Stingers 27 Gaiters 17
Saturday, Nov. 7, 1998
Dunsmore Cup semifinals
At Montreal, Bishop's led by seven, 17-10, after three quarters before
quarterback Sean Hoas threw a 36-yard scoring pass to Sylvain Girard,
then added a touchdown on a four-yard run for No. 5 Concordia.
The net offence story was a virtual tie — the Stingers, 418 to 414.
Hoas completed only seven of 18 passes for 123 yards, but two went for
touchdowns.
Bishop's Mark Stipe, who had nine carries for 89 yards, completed 13 of
27 passes for 181 yards and a touchdown. But he also had three
interceptions.
Sean Field had eight catches for a game-high 122 yards for the Gaiters.
Concordia LB Dwayne Bromfield
was later named Canadian defensive Player of the Week.
Bromfield made five solo tackles, four assisted tackles, two tackles for
losses and added a sack.
That earned the Toronto native his fourth conference defensive Player
of the Week award of the season and set the stage for his winning a
second Radically Canadian honor.
Bromfield, six-foot-one and 225 and in his fourth season with the
Stingers, is the OQIFC nominee for the Presidents' Trophy as the top
defensive player, other than a down lineman, in the CIAU.
Rouge et Or 48 Gee-Gees 42
Saturday, Nov. 7, 1998
At Ste.-Foy, Que., a crowd of 5,457 saw No. 9 Laval build a 35-7 lead by
the end of the first quarter, then hang on for the victory.
The game produced 35 penalties for 357 yards — most of that to Ottawa
(19-190).
Two Gee-Gees were ejected, receiver Rob Harrod and linebacker Steve
Alexandre.
Quarterback Phil Cote tried to bring Ottawa back from its stumbling
start, completing 20 of 36 passes for 358 yards and three touchdowns.
But Cote, who had 86 yards rushing and a touchdown on 15 carries, was
frustrated by two interceptions, both by Philippe Lamarre.
Harrod had nine receptions for 152 yards and Ibraham Tounkara six for
121 for Ottawa.
It almost was a student body matinee for Laval — two quarterbacks
directed an offence that featured seven rushers and six receivers.
Mustangs 34 Marauders 32
Saturday, Nov. 7, 1998
Yates Cup semifinals
At London ON, Western Ontario running back Fabian Rayne scored four touchdowns
Saturday afternoon, two in the fourth quarter, as the No. 1 Mustangs, rebounded for a 34-32 win over the Marauders in
an Ontario playoff game.
Rayne rushed for 136 yards on 13 carries against No. 10
McMaster and Scott Crawley added another 189 on 24 carries, including a
touchdown on a 14-yard run.
Other than on the scoreboard, though, McMaster chalked up the bigger,
game-high numbers.
Running back Chris Dorrington had 27 carries for 205 yards and two
touchdowns; quarterback Ben Chapdelaine completed 21 of 29 passes for
261 yards and two touchdowns and Ryan Janzen had four receptions for 100
yards.
The Marauders had 532 yards in net offence, 83 more than Western
Ontario.
Warriors 32 Golden Hawks 10
Saturday, Nov. 7, 1998
At Waterloo, Ont., Mike Bradley had 24 carries for 158 yards and scored
a touchdown as the Warriors warmed up for their showdown with Western
Ontario.
The Waterloo played a starring role in the triumph, creating six
turnovers — that included two interceptions, two by Jason Tibbits.
Wilfrid Laurier's most effective player was running back Justin Praamsma
with 21 carries, one for a touchdown, and 178 yards.
Golden Bears 20 Bisons 17
Saturday, Nov. 7, 1998
At Winnipeg, rookie Nathan Connor had a game-high 106 yards rushing for
Alberta (4-4) and Mitch Sutherland cracked through for two sacks.
The victory was the Golden Bears third in a row and gave them third
place, on point differential, in head-to-head games against Calgary
(38-37).
Manitoba (0-8) finished as one of two CIAU teams without a win this
season, but at least three Bisons went out with a bang.
Quarterback Greg Korstrom threw for a conference season-high 372 yards
(23-for-33) and receiver Cory Larsen had a CIAU season-high 12
receptions (207 yards).
Stingers 17 Rouge et Or 12 OT3
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998 AND Sun Nov 15
Tackle Jeff Anderson stripped the ball from Laval QB Dominik Goulet,
and Concordia LB Jason Casey recovered the fumble and ran it
in 22 yards for for a touchdown in Sunday's first overtime period to send the Stingers to a 17-12 win.
