2018 University of Bison Football GAME DAY NOTES Week 3 vs. Alberta • Saturday, September 15 • 2 PM CT Investors Group Field • , Manitoba Broadcast Info: CanadaWest.TV (paid webcast), UMFM 101.5 CONTACT John Gaudes, Sports Information & Digital Media Coordinator BISONS LOOK FOR FIRST WIN AS THEY HOST ALBERTA [email protected] Mobile: (204) 297-6259 WINNIPEG - It's been a rocky start to the 2018 season for Bison football, as their first two games have come down to key plays in the fourth quarter. Looking to right the ship, they host a fellow 0-2 team, the Alberta Golden Bears, for a Week 3 matchup at Investors 2018 BISONS SCHEDULE (0-2) Group Field. All times central; home games bold The matchup will take place at 2 p.m. CDT on Saturday, September 15. CanadaWest.tv Sep. 1 @ UBC L 30-20 has streaming coverage (fee required), while UMFM 101.5 will carry the game on radio. Sep. 7 Saskatchewan L 48-46 For Manitoba, memories of a barnburner against #9-ranked Saskatchewan are fresh. The Sep. 15 Alberta 2 PM Huskies won the Bison Bowl 48-46, as the Bisons failed to get a two-point convert in the Sep. 21 @ Alberta 8 PM closing minute of play. Still, head coach Brian Dobie is confident about the team he has. Sep. 29 Regina 2 PM Oct. 12 @ Calgary 8 PM "We're pretty good. We honestly are," he said following the contest. "This is the best team we've had for sure in their performances since 2014. It just is." Oct. 20 @ Saskatchewan 3 PM Oct. 27 UBC 2 PM Part of this confidence comes from the play of third-year quarterback Des Catellier. The starter has now thrown for 803 yards through two games, just 14 shy of the conference lead. He's also tied for the Canada West lead in touchdowns thrown with six. 2018 BEARS SCHEDULE (0-2) "Des Catellier is a legit Canada West quarterback. And I can't give him a bigger All times local; home games bold complement," Dobie said. "He gives us a chance right off the bat." Aug. 31 @ Saskatchewan L 42-0 Catellier has also been complemented by tremendous depth offensively. Receivers Dylan Sep. 7 Regina L 51-13 Schrot and Macho Bockru — the latter of which went off for 185 yards and two scores Sep. 15 @ Manitoba 1 PM against Saskatchewan — are currently third and fourth in the conference in receiving Sep. 21 Manitoba 7 PM yards. On top of that, running back Jamel Lyles had over 100 yards rushing this past weekend and is a threat to score every time he has the ball. Sep. 28 UBC 7 PM Oct. 12 @ Regina 6 PM Besides the offence, Manitoba got a key contribution in the return game last week, Oct. 20 @ UBC 2 PM as second-year DB Marcel Arruda-Welch tallied 132 kickoff return yards, including a Oct. 27 Calgary 1 PM 93-yarder in the first half to set up the Herd's second major of the game. For his efforts, Arruda-Welch was awarded the Canada West Special Teams Player of the Week. Alberta, meanwhile, is coming off two tough losses to Saskatchewan in Week 1 (42-0) STANDINGS and Regina in Week 2 (51-13). The Golden Bears offence has struggled so far in 2018 — ranked sixth in the conference averaging just 271.5 yards per game. In Week 2, x - clinched playoffs; y - 1st place quarterback Brad Baker completed just 12 of 29 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown. G W L +/- Pts For the Bisons' locker room, this matchup will be an opportunity to get in the win column Calgary 2 2 0 +64 2 and start rallying for a playoff spot. Saskatchewan 2 2 0 +44 2 "We've got to win four of the six games. That's the position we're in right now. [The Regina 2 1 1 +24 2 season] is so short," Dobie said. UBC 2 1 1 -40 2 MANITOBA 2 0 2 -12 0 "We'll be okay. We can beat anyone. That's not rah-rah talk. We can beat anybody. But we Alberta 2 0 2 -80 0 can also lose to anybody. It's the Canada West [conference]." After this game, Manitoba and Alberta will meet again at Foote Field in Edmonton on Friday, September 21 at 8 p.m. TOP 10 MATCHUP HEADLINES Tuesday, September 11, 2018 • Manitoba and Alberta last met on September 29, 2017 at Investors Group Field, which the Golden Bears won 36-25. 1. Western (2-0) 6. UBC (1-1) • The Bears finished last season 3-5 and in the fourth seed of the playoffs, while 2. Laval (3-0) 7. Saint Mary's (3-0) Manitoba finished 2-6 and out. 3. Calgary (2-0) 8. Carleton (2-1) 4. Laurier (2-0) 9. Sask. (2-0) More team notes on page four... 5. Montreal (1-1) 10. Guelph (1-2)

