RECAP: Last minute Hail Mary gives Carleton 2014 Panda Game victory (VIDEO/stats)

OTTAWA  – It was a Panda Game for the history books on Saturday afternoon and one that Gee-Gees nation will not forget any time soon as last minute heroics by the Carleton Ravens gave them a 33-31 victory.

Down by four points and with four seconds remaining on the clock, Carleton put in quarterback Jesse Mills to throw a Hail Mary from the 55-yard line in hopes of stealing Pedro away from uOttawa for the first time since 1994.

The ball went up and just when it appeared the Gee-Gees had made the interception and put an end to the game, the ball squeaked out and landed into hands of Nate Behar who finished the game with 276 receiving yards. He ran the ball into the end zone, fans stormed the field and the rest was history.

“There is not much that was going through my mind to be honest. The ball just kind of landed in my hand, I covered it with the other hand and the rest is history. When the guys rushed towards me after the touchdown it was amazing because we are so tightly knit and so close as a group. When I looked up there were fans and players all around me and it was a beautiful moment. I don’t think I have ever felt so good in my entire life,” Behar said in a post-game interview.

The magic of pandemonium was obvious throughout Saturday afternoon as the entire game was a seesaw battle.  In front of 12,500 fans at TD Place, neither team could gain enough momentum to pull ahead.

Nick Gorgichuk started under centre for the Ravens. The Ottawa native fared well in his first start in his home town, throwing two touchdown passes for 318 yards in the game. He also scored a rushing major The Gee-Gees appeared to gain momentum before the half, taking an 18-14 lead thanks to running touchdown from Mack Tommy. It had been a shaky first half for both teams but uOttawa began to settle down heading into halftime.

Behar also provided the first turning point of the second half, hauling in a reception on the 10 yard line and driving for end zone to cap off Carleton’s 75-yard drive to go ahead 21-18 midway through the third.

The Gee-Gees responded with an impressive scoring drive of their own, but were held to a field goal after marching from their own twenty yard line.  A pair of field goals from Carleton’s Michael Domagala started the fourth quarter and put Carleton ahead 27-21.
Ottawa appeared poised for a fourth quarter comeback reminiscent of the victory over Queen’s whenDerek Wendel scored on a four-yard scamper with 3:47 remaining.  Following the touchdown, Ian Stewart made a big catch to bring Ottawa out of the shadow of their own goal line. Ottawa then put the ball in the hands of rookie running back Bryce Viera who amassed 39 yards to help bring Ottawa to 12 yard line. Again Ottawa was forced to settle for a field goal, setting the stage for the last-second win.
“I think we got on a really big high near the end of the game because things were looking good for us and when things go wrong like they did today in the last minute it’s even harder on you,” said Wendel.

As a team the Gee-Gees recorded 481 offensive yards on the day while Carleton had 500 of their own. uOttawa held  the edge on the ground however with 307 rushing yards opposed to 139 by the Ravens. In the end fans will remember the ball falling into the hands of Nate Behar, changing the outcome of a game that was virtually in the books.

The win moves Carleton to 2-1 on the season while Ottawa falls to 2-2.

(Source:  OUA Website)

 

