Montreal’s Blanc ties single-season CIS sack record

Blanc, a 6-foot-1, 240-pound defensive lineman in his second campaign with the Carabins, was credited with a half sack early into the third quarter and then dropped Bishop’s pivot Jordan Heather for a loss of 15 yards at the Gaiters’ 37 two minutes into the fourth frame. The Montreal native finished the afternoon with 4.5 tackles.

D’Aguilar became the first player in CIS history to rack up 12.5 sacks in a single campaign on Oct. 13 when he tackled Windsor’s Austin Kennedy behind the line of scrimmage in the Marauders’ seventh game of the season. The lineman from Hamilton couldn’t add to his total in McMaster’s OUA finale a week ago.

Blanc benefited from the fact RSEQ teams have been playing a nine-game conference schedule since 2010.

Prior to this season, the national standard of 12 sacks was shared by former Bishop’s legend Leroy Blugh (1988) and former Queen’s great Jim Aru (1996).

In addition to the single-season sack record, two more CIS marks were either broken or tied this fall.

University of Sherbrooke kicker William Dion had one field goal against McGill on Saturday to finish his five-year university career with 82 in league play. The senior from Drummondville, Que., became the all-time CIS leader back on Oct. 6 when he split the uprights for the 72^nd time, one more than Calgary’s Aaron Ifield (2006-10).

Since then, Ottawa’s Matthew Falvo also passed Ifield on the all-time CIS list. The native of Welland, Ont., finished his five-year career with the Gee-Gees last weekend with 75 field goals.

Finally, University of Saskatchewan defensive back Bryce McCall tied a CIS mark last Saturday against Alberta when he registered his 21^st career interception to join Saskatchewan’s Bob Coffin (1970-74), Peter McNabb of Toronto and Queen’s (1970-72 / 1973-74) and Western’s Matt Carapella (2004-08) atop the leaderboard. McCall, a fifth-year senior from Regina, couldn’t add a record-breaking 22^nd pick in his final career conference game Friday night against UBC.

CIS SINGLE-SEASON SACKS (regular season only)

12.5 Ben D’Aguilar, McMaster    2012
12.5 Jean-Samuel Blanc, Montreal 2012
12.0 Leroy Blugh, Bishop’s      1988
12.0 Jim Aru, Queen’s      1996
11.0 Rod Ambrosie, Manitoba 1981
11.0 Jason Riley, UBC    1982
11.0 Karim Grant, Acadia    2001
11.0 Scott McCuaig, UBC     2007

CIS CAREER FIELD GOALS (regular season only)

82     William Dion, Sherbrooke    2008-12
75     Matthew Falvo, Ottawa    2008-12
71     Aaron Ifield, Calgary            2006-10
70    Frank Jagas, Western        1990-94
69     Christopher Milo, Laval   2007-10

CIS CAREER INTERCEPTIONS (regular season only)

21    Bob Coffin, Saskatchewan 1970-74
21    Peter McNabb, Toronto & Queen’s     1970-72 / 1973-74
21     Matt Carapella, Western        2004-08
21     Bryce McCall, Saskatchewan   2008-12
20    Al Charuk, Acadia   1972-74
20    Kevin Aver, StFX    1975-76 / 1978-80
20    Stephane Chapados, Concordia   1986-90
20     Maxime Gagnier, Montreal   2003-06