OTTAWA, ON — It took double overtime, but the Carleton Ravens defended Pedro the Panda.
Carleton kicker Mike Domagala (St. Catharines, ON) played the hero on Saturday afternoon, drilling a 17-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Ravens past the crosstown rival Ottawa Gee-Gees in the 2015 Panda Game, 48-45.
Carleton (4-2) benefited from the MVP performance of quarterback Jesse Mills (Halifax, NS), while the Gee-Gees (2-3) couldn’t capitalize on the record-setting effort of quarterback Derek Wendel in the offensive showdown.
“Any time you get a double overtime win, in a game like that, it’s special,” said Ravens head coach Steve Sumarah. “With this putting us at 4-2, it’s another step forward, and hopefully we can carry this momentum forward.”
The Ravens and Gee-Gees traded offensive punches throughout Saturday’s rivalry game. Carleton opened up a ten-point lead in the first quarter before Ottawa surged back on top with a 30-point second quarter. Despite Wendel’s pinpoint accuracy under centre for the Gee-Gees, and even while trailing by a game-high 11 points in the third quarter, Carleton did not break.
“Kudos to OttawaU and Derek Wendel, he played a fantastic game,” said Coach Sumarah of the U of O quarterback, who threw for 542 yards against his team. “At the end of the game, we just made a couple plays when we needed to, and it was huge, absolutely huge.”
Carleton’s dramatic win was set up by a key defensive stop in overtime on a Gee-Gees 3rd-and-4. Ottawa running back Bryce Vieira heard the footsteps of Carleton DB Justin Howell (Bradford, ON) and dropped a Wendel short feed, turning the ball over and setting Carleton up for the winning possession.
“Honestly it just came naturally, feeding off the energy,” said Howell, who drilled Vieira before turning to the crowd, which responded by memorably cranking up the noise. “It’s an in the moment kind of thing, we had to get the ball back and make a play, so we made it.”
A Jahvari Bennett (Mississauga, ON) rush then set up Domagala’s winning kick, which sent the crowd into a frenzy and spawned the second field rush in as many years for Carleton.
“I trusted my receivers today, they’re some of the best in the OUA and Canada, and I just knew I had to get the ball to them so they could make plays,” said Ravens quarterback Jesse Mills, who threw for 217 yards, four TDs, and an INT on the afternoon. “The O-line played great, and our defence got turnovers when we needed them — it’s a huge win.”
With the victory, the Ravens improved to 4-2 on the season and have legitimized their bid for a home game in this Fall’s OUA playoffs.
“It’s a big win, and we’re going to enjoy this for 24 hours, but then we’ve got to refocus for York,” said Coach Sumarah, whose team will have a chance to set a modern-era program record in wins next Friday (7 p.m., MNP Park). “York is our number one priority.”
Source: Carleton Ravens Sports Information
CARLETON vs. OTTAWA at Ottawa 10/3/2015 at 13:00 |
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Carleton 48 |
Ottawa 45 |
SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | OT – 00:00 |
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Carleton (4-4, 4-4) | 10 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
Ottawa (5-3, 5-3) | 0 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
Ottawa | TD Place |
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PRD TIME SCORING SUMMARY CARLETON – OTTAWA 1 05:12 Carleton – K. VanWynseberg 7 yd pass from Jesse Mills. (M. Domagala kick is good).
Drive: 10 plays, 84 yards in 4:31.7 – 0 1 00:15 Carleton – M. Domagala 43 yd field goal.
Drive: 3 plays, -7 yards in 0:58.10 – 0 2 11:29 Ottawa – Derek Wendel 3 yd run. (Lewis Ward kick is good).
Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 3:46.10 – 7 2 09:05 Ottawa – Mitchell Baines 21 yd pass from Derek Wendel. (Lewis Ward kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 48 yards in 0:57.10 – 14 2 07:32 Carleton – Nathaniel Behar 35 yd pass from Jesse Mills. (M. Domagala kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards in 1:22.17 – 14 2 03:08 Ottawa – Ben Fisher 24 yd pass from Derek Wendel. (Lewis Ward kick is good).
Drive: 10 plays, 95 yards in 4:20.17 – 21 2 01:30 Carleton – K. VanWynseberg 21 yd pass from Jesse Mills. (M. Domagala kick is good).
