(McGill sophomore Francis Bradette breaks through in fourth quarter to block FG attempt by Gaiters kicker Mathieu Paquette)
MONTREAL – Quarterback Jordan Heather, a senior from Oromocto, N.B., passed for 324 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Bishop’s rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to defeat McGill 23-18 in CIS football before 1,942 at Percival Molson Stadium, Friday.
The win put Bishop’s (2-3) back in the playoff race and left McGill (0-5) in a precarious position with only four games remaining on their schedule. The Redmen, who have lost consecutive games by less than a touchdown, have now dropped 17 straight, dating back to the 2009 campaign.
Heather completed 19 of 35 passes, including a 75-yard TD bomb to his brother Nathan, only 34 seconds into the third stanza, to ignite the Gaiters comeback. His younger sibling ended up with three receptions for a game-high 108 yards.
In a game that featured 30 penalties for 251 yards of real estate, McGill generated 376 yards of net offence, compared to the Gaiters, who had 320. The Redmen also held a 26-17 advantage in first downs.
McGill jumped into an early 6-0 lead on a pair of Austin Anderson field-goals – from 17 and 10 yards – then went ahead 8-0 on a safety touch early in the second quarter. They looked in total control until Bishop’s finally got untracked at the eight-minute mark of the period on a 32-yard field-goal by Mathieu Paquette of Magog, Que.
McGill maintained the pressure though and went ahead 15-3 when Montreal native Bobby Mikelberg hauled in a 28-yard TD toss from freshman quarterback Dallon Kuprowski.
Four minutes after Heather’s bomb had narrowed the gap to 15-10, , Anderson added his third field-goal of the night, from 27 yards out, to put McGill ahead 18-10 but for the fifth straight game, the Redmen ran out of gas in the second half and Bishop’s scored 13 unanswered points.
Over their five games thus far, the Redmen have been outscored 54-4 in the final quarter.
Paquette’s 40-yard field-goal with under a minute left in the third quarter closed the margin to 18-13. It appeared that the Redmen had scored another TD when defensive back Matt Quigley forced Nathan Heather to fumble an apparent catch and Joffrey Gorin recovered the ball for what looked to be a 40-yard fumble recovery but the play was whistled dead and ruled an incomplete pass by the officials. Gorin was credited with a game-high four knockdowns to go along with 2.5 tackles.
Quincy Van De Cruize, a sophomore running back from Etobicoke, Ont., finally gave the Gaiters the lead, at 20-18, after catching a 10-yard TD strike from Heather during the third minute of the final quarter.
Paquette iced the contest on a 29-yard field-goal with 2:25 remaining.
Kuprowski, an 18-year-old freshman from Ottawa was a surprise starter at quarterback for McGill. Veteran Jonathan Collin had been rumoured to start after seeing his first action in a year, the previous week against Laval. Kuprowski, who was victimized by a number of dropped passes, went 14-for-29 passing for 171 yards, with one TD and one interception. He gave way to Collin in the final quarter and Collin completed 3-of-10 for 40 yards.
McGill plays at Concordia in the 25th annual Montreal Shine Bowl game on Oct. 8, while Bishop’s plays their local rival Sherbrooke in the Mayor’s Cup game the same day.
REDMEN RAP: Bishop’s leads in the all-time series between these clubs with a 41-37-1 record in head-to-head match-ups… McGill’s official 48-man dress roster was composed of 11 freshmen, 14 sophomores, 8 juniors and 15 seniors…
The leading Redmen rusher was Taylor Kuprowski, the older brother of Dallon, who came off the bench and scampered for a game-high 96 yards on 13 carries. he ended up with a game-high 112 all-purpose yards, including 16 on punt returns… He is now ranked second among the league’s rushing leaders with 228 yards and a 6.3 rushing average… Teammate Sean Murphy, who started at running back, had 13 carries for 71 yards…
McGill’s top receivers in the game were Mathieu Guerette (6 rec., 62 tds) and Bobby Mikelberg (5 rec., 76 yds)…Kicker Tomas Silva averaged 40.6 yrds on 10 punts…
DB Mattey Ossom led the McGill defence with six tackles and a knockdown… LB Tyler Lavin was next with 4.5 tackles, including one for loss… Sophomore Francis Bradette was credited with a forced fumble when he blocked a 33-yard FG attempt with Bishop’s ahead by two points and 7:22 remaining in the game… Charles-Evens Peltrop and Matt Quigley each registered a sack for the Redmen…
Prof. Thomas Chang perforned the ceremonial kickoff before the game. A former varsity wrestler at McGill, he was recently picked as “the Greatest McGillian” by nearly 60,000 voters in a online voting poll… In 1956, he invented the world’s first artificial blood cell in his dorm room at Douglas Hall. He completed three degrees at McGill, beginning with a bachelor of science in 1957, followed by a medical degree in 1967 and a PhD in 1965… His work on finding a safe blood substitute earned him an Order of Canada in 1991… Chang continues his remarkable career as the director of the Artificial Cells and Organs Research Centre at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine…
