September 4, 2011
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Dinos squeeze out last minute victory over Bisons (stats)


It was never expected, but the Calgary Dinos managed to sneak their way into victory with a 35:31 victory over the Manitoba Bisons in their Sept. 3 home game. Despite having a number of near victories, thanks partially to QB Khaleal Williams, and even outright slipups on the part of Calgary, the Bisons found themselves in a pickle near third and fourth quarter, with the play positions giving a clear advantage to the Dinos. At this point, it was only inevitable that they would win; they only needed a single touchdown to beat them by one field goal, let alone four.

Despite the victory, it was entirely unexpected; by the end of the second quarter, the Bisons had a 31:17 lead(through an amazing 90 yard touchdown by Khaleal Williams). Most of the track record of Calgary throughout the game suggested otherwise, however; QB Eric Dzwilewski’s tendancy to catch and pass either incompletely or out of bounds might have cost the Dinos near the beginning of the game. Nick Boyd’s 36 yard field goal helped push the game in favour of the Bisons a little, pushing them to 16:17(M/C).

The Bisons’ OL Tyler Fabbri and HB Grayson Wells were injured, so that may have come into play near the end. Furthermore, Lumbala scoring a 13 yard touchdown for the Dinos put them in a position where only one more was needed–which, as it so happened, was the result near the end of the game with Williams making a fumble and Calgary scoring a seven yard touchdown. This alone pushed them into victory with only two minutes on the clock.

In the end, there was some very clear potential for the Bisons in this game–constant stepping out of bounds by Dzwilewski, the penalty flag to Calgary for illegal procedure near the third quarter–however, in the end Dzwilewski was able to step up his game long enough to push the game in favour of the Dinos. The Bisons will have be more careful to savour their opponents’ losses, and exploit their own victories, if they want to avoid this again.

Photos credit: Bill Zuk

Scoring Summary (Final)
2011 UC Dinos Football
Calgary vs Manitoba (Sep 03, 2011 at Winnipeg, MB) Calgary (1-0-0,1-0) vs. Manitoba (0-1-0,0-1)
Date: Sep 03, 2011 β€’ Site: Winnipeg, MB β€’ Stadium: University Stadium β€’ Attendance: 850

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Calgary 7 10 0 18 35
Manitoba 10 6 15 0 31
SCORING SUMMARY CGY -MAN
1st 03:29 MAN Anthony Coombs 6 yd run (Nick Boyd kick)
8 plays, 83 yards, TOP 3:29 0 – 7
03:42 CGY Jake Harty 88 yd kickoff return (Johnny Mark kick)
7 – 7
10:35 MAN Nick Boyd 24 yd field goal
9 plays, 59 yards, TOP 3:27 7 – 10
2nd 01:06 CGY Johnny Mark 13 yd field goal
7 plays, 31 yards, TOP 1:52 10 – 10
10:04 MAN Nick Boyd 25 yd field goal
5 plays, 50 yards, TOP 2:02 10 – 13
12:18 CGY Eric Dzwilewski 2 yd run (Johnny Mark kick)
7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:14 17 – 13
13:19 MAN Nick Boyd 36 yd field goal
6 plays, 39 yards, TOP 0:51 17 – 16
3rd 00:13 MAN Nic Demski 91 yd kickoff return (Nick Boyd kick)
17 – 23
05:07 MAN Brendon Bowman 65 rouge (punt)
17 – 24
14:07 MAN Anthony Coombs 90 yd pass from K. Williams (Nick Boyd kick)
2 plays, 94 yards, TOP 1:10 17 – 31
4th 08:34 CGY Steven Lumbala 13 yd run (Johnny Mark kick)
2 plays, 12 yards, TOP 0:39 24 – 31
08:34 CGY Johnny Mark 85 rouge (kickoff)
25 – 31
12:55 CGY Johnny Mark 17 yd field goal
10 plays, 31 yards, TOP 3:10 28 – 31
14:38 CGY Chris Dobko 7 yd pass from Eric Dzwilewski (Johnny Mark kick)
5 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:38 35 – 31
Kickoff time: 1:07pm β€’ End of Game: 4:13pm β€’ Total elapsed time: 3:06
Referee: Ardis Oleksyn β€’ Umpire: Dale Jacobson β€’ Linesman: Adam Paradowski β€’ Line judge: Neal Terrio β€’ Back judge: Jim Carlisle β€’ Field judge: Jon Reyes β€’ Side judge: Kyle Mikulik β€’ Scorer: Andre Worms β€’
Temperature: 23 C β€’ Wind: 40km N β€’ Weather: Windy, Rainy, Sunny

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2011 UC Dinos Football
Calgary vs Manitoba (Sep 03, 2011 at Winnipeg, MB)

Team Totals CGY MAN
FIRST DOWNS 28 17
Rushing 13 6
Passing 10 8
Penalty 5 3
NET YARDS RUSHING 242 139
Rushing Attempts 37 26
Average Per Rush 6.5 5.3
Rushing Touchdowns 2 1
Yards Gained Rushing 243 143
Yards Lost Rushing 1 4
NET YARDS PASSING 179 302
Completions-Attempts-Int 16-34-1 15-30-0
Average Per Attempt 5.3 10.1
Average Per Completion 11.2 20.1
Passing Touchdowns 1 1
TEAM LOSSES -17 -9
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 404 432
Total offense plays 75 58
Average Gain Per Play 5.4 7.4
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 4-4
Penalties: Number-Yards 11-80 14-130
PUNTS-YARDS 9-317 8-295
Average Yards Per Punt 35.2 36.9
Net Yards Per Punt 29.6 27.0
Inside 20 1 1
50+ Yards 1 1
Touchbacks 0 1
Fair catch 0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-389 4-219
Average Yards Per Kickoff 55.6 54.8
Net Yards Per Kickoff 23.4 15.0
Touchbacks 1 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 5-44-0 9-51-0
Average Per Return 8.8 5.7
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-159-1 6-190-1
Average Per Return [COLOR=#

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