2011 UNIVERSITY OF REGINA RAMS FOOTBALL • GAME 3 vs. CALGARY •RAMS GAMEDAY Date: Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Regina, Sask. Site: Mosaic Stadium Capacity: 30,048 Surface: FieldTurf Rankings: Calgary (#3), Regina (NR) •BROADCAST INFORMATION Live Television: Access7 Broadcasters: Lee Jones, play-by-play; B.K. Woldu, analyst Radio: 620 CKRM (Regina) Internet Audio: www.620ckrm.com Broadcasters: Michael Ball, play-by-play; Marco Ricci, analyst Webcast: www.canadawest.tv Broadcasters: Adam Geiger, play-by-play; Braden Konschuh, analyst Chris Bodnar is averaging a CIS-leading 45.1 yards per punt this season (photo by B2 Digital Imaging). •ONLINE INFORMATION Canada West Game #3 Regina Athletics: www.reginacougars.com Calgary at Regina Regina Rams: www.reginarams.com Mosaic Stadium Calgary Dinos: www.godinos.com Regina, Sask. •SERIES INFORMATION Conference games: Calgary leads 10-5 THE GAME Postseason games: Series tied 2-2 Another game, another quarterback for the University of Regina Rams as they’ll have a pivot Streak: Calgary, 7 wins making his first career start for the second week in a row. This time around it’s Frankie Gray, Last Meeting: Regina 33, Calgary 40 in who started the season at No. 3 on the depth chart but finds himself as the team’s starter fol- Canada West semifinals on Nov. 6, 2010 lowing injuries to both Marc Mueller and Dylan Hart. The Rams and the No. 3-ranked Calgary Dinos kick off on Friday at 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in a game that will be televised live on •CONFERENCE RECORDS Access7 and broadcast on the dial at 620 CKRM. Calgary 2-0 THE HEADLINES Regina 0-2 ► Statistically speaking, Friday’s game features the conference’s top two running backs in Calgary’s Steven Lumbala (314 rushing yards) and Regina’s Adrian Charles (281) •HEAD COACHES ► Lumbala and Charles rank second and third in the CIS in rushing yards, as Ottawa’s Bren- Regina coach Frank McCrystal is in dan Gillanders leads the nation with 347 his 13th season with the Rams at the ► The Rams will be attempting to put a halt to a seven-game losing skid to Calgary, as the CIS level and holds a 44-53-1 record in Dinos have won every matchup between the two teams since the 2008 season - including Canada West games. seven-point Canada West semifinal wins in both 2008 and 2010 ► Friday marks Regina’s lone game against Calgary during the Canada West schedule, the Calgary coach Blake Nill is in his fifth first time since 2008 that the teams have only met once in conference play season with the Dinos and holds an 26-16 ► Regina’s Chris Bodnar leads the CIS with 45.1 yards per punt, an average exceeded in record in Canada West games. Including University of Regina single-season history only by Jon Ryan’s 45.9 yards per punt in 2003 his eight seasons at Saint Mary’s, Nill has ► Gray will become the first University of Regina quarterback to start a game as a true first- a 75-31 record as a head coach in the CIS. year player since Teale Orban did so in 2004 2011 UNIVERSITY OF REGINA RAMS SCHEDULE & RESULTS DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME NOTES Fri. Sept. 2 UBC Mosaic Stadium L, 21-10 Charles rushes for 192 yards, Mueller hurt in season-opening loss to UBC Fri. Sept. 9 #5 Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Sask. L, 33-10 Bates scores lone touchdown for Rams after fumble recovery in end zone Fri. Sept. 16 #3 Calgary Mosaic Stadium 7:00 pm Sat. Sept. 24 Alberta Edmonton, Alta. 1:00 pm Fri. Sept. 30 Manitoba Mosaic Stadium 7:00 pm Sat. Oct. 15 UBC Vancouver, B.C. 2:00 pm (PDT) Sat. Oct. 22 #4 Saskatchewan Mosaic Stadium 7:00 pm Sat. Oct. 29 Manitoba Winnipeg, Man. 1:00 pm (CDT) 2011 UNIVERSITY OF REGINA RAMS FOOTBALL • GAME 3 vs. CALGARY •2011 CANADA WEST STANDINGS UNIVERSITY OF REGINA RAMS (0-2) TEAM W L PF PA With the conference’s top passer in both 2009 and 2010 returning for a final season, quar- #4 Saskatchewan 2 0 71 17 terback wasn’t a position that the University of Regina’s football team expected to have issues #3 Calgary 2 0 65 56 with. UBC 1 1 46 40 Unfortunately for the Rams, that’s exactly what has happened. Marc Mueller was knocked Manitoba 1 1 53 55 out of commission during the first offensive series of the season and backup Dylan Hart suf- Alberta 0 2 27 60 fered a back injury last week against Saskatchewan, sending the Rams even further down the Regina 0 2 20 54 depth chart at arguably the most critical position on the field. Enter Frankie Gray, who entered the season as the No. 3 quarterback and was expected to •THIS WEEK’S FRC-CIS TOP TEN redshirt the season. That’s all changed now, as Gray – who led Campbell Collegiate to a 4A No. Team Rec. Pts. Last city championship last year – will become the first Rams quarterback to make a start as a 1 Laval (27) 2-0 288 1 true freshman since Teale Orban in 2004. 