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2013 University of Calgary Dinos Football PLAYOFF GAME DAY Centaur Mitchell Bowl vs. Western Saturday, November 16, 2013 • 2 p.m. MT McMahon Stadium • Calgary, Alta. Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 2013 CALGARY SCHEDULE (8-0, 2-0) RED vs. PURPLE FOR TRIP TO VANIER CUP Aug. 31 @ UBC W 41-31 CALGARY – They’re both undefeated and ready to rekindle a classic rivalry that has been dormant for nearly 20 years. Sept. 6 @ Regina W 34-27 Sept. 14 SASKATCHEWAN W 36-24 For the first time in history, the No. 1 Western Mustangs (10-0) will play at McMahon Stadium as they take on the Sept. 20 MANITOBA W 48-24 third-ranked Calgary Dinos (10-0) in the Centaur Mitchell Bowl Saturday, with a trip to the Vanier Cup on the line. Sept. 28 @ Alberta W 76-21 The Mustangs and Dinos are both led by super sophomores crowned league MVPs as they get set to meet for the first Oct. 4 @ Saskatchewan W 24-12 time since the 1995 Vanier Cup, a 54-24 Dinos victory. Oct. 18 REGINA W 46-27 Oct. 25 UBC W 34-17 Quarterback Will Finch set single-season conference records for passing yards (3,047) and completion percentage Nov. 2 UBC W 42-28 (69.7) as Western became the highest-scoring team in OUA history with 458 points in eight contests, the third best Nov. 9 MANITOBA W 43-28 tally in CIS annals. Calgary counters with running back Mercer Timmis, who led CIS in rushing with 1,157 yards and established new 2013 WESTERN SCHEDULE (8-0, 2-0) Canada West season standards for most all-purpose touchdowns (19) and rushing majors (18), both tops in the nation Aug. 25 @ Toronto W 50-14 this fall. Sept. 2 CARLETON W 71-4 Sept. 7 @ McMaster W 58-15 Finch and Timmis are the faces of two programs that might have achieved success a little quicker than expected in Sept. 14 OTTAWA W 83-27 2013. The Dinos claimed their record sixth straight Hardy Trophy despite losing no less than 15 players to the CFL draft Sept. 21 @ Wilfrid Laurier W 45-24 over the last three years, including defensive tackle Linden Gaydosh, the first player selected last spring. The Sept. 28 QUEEN’S W 50-31 Mustangs, who put an end to McMaster’s two-reign reign in the OUA, started nine second-year players on offence at Oct. 5 @ Windsor W 51-23 one point this season. Oct. 19 YORK W 50-10 Nov. 2 McMASTER W 32-3 “It’s a great matchup between two good teams that have a lot in common,” said Western head coach Greg Marshall, Nov. 9 QUEEN’S W 51-22 whose squad reached the 50-point plateau in seven of eight games in league play, a CIS record, and put on another impressive display in a 51-22 Yates Cup win over Queen’s. “We’re both fairly young teams that have gone through and 2013 CW STANDINGS had outstanding regular seasons and playoffs. Both teams have showed great consistency so it should be a great game. x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place “It’s been a long time since we last played. We’ve never played in Calgary, and the last time we played was in 1995, but we certainly have a lot of respect for their football program, their coaching staff, and what they do there. We’re G W L +/- Pts looking forward to a great game and a great experience for our players.” xy-CALGARY 8 8 0 +156 16 x-Manitoba 8 5 3 +66 10 Blake Nill, the Dinos sideline boss, was also very complimentary of his next opponents. x-Saskatchewan 8 5 3 +23 10 x-UBC 8 4 4 +41 8 “We are excited to be back in the Mitchell Bowl. Playing Western is a great opportunity for our program – they’re the Regina 8 2 6 -55 4 best team in the country this year, Coach Marshall has done an outstanding job building that team, and we relish the Alberta 8 0 8 -231 0 opportunity to learn from this experience. We will prepare as well as we can, and I believe that the experience we will gain will be very beneficial to our program in the near future. LAST WEEK’S RESULTS – Conference Finals “Our defence has been completely rebuilt for the season based on our graduation and guys that have gone to the pros. Nov. 9 Loney Bowl: Mt. Allison 20 @ Saint Mary’s 17 We have had moments where we’ve played well and moments where we haven’t, and inconsistency is not uncommon Yates Cup: Queen’s 22 @ Western 51 with a team this young. Western will challenge us physically... it’s a unique offence unlike any other we’ve seen, and Dunsmore Cup: Montreal 11 @ Laval 14 we will