University of • 304 Max Bell Centre • Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 • GOBISONS.ca • Twitter/Instagram @umbisons BISONS 2018 STARTING LINEUPS OFFENCE Date Opponent LT LG C RG RT WR WR SB SB RB QB Sep. 1 @ UBC R.-Standish McMorris Clarkson Z. Williams Wengelinski Ross Bockru Walker Ugbah Lyles Catellier Sep. 7 Saskatchewan R.-Standish McMorris Clarkson Z. Williams Wengelinski Walker Bockru Ross Dyce Lyles Catellier

DEFENCE Date Opponent DT NT DE DE SAM MLB CB HB HB CB FS Sep. 1 @ UBC Adamson Watson Gowanlock Dufault Rennie B. Williams Shelley S. Conway Weekes A.-Welch McKoy Sep. 7 Saskatchewan Adamson Watson Gowanlock Dufault Rennie K. Gordon Shelley Charles Weekes A.-Welch McKoy

LAST BISONS-GOLDEN BEARS MEETING - September 29, 2017 @ Investors Group Field (Winnipeg, MB)

WINNIPEG – In a game that had a unique weekday afternoon kickoff start time, it seemed "Shocked…hard for our chances in the playoff race," said a dejected Bison football head like the host Manitoba Bisons did not wake up in time as they let a fourth quarter lead slip coach Brian Dobie. "I don't believe we had a constant effort overall with too many bad plays, away and lost 36-25 to the Alberta Golden Bears in Canada West football action on Friday, drop balls, bad penalties. It felt like a steamroller ran over us." September 29 at Investors Group Field in front of 1,000 spectators. The name of the steamroller was Ed Ilnicki. The elusive back churned up 278 rushing yards With the road win, Alberta earns their first win of the 2017 campaign and improve to 1-4 on a whopping 44 carries for a 6.3 average on the ground and was the difference maker. record while Manitoba drops into a fifth place tie in CW with an identical 1-4 record after the The fifth year veteran continues to be the conference rushing leader and it showed as he loss. constantly broke through tackles and made several Bisons miss on numerous runs. After a back-and-forth affair through three quarters, it seemed the home side might have Alberta also had a strong game from Baker who went 24-37 for 288 passing yards and three some momentum after a 33 yard run by Bison rookie Somto Anyadike which pushed the lead TDs while Rowe had a game-high 11 catches for 162 receiving yards plus three touchdowns. to 25-16 for the Herd, only just a minute into the fourth. Ilnicki also contributed 63 receiving yards on five catches for 341 all-purpose yards. Instead, the Bears responded with a quick three minute drive that culminated with Ed Ilnicki Manitoba was paced by Anyadike with his 68 rush yards on only eight carries while Catellier rumbling in from two yards out to change the game to the visitors' favour. was 15-31 and 238 yards with 1 TD and 1 interception. Ross ended up with five catches for 51 yards and one touchdown and Dylan Schrot added three catches for 93 receiving yards. "Credit to them…they destroyed our momentum after we scored in the fourth," stated Bison starting quarterback Des Catellier – in his second ever start for the Bisons – after the contest. On defence, Tak Landry was leading tackler for the Bears with seven total tackles and the "They out physical us and we weren't making a play when we needed to make one and team had three forced fumbles and five break-ups while Bison James Mau had a game-high didn't respond when they scored." 9.5 tackles and one break-up in the loss. Alberta continued to score. The eventual winning touchdown occurred on the next Manitoba led 15-13 after scoring twice in the first half when Theo Deezar plunged in from possession as Brad Baker found Nathan Rowe for a 14 yard strike over a Bison defender one yard and Shai Ross grabbed a 13 yard pass from Catellier. Alberta scored once in the first halfway through fourth. The Bears salted away the game late with another Baker-Rowe 30 minutes when Rowe secured his first score of the game. connection from eight yards after Baker avoided the rush and the Golden Bears had scored For team stats, Alberta led 42-19 in first downs, 595-357 in total offence, forced turnovers 3-0 20 unanswered points to finish off the win. and time possession was 38:28 to 21:32.