Goulet wrapped up the two-day final with 460 yards passing, completing
31 of 61 passes. Quarterback Sean Hoas, who completed only nine passes and had six interceptions, led Concordia in rushing with 106 yards on 18 carries.
Mathieu Brassard, who had 45 yards rushing, caught six passes for 163
yards for the Rouge et Or. Laval's Stephane Lefebvre had a game-high 147 yards rushing.
Casey, six-foot-one and 225 pounds and a fourth-year Geography student
from North Bay, Ont. was later named CIAU Defensive player of the week.
He had seven solo tackles in the extended game, three more of the assisted variety and an
interception, which ended a threatening drive by the Rouge et Or late in
regulation time.
Prior Report
Laval quarterback Dominik Goulet emerged from the Twilight Zone on
Saturday afternoon in CIAU football.
The Dunsmore Cup, though, was left in the dark.
Goulet threw for 429 yards as the Rouge et Or tied Concordia Stingers
10-10 in overtime, an Ontario-Quebec conference final that was suspended
by darkness.
The game at Concordia Stadium, a facility without artificial lights,
was to be completed the next day at 2:00
At Montreal, Goulet, who began the season as Laval's No. 3 quarterback,
completed 29 of 53 passes in a game that wasn't decided, even with two,
five-minute overtimes.
But Goulet, who led the nation in passing two seasons ago when he played
at Concordia, wasn't able to put the football into the end zone in a
game before a crowd of 5,000.
Concordia's defence bent, but did not break, allowing only three field
goals and a single by Bernard Gravel.
The game's only touchdown came on the second play from scrimmage —
running back Scott Ashworth bounced in from the one after a Laval fumble
deep in its zone on its first play.
Mathieu Brassard also starred for the Rouge et Or, in only the school's
third season in football.
He caught six passes for 163 yards and had 11 carries for another 45.
Concordia quarterback Sean Hoas had a miserable matinee passing
(nine-for-25 for 128, six interceptions).
But he more than made up for that on option runs (14 carries for a
game-high 123 yards).
Wayne Dunn, a rookie end, had two sacks and eight other tackles for
Concordia.
But, when the second overtime ended at 4:46 pm nightfall had
set in and referee Ron Morin met with the coaches — Jacques
Chapdelaine of the Rouge et Or and Concordia's Pat Sheahan — to discuss
the options.
"It was very difficult," Morin
said. "Ultimately, it was that safety factor."
In scenes reminiscent of the 1961 Fog Bowl — the two-day Grey Cup Game
between Winnipeg and Hamilton at CNE Stadium in Toronto — a decision,
also involving OQIFC commissioner Harry Zarins, latter was made to break
the tie today.
First there will be two 10-minute halves.
Then if the tie still exisits, the conference's overtime rule kicks in.
Team A scrimmages at Team B's 35-yard line and attempts to score, in any
manner.
Team B then gets the football at Team A's 35 and does its thing.
They alternate possessions — until the game is decided.
Axemen 35 Mounties 28
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998
JEWETT TROPHY, Acadia 35 Mount Allison 28
Acadia's defence came up huge in the final 26 seconds as the Axemen hung
on to defeat Mount Allison Mounties 35-28 in the Jewett Trophy game at
Sackville, N.B.
The quarterbacks put up some dizzying numbers in the
Atlantic conference final before a crowd of 3,264.
Mount Allison's Dan Capone completed 30 of 49 passes, four of which for
touchdowns, and 448 yards — but the offence ground to a stop in the
final seconds, in the shadows of the goalposts, failing to put it into
the end zone on three plays from the 10.
Acadia QB Trevor Martin wasn't terribly far off those numbers, 22-for-39 for 320 yards and four touchdowns.
The Mounties, who never held the lead, completed the game's scoring at
5:31 of the fourth quarter, a 10-yard touchdown pass to Cedric
Lafreniere, but Acadia dug in after that.
Craig Fougere caught seven passes for 128 yards and Lafreniere seven for
117 for Mount Allison.
The most effective receiver for Martin, who also had three carries for
43 yards, was Manny Johnson (five receptions for 138 yards and three
touchdowns).
The fact the game would be close almost was guaranteed. During the
regular season, Acadia defeated the Mounties by three points and lost by
one and two points.
