2019 University of Calgary Dinos Football , PLAYOFF GAME NOTES rd 83 Hardy Cup vs Saskatchewan Saturday, November 9, 2019 • 1 p.m. MT McMahon Stadium • Calgary, Alta. Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 TIME FOR A REMATCH 2019 CALGARY SCHEDULE (7-2) All times local; home games BOLD CALGARY – With the dust having settled from a pair of thrilling semifinal games a Aug 30 @ Alberta W 41-31 week ago, the two teams left standing in Canada West were here last year, too. Sept. 6 MANITOBA W 24-10 The 83rd Hardy Cup returns to McMahon Stadium Saturday, with the University Sept. 14 @ UBC W 47-13 of Calgary Dinos facing the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for the second Sept. 20 REGINA W 20-7 Sept. 27 @ Saskatchewan L 15-29 year in a row – with the home side looking for a different result this time Oct. 5 ALBERTA W 34-16 around. Oct. 19 @ Manitoba L 29-43 Kickoff goes just after 1 p.m. MT Saturday, live on the Canada West Football Oct. 26 UBC W 36-17 Nov. 2 MANITOBA W 47-46 Showcase (SaskTel / TELUS Optik / Bell MTS), along with streaming coverage on CanadaWest.tv presented by Co-op. 2019 SASKATCHEWAN SCHEDULE (6-3) th All times local; home games BOLD The Hardy Cup will be handed out on the McMahon turf for the 10 straight year, an unprecedented run of success for the Dinos who make their 12th consecutive appearance in the game. But it’s the Aug. 30 @ Manitoba L 19-43 Huskies that are defending the title, having pulled off the upset a year ago with a 43-18 win. Sept. 6 UBC W 40-7 Sept. 13 @ Regina W 44-9 The winner of the Hardy Cup gets the right to host the U SPORTS Mitchell Bowl next weekend, with the Sept. 21 @ Alberta L 17-19 Ontario champions heading west. The winner of that game will play for the Vanier Cup in Quebec City. Sept. 27 CALGARY W 29-15 Oct. 4 MANITOBA W 49-21 HEADLINES Oct. 19 @ UBC L 37-38 • The teams met just once in the regular season, with the Huskies taking a 29-15 home win on Sept. 27 Oct. 26 ALBERTA W 22-9 Nov. 2 ALBERTA W 28-23 • 2019 marks the third time the Dinos and Huskies have met back-to-back years in the playoffs after 2015-16 and 1994-95. 2019 CW STANDINGS • The Dinos and Huskies have combined for 36 of the 82 previous Hardy Cup championships between x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place them, with Saskatchewan, the older program, holding a slight 19-17 lead in that category. G W L +/- Pts • Saturday is the eighth playoff meeting all-time between the two programs, with the Dinos holding a 5- xy-CALGARY 8 6 2 +80 12 2 advantage in the previous seven games x-Saskatchewan 8 5 3 +96 10 • The Dinos and Huskies were 1-2 in Canada West in most statistical categories this season, including x-Alberta 8 4 4 -29 8 total offence, points scored, points allowed, and yards allowed. One major difference: while the Dinos x-Manitoba 8 4 4 -21 8 boasted the top passing attack with 2579 yards through the air, the Huskies were the top rushing team Regina 8 3 5 +22 6 with 1772 yards along the ground UBC 8 2 6 -148 4 No. 7 CALGARY DINOS (7-2) LAST WEEK’S CANADA WEST RESULTS Last week: defeated Manitoba 47-46 Nov. 2 Manitoba 46 @ CALGARY 47 Alberta 23 @ Saskatchewan 28 • The Dinos escaped with a 47-46 win over Manitoba in the semifinal last week, picking off a two-point THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE – Conference Finals convert attempt on the final play of the game after the Bisons had used a perfectly-executed Hail Mary to score a last-second touchdown Nov. 9 Atlantic: Bishop’s @ Acadia, 2 p.m. AT Quebec: Montreal @ Laval, 2 p.m. ET • Special teams were a big story for the Dinos against the Bisons, led by returner Jalen Philpot – the Ontario: McMaster @ Western, 1 p.m. ET reigning U SPORTS special teams player of the week. Philpot racked up 226 yards on punt and kickoff Canada West: Sask. @ Calgary, 1 p.m. MT returns, including a 97-yard KOR touchdown to answer a special teams major by Manitoba in the fourth quarter U SPORTS TOP 10 (#11) • QB Adam Sinagra was responsible for all five Dinos touchdowns against Manitoba, throwing four and Tuesday, November 5, 2019 running for the eventual game-winning score himself. • The Dinos are 16-7 all-time in the Hardy Cup, with a 13-3 record in the 16 of those contests played at 1. Western (9-0) 6. Saskatchewan (6-3) McMahon Stadium. At home, the Dinos are 30-7 in postseason action in their history. 2. Laval (8-1) 7. CALGARY (7-2) • Continued on page 5… 3. McMaster (7-2) 8. Guelph (7-3) 4. Acadia (8-0) 9. Waterloo (5-5) GAME BROADCAST INFO Canada West Football Showcase: Wray Morrison, Justin Dunk, Darren Dupont 5. Montreal (7-2) 10. Regina (3-5) 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.