Score by Quarters: 1 2 3 4 Total YARDSTICKS ALB MAN Alberta 5 8 3 20 Record (1-4-0) FIRST DOWNS 42 19 Manitoba 8 7 3 7 Record (1-4-0) RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 50-314 18-124 PASSING YARDS (NET) 288 238 Scoring Summary: Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-37-0 15-31-1 1st 11:20 ALB - TEAM 5 yd safety TOTAL OFFENCE PLAYS-YDS 87-595 49-357 1st 07:55 ALB - Zach Woodman 38 yd field goal 8 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:25 Fumble Total-Yds-TDs 0-0-0 0-0-0 1st 06:34 MAN - Matt Riley rouge Punt Returns-Yards-TDs 5-23-0 7-68-0 1st 02:30 MAN - Theo Deezar 1 yd run (Brad Mikoluff kick ), 2 plays, 82 yards, TOP 0:51 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TDs 4-68-0 5-82-0 2nd 12:30 ALB - Nathan Rowe 19 yd pass from Brad Baker (Zach Woodman kick ) 4 plays, 56 yards, TOP 1:42 Interception Returns-Yards-TDs 1-0-0 0-0-0 2nd 06:09 MAN - Shai Ross 13 yd pass from Des Catellier (Brad Mikoluff kick ) 6 plays, 61 yards, TOP 2:41 Punts (Number-Average) 7-34.4 6-49.5 2nd 01:34 ALB - Zach Woodman rouge Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 3rd 10:35 ALB - Zach Woodman 17 yd field goal 8 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:46 Penalties-Yards 11-125 12-120 3rd 07:11 MAN - Brad Mikoluff 17 yd field goal 9 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:24 Possession Time 38:28 21:32 4th 13:54 MAN - Somto Anyadike 33 yd run (Brad Mikoluff kick ), 6 plays, 102 yards, TOP 2:09 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 2 4th 10:45 ALB - Ed Ilnicki 2 yd run (Zach Woodman kick failed), 8 plays, 77 yards, TOP 3:02 Red Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 3-3 4th 06:48 ALB - Nathan Rowe 14 yd pass from Brad Baker (Zach Woodman kick ) 7 plays, 68 yards, TOP 2:44 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 4th 02:24 ALB - Nathan Rowe 8 yd pass from Brad Baker (Zach Woodman kick ) 7 plays, 42 yards, TOP 3:05

RUSHING: Alberta - Ed Ilnicki 44-280; Brad Baker 6-36. Manitoba - Somto Anyadike 8-68; Des Catellier 5-43; Jamel Lyles 4-12; Theo Deezar 1-1. PASSING: Alberta - Brad Baker 24-37-3-0-288. Manitoba - Des Catellier 15-31-1-1-238. RECEIVING: Alberta - Nathan Rowe 11-162-3; Ed Ilnicki 5-63; Tylor Henry 3-25; Adam Zajdel 2-16; Colby Miller 2-13; Jonathan Girma 1-9. Manitoba - Dylan Schrot 3-93; Shai Ross 5-51-1; Riley Harrison 2-29; Trysten Dyce 1-27; Macho Bockru 1-27; Stephen Ugbah 2-13; Jamel Lyles 1-(-2). INTERCEPTIONS: Alberta - Shaydon Philip 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): none TACKLES (UA-A): Alberta - Tak Landry 6-2; Aaron Chabaylo 5-2; Shaydon Philip 3-2; Levon Hawreliak 3-1; Josh Taitinger 2-1; Reggie Schoeppe 2-0; Brandon Stewart 2-0; D. Niedermaier 2-0; Treyvon Walsh 2-0; Emmanuel Vela 2-0; Justice Momoka 1-1; Ed Ilnicki 1-0; Lucky Daniels 1-0; Luke Sperry 0-1; Zach Woodman 1-0; Cole Nelson 1-0; Blake Adams 1-0. Manitoba - James Mau 8-3; Caleb Abraham 4-5; Brock Gowanlock 6-3; Jayden McKoy 6-2; Shae Weekes 7-1; Houston Rennie 7-0; M. Arruda-Welch 7-0; Arjay Shelley 3-0; Derek Dufault 3-0; D. Gregoire 2-1; B. Stevanovic 2-1; Akeeno Williams 2-0; K. Onyebuchi 2-0; Eric Plett 1-0; Matt Riley 1-0; Adam Neiles 1-0; Cole Adamson 1-0.