Acadia's Manny Johnson was later named CIAU Offensive player of the week.
A six-foot-one, 210-pound wide receiver from Chicago, he was
particularly sure-handed with
nine receptions, three TD's, for 138 yards.
He also returned punts and kickoffs for another 97 yards, sending his
all-purpose game total to 235 yards.
Johnson also played some defence — and even made a tackle against the
Mounties.
Mustangs 47 Warriors 41
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998
YATES CUP, Western Ontario 47 Waterloo 41
Western Ontario Mustangs, the No. 1 team in the country, broke to a 29-0
in the first 20 minutes, but only escaped with a six-point win, 47-41,
over Waterloo Warriors in the 100th edition of the Yates Cup at London,
Ont.
At London, Ont., a crowd of 5,532 at J.W. Little Stadium saw two games
for the price of one.
Mostly, it was ol' fashioned football, featuring teams with punishing
ground games.
It also was a game featuring one team with character to burn. The No. 2
Warriors had to get up off the canvas after falling into that
29-to-zilch hole.
Scott Crawley had 20 carries for 240 yards and scored a touchdown for
the Mustangs. Fabian Rayne, who had 17 carries for 150 yards, added
three touchdowns.
The Warriors' big bangers were Mike Bradley (112 yards, two touchdowns)
and Eddie Kim (101 yards, one touchdown).
Waterloo's Chris Amey had a game high eight receptions for 169 yards as
quarterback Ryan Wilkinson went 15-for-24 for 240 yards.
In addition burning out the scoreboard's lights with 88 points, the
teams combined for 1,083 yards (572 by Western Ontario).
Huskies 31 Thunderbirds 28
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998
HARDY TROPHY
Saskatchewan Huskies outscored British Columbia 10-7 in the fourth
quarter to upend the reigning Vanier Cup champion Thunderbirds 31-28 in
the Hardy Trophy showdown at Saskatoon.
At Saskatoon, Matt Kellett went three-for-three in field-goal attempts
for the Huskies.
The last, a 27-yard kick at 11:56 of the fourth quarter, earned
Saskatchewan its second Canada West title in three seasons before a
crowd of 3,500.
British Columbia, though, didn't quit and Frank Luisser took a 21-yard
scoring pass from quarterback Shawn Olson in the final minute to pull
the Thunderbirds to within three, 31-28.
It was Luisser's third touchdown of the afternoon. He caught six passes
for 120 yards and scored two touchdowns in that department. He also had
33 yards rushing, including a 25-yard touchdown.
Jaret Rennie had six receptions for 105 yards for the Huskies as
quarterback Ryan Reid clicked on 22 of 29 passes for 302 yards and two
touchdowns.
Akbal Singh had 11 carries for 120 yards for the Thunderbirds and Olson
went 23-for-36 for 311 yards.
Huskies 33 Mustangs 17
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998
CHURCHILL BOWL:
Saskatchewan's Doug Rozon rushed for 214 yards as the Huskies earned
their fifth trip to the Vanier Cup in the last 10 seasons with a 33-17 victory over Western.
The Saskatoon crowd of more than 6,000 saw 5'-11" 221 lb. Rozon blast
through some huge holes against the No. 1-ranked
Mustangs, the last undefeated CIAU team.
"Our offensive line really was into it," said the fourth-year
Kinesiology student from Victoria, B.C.
He had averaged just under 100 yards in seven games this season.
Rozon averaged 9.3 yards per carry against Western, well over his 6.2
season average.
The Huskies rocked the Mustangs' defence with 558 yards, 306 on the ground.
At times the UWO defence came up with big plays, giving the
offence an opportunity to get its act together.
Western Ontario LB Justin
Anania (2nd year Social Sciences, Montreal) had 10
tackles, and on one play stripped the ball
from Rozon and then made the recovery.
Fabian Rayne with 151 yards rushing was the only Mustang to consistently
crack a tough Saskatchewan defence, featuring several Vanier veterans
like Warren Muzika, James Repesse, Trevor Ludtke and Mike
Stewart.
Saskatchewan QB Ryan Reid completed 15 of 21 passes for 252
yards using seven different
receivers.
Western's Mike O'Brien clicked on 12 of 22 for 195, but almost half of those
totals were chalked up by Dan Disley (five receptions, 86 yards).
