Statz DB 5-10 175 4 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 9 Grant McDonald LB 6-3 220 2 Arts Tsawwassen, BC Univ. of Maine (South Delta) 10 Jack McDonald R 6-1 205 4 Business Tsawwassen, BC (South Delta) 11 Dallas Boath R 5-9 185 4 Arts Calgary, AB (Centennial) 12 Adam Sinagra QB 6-1 190 3 Arts Pointe Claire, QC John Abbott College sin-AGG-ruh 13 Beko Wande DB 6-0 165 1 Open Studies Red Deer, AB (Notre Dame) BAY-koh WANN-day 14 Sebastien Reid DB 5-10 168 1 Open Studies Richmond, BC (New Westminster) 15 Treshaun Abrahams-Webster DB 5-11 183 3 Arts Pickering, ON Canada Prep (Pickering) truh-SHAWN 16 Kelton Bailey R 6-1 200 2 Arts Peace River, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 18 Evan Dutton R 6-1 200 2 Business / Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Centennial) 19 Matson Tulloch R 5-8 170 1 Kinesiology Calgary AB (Henry Wise Wood) 20 Alessandro Molnar RB 5-9 195 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Rundle College) 21 Jeshrun Antwi RB 6-0 205 4 Arts / Education Calgary, AB (Father Lacombe) JESH-runn ANT-wee 22 Justin Julien R 5-9 160 3 Open Studies Montreal, QC Concordia Univ. (Canada Prep) 23 Trey Dube DB 6-0 190 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 24 Boston Rowe LB 6-0 210 5 Open Studies Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 25 Seye Farinu LB 5-9 195 3 Business Victoria, BC (Mount Douglas) SHAY FAIR-in-noo 26 Matthew Lucyshyn DB 6-0 175 2 Engineering Calgary, AB (Bishop Grandin) loo-SIH-shin 27 Jordan Fasano RB 6-0 200 2 Business Calgary, AB (Bowness) fuss-SAN-noh 28 Jack Burns DB 5-10 185 1 Business Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 29 Joe Cant DB 6-0 185 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 30 Tyler Santos RB 6-1 210 1 Engineering Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 31 Quentin Chown RB 6-0 225 5 Open Studies Quispamsis, NB (Kennebecasis) 32 Cole Kussmann RB 5-10 195 3 Arts London, ON (Mother Teresa) 33 Robinson Rodrigues RB 5-9 195 1 Open Studies Burnaby, BC Okanagan Sun (Coquitlam) 34 Adre Simmonds RB 5-10 180 1 Arts Cole Harbour, NS (St. Andrew’s College) uh-DRAY 35 Ross DeLauw LB 5-11 225 4 Arts Lethbridge, AB (Sir Winston Churchill) de-LAW 36 Tyson Rowe RB 6-1 230 1 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 37 Zach Newman RB 6-2 235 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Robert Thirsk) 38 David Mueller R 6-0 205 1 Business/Kinesiology Lacombe, AB (Lacombe) 39 Devin Derouin LB 6-0 205 2 Engineering Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) DERR-oh-winn 40 James Gaetz LB 5-11 210 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 41 Brayden Laurie DB 5-9 170 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 42 Noah McDonough DB 6-0 195 1 Business Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 43 Subomi Oyesoro LB 6-1 205 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Crescent Heights) oh-yuh-SORR-roh 45 Niko DiFonte K/P 6-0 170 3 Arts Winnipeg, MB (Oak Park) dif-FON-tay 47 Sammy Sidhu DB 5-11 190 1 Business New Westminster, BC (New Westminster) 48 Cole Torrance DB 6-0 165 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 50 Charlie Moore LB 6-3 215 2 Arts South Delta, BC (South Delta) 51 Blake Gau LB 6-1 220 4 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 52 Peter Nicastro OL 6-2 295 2 Arts Calgary, AB (St.