2018 BISON FOOTBALL GAME DAY NOTES • Page 2 BISONS ALL-TIME RESULTS 2018 BISONS TEAM STATS All-time conference record (since 1968)...... 177-216-3 TEAM STATISTICS # CW RANK All-time playoff record...... 18-15 SCORING 66 4th Points per game 33 4th Championships...... 3 (1969, 1970, 2007) Total offense 1058 3rd Canada West Hardy Cup Championships...... 11 (1923, 1927, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973, 2001, 2007, 2014) Yards per game 536 3rd Last win (conf.) ...... Oct. 28, 2017: 36-26 @ Saskatchewan FIRST DOWNS 56 2nd Last loss (conf.) ...... Sep. 7, 2018: 48-46 vs. Saskatchewan Rushing 14 4th Streak (conf., overall) ...... L 2, L 3 Passing 39 2nd Last home win (conf.) / home streak (conf.)...... Sep. 24, 2016: Saskatchewan 17, Manitoba 38 / L 6 Penalty 3 T-3rd Last home loss (conf.)...... Sep. 7, 2018: Saskatchewan 48, Manitoba 46 First downs per game 28.0 2nd PASSING YARDAGE 810 3rd Last road win (conf.) / road streak (conf.) ...... Oct. 28, 2017: Manitoba 36, Saskatchewan 23 / L 1 Comp-Att-Int 56-83-3 2nd Last road loss (conf.)...... Sep. 1, 2018: Manitoba 20, UBC 30 Passing yards per game 405.0 3rd Passing yards per attempt 9.8 3rd BISONS-GOLDEN BEARS HEAD-TO-HEAD (LAST 23 SEASONS) Passing yards per completion 14.5 2nd Passing touchdowns 6 3rd All-time Manitoba record ...... 17-14-1 conference / 0-1 playoffs RUSHING YARDAGE 262 4th 2017 Manitoba record ...... 0-1 (L 36-25) Rushing attempts 47 4th 2016 Manitoba record ...... 2-0 (W 67-59 (4OT), W 42-12) Rushing yards per game 131.0 4th 2015 Manitoba record ...... 2-0 (W 29-7, W 42-32) Yards per rush 5.6 5th Current Manitoba streak vs. Alberta ...... L 1 Rushing touchdowns 0 T-6th Last Manitoba win ...... 67-59 (4OT), Oct. 22, 2016 @ Alberta 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS 3-7 2nd Last Alberta win ...... 36-25, Sep. 29, 2017 @ Manitoba 3rd down % 43% 2nd KICK RETURNS (No.-Yards) 12-249 1st Last Manitoba road win ...... 67-59 (4OT), Oct. 22, 2016 Kick return average 20.8 1st Last Alberta home win ...... 38-31, Oct. 4, 2014 PUNT RETURNS (No.-Yards) 8-71 4th Last Manitoba home win ...... 42-12, Sep. 16, 2016 Punt return average 8.9 3rd Last Alberta road win ...... 36-25, Sep. 29, 2017 FIELD GOALS 6-8 2nd Last playoff meeting...... November 5, 2005 @ Alberta (Canada West Semifinal) Field goal % 75% 4th Alberta defeats Manitoba 33-24 PATs 6-6 4th PAT % 100.0% T-1st Manitoba 8-2 / Alberta 2-8 PUNTS (No.-Yards) 6-243 6th LAST 10 BISONS-GOLDEN BEARS GAMES Average per punt 40.5 3rd Home team: 6-4 RED ZONE SCORES 9-9 2nd Red zone % 100% T-1st 2017 Alberta 36 @ Manitoba 25 Red zone touchdowns 4-9 3rd 2016 Manitoba 67 @ Alberta 59 (7 OT) Red zone touchdown % 44% T-4th Alberta 12 @ Manitoba 42 FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 T-1st FUMBLES-RECOVERED 1 T-5th 2015 Alberta 7 @ Manitoba 29 DEFENSIVE INTERCEPTIONS 2 T-3rd Manitoba 42 @ Alberta 32 Interception returns (No.-Yds) 2-68 2nd 2014 Manitoba 31 @ Alberta 38 Interception return average 23.0 1st 2013 Manitoba 60 @ Alberta 18 DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS 1 T-1st TACKLES/GAME 46.5 6th Alberta 41 @ Manitoba 65 SACKS 1 T-5th 2012 Alberta 38 @ Manitoba 51 PENALTIES 14 T-2nd 2011 Alberta 20 @ Manitoba 48 Penalty yards 149 5th TIME OF POSSESSION per game 29:02 4th HOME ATTENDANCE 2175 4th BISON FOOTBALL PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Attendance Average 2175 4th

# Pos. Name Phonetic # Pos. Name Phonetic 1 REC Shai Ross Shy 40 DL Derek Dufault Due-foe 2018 BISONS COACHING & AT STAFF 3 REC Tristan Dyce Dice 41 DB Tyler Koniuck Con-ee-uck Head Coach ...... Brian Dobie 6 REC Dylan Schrot Sha-rot 44 K Brad Mikoluff Mick-o-luff Defensive Coordinator / Assistant ...... Stan Pierre Offensive Coordinator / Assistant ...... Blair Atkinson 7 DB Jayden McKoy Jay-din Ma-koy 46 LB Noah Paulic Paw-lick Assistant ...... John Makie 12 QB Des Catellier Dez Ca-tell-yay 57 OL Brock Gutowski Gut-ow-skee Assistant ...... Kelly Butler 13 DB Stefan Conway Stef-in 58 OL Braedan Cheang Chang Assistant ...... Ryan Karhut 18 REC Macho Bockru Bawck-roo 60 OL Ryan Wengelinski Weng-geh-linski Assistant ...... Lloyd Orris Assistant ...... Will Sheils 19 DB Markos Bockru Mar-kis Bawck-roo 76 DL Chris Otisi O-tee-see Assistant ...... Rich Urbanovich 20 DB M. Arruda-Welch Ah-rude-ah 81 REC A.-K. Gassama Ga-sam-ma Assistant ...... Scott Barbour 21 DB Shae Weeks Shay 83 REC Colby Kyliuk Ky-luck Assistant ...... Shaquille Armstrong 22 RB Jamel Lyles Ja-melle 85 REC Billy Matwichyna Mat-wa-chin-a Certified Athletic Therapist ...... Lori Giasson Strength and Conditioning ..... Cole Scheller, Alex Gardiner 23 RB Somto Anyadike Some-toe An-ya-dike 87 REC Stephen Ugbah Ou-gba Manager / Equipment ...... Denise Gill 29 DB Joseph Braimah Br-eye-mah 88 REC Ethan Diakow Die-co Equipment ...... Jenn Romanoff 34 LB Adam Neiles Nee-lis 91 DL Bojan Stevanovic Bo-yan AT Certification Candidates ...... Ryan Singh, Tyler Neil, Shanlyn Parkhill, Noah Becker, 36 RB Demi A.-Oluseye Day-me 92 DL Chibukem Chi-boo-e-came Evan Fehr, Erin Martens, Orajekwe O-ra-je-kwe 37 RB Jayde Erasmo Er-az-moe Dricx Catap 94 DL Tristan Bredin Bread-een Team Doctor ...... Dr. Ed Pilat