Drive: 5 plays, 83 yards in 1:29.24 – 21 2 01:04 Ottawa – Ian Stewart 55 yd pass from Derek Wendel. (Lewis Ward kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 82 yards in 0:23.24 – 28 2 00:25 Ottawa – Team safety 24 – 30 3 09:10 Ottawa – Lewis Ward 41 yd field goal.
Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in 1:22.24 – 33 3 05:17 Ottawa – Team safety 24 – 35 3 01:41 Carleton – C. Battistelli 1 yd run. (2pt conversion pass by K. VanWynseberg is good).
Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards in 3:02.32 – 35 4 12:08 Carleton – M. Domagala 22 yd field goal.
Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards in 3:01.35 – 35 4 07:47 Ottawa – Lewis Ward 15 yd field goal.
Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards in 4:21.35 – 38 4 04:23 Carleton – M. Domagala 27 yd field goal.
Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards in 3:24.38 – 38 OT 00:00 Carleton – Wilson Birch 15 yd pass from Jesse Mills. (M. Domagala kick is good).
Drive: 6 plays, 13 yards in 15:11.45 – 38 OT 00:00 Ottawa – Bryce Vieira 4 yd pass from Derek Wendel. (Lewis Ward kick is good).
Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards in 0:00.45 – 45 OT 00:00 Carleton – M. Domagala 17 yd field goal.
Drive: 4 plays, 26 yards in 0:00.48 – 45
CARLETON | STATISTICS | OTTAWA |
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28 | FIRST DOWNS | 33 |
9 17 2 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
20 10 3 |
502 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 664 |
72 7.0 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
82 8.1 |
217 | NET YARDS PASSING | 542 |
19-29 7.5 1-9 1 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
33-55 9.9 0-0 2 |
285 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 122 |
42 6.8 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
27 4.5 |
5-185 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 7-199 |
37.0 | Average | 28.4 |
205 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 112 |
4-57 4-148 2-0 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
4-62 6-50 1-0 |
15-132 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 8-85 |
4-1 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 3-1 |
0-0 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 1-9 |
2-0 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 1-0 |
29:14 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 45:46 |
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DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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# | CARLETON | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
2 | Tunde Adeleke | 7 | 0 | 7 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | 1 | |||
26 | Guillaume Caron | 5 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | ||||
33 | D’Sean Thelwell | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | – | – | – | 1-0 | ||||
47 | Thomas Knapp | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | – | – | 1 | – | 1-0 | |||
44 | Leon Cenerini | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
23 | Nathaniel Hamlin | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
16 | Justin Howell-Duncan | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | 1 – 2 | – | – | ||||
36 | Alex Thompson | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
95 | Kenechukwu Onyeka | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
28 | James McCallum | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
92 | Jeremy Rioux | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
17 | Adam Graves | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
29 | Daniel McNicoll | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
32 | Stefano Napolitano | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
35 | Travis Troughton | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
54 | Carlo Gallotta | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
94 | Daniel Omara | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 2 | – | – | ||||
97 | Stefan Carty | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
TM | TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
TOTALS | 50 | 10 | 55 | 0 – 0 | 5 – 9 | 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1 | |||
# | OTTAWA | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
23 | Mack Tommy | 9 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 – 9 | 1 – 5 | 1 | – | – | |||
44 | Nick Lecour | 6 | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | ||||
16 | Jamie Harry | 6 | 0 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
47 | Osas Obas | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
7 | Zachary Wilkinson | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||
92 | Rashid Timbilla | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
69 | Matt Amey | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
91 | Gabriel Caissy | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
21 | Ty Cranston | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
24 | Jesse Holder | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
33 | Marc-Antoine Laurin | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
9 | Khadim Mbaye | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | ||||
52 | Henry Quan | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
88 | Ben Fisher | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
20 | Dustin Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
27 | Cody Cranston | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
89 | Luke Ffrench | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
15 | Brendan Beaudry | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | |||||||
4 | Tunch Akkaya | – | – | – | 1-0 | |||||||
TOTALS | 55 | 12 | 61 | 1 – 9 | 2 – 8 | 3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1 |
OTHER INFORMATION | |
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Location: Ottawa Stadium: TD Place Attendance: 0 Weather: Cool, gusting wind Temperature: 11 C Wind: E 34 |
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