2016 University of Calgary Dinos Football PLAYOFF GAME DAY ArcelorMittal Dofasco Vanier Cup vs. Laval Saturday, November 26, 2016 • 1 p.m. ET Tim Hortons Field • Hamilton, Ont. Ben Matchett • Asst. Athletic Director (Communications) • [email protected] • Office (403) 220-8143 • Mobile (403) 863-8143 th 2016 CALGARY SCHEDULE (6-2, 3-0) DINOS, LAVAL MAKE 10 All times local; home games BOLD Sept. 1 @ Manitoba W 23-14 Sept. 9 UBC W 35-8 VANIER CUP TRIPS Sept. 16 @ Saskatchewan W 20-19 Two of the most storied programs in U Sports football Sept. 23 @ Regina L 27-32 history – both all-time and in the last decade – will jointly Oct. 1 ALBERTA W 50-15 make their 10th appearances in the national championship Oct. 14 MANITOBA W 63-6 game as they face off in the 52nd Vanier Cup championship Oct. 22 SASKATCHEWAN L 35-38 Oct. 29 @ UBC W 41-35 (OT) Saturday at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton. Nov. 5 SASKATCHEWAN W 47-17 Nov. 12 UBC W 46-43 THE MATCH-UP Nov. 19 StFX W 50-24 Everything old is new again, except the venue: each of Calgary’s four Vanier Cup appearances in the last decade have been at Laval, and this marks the fourth time in nine years that the Dinos will end their season against the Rouge et Or. 2016 LAVAL SCHEDULE (7-1, 3-0) The lone difference, however, is that this game will be played at a neutral site: the 2008 Uteck Bowl, the 2010 Vanier All times local; home games BOLD Cup, and the 2013 Vanier Cup were all played at TELUS-UL Stadium in Quebec City, while the 2011 Mitchell Bowl was Sept. 3 MONTREAL L 21-24 at Calgary’s McMahon Stadium. Laval is 4-0 in the previous postseason contests between the squads, and 6-0 all-time Sept. 10 @ Concordia W 37-18 if you include two preseason tilts – again, both in Quebec City. Sept. 18 SHERBROOKE W 41-3 th Sept. 24 @ Mount Allison W 49-4 Both the Dinos and Rouge et Or are making their 10 appearances at the Vanier Cup, second only to Western (12). Oct. 2 McGILL W 61-9 Laval is the all-time leader with eight titles, while the Dinos are tied for third with UBC and Queen’s with four apiece. Oct. 15 @ MONTREAL W 22-19 Oct. 23 BISHOP’S W 44-0 HOME COOKIN’ Oct. 29 @ Sherbrooke W 14-1 Saturday’s Vanier Cup will be the first road game for the Dinos in 28 days, since the final game of the regular season at Nov. 5 CONCORDIA W 39-14 UBC. The Dinos played all their playoff games to this point at McMahon Stadium, extending their outstanding home Nov. 12 @ Montreal W 20-17 record to 52-6 since the 2008 season. In their history, the Dinos have fared relatively well in neutral site games, with a Nov. 19 WILFRID LAURIER W 36-6 4-2 record in Vanier Cups played at a neutral site. The two losses came to Ottawa (1975, Varsity Stadium – Toronto) CANADA WEST STANDINGS and Queen’s (2009, PEPS Stadium – Quebec City), while the Dinos are 0-3 all time in Vanier Cups where they play the x-clinched playoff spot; y-first place home team (1993 vs. Toronto – SkyDome; 2010 and 2013 vs. Laval – TELUS-UL Stadium). THE HARRIS FACTOR G W L +/- Pts xy-Regina 8 6 2 +59 12 Dinos head coach Wayne Harris, Jr. – the 2015 U Sports Coach of the Year – becomes the fourth Dinos coach to lead x-CALGARY 8 6 2 +127 12 the team to a Vanier Cup appearance after Mike Lashuk (1975), Peter Connellan (1983, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1995), and x-Saskatchewan 8 5 3 +56 10 Blake Nill (2009, 2010, 2013). Connellan remains the only coach to have led the Dinos to a national championship. x-UBC 8 3 5 +5 6 THE ANNIVERSARY Manitoba 8 3 5 -47 6 th Alberta 8 1 7 -200 2 2016 marks the University of Calgary’s 50 Anniversary, and the Department of Athletics is celebrating ’50 Years of th Dinos Pride’ all season long. On Saturday, Oct. 1, the football team celebrated the institution’s 50 anniversary LAST WEEK’S RESULTS – National Semifinals wearing retro gold and red uniforms reminiscent of their original jerseys in 1964, the program’s first season at what Uteck Bowl: Laurier 6 @ Laval 36 was then the University of Alberta, Calgary (UAC). Mitchell Bowl: StFX 24 @ CALGARY 50 THE HARDY BOYS THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE – Vanier Cup Calgary captured its seventh Canada West Hardy Cup title in the last nine years with a 46-43 win over UBC two weeks Saturday, Nov. 26 – Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ont. ago, knocking off the defending national champs – who had ended the Dinos’ season one year before. It was the Dinos’ No. 6 CALGARY (9-2) vs. No. 1 Laval (10-1) ninth consecutive appearance in the Hardy Cup game, extending their own Canada West record. 1 pm ET (11 am MT) – Sportsnet, TVA Sports NEXT MAN UP The 2016 season has been a challenging one for the Dinos as they have faced significant injuries throughout the FRC-U SPORTS TOP 10 (FINAL) season. QB Jimmy Underdahl missed nearly five full games before returning to lead the Dinos to victory in the second Tuesday, November 1, 2016 half of last week’s Mitchell Bowl. At various times throughout the year, the Dinos have been without their top two tailbacks (RB Quentin Chown, RB Bryce Harper), top receivers (Austen Hartley, Michael Klukas, Brendon-Thera- 1. Laval (7-1) 6. CALGARY (6-2) Plamondon, Denzel Radford have all missed time), offensive linemen (Darius Ciraco, Braden Schram), and defensive back Robert Woodson missed the Mitchell Bowl. The team’s mantra has been ‘Next Man Up’ through it all, and the 2. Montreal (7-1) 7. McMaster (7-2) team’s depth has been showcased as younger players – the likes of Jeshrun Antwi, Dallas Boath, Treshaun Abrahams- Webster, and Adam Sinagra – have had their chance to get experience and make meaningful contributions. 3. Western (7-1) 8. Carleton (7-2) Continued on Page 3… 4. Regina (6-2) 9. Saskatchewan (5-3) GAME BROADCAST INFO Sportsnet: Tim Micallef (play-by-play), Mike Morreale (analyst), Justin Dunk (reporter) 5. Laurier (7-1) 10. StFX (7-1) University of Calgary Dinos • 2500 University Drive NW • Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 • goDINOS.com 2016 DINOS GAME DAY • Page 2 2016 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY DINOS FOOTBALL ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr Faculty Hometown Previous Team (High School) Pronunciation 1 Josiah Joseph QB 6-3 205 1 Arts Kelowna, BC Okanagan Sun (Mount Boucherie) 3 Adam Laurensse DB 6-1 185 4 Arts Sherwood Park, AB Edmonton Wildcats (Bev Facey) lore-ENZE 4 Robert Woodson DB 5-11 197 4 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Francis) 5 Jamal Noel R 5-7 169 2 Open Studies Montreal, QC CEGEP Champlain Lennoxville no-ELL 