2018 BISON FOOTBALL GAME DAY NOTES • Page 3 Head Coach: BRIAN DOBIE (23rd season) BISONS SINGLE GAME RECORDS Active players in bold Record * denotes playoff game

Conference: 88-86-1 POINTS (NON-KICKERS) Playoffs: 12-10 30 Dominic Zagari Sep. 5, 1998 vs. Alberta TOTAL: 100-96-1 24 Karim Lowen Oct. 21, 2006 vs. Regina Dominic Zagari Oct. 1, 2004 @ UBC Brian Dobie – whose alma mater was the University of Manitoba and was also a member of the Dominic Zagari Oct. 2, 1993 vs. Saskatchewan Manitoba Bisons 1973 Churchill Bowl squad – has been head coach at the U of M since 1996 Anthony Coombs Oct. 15, 2011 vs. Alberta (entering 23rd season in 2018). He is the winningest head coach in Bison football history, with a Canada West regular season record of 89-85-1 and a post-season record of 12-10. FIELD GOALS 6 Scott Dixon Sept. 1, 2007 at Regina Dobie has won five Canada West Coach of the Year awards (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 shared award with Brian Towriss of Scott Dixon Aug. 30, 2008 vs. Regina Saskatchewan, 2006), and was also U SPORTS Coach of the Year in 2001. 5 Jamie Boreham Sept. 1, 2001 vs. Regina Brad Mikoluff Oct. 22, 2016 vs. Alberta In the 2018 season, Dobie enters his 44th year of coaching after being head coach for 21 years at Churchill High School in Winnipeg prior to being at the U of M. He has his NCCP Level 4 coaching certification and has been a guest coach at PASSING ATTEMPTS numerous professional camps over the past 22 years. In addition, Dobie was inducted into the Manitoba High Schools 56 Theo Deezar Oct. 22, 2016 at Alberta Athletic Association Hall of Fame Class of 2015 as a Builder (Churchill High School Football). 51 Shane Munson Sept. 22, 2000 at Calgary 49 Theo Deezar Sept. 8, 2016 at Regina Dobie has coached in two U SPORTS National Championships (2001, 2007), winning the latter. He has also been a part 48 Theo Deezar Sept. 30, 2016 at UBC of five Canada West conference regular season titles, including three undefeated regular seasons (2002, 2006, 2007) 47 Jordan Yantz Sept. 20, 2013 at Calgary and three Hardy Cup Championships (2001, 2007, 2014). He has also been to two Mitchell Bowl (U SPORTS Semi-Final) COMPLETIONS Championships (2001, 2007) plus one Uteck Bowl final (U SPORTS Semi-Final) in 2014. 34 Theo Deezar Oct. 22, 2016 at Alberta 33 Theo Deezar Sept. 30, 2016 at UBC Dobie has helped produce 69 different players who were selected as Canada West Conference All-Stars, 45 different 33 Des Catellier Sep. 7, 2018 vs. Sask. U SPORTS All-Canadians as well as 12 U SPORTS major award winners (two Presidents Trophy; two J.P. Metras Trophy 30 Theo Deezar Sept. 8, 2016 at Regina award winners; one Gino Fracas Award winner; three Russ Jackson awards; one Outstanding Player at Vanier Cup; one 29 Theo Deezar Oct. 17, 2015 at Regina Outstanding/Defensive Player at the Vanier Cup; two Churchill/Mitchell Bowl MVP). PASSING YARDS At the start of the 2018 season, Dobie has coached 48 student-athletes who were drafted by CFL teams. He has also 519 Theo Deezar Sept. 19, 2015 at UBC coached one Bison alumni (Israel “Izzy” Idonije) who started at the NFL level for 11 seasons and played in a Super Bowl, 457 Theo Deezar Sept. 8, 2016 at Regina plus another player (David Onyemata) that was the first-ever Bison drafted by an NFL team (New Orleans, fourth round). 450 Jordan Yantz Sept. 20, 2013 at Calgary A third player (Geoff Gray) was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 2017 and is now with the Cleveland Browns. 