2 Western Ontario (2) 2-0 241 2 Gray will lead a Regina offence that has been heavily reliant on the running game this 3 Calgary 2-0 215 4 4 Saskatchewan 2-0 206 5 season – understandable, given the quarterbacking situation and the presence of first-team 5 Sherbrooke 2-0 146 7 All-Canadian running back Adrian Charles. Charles ranks third in the nation in rushing yards, 6 Montreal 1-1 138 6 but the Rams rank last in Canada West with 293 passing yards – an unfamiliar position for a 7 McMaster 1-1 118 3 University of Regina team that has finished in the top two in the conference in passing in each 8 Saint Mary’s 1-0 81 9 of the previous five seasons. 9 Ottawa 2-0 71 NR Middle linebacker Austin Bates has stepped up for the Rams this season, as he’s tied for 10 Windsor 2-0 21 NR third on the team with nine tackles and scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery in the end Other teams receiving votes: UBC (14), zone in Week 2 against Saskatchewan. Defensive end Akiem Hicks and halfback Justin Edra- Concordia (11), Wilfrid Laurier (10), Acadia lin are tied for the team lead with 9½ tackles on the season. (4), Manitoba (2). The Rams will travel to Edmonton next weekend for a matchup against Alberta (0-2) on Saturday, Sept. 24. •CANADA WEST PRESEASON POLL No. Team Pts. UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY DINOS (2-0) 1 Regina (4) 47 Two last-minute victories in the first two weeks of the season have the Calgary Dinos tied 2 Calgary (2) 37 with Saskatchewan atop the Canada West standings and sitting in the No. 3 position in this 3 Saskatchewan 33 week’s CIS-FRC Top Ten. 4 UBC 21 Last week it was running back Steven Lumbala finishing off an eight-play, 85-yard drive with T-5 Alberta 9 a nine-yard run that gave the Dinos a five-point lead over UBC with 18 seconds to go in the T-5 Manitoba 9 contest. It was a similar story in Week 1, where the Dinos had to score 18 points – including a seven-yard touchdown catch by Chris Dobko with 22 seconds remaining – to come away with •CANADA WEST: WEEK 2 a 35-31 road win over Manitoba. Sept. 9 UBC 25, Calgary 30 To no one’s surprise, Lumbala was named the Canada West Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 9 Regina 10, Saskatchewan 33 after ending up with 204 rushing yards and two touchdowns against UBC. Lumbala has a con- Sept. 10 Manitoba 22, Alberta 20 ference-leading 314 rushing yards and ranks second in the CIS in the category, trailing only Ottawa’s Brendan Gillanders. •CANADA WEST: WEEK 3 (LOCAL TIME) Second-year quarterback Eric Dzwilewski ranks fourth in the conference in both pass- Sept. 16 Calgary at Regina (7:00) ing yards (391) and completion rate (51.7%), while Dobko is Canada West’s leader with 11 Sept. 17 Saskatchewan at Manitoba (1:00) catches on the season. Calgary’s defence is anchored by returning Canada West all-stars Sam Sept. 17 Alberta at UBC Hurl and Tye Noble, but first-year linebacker Cory Roboch has exploded onto to the scene and leads the conference in both fumbles forced (2) and sacks (3). •RAMS RESULTS vs. CALGARY Calgary returns home next weekend for what should be a pivotal matchup against No. 4- Oct. 9, 1999 H L, 24-44 ranked Saskatchewan (2-0) on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Sept. 2, 2000 H W, 31-25 Oct. 13, 2000 A L, 13-47 FORMER RAMS IN THE PROS ¹Nov. 3, 2000 A W, 33-32 The list of former University of Regina players now toiling in the professional ranks is led by Sept. 28, 2001 A L, 33-35 Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan, who was both a receiver and a kicker for the Rams from Sept. 20, 2002 A W, 44-37 2000 to 2003. ¹Nov. 1, 2002 A W, 39-17 Nine former University of Regina Rams are now in the CFL, including Chris Bauman (Edmon- Oct. 4, 2003 A W, 37-35 ton - injured list), Jason Clermont (Saskatchewan), Tamon George (Saskatchewan - practice Oct. 8, 2004 A L, 24-30 roster), Chris Getzlaf (Saskatchewan), John Hashem (Montreal - practice roster), Neal Hughes Sept.