6 Kelton Bailey R 6-1 200 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 7 Trenton Smith R 6-6 200 4 Arts Green Street, GA, USA Contra Costa College 9 Deondré Townsend LB 6-2 205 3 Arts Indianapolis, IN, USA Johnson C. Smith Univ. (Lawrence Central) dee-AWN-dray 10 Jack McDonald R 6-1 210 2 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 11 Dallas Boath R 5-9 185 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Centennial) 12 Adam Sinagra QB 6-1 187 2 Open Studies Pointe Claire, QC John Abbott College sin-AGG-ruh 14 Thomas Goetz DB 5-11 155 2 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Mary's) GATES 15 Jackson Penner R 6-0 190 1 Engineering Kenora, ON (Beaver Brae) 16 Jimmy Underdahl QB 6-1 205 5 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 18 Matt Lamoureux R 6-0 195 3 Engineering Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Notre Dame) LAMM-or-oh 19 Michael Klukas R 6-1 193 4 Arts Calgary, AB (St. Mary's) KLOO-cuss 21 Jeshrun Antwi RB 6-0 192 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Father Lacombe) JESH-runn ANT-wee 22 Treshaun Abrahams-Webster DB 5-11 175 1 Arts Pickering, Ont. Canada Prep (Pickering) truh-SHAWN 23 Nathan Mitchell DB 5-10 190 4 Arts St. Albert, AB (Paul Kane) 24 Boston Rowe LB 6-0 210 3 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 25 Josh Quarles DB 5-10 185 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 26 Imoreshi Dania RB 6-0 195 2 Arts Calgary, AB (Bishop O'Byrne) imm-MORE-she 28 Hunter Turnbull DB 5-11 180 5 Arts Calgary, AB (Henry Wise Wood) 29 Seye Farinu LB 5-9 195 2 Business Victoria, BC (Mount Douglas) SHAY FARE-rin-noo 30 Robert Stewart RB 6-0 207 1 Arts Calgary, AB (Centennial) 31 Quentin Chown RB 6-0 225 4 Kinesiology Quispamsis, NB (Kennebecasis) 32 Cole Kussmann RB 5-10 188 1 Arts London, ON (Mother Teresa) 34 Iyanu Ojekale LB 6-0 215 3 Business Calgary, AB (Centennial) oh-jeh-CALL-lee 35 Anthony Anderson HB 6-0 230 5 Science Medicine Hat, AB (Medicine Hat) 36 Bryce Harper RB 5-7 188 5 Arts Elk Grove, CA, USA (Elk Grove) 38 Jean Ventose LB 5-10 190 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Henry Wise Wood) 39 Nick Statz DB 5-9 175 2 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 42 Micah Teitz LB 6-2 225 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Springbank) MIKE-uh TIGHTS 44 Brennan Van Nistelrooy DB 6-0 195 3 Open Studies Lethbridge, AB Okanagan Sun (Catholic Central) 45 Niko DiFonte K/P 6-0 170 1 Open Studies Winnipeg, MB (Oak Park) dif-FON-tay 47 Conner Robinson DB 6-0 170 2 Open Studies Lethbridge, AB Calgary Colts (Lethbridge Collegiate Inst.) 48 Ross DeLauw LB 5-11 215 2 Arts Lethbridge, AB (Sir Winston Churchill) de-LAW 49 Aaron Statz DB 5-10 173 3 Business Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 51 Blake Gau LB 6-0 195 2 Business South Delta, BC (South Delta) 52 Brett Wade DL 6-2 285 4 Arts / Education Regina, SK Regina Thunder (Miller) 53 Jakub Jakoubek LB 5-11 225 2 Arts Calgary, AB Calgary Colts (Bowness) JAY-cubb YAH-koo-beck 54 Mason Johnson LB 6-1 203 2 Business Calgary, AB (Centennial) 56 Spencer Roy OL 6-4 330 1 Open Studies Calgary, AB (Notre Dame) 58 Ryan Sceviour OL 6-4 295 3 Arts Calgary, AB (Bowness) SEE-vee-or 59 Ryan Preuter OL 6-4 290 4 Kinesiology Calgary, AB (John G.