447 Theo Deezar Sept. 24, 2016 vs. Saskatchewan 446 Shane Munson Sept. 6, 2002 at Calgary He currently resides in Winnipeg with his wife Jackie and family includes daughter Caleigh. RECEPTIONS 12 Chris Noonan Oct. 22, 1994 at Saskatchewan Cory Larsen Nov. 7, 1998 vs. Alberta 11 Terry Fach Sept. 5, 1981 vs. Calgary HOOFPRINTS: MANITOBA BISONS (0-2) Riley Harrison Oct. 22, 2016 at Alberta 10 Nic Demski Sept. 7, 2013 vs. Saskatchewan Nic Demski Sept. 14, 2013 at UBC LAST WEEK: L 48-46 vs. Saskatchewan (Sep. 7 at Investors Group Field) RECEIVING YARDS NEXT WEEK: @ Alberta (Sep. 21, 8 PM CT at Foote Field) 241 Andrew Sharp Sept. 6, 2002 at Calgary 238 Nic Demski Oct. 25, 2014 at Regina • The Real McKoy: Starting his final year of eligibility with the Bisons, free safety Jayden McKoy 227 Chris Noonan Oct. 22, 1994 at Saskatchewan has 13 career interceptions with the Herd, needing just three to tie the all-time school record 207 Cory Larsen Nov. 7, 1998 vs. Alberta of 16 (Danny Jakobs, 80-83, 85). 187 Mike Faisthuber Oct. 30, 1999 vs. Alberta • Starring Special Teams: Thanks to a big day returning for DB Marcel Arruda-Welch in Week RUSHING ATTEMPTS 36 Dominic Zagari Oct. 28, 1995 vs. BC 2 (143 yards), Manitoba is now first in Canada West in kick return yardage (12-249), averaging 33 James Gerardy Sept. 19, 2008 at Alberta 20.8 yards per kick return. Arruda-Welch's 93-yard return in the first half was the sixth-longest 32 Dominic Zagari Sept. 21, 1991 vs. Calgary kick return in recorded Bison football history. Craig Carr Oct. 11, 1997 at Alberta • Passing the Record Books: QB Des Catellier's 33 completions in Week 2 vs. Saskatchewan was Matt Henry Oct. 11, 2008 vs. Saskatchewan tied for second-most ever by a Bisons QB, one short of Theo Deezar's record of 34 set in 2016. RUSHING YARDS 308 Dominic Zagari Sept. 16, 1995 vs. Alberta 283 Dominic Zagari Oct. 1, 1994 at UBC 259 Craig Carr Sept. 4, 1999 at Regina 251 Craig Carr Oct. 11, 1997 at Alberta HOOFPRINTS: ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (0-2) 249 James Gerardy Sept. 19, 2008 at Alberta INTERCEPTIONS LAST WEEK: L 51-13 vs. Regina (Sep. 7 at Foote Field) 3 Danny Jakobs Oct. 3, 1981 vs. Saskatchewan NEXT WEEK: host Manitoba (Sep. 21, 7 PM MDT at Foote Field) Demetro Danyluk Sept. 18, 1982 vs. Calgary Teague Sherman Sept. 19, 2008 at Alberta • Muddy Offence: Through two weeks, the Golden Bears have just 480 yards of total offence, TACKLES WITH ASSISTED 279 yards behind fifth-place UBC in that category. By comparison, conference-leading Calgary 14.0 DJ Lalama Sept. 1, 2016 vs. Calgary has amassed 1,143 yards of offence through two games. 13.0 Teague Sherman Oct. 20, 2012 vs. UBC 12.5 Pete Adams Sept. 25, 2010 vs. Calgary • Solid Tackling: Despite struggles on the other side of the ball, Alberta is first in the conference 12.0 DJ Lalama Sept. 30, 2016 vs. Calgary in total tackles with 107 through two games. BISON FOOTBALL ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES

• Onyemata headed into Week 2: In Week 1 of the NFL season, Gray cleared the Cleveland Brown's waivers. Gray spent time last defensive lineman David Onyemata suited up but didn't start for season on the Packers' practice roster and with the New York Jets. At the Saints. This weekend, the Saints play the Cleveland Browns on this time, he is exploring options in the NFL. Sun. Sep. 16. Onyemata played in all 16 games for the Saints in 2017, • Demski in hometown Blue: In the CFL, Bison alum Nic Demski totaling 38 tackles (18 assisted, 20 unassisted) and two sacks. He was returned to the in 2017, and was named the the first Bison football player selected in the NFL Draft (4th round, Canada West Football Alumnus of the Month for July 2018. Demski, 120th overall) in 2016. one of eight Bisons currently on CFL rosters, has totaled 405 yards and • Geoff Gray waived: On Aug. 29, Bison alum offensive lineman Geoff three touchdowns in 12 games for the Bombers.