University of Ottawa vs. CARLETON RAVENS’ at OTTAWA
9/20/2014 at 1:00PM
Ottawa 
31
Carleton 
33
SCORING 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Ottawa (2-1) 7 11 3 10 31
Carleton (1-1) 7 7 7 12 33
OTTAWA | TD PLACE
PRD TIME SCORING SUMMARY OTTAWA – CARLETON
1 14:04 Carleton – Nick Gorgichuk 16 yd run. (M. Domagala kick is good).
Drive: 1 plays, 16 yards in 0:00.
0 – 7
1 10:10 Ottawa – TEAM rouge point. 1 – 7
1 04:53 Ottawa – Lewis Ward 23 yd field goal.
Drive: 3 plays, 10 yards in 0:56.
4 – 7
1 00:26 Ottawa – Lewis Ward 15 yd field goal.
Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards in 2:38.
7 – 7
2 13:00 Ottawa – D. Bellardini rouge point. 8 – 7
2 09:30 Ottawa – Lewis Ward 34 yd field goal.
Drive: 6 plays, 21 yards in 2:14.
11 – 7
2 08:16 Carleton – Nathaniel Behar 42 yd pass from Nick Gorgichuk. (M. Domagala kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards in 1:14.
11 – 14
2 02:13 Ottawa – Mack Tommy 13 yd run. (Lewis Ward kick is good).
Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 1:41.
18 – 14
3 07:40 Carleton – Nathaniel Behar 18 yd pass from Nick Gorgichuk. (M. Domagala kick is good).
Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 3:35.
18 – 21
3 02:19 Ottawa – Lewis Ward 21 yd field goal.
Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards in 2:09.
21 – 21
4 12:54 Carleton – M. Domagala 34 yd field goal.
Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards in 4:10.
21 – 24
4 09:54 Carleton – M. Domagala 43 yd field goal.
Drive: 4 plays, 19 yards in 1:30.
21 – 27
4 06:07 Ottawa – Derek Wendel 4 yd run. (Lewis Ward kick is good).
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 3:47.
28 – 27
4 01:27 Ottawa – Lewis Ward 17 yd field goal.
Drive: 7 plays, 86 yards in 2:28.
31 – 27
4 00:00 Carleton – Nathaniel Behar 55 yd pass from Jesse Mills. ().
Drive: 5 plays, 105 yards in 0:25.
31 – 33
OTTAWA STATISTICS CARLETON
26 FIRST DOWNS 25
9
15
2
Passing
Rushing
Penalty
17
8
0
481 TOTAL OFFENSE 500
68
7.1
Total Offensive Plays
Average gain per play
65
7.7
174 NET YARDS PASSING 361
16-28
6.2
2-6
0
Completions-Attempts
Net yards per pass play
Sacked: Number-Yards
Had intercepted
24-35
10.3
2-12
0
307 NET YARDS RUSHING 139
38
8.1
Rushing Attempts
Average gain per rush
28
5.0
9-329 PUNTS: Number-Yards 9-333
36.6 Average 37.0
193 TOTAL RETURN YARDS 136
8-95
4-98
0 0
Punt Returns: Number-Yards
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards
Interception Returns: Number-Yards
4-57
3-79
0 0
8-100 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-147
1-1 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 5-2
2-12 SACKS: Number-Yards 2-6
0 0 INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards 0 0
31:37 TIME OF POSSESSION 28:03