Kelly McNairn was the game's leading kick-returner (five for 136).
Rozon got into that act, too — a kickoff return of 31 yards. He also had
three receptions for 37 yards.
Stingers 25 Axemen 24
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998
ATLANTIC BOWL:
At Huskies Stadium in Halifax, Concordia's
Dave Miller-Johnston kicked four field goals — the last from 45 yards at
13:39 of the fourth quarter — as the Stingers came back to defeat Acadia
Axemen 25-24 in the Atlantic Bowl. It was Concordia's first-ever bowl
win, and now gives them their first trip to the Vanier Cup.
A rain-drenched Halifax crowd of 5,723 saw the Stingers register a
miracle finish with two big plays in the fourth quarter before
Miller-Johnston's winning kick.
The first featured Loan Duong of Concordia. Acadia's Manny Johnson
fumbled a towering punt by Miller-Johnston deep in Axemen
territory, and Duong fielded it on the second bounce and sprinted into
the end zone. With the convert, the Stingers trailed by only a point.
Earlier Duong had been penalized for unnecessary roughing on Johnson
when both were clearly out of bounds. That helped set up a touchdown
that put Acadia up by 11, 17-6.
The other big play came midway through the
fourth when Evan Davis Jr. made a good play just to catch an
option pitch from backup quarterback Jon Kronemeyer, then zipped 75 yards
down the sideline and into the Axemen end zone.
Kronemeyer had come on for No. 1 QB Sean Hoas, who was injured and
left the game in the second quarter after being tackled by Acadia's
Joshua Thomas.
Miller-Johnson's game-winning field goal was the only time Concordia led.
Acadia had 368 total yards vs Concordia's 349.
Axemen QB Trevor Martin completed 30 of 46
passes for 329 yards. His favorite receivers were Manny Johnson (10 for 118)
and Stuart Venables (eight for 127).
Concordia's passing was 17-26 for 181 yards; Jon Kronemeyer clicked on 11 of 16 passes for 108,
and Hoas had 6 for 9 and 73 yards before leaving.
Huskies 24 Stingers 17
Saturday Nov. 28, 1998
SkyDome, Toronto:
Saskatchewan turned a botched Stingers' option
play into the winning touchdown late in the fourth
quarter of Vanier Cup XXXIV.
Linebacker Trevor Ludtke recovered an ensuing fumble in the end zone as the
Huskies defeated Concordia 24-17 before 15,157.
On the play, Huskies linebacker Michael Milo crashed through to
hurry and bump quarterback Jon Kronemeyer, whose pitch to RB Evan Davis Jr was
well behind him and into the end zone.
Davis turned back, scooped it up, and decided to run it out over the goal-line
to try to give the Stingers possession on the 20.
He never made it. Stretching to place the ball outside the goal line, Davis had
it knocked loose by Huskies tackle Brent
Dancey. Ludtke recovered to bring Canada West its fourth straight national
title.
Until then the option had worked well for
coach Pat Sheahan's Stinger offence.
An earlier option play provided Concordia with its only offensive
TD, as Davis zipped 54 yards early in the second half.
A week earlier in the Atlantic Bowl burned Acadia for
75 yards on a similar play.
Early-on Saskatchewan repeatedly left Concordia in the game with dropped
passes. Two looked like sure TDs. Wide open in the end zone, RB Doug Rozon dropped one on the Huskies'
first offensive sequence. On their third series, wide receiver Derek
Malinchuk dropped one while in behind the defence near the sideline.
A 56-yard interception return TD by Stingers' Greg Casey late in the third quarter put
the Huskies down by three going into the fourth quarter.
Each QB threw 32 passes. Ryan Reid completed 14
for 272 yards and Jon Kronemeyer, in his first ever start for Concordia,
completed 13 for 201 but had three passes
intercepted — all by rookie Kurtis Albers, a Vanier Cup record.
Ludtke received the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as MVP.
Other Game-high stats:
Rozon led in rushing (23 carries, 140 yards);
Saskatchewan's Jaret Rennie was leading receiver with five,
while Stingers' Sylvain Girard led in receiving yards (100).
Punting, Matt Kellett of the Huskies averaged 49.4 yards,
Concordia's Dave Miller-Johnston had 43.9.
Kellett went three-for-four in field goals, the longest from 40 yards.
Miller-Johnston was one-for-two and clicked from 35 yards.