With just over five minutes remaining in the game, a male streaker appeared, clad only in shoes, and made an impromptu 70-yard romp from the west endzone until he was corralled by security staff near the other end of the field.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
Bishop’s Gaiters vs McGill Redmen (Sep 30, 2011)
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[LIST] [*]Scoring Summary [*]Team Statistics [*]Individual Statistics [*]Drive Chart [*]Defensive Statistics [*]Game Participation [*]Box Score [*]Play-by-Play [*]Play breakdown [/LIST] |
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Scoring Summary (Final)
Bishop’s Gaiters (2-3,1-3) vs. McGill Redmen (0-5,0-4)
Date: Sep 30, 2011 β’ Site: Montreal, QC β’ Stadium: Molson Stadium β’ Attendance: 1,942
| Score by Quarters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score |
| Bishop’s Gaiters | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| McGill Redmen | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| SCORING SUMMARY | BISH -MCGI | |||
| 1st | 06:02 | MCGI | Austin Anderson 17 yd field goal | |
| 8 plays, 56 yards, TOP 3:28 | 0 – 3 | |||
| 11:54 | MCGI | Austin Anderson 10 yd field goal | ||
| 11 plays, 63 yards, TOP 4:58 | 0 – 6 | |||
| 2nd | 04:07 | MCGI | Team safety | |
| 0 – 8 | ||||
| 08:00 | BISH | Mathieu Paquette 32 yd field goal | ||
| 5 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:34 | 3 – 8 | |||
| 10:37 | MCGI | Bobby Mikelberg 28 yd pass from Dall. Kuprowski (Austin Anderson kick) | ||
| 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:37 | 3 – 15 | |||
| 3rd | 00:34 | BISH | Nathan Heather 75 yd pass from Jordan Heather (Mathieu Paquette kick) | |
| 1 play, 75 yards, TOP 0:00 | 10 – 15 | |||
| 04:20 | MCGI | Austin Anderson 27 yd field goal | ||
| 9 plays, 71 yards, TOP 3:39 | 10 – 18 | |||
| 14:05 | BISH | Mathieu Paquette 40 yd field goal | ||
| 5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:04 | 13 – 18 | |||
| 4th | 02:14 | BISH | Quincy Van De Cruize 10 yd pass from Jordan Heather (Mathieu Paquette kick) | |
| 5 plays, 72 yards, TOP 1:58 | 20 – 18 | |||
| 12:35 | BISH | Mathieu Paquette 29 yd field goal | ||
| 7 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:55 | 23 – 18 |
| Kickoff time: 19:05 β’ End of Game: 22:10 β’ Total elapsed time: 3:05 Referee: W. Berry β’ Umpire: J. Parker β’ Linesman: Y. Gatien β’ Line judge: D. Roy β’ Back judge: D. Wightman β’ Field judge: M. Daigneault β’ Side judge: R. Paluzzi β’ Temperature: 17C β’ Wind: W 11kph β’ Weather: Few clouds |
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Team Statistics (Final)
| Team Totals | BISH | MCGI |
| FIRST DOWNS | 17 | 26 |
| Rushing | 1 | 11 |
| Passing | 11 | 13 |
| Penalty | 5 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 4 | 189 |
| Rushing Attempts | 16 | 32 |
| Average Per Rush | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 44 | 193 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 40 | 4 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 324 | 211 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-35-0 | 17-40-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.3 | 5.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.1 | 12.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TEAM LOSSES | -8 | -24 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 320 | 376 |
| Total offense plays | 53 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 16-131 | 14-120 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-337 | 10-406 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.4 | 40.6 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 35.4 | 36.3 |
| Inside 20 | 2 | 2 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 4 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS-YARDS | 3-160 | 2-123 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 53.3 | 61.5 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 38.0 | 39.0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 6-43-0 | 6-18-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.2 | 3.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 2-45-0 | 3-46-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.5 | 15.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 1-22-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 27:49 | 32:11 |
| 1st Quarter | 4:56 | 10:04 |
| 2nd Quarter | 6:35 | 8:25 |
| 3rd Quarter | 7:01 | 7:59 |
| 4th Quarter | 9:17 | 5:43 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 0 of 2 | 1 of 2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Touchdowns | 1-1 | 0-3 |
| Field goals | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 2-8 |
| PAT Kicks | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 3-4 | 3-3 |
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Individual Statistics (Final)
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