need to be ready for the physicality of that offence.” Hardy Cup: Manitoba 28 @ CALGARY 43 Nill, whose troops dominated Manitoba 43-28 in the Canada West final, was quick to point out that Western excels at THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE – National Semi-Finals both ends of the field. Uteck Bowl: Laval @ Mount Allison, 1:30 pm AT, Sackville Mitchell Bowl: Western @ CALGARY, 2 pm MT, Calgary “Their defence is very good as well. Mixed with a lot of senior players and recognized athletes, and they have the best defensive line that we will have seen this year. Again, it’ll be a challenge for us, but one that we have to accept FRC-CIS TOP 10 (FINAL) positively and look at this as an opportunity to build our program. That’s how we’re approaching it.” Tuesday, October 29, 2013 STORYLINES First meeting between Calgary and Western since 1995, and the first-ever game to be played in Calgary … 1. Western (8-0) 6. Bishop’s (6-2) Calgary owns a 3-1 record over Western with wins in 1985, 1988, and 1995 and the lone loss coming in 1977 … sixth consecutive trip to a Bowl game for the Dinos, who own a 2-3 record in the previous five … both Canada West and OUA MVPs 2. Laval (8-0) 7. Montreal (5-3) will be in the game, and they’re connected: Calgary RB Mercer Timmis and Western QB Will Finch are both sophomore players from Burlington, Ont. who grew up playing against each other … Calgary is 3-1 at home in Bowl games all-time with 3. CALGARY (8-0) 8. McMaster (5-3, 1-0) wins in 1985, 1995, and 2010 and the lone loss to Laval in 2011 … the Dinos are 37-2 in their last 39 games at McMahon Stadium and are 20-3 all-time at home in the postseason … Dinos HC Blake Nill is 6-5 all-time in Bowl games … 4. Queen’s (7-1) 9. Manitoba (5-3) GAME BROADCAST INFO TV: Sportsnet 360 – Tim Micallef, Mike Moreale, Justin Dunk 5. Guelph (7-1, 1-0) 10. Saskatchewan (5-3) University of Calgary Dinos • 2500 University Drive NW • Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 • goDINOS.com 2013 DINOS GAME DAY • Page 2 2013 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY DINOS FOOTBALL # Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr Age Hometown Previous Team (High School) Pronunciation 1 Chris Dobko R 6-0 205 5 23 St. Albert, AB Edmonton Wildcats (Paul Kane) 2 Rashaun Simonise R 6-5 190 1 18 Vancouver, BC (Vancouver College) ruh-SHAWN SIME-on-nize 3 Adam Laurensse DB 6-1 180 1 19 Sherwood Park, AB Edmonton Wildcats (Bev Facey) lore-ENZE 4 Robert Woodson DB 5-11 181 1 18 Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 5 Elie Bouka DB 6-1 200 2 21 Laval, QC Cégep Montmorency eh-LEE BOO-kuh 6 Jake Harty R 6-2 215 3 22 Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Henry Wise Wood) 7 Cyril Iwanegbe DB 5-9 188 2 20 Brooks, AB (Brooks) ih-WANN-uh-be 8 Andrew Buckley QB 6-0 193 3 20 Calgary, AB (Rundle College) 11 Eric Dzwilewski QB 6-0 192 4 21 Boise, ID, USA (Centennial) de-LESS-key 12 Cuong Thai Lieu RB 5-8 175 5 23 Nanaimo, BC Calgary Colts (John Barsby) KONG TIE LOO 13 Michael Schmidt DB 5-11 190 2 20 Calgary, AB (Western Canada) 15 Adam Ballingall DB 6-2 195 3 22 Kamloops, BC (South Kamloops) BALL-ling-gall 16 Jimmy Underdahl QB 6-0 200 2 19 Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 19 Michael Klukas R 6-1 180 1 19 Calgary, AB (St. Mary’s) 20 Mercer Timmis RB 6-1 210 2 19 Burlington, ON (Canisius – Buffalo, N.Y.) 21 Connor McGough RB 6-2 230 1 18 Medicine Hat, AB (Crescent Heights) 22 Carson Stambene LB 5-11 215 1 19 Calgary, AB (St. Francis) stam-BEEN-nee 23 Nathan Mitchell DB 5-10 180 1 19 St. Albert, AB (Paul Kane) 25 Doctor Cassama LB 6-1 201 3 22 Kristianstad, SWE Team Sweden Jr. (Söderport) cuss-SAMM-uh 26 Andreas Iwanegbe LB 5-9 200 2 21 Brooks, AB (Brooks) ih-WANN-uh-be 27 Thomas Spoletini LB 6-2 215 4 22 Calgary, AB (Rundle College) spoh-let-TEEN-ee 28 Hunter Turnbull DB 5-11 175 2 19 Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 30 Denzel Morrison RB 6-0 180 2 20 Calgary, AB (Bishop O’Byrne) 31 Quentin Chown RB 6-0 200 1 19 Saint John, NB (Kennebecasis) 32 Brad Friesen LB 6-3 205 1 18 Edmonton, AB (Jasper Place) 33 Johnny Mark K/P 6-0 185 3 21 Peterborough, ON (Kenner CVI) 34 Iyanu Ojekale LB 6-0 205 1 18 Calgary, AB (Centennial) 35 Anthony Anderson RB 6-0 230 3 20 Medicine Hat, AB (Medicine Hat) 39 Alex Ogbongbemiga LB 6-1 242 3 20 Fort Bend, TX, USA Univ.