2018 BISON FOOTBALL GAME DAY NOTES • Page 4 2018 BISONS OFFENSIVE STATISTICS LONGEST PLAYS IN MB HISTORY Active players in bold RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G * denotes playoff game Jamel Lyles 2 33 188 9 179 5.4 0 21 89.5 Somto Anyadike 2 5 45 0 45 9.0 0 20 22.5 FIELD GOAL Des Catellier 2 7 39 2 37 5.3 0 16 18.5 55 Jamie Boreham Oct. 20, 2001 vs. Saskatchewan 54 Scott Dixon Sept. 19, 2009 vs. UBC V. St. Pierre-Laviolette 2 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0 52 Jamie Boreham Oct. 26, 2001 at Calgary Shai Ross 2 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.5 Scott Dixon Oct. 18, 2008 vs. Calgary Totals...... 2 47 274 12 262 5.6 0 21 131.0 50 Peter Scouras Sept. 10, 2005 vs. Saskatchewan Opponent...... 2 45 384 10 374 8.3 3 38 187.0 49 Ryan Jones Oct. 23, 2015 vs. Alberta PASSING G Cp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD INT Long Avg/G 48 Pino Migliazza Sept. 26, 1993 at UBC Des Catellier 2 56-83-3 67.5% 810 6 3 68 405.0 Scott Nowicki Oct. 27, 1990 vs. UBC Totals...... 2 56-3 67.5% 810 6 3 68 405.0 Ryan Jones Oct. 25, 2014 at Regina Brad Mikoluff Sep. 7, 2018 vs Saskatchewan Opponents...... 2 50-2 69.4% 614 5 2 53 307.0 PUNT RECEIVING G No. Rec/G Yds Y/G Avg TD Long 90 Nick Boyd Aug. 30, 2013 vs. Alberta Dylan Schrot 2 18 9.0 229 114.5 12.7 3 30 83 Les Oakes Oct. 29, 1977 vs. Alberta Macho Bockru 2 11 5.5 222 111.0 20.2 2 68 81 Chris Lewis Oct. 11, 1986 vs. Calgary Shai Ross 2 10 5.0 159 79.5 15.9 0 54 80 John Baunemann Sept. 5, 1998 at Calgary Jamel Lyles 2 3 1.5 63 31.5 21.0 0 43 Jeff Standing Oct. 9, 2004 vs. Alberta Trysten Dyce 2 7 3.5 62 31.0 8.9 0 17 KICKOFF RETURN Jesse Walker 2 2 1.0 27 13.5 13.5 0 20 107 Jamel Lyles Sept. 18, 2015 vs. Calgary Stephen Ugbah 2 2 1.0 24 12.0 12.0 0 19 106 Craig Carr Sept. 6, 1997 vs. Alberta Riley Harrison 2 2 1.0 19 9.5 9.5 1 12 100 Nic Demski Sept. 30, 2011 at Regina Stefan Conway 2 1 0.5 5 2.5 5.0 0 5 95 Gord Paterson Sept. 8, 1973 vs. Calgary Totals...... 2 56 - 810 405.0 14.5 6 68 Lou Furlan Oct. 26, 1973 vs. UBC Opponents...... 2 50 - 614 307.0 12.3 5 53 93 Marcel Arruda-Welch Sept. 7, 2018 vs. Sask. RETURNS KR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds AVG TD Long PUNT RETURN M. Arruda-Welch 5 167 33.4 0 93 - - - - - 129 Jeremy Botelho Sept. 11, 2009 vs. Simon Fraser Jamel Lyles 7 82 11.7 0 34 8 71 8.9 0 21 127 Mike Plante Sept. 11, 1999 vs. Calgary Totals...... 12 249 20.8 0 93 8 71 8.9 0 21 108 Brad Black Sept. 24, 2005 vs. Simon Fraser Opponents...... 8 163 20.4 0 26 6 45 7.5 0 19 106 Fred Andrich 1974 season 105 Allan Kinley 1968 season SCORING PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT RUNNING PLAY Brad Mikoluff 24 12.0 ------6 6 0 107 Anthony Coombs Oct. 26, 2013 at Alberta Dylan Schrot 18 9.0 - 3 ------100 Ron Arnold Oct. 31, 1998 vs. Saskatchewan Macho Bockru 12 6.0 - 2 ------97 Craig Carr Sept. 6, 1997 vs. Alberta Schneider Charles 6 6.0 - - - - 1 - - - - Gord Paterson Oct. 26, 1973 vs. UBC Riley Harrison 6 3.0 - 1 ------91 Shane Munson Oct. 23, 1999 at Calgary Totals...... 66 33.0 0 6 0 0 1 - 6 6 0 84 Anthony Coombs Aug. 30, 2013 vs. Alberta Opponents...... 78 39.0 3 5 0 0 1 1 10 2 0 80 Daryl Beswitherick Oct. 3, 1987 at Alberta RECEPTION 96 Mike Faisthuber Oct. 30, 1999 vs. Alberta 90 Chris Noonan Oct. 29, 1994 vs. Alberta Anthony Coombs Sept. 3, 2011 vs. Calgary 89 Andrew Smith Sept. 28, 2013 vs. Regina 85 Anthony Coombs Sept. 8, 2012 vs. Saskatchewan SELECTED MB CAREER RECORDS