Ottawa

Carleton

PASSING C-A YDS TD INT
Derek Wendel 16-28 180 0 0
TEAM 0-0 -6 0 0
PASSING C-A YDS TD INT
Nick Gorgichuk 23-34 318 2 0
Jesse Mills 1-1 55 1 0
TEAM 0-0 -12 0 0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Mack Tommy 18 152 8.4 52 1
Derek Wendel 9 80 8.9 25 1
Bryce Vieira 8 70 8.8 26 0
Ian Stewart 3 5 1.7 7 0
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Jahvari Bennett 6 39 6.5 16 0
Raishaun Provo 7 36 5.1 11 0
Kwasi Adusei 8 31 3.9 11 0
Nick Gorgichuk 1 16 16.0 16 1
S. Napolitano 2 10 5.0 5 0
Adam Zussino 1 8 8.0 8 0
Jesse Mills 2 4 2.0 2 0
Dexter Brown 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
Ian Stewart 9 104 11.6 27 0
Nick Dagher 3 49 16.3 26 0
Ben Fisher 2 19 9.5 12 0
Tristan Bailey 1 12 12.0 12 0
Mack Tommy 1 -4 -4.0 0 0
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
Nathaniel Behar 13 276 21.2 55 3
Dexter Brown 3 32 10.7 15 0
K. Van wynsberg 3 31 10.3 12 0
Adam Zussino 1 13 13.0 13 0
Wilson Birch 1 10 10.0 10 0
Raishaun Provo 2 9 4.5 8 0
S. Napolitano 1 2 2.0 2 0
KICKING FG LG XP RG PTS
Lewis Ward 5/6 34 2/2 17
Domenic Bellardini 1 1
TEAM 1 1
KICKING FG LG XP RG PTS
M. Domagala 2/3 43 3/3 9
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG TB -20
Domenic Bellardini 9 329 36.6 47 1 2
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG TB -20
M. Domagala 9 333 37.0 57 0 1
KICKOFFS NO YDS AVG TB OB
Domenic Bellardini 3 178 59.3 0 0
KICKOFFS NO YDS AVG TB OB
M. Domagala 4 221 55.2 0 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Bryce Vieira 4 98 24.5 30 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Jahvari Bennett 3 79 26.3 36 0
Tunde Adeleke 0 0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Bryce Vieira 8 95 11.9 44 0
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
Tunde Adeleke 3 45 15.0 23 0
Dexter Brown 1 12 12.0 12 0
INTERCEPTION RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
INTERCEPTION RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
FUMBLES NO LOST
Mack Tommy 1 1
FUMBLES NO LOST
Tunde Adeleke 1 1
Dexter Brown 1 0
Matt Lapointe 2 0
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
# OTTAWA SOLO AST TOTAL SACKS-YDS TFL-YDS FF FR-YDS INT-YDS BRUP BLKS QBH
92 Rashid Timbilla 8 0 8 1 – 7 2 – 12
9 Khadim Mbaye 5 0 5
10 Tanner Care 5 0 5
21 Ty Cranston 5 0 5
44 Nick Lecour 5 0 5 1-0
TM TEAM 4 0 4
16 Jackson Bennett 3 0 3 1
23 Randy Williams 3 0 3 1
33 Marc-Antoine Laurin 3 0 3
30 Greg Cherniak 2 0 2
49 Ettore Lattanzio 2 0 2 1 – 5 2 – 10
7 Zach Wilkinson 1 0 1
20 Dustin Wilson 1 0 1
26 Jordan Sutcliffe 1 0 1 1 1-0
27 Mike Randazzo 1 0 1
29 Trevor Thompson 1 0 1
50 Andrew Randall 1 0 1
55 Osas Obas 1 0 1
97 James Reinlein 1 0 1
TOTALS 53 0 53 2 – 12 4 – 22 1 2-0 2
# CARLETON SOLO AST TOTAL SACKS-YDS TFL-YDS FF FR-YDS INT-YDS BRUP BLKS QBH
23 N. Hamlin 9 0 9
2 Tunde Adeleke 5 0 5 1 – 1 1
25 Bamki Adewale 5 0 5
16 Justin Howell 4 0 4
28 James McCallum 4 0 4 1 – 2 1 – 2 1 1-0
54 Carlo Gallotta 4 0 4
97 Stefan Carty 4 0 4 4 – 16
31 Michael Black 3 0 3 1
44 Leon Cenerini 3 0 3
93 B. Hawkins 3 0 3 1
98 Josh Cardillo 3 0 3
22 M. Patterson 2 0 2
7 Lucas Brenton 1 0 1
11 Nathaniel Behar 1 0 1
29 Daniel McNicoll 1 0 1
33 Dsean Thelwel 1 0 1
34 Trevelle Wisdom 1 0 1
40 Conner Picco 1 0 1 1 – 4 1 – 4
41 Ryan Kublek 1 0 1
52 Elliot Nelson 1 0 1
55 Kwabena Asare 1 0 1
91 Zach Annen 1 0 1
TM TEAM 1 0 1
TOTALS 60 0 60 2 – 6 7 – 23 1 1-0 3
OTHER INFORMATION
Location: OTTAWA
Stadium: TD PLACE
Attendance: 12000
Weather: OVERCAST
Temperature: 20C
Wind: 33KM/H
Referee: KEVIN HORTON
Umpire: ANDRE PAPINEAU
Head Linesman: DAVE HO
Line Judge: RON ANTELLE
Back Judge: ROSS SAUNDERS
Field Judge: KEVIN LAMONT
Side Judge: BARCLAY EASTON

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