POINTS 296 Dominic Zagari 1991-95 253 Jamie Boreham 2001-03 225 Darrel Batt 1981-85 194 Nick Boyd 2011-13 190 Scott Dixon 2007-09 174 Anthony Coombs 2010-13 TOUCHDOWNS 48 Dominic Zagari 1991-95 29 Anthony Coombs 2010-13 27 Matt Henry 2006-10 23 Mike Faisthuber 1999-2003 21 Nic Demski 2011-14 RUSHING YARDS 4738 Dominic Zagari 1991-95 3171 Matt Henry 2006-10 2478 Craig Carr 1997-99 2342 Darwin Thompson 2002-05 2232 Anthony Coombs 2010-13 RECEIVING YARDS 2092 Mike Faisthuber 1999-2003 2039 Terry Fach 1980-84 2039 Terry Firr 2004-08 1890 Andrew Sharp 1999-2003 1817 Cory Larsen 1996-2000 PASSING YARDS 7474 Shane Munson 1999-2003 6817 Brett Watt 1990-94 6400 Theo Deezar 2014-17 5273 John Makie 2005-08 4687 Bud Harden 1972-77

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PUNTING GP Yds Avg Long TB FC i20 Blkd Brad Mikoluff 2 93 46.5 54 0 0 0 0 Matt Riley 2 150 37.5 44 0 0 0 1 Totals...... 2 243 40.5 54 0 0 0 1 Opponents...... 2 455 37.9 57 0 0 2 0 FIELD GOALS GP FGM FGA PCT Long XPM XPA PCT PTS Brad Mikoluff 2 6 8 75% 48 6 6 100% 24 Totals...... 2 6 8 75% 48 6 6 100% 24 Opponents...... 2 2 3 67% 29 10 10 100% 16 ALL-PURPOSE GP RUSH REC PR KR YDS YPG Jamel Lyles 2 179 63 71 82 395 197.5 Dylan Schrot 2 - 229 - - 229 114.5 Macho Bockru 2 - 222 - - 222 111.0 M. Arruda-Welch 2 - - - 167 167 83.5 Shai Ross 2 -1 159 - - 158 79.0 Trysten Dyce 2 - 62 - - 62 31.0 Somto Anyadike 2 45 - - - 45 22.5 Des Catellier 2 37 - - - 37 18.5 Jesse Walker 2 - 27 - - 27 13.5 Stephen Ugbah 2 - 24 - - 24 12.0 Riley Harrison 2 - 19 - - 19 9.5 Stefan Conway 2 - 5 - - 5 2.5 V. St. Pierre-Laviolette 2 2 - - - 2 1.0 Totals...... 2 262 810 71 249 1392 696.0 Opponents...... 2 374 614 45 163 1196 598.0

2018 BISONS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

{ ----- TACKLES ------} { - SACKS - } { PASS DEF } { ----- FUMBLES ----- } GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp FF Rcv-Yds Blk Kick 2 Houston Rennie...... 2 10 1 10.5 2-8 ------27 Arjay Shelley...... 2 10 3 11.5 0 - - - - - 1 - - - - 21 Shae Weekes...... 2 9 2 10.0 0 ------1-0 - 20 M. Arruda-Welch..... 2 6 1 6.5 0 ------1 - - - 25 Caleb Abraham...... 2 5 4 7.0 0 ------40 Derek Dufault...... 2 5 0 5.0 1-6 1-6 ------43 Kyle Gordon...... 2 4 4 6.0 0 ------7 Jayden McKoy...... 2 4 1 4.5 0 ------24 Schneider Charles... 1 3 1 3.5 0 - - - 1-45 - - - - - 50 Samson Abbott...... 2 2 3 3.5 0 ------9 Brock Gowanlock..... 2 2 4 4.0 0.5-1 ------4 Kent Hicks...... 2 2 3 3.5 0 ------99 Chris Larsen...... 2 2 4 4.0 0.5-1 ------51 Brody Williams...... 2 2 6 5.0 0 ------96 Cole Adamson...... 2 1 0 1.0 0 ------13 Stefan Conway...... 2 1 3 2.5 0 ------39 B. Desjardine...... 1 1 0 1.0 0 ------49 Beck Fullerton...... 1 1 0 1.0 0 ------90 Braiden Watson...... 2 1 2 2.0 0 ------45 Reilly Gordon...... 2 0 1 0.5 0 ------33 Brandon O'Connor.... 2 0 1 0.5 0 ------Totals 2 - 44 93.0 4-16 1-6 2-68 1 1 1-0 - Opponent 2 - 64 107.0 9-43 5-34 3-100 